I own both the MacBook pro and Lenovo Slim Pro 9i and both are good laptops. The negatives with the MacBook are that the screen is non touch, that you are stuck with the apple OS, and the ridiculous price. The Slim Pro 9i features an excellent screen, better than the MacBook in my opinion, 32GB memory, 1TB SSD. The only limiting factor is the battery life. In actual use I get around 4 - 5 hours versus 7 - 8 with the Mac. I think Andrew's comparison for the most part is spot on but I feel he gives Apple credit for a better display, touchpad, and audio. To me the Lenovo display is better and the touchpad and audio are equal. Also note that he took off points for the memory being not upgradeable but Lenovo gives one 32GB of fast memory as standard, which is more than 99% of users will ever use. Lastly, one has to consider price, I paid 1499 for the Lenovo while a similarly equipped Mac is 3000. Also, at time of purchase I couldn't find the Asus for less than 2000 and that was with 16GB of memory.
The graphics and audio of all your reviews are definitely the best on the Internet. You’re very humble and get the job done and have always helped me in my computer purchases. Thank you
Thanks for the video, it was nearly exactly what I was looking for. Yes, I'd like to see more comparisons of this style. I recommend that you add a category for build quality. Cheers.
Its so exciting how some laptops that are considered to be mid-range now are actually so much better than the premium ones from a few years ago, the laptops showcased in this video were STACKED, fully cranked up the wazoo, I wonder how much this technology is going to develop in the next few years. I bet processors are gonna have a huge leap forward, and the ram and storage too eventually. There isn't even a remote chance of me buying any of these, but its still very interesting to watch.
Excellent ! More showdowns more party ! And we can’t wait for the battle of the titans between Dell XPS 13 Plus, Macbook Pro 14” M2 Max and Surface Laptop Studio 2 !
Great Reviews Andrew! However, I just wanted to point out that you had ranked the Lenovo Slim Pro i9 above the Asus Zenbook Pro 14 OLED in the "Thermals/Fan Noise" category in their individual review videos and here you have ranked them equally. Also, you had ranked the Keyboard of the Lenovo over the Asus by a whole point in your videos where you reviewed them individually. Any reason for this?
One thing to mention when you compare the apple laptops to windows laptops - the performance of the apple laptops stays the same when unplugged, while the performance of windows laptops drops 40%+ when unplugged. If someone’s use case for doing work requiring intensive processing of anything somehow involves doing it unplugged, apple is the clear winner. Otherwise, yeah, you can definitely get more for your money.
Windows laptops are always weaker than Macbooks when not plugged in. Not to mention, if the performance is equal to the Macbook when not plugged in, the usage time will be significantly reduced.
Constructive crits: link to your individual reviews in the description. In the individual segment scoring the circular bars didn't line up with percentages shown when they were evenly matched. I would also have preferred if you also showed each webcam in full screen after the direct side-by-side. Otherwise excellent! Finding that Asus OLED in Canada will be tricky...
Nice comparison video. One thing to remember for those users who use any software that is made for the Windows operating system only then the Apple unit is of no use no matter how good its features are and the same goes for those users who use any software for the Apple operating system only then the Windows units are of no use no matter how good its features are. There will be some users that this might be a concern with. Other than that if this is not a concern then your users can make a better decision when purchasing a PC after watching this comparison review, Great review
I have both Asus Zenbook pro 14 and M2 pro max. After about a year of light usage Zenbook monitor cover "pop up". Macbook material use, design, build and quality control is much better.
Finally, the review I've been waiting for. Since ZenBook Pro is no longer available in the market, I was going with the Lenovo yoga slim X .. let's see what Andrrew says
Are you using CAD for the prices? Because the Macbook Pro 14 starts at $1999 USD. Still really good and detailed video, it shows you basically you cannot go wrong with either of these machines.
