Oh man, okay, so picture this: Microsoft’s been tinkering away at something mysterious called Project Kennan, right? And, yeah, it’s finally sort of peeking its head out in this ROG Ally 2 gizmo. At least that’s what 91mobiles and some user named Huang514613 at X are hinting at. I mean, who even names themselves that online? But I digress.
Apparently, Asus is rolling out two versions of this Ally 2 thing. One’s all sleek and black with an Xbox button just begging for attention, and the other’s a more chill, white model for, I dunno, regular folks? Makes you think about how many shades we need for our gadgets. Too much choice!
Project Kennan, been hearing about it forever, but details have been… elusive? Is that the word? Now some model IDs pop up and voilà, they’re in the FCC database. Sneaky, huh? The differences between the models remind me of the original ROG Ally – like those sibling pairs where one’s always a bit more extra with AMD chips. The Z1 is like the quiet one, whereas the Z1 Extreme is its wild counterpart, with a price tag that’s a whole $100 heavier. Asus is obsessed with x86, it seems. Maybe because the gaming universe demands it or something.
That Xbox button on the black model? Oh yeah, that’s gotta be Kennan’s signature move. But let’s be real, it’s probably just launching Windows 11. Not that I’m complaining. You’d hit that button, and boom – Game Bar just like a PC, I guess? We still have to wait for the grand reveal to see if Microsoft’s hiding any cool new tricks up their sleeve or if they’re just teasing us at this point.
Now, under the hood – get this – there’s chatter that Project Kennan packs a mean AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme punch with eight cores and 16 threads. Numbers, right? But apparently, it’s like beefier than the Ryzen AI 7 Pro 360, sporting a chunkier iGPU. And it’s all about fast memory – 64GB LPDDR5x-8533 and space for days with a 2TB NVMe SSD. Plus, it charges like lightning. A 100W lightning bolt, to be exact.
And that display? Seven inches of touchy-feely LCD goodness at 120 Hz. Bet it just pops. As for the white model, it’s keeping things mysterious with an unfamiliar AMD chip. Speculation says it’s got 16GB RAM, similar screen jazz, and slightly meeker charging at 65W. The APU, with that mysterious code “100-000001835” – almost sounds like a secret agent name. Code-named Aerith Plus? That’s like, poetic or something.
Anyway, rumors hint the white one’s chip is gonna be from the Z2 series, a chilled-out quad-core setup. Architecture and GPU details are still hiding in the shadows. Hopefully, AMD and Asus spill the beans at Computex.
Oh, and don’t forget to hit up Tom’s Hardware on Google News if you’re craving more juicy tech tidbits. I mean, if you’re into that sort of thing. But, yeah, where was I? Probably time to wrap up this ramble before I get too sidetracked… again.
