India, Aug. 1 -- Intel recently introduced its new Wildcat Lake processors for budget laptops, and the Asus Vivobook 14 is among the first machines to launch with one. Looking at the specifications, I honestly wasn't expecting much. A Core 3 processor with only 5 cores, 5 threads and 8GB RAM doesn't exactly scream performance. But then I thought, how many people buying a laptop like this actually care about benchmark scores?

So, instead of opening Geekbench and Cinebench, I decided to use it the way I normally use my work laptop. I ended up being more impressed than I anticipated after spending some time with it.

The Asus Vivobook 14 is a budget laptop, and you can easily tell that by taking one good look at it. The entire body is made ...