Great comparison, would like to see the Asus Zenbook X Pro reviewed and compared with Apple, although I think you did a video on this but the power adapter was wrong, I think this laptop is amazing value for money. Again great video Andrew always like to chill out watching your content fantastic as always! 👍
Love your reviews. I enjoyed this one but really looking forward to the new Surface Laptop Studio and how it would compare against these you have today, at least against #1 and 2
I need a 'multimedia' laptop that's excellent for photo, video, creative workflows but can also handle a lighter workload of all the things I do on my main system (light 3D work, gaming, game dev etc.). The Macbook is the best at what it's good at but severely lacks the versatility I require, along with being the most expensive. I'm not a fan of the Asus Zenbooks I've tested in store, and I need a brighter display than the 400 nit OLED panel. Of the three tested Lenovo Pro 9i ticks all my boxes, and I'm very likely to pick this one.
Yes I agree with you. The Lenovo seems like the best of the bunch. The only thing that leads me towards an apple (and likely an Apple Air model) is the battery and unplugged performance which matches its plugged in state. Granted, I would then be mainly using it for non-pro requirements. I don't think I am Windows bound by my requirements, but I have only ever used Windows so far and am hesitant to switch to apple for a device that most likely only be my secondary machine. I do need something to last a good 6hours of full pelt use on the road however.
@@firstspar Fair enough. My main laptop for the last 6 years was a Macbook pro. Apple is second to none in terms of reliability and power efficiency. The M2 Air 15 is the most appealing to me right now. I'll probably get one 2 years from now when the price drops.
@@user-vw6bk4pb4l that said. The lenovo can get 7/8 hours if set to power saving and 50% screen brightness. I think that is a fair trade off for not having to put up with macOS and having to switch between two OS again and again 😅
@@firstspar I wish there was an AMD option, they are more efficient. But there are many ways to improve the battery life. Reducing the resolution to QHD or FHD. Reducing the refresh rate (I don't care for higher refresh unless I'm gaming). Turning off the dedicated GPU when I don't need it (90% of the time). You can also play around with the mini LED and SDR options not sure which one saves more battery. Mac OS isn't bad. You'll get used to it. There's something nice about the simplicity, especially for a secondary device. i.e To uninstall a program just delete it, in one click.
Aloha Andrew, these are the kind of Showdowns are absolutely amazing. Keep up the good work and keep diversifying your content. Would have loved to have scene the hp Spectre 14 in the mix. I am hp/windows guy and each of my purchases were after you fully vetted the devices on you channel. Truly a class act, keep the content coming brother!!!!
Great Video Andrew as always! Was just wondering if the Laptop you are showing at 5:47 is the Zenbook 14 Pro or the X since the Pro does not open that much haha. Wonderful and informative video as usual!
I would have loved for you to test performance on battery. I suspect to achieve the battery life shown by the Windows Laptops the performance is lowered while the MacBook Pro maintains the same performance. Kindly do a similar test for 15/16 inch laptops. I'm curios how the ASUS ZenBook Pro 16X OLED will do. Thanks for your amazing videos.
Great review. I have a hard time trying to move away from the apple ecosystem, I think one of the key things I love is being able to have phone calls come in on my mac since I always leave my phone somewhere I am not, but I mostly use windows applications for productivity and I don't even now how I ended up with apple anyway. Do any windows builds make this phone connectivity as easy as apple does?
Hey, Andrew! 👋 Thanks for the video! The only concern I have is related to the performance test. Lenovo Slim Pro 9i also has a configuration with Intel Core i9-13905H and RTX4060/RTX4070, so in this case it probably should have the same score as Asus has, it also can affect the battery life, but not sure if it affects it in a better way. 😄 However great comparison, great quality, and graphic! I appreciate your work! 🙏
This is the best comparison of laptops on the internet, direct, easy to understand and objective. And, in my opinion, the zenbook wins just by being able to upgrade the ram.
The M2 is rather similiar to AMD chips on the same node when it comes to efficiency. Its the old x86 instruction set and much more overhead due to compatibility with other soft and hardware that makes in necessary for windows machines to work harder. Long story short the M2 seems more efficient and faster per clock cause it has to do a lot less. At the cost of heavy compatibility restrictions.
