Like most thinner laptops these days, there isn’t much to do. You then use a spudger or a thin piece of plastic, such as guitar pick, to nudge the case open carefully at the seam. You’ll need a small Phillips-head screwdriver and the patience to remove a million screws. Getting inside the ROG Zephyrus G14 is easy, if not quick. Gordon Mah UngĪsus’ decision to omit a built-in webcam may turn out to be a rude surprise for many users.

But webcams have been standard issue on most laptops for many years, so on the ROG Zephyrus G14 it seems like a feature more conspicuous for its absence. The rationale from Asus was apparently that you’ll be using your far superior dedicated webcam to become a Twitch star. You can see below where it should be, in the blank spot between the microphones. The other glaring omission is the lack of an onboard webcam. The left side features a barrel plug for the 180 watt power brick, an HDMI 2.0b and USB-C with support for Power Delivery. Thunderbolt 3 and Gigabit ethernet are notably absent from the port array. While we understand why Thunderbolt 3 is more difficult to obtain (given that the technology emanates from rival Intel), it does feel like onboard ethernet is important.

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