The Zenbook is way to expensive. In France the cheapest version is 2,499€ with an i7 and only 16go ram. I can get for €1,800 a yoga pro 9i with I9 and 32go ram
They r power hungry as more powerful ...... But they r x86 vs arm U can wait for spandragon x elite chips if u want .... But 7 to 9 hrs moderate uses is better and that's how much u need
14:13 macbook pro 14 starting price should $1999. Why you put $2899 there? $2899 is even enough for macbook pro 16. So the price score should be the same. 15:05 MacBook at the 2nd, because it gets 0 on the upgradability. So if you don’t upgrade your laptop, MacBook pro is the first with 20% lead.
@@andrewmarcdavid I have both Asus Zenbook pro 14 and M2 pro max. After about a year of light usage Zenbook monitor cover "pop up". Macbook material use, design, build and quality control is much better.
Most people don't need a MacBook Max...from a cost/performance perspective, this seemed reasonable. MacBook is probably much longer lasting because it doesn't get outdated so quickly.
The only reason the macbook lost is because of the upgradeability it seems. It gained no points there and the asus gained 95 points. And even then there was only a 26 point difference. On another note, do you have any recommendations for a 14 inch windows laptop that runs cool on the bottom, but is about as powerful as the macbook and the other laptops tested today? I want to use it on my lap, and both the zenbook and the lenovo seem to have hot spots on the bottom.
Is that why MBs have 8% global market share, and less than 1% of corporations, small businesses, educational institutions, government agencies, and nonprofits across the planet use MBs? And I haven't even brought all the class action lawsuits, or absence of basic 21st features like touch screen, pen support, 2-in-1 design, etc.
Not true. MacBooks do dominate the video production aspect due to better optimization, but 3D work is dominated by PCs with Nvidia dedicated GPUs. Even in gaming, AMD iGPUs dominate video game consoles and mini-PCs for gaming. PS5 and Xbox series X all use AMD iGPUs. The best gaming mini-PCs all use AMD Radeon iGPU (Minisforum UM790 & BeeLink GTR7).
@@akin242002 Typical Apple fanboy reply consisting of zero data and 100% nonsense. AMD is not Apple, so why are you even mentioning them? Also Apple fan boys love to use meaningless jargon words like optimization because they can't refute the actual facts. The facts are MBs are a niche device that only Americans buy...
@@RK-um9tu Your comment was deleted, but how am I an Apple fanboy when I clearly pointed out facts that PCs dominate in most areas in regards to graphics. 3D design: Pcs > Apple. Gaming: PCs > Apple. CAD for cars/architecture/civil engineering: PCs > Apple. Social media videos: Apple > PCs. TikTok, Instagram, RUclips, and local news stations.
@@akin242002 I point out market share and you immediately say not true and then give zero data to support your arguments about ninche areas of computing...
Hard pass on the M2 MacBook Pro, unless someone is deep in the Apple ecosystem and making 100+k per year in income. For significantly less, the Asus and Lenovo slim provide more in most cases. Battery life, fan noise, and screen brightness still favors the MacBook. PC laptops win at CPU performance, display refresh rate, adjustable SSD, and ports. Most people work around 6 legit hours per business day, so 13+ hours of battery life isn't needed unless someone is attending conferences often. Screen brightness isn't a deal breaker outside of Southern California, Arizona, or other sunny areas. Thus, Asus ZenBook Pro is the best of the group if you don't have a deep Apple ecosystem setup.
Not sure why you are including a MB when you loyal views have consistently shown little to no interest in these laptop that not only lack basic 21st century features, but also have a long history of class action lawsuits being file for poor build quality...
Not trying to gag on your work beacuse everything is high qaulity EXCEPT: R23 is extremely biased towards x86 as they do not make use of ARM's newest Scalar Vector extention. For this reason R23 is absolute BS for comparison. R24 is doing a much better job utilising apple silicons features.(altough still not fully accurate) The M2max has 67billion transistors while a 7900x has 7billion...This alone is a massive lead. Can you please include R24 next times? Edit: r23 came out in 2020 thus it doesn't even include SVE and SVE2. No wonder we get such underwhelming results for apple silicon
It's a suggestion and not a hate. If the selection criteria is "Pro" in the name (which is strange TBH) then where is HP probook or samsung galaxy Pro. It is just hard to get a sense of real 14' powerfull laptop in the market without AMD chip, and IPS display in the comparison. Just Josh handled it pretty well BTW. For me it is still unclear are these are are only option if need powerful device? Is it because of how the look, is it a screen size, maybe dGPU is the factor. What is good to see is what customer decision this comparison helps to make? Seems like it is just Zenbook vs Slim Pro. If you do not care about windows or games you just go for mac. But if you not a "creator" and doing a real work (IB, engineering, software development, science, AI) you could be curious on what 14' powerful options are.
This is exactly what I was searching for!!! I was dead set on getting the L. Slim, but you’ve tipped me over to the Asus camp.
It's always good to see your reviews, Andrew. Keep up the excellent work.
I own both the MacBook pro and Lenovo Slim Pro 9i and both are good laptops. The negatives with the MacBook are that the screen is non touch, that you are stuck with the apple OS, and the ridiculous price. The Slim Pro 9i features an excellent screen, better than the MacBook in my opinion, 32GB memory, 1TB SSD. The only limiting factor is the battery life. In actual use I get around 4 - 5 hours versus 7 - 8 with the Mac. I think Andrew's comparison for the most part is spot on but I feel he gives Apple credit for a better display, touchpad, and audio. To me the Lenovo display is better and the touchpad and audio are equal. Also note that he took off points for the memory being not upgradeable but Lenovo gives one 32GB of fast memory as standard, which is more than 99% of users will ever use. Lastly, one has to consider price, I paid 1499 for the Lenovo while a similarly equipped Mac is 3000. Also, at time of purchase I couldn't find the Asus for less than 2000 and that was with 16GB of memory.
The graphics and audio of all your reviews are definitely the best on the Internet. You’re very humble and get the job done and have always helped me in my computer purchases.
Thank you
Thanks 🙏
Thanks for the video, it was nearly exactly what I was looking for. Yes, I'd like to see more comparisons of this style. I recommend that you add a category for build quality. Cheers.
Its so exciting how some laptops that are considered to be mid-range now are actually so much better than the premium ones from a few years ago, the laptops showcased in this video were STACKED, fully cranked up the wazoo, I wonder how much this technology is going to develop in the next few years. I bet processors are gonna have a huge leap forward, and the ram and storage too eventually. There isn't even a remote chance of me buying any of these, but its still very interesting to watch.
Can you give an example of some of these mid-range devices? Looks like I am missing out, 😅
Excellent ! More showdowns more party ! And we can’t wait for the battle of the titans between Dell XPS 13 Plus, Macbook Pro 14” M2 Max and Surface Laptop Studio 2 !
Great Reviews Andrew!
However, I just wanted to point out that you had ranked the Lenovo Slim Pro i9 above the Asus Zenbook Pro 14 OLED in the "Thermals/Fan Noise" category in their individual review videos and here you have ranked them equally.
Also, you had ranked the Keyboard of the Lenovo over the Asus by a whole point in your videos where you reviewed them individually.
Any reason for this?
One of the best reviews in 2024 even it's out of 2023 so far...very good job Andrew
One thing to mention when you compare the apple laptops to windows laptops - the performance of the apple laptops stays the same when unplugged, while the performance of windows laptops drops 40%+ when unplugged. If someone’s use case for doing work requiring intensive processing of anything somehow involves doing it unplugged, apple is the clear winner.
Otherwise, yeah, you can definitely get more for your money.
Who
Windows laptops are always weaker than Macbooks when not plugged in. Not to mention, if the performance is equal to the Macbook when not plugged in, the usage time will be significantly reduced.
It is due to nvidia graphics card they need power plus they r better than mackbook lol
@@premprakash2297 The m3 max is equal to a laptop 4070 I believe. Not exactly a slouch.
You mean to say the performance drops down to the level of the macbook :)
despite of its battery life - i still like the lenovo's ergonomic design, upgrade ability, keyboard, screen touch - looks more pro from me. :)
Constructive crits: link to your individual reviews in the description. In the individual segment scoring the circular bars didn't line up with percentages shown when they were evenly matched. I would also have preferred if you also showed each webcam in full screen after the direct side-by-side.
Otherwise excellent! Finding that Asus OLED in Canada will be tricky...
You’re the best for Laptop review in my opinion.
Thanks really appreciate it
Nice comparison video. One thing to remember for those users who use any software that is made for the Windows operating system only then the Apple unit is of no use no matter how good its features are and the same goes for those users who use any software for the Apple operating system only then the Windows units are of no use no matter how good its features are. There will be some users that this might be a concern with. Other than that if this is not a concern then your users can make a better decision when purchasing a PC after watching this comparison review, Great review
I have both Asus Zenbook pro 14 and M2 pro max. After about a year of light usage Zenbook monitor cover "pop up". Macbook material use, design, build and quality control is much better.
Thanks to your channel Andrew, I currently have the Lenovo Slim Pro 9i 16 and I love it! Brilliant video as always my friend!! 👍😁
Is the bios locked? Wifi card soldered?
Finally, the review I've been waiting for. Since ZenBook Pro is no longer available in the market, I was going with the Lenovo yoga slim X .. let's see what Andrrew says
Glad I could help!
Amazing coparation as always! you're THE best!
Are you using CAD for the prices? Because the Macbook Pro 14 starts at $1999 USD.
Still really good and detailed video, it shows you basically you cannot go wrong with either of these machines.
Cannot wait to see your reviews next year with new Meteor Lake iGPU!
One of the only channels comparing 14 inch laptops that can compete with a 14 inch macbook pro, thank you!
Great comparison, would like to see the Asus Zenbook X Pro reviewed and compared with Apple, although I think you did a video on this but the power adapter was wrong, I think this laptop is amazing value for money. Again great video Andrew always like to chill out watching your content fantastic as always! 👍
I would have given the Mac the win for ports because it has charging capable USB-C connectors on both sides. Very convenient.
For more than 1000 bucks...nice😅
Love your reviews. I enjoyed this one but really looking forward to the new Surface Laptop Studio and how it would compare against these you have today, at least against #1 and 2
I need a 'multimedia' laptop that's excellent for photo, video, creative workflows but can also handle a lighter workload of all the things I do on my main system (light 3D work, gaming, game dev etc.). The Macbook is the best at what it's good at but severely lacks the versatility I require, along with being the most expensive. I'm not a fan of the Asus Zenbooks I've tested in store, and I need a brighter display than the 400 nit OLED panel.
Of the three tested Lenovo Pro 9i ticks all my boxes, and I'm very likely to pick this one.
Yes I agree with you. The Lenovo seems like the best of the bunch. The only thing that leads me towards an apple (and likely an Apple Air model) is the battery and unplugged performance which matches its plugged in state. Granted, I would then be mainly using it for non-pro requirements. I don't think I am Windows bound by my requirements, but I have only ever used Windows so far and am hesitant to switch to apple for a device that most likely only be my secondary machine. I do need something to last a good 6hours of full pelt use on the road however.
@@firstspar Fair enough. My main laptop for the last 6 years was a Macbook pro. Apple is second to none in terms of reliability and power efficiency. The M2 Air 15 is the most appealing to me right now. I'll probably get one 2 years from now when the price drops.
@@user-vw6bk4pb4l that said. The lenovo can get 7/8 hours if set to power saving and 50% screen brightness. I think that is a fair trade off for not having to put up with macOS and having to switch between two OS again and again 😅
@@firstspar I wish there was an AMD option, they are more efficient. But there are many ways to improve the battery life. Reducing the resolution to QHD or FHD. Reducing the refresh rate (I don't care for higher refresh unless I'm gaming). Turning off the dedicated GPU when I don't need it (90% of the time). You can also play around with the mini LED and SDR options not sure which one saves more battery.
Mac OS isn't bad. You'll get used to it. There's something nice about the simplicity, especially for a secondary device. i.e To uninstall a program just delete it, in one click.
Aloha Andrew, these are the kind of Showdowns are absolutely amazing. Keep up the good work and keep diversifying your content. Would have loved to have scene the hp Spectre 14 in the mix. I am hp/windows guy and each of my purchases were after you fully vetted the devices on you channel. Truly a class act, keep the content coming brother!!!!
Nice video
Out of the 3 which one do you recommend the most for music production?
Your videos are just amazing! Love the Lenovo yoga pro 9!
What is your recording Camera? Absolutely stunning!
Great video, as always.
excellent reviews! thank you, Andrew!
Great Video Andrew as always! Was just wondering if the Laptop you are showing at 5:47 is the Zenbook 14 Pro or the X since the Pro does not open that much haha. Wonderful and informative video as usual!
Omg I just realized I used the wrong footage oh well it has the same keyboard for the most part
Best comparison of Laptop. Thank you for bringing clarity among us.
I wish the video waited to include the Surface Laptop Studio as it's a compelling option for this category as well
Love my Lenovo Slim Pro 9i.
How is battery life?
I would have loved for you to test performance on battery. I suspect to achieve the battery life shown by the Windows Laptops the performance is lowered while the MacBook Pro maintains the same performance. Kindly do a similar test for 15/16 inch laptops. I'm curios how the ASUS ZenBook Pro 16X OLED will do. Thanks for your amazing videos.
Wow what a thorough analysis. Youve just got yourself another subscriber my friend 👍
Welcome aboard!
Love the showdown compares.yes more is better.
Great review. I have a hard time trying to move away from the apple ecosystem, I think one of the key things I love is being able to have phone calls come in on my mac since I always leave my phone somewhere I am not, but I mostly use windows applications for productivity and I don't even now how I ended up with apple anyway. Do any windows builds make this phone connectivity as easy as apple does?
Yes Intel Evo laptop got Intel unisen omething like that u can connect it and get calls, message etc
I am looking forward to seeing if this changes once you get your hands on Surface Laptop Studio 2. On paper it Seems like a good contender.
Hey, Andrew! 👋
Thanks for the video!
The only concern I have is related to the performance test. Lenovo Slim Pro 9i also has a configuration with
Intel Core i9-13905H and RTX4060/RTX4070, so in this case it probably should have the same score as Asus has, it also can affect the battery life, but not sure if it affects it in a better way. 😄
However great comparison, great quality, and graphic! I appreciate your work! 🙏
Excelent reviews. Thank you.
This is the best comparison of laptops on the internet, direct, easy to understand and objective. And, in my opinion, the zenbook wins just by being able to upgrade the ram.
Thanks 🙏
Could you also do a non-pro version of this recommendation?
Too bad I need a 16", and Asus somehow refuses to sell the 16" version of your winner in my country.
Andrew, thanks for your effort. My mind is clear now 😊
Happy to help!
Any thought I have in my mind You always make videos on that...... 💟
Just wandering in your opinion what is the ranking of build quality?
Are you able to make a comparison with the surface pro 9 and the newly announced surface laptop go 3?
Asus vs a Dell (xps or others top)? Thanks
Hi Andrew, I needed to ask something. Can we users add Ram to the Asus Zenbook pro 14 Oled.
Please help. :)
The M2 is rather similiar to AMD chips on the same node when it comes to efficiency. Its the old x86 instruction set and much more overhead due to compatibility with other soft and hardware that makes in necessary for windows machines to work harder. Long story short the M2 seems more efficient and faster per clock cause it has to do a lot less. At the cost of heavy compatibility restrictions.
Thank you 😊
will so cover the Asus G14 soon in the future?
Can you please tell me of the asus trackpad turns into a numpad? Antibacterial properties as the others?
Need that for 16inch laptops
I wonder if the ZenBook 14 Pro is ideal for 3D architectural design?
Trow in the Legion Slim 5 14 when it comes out.
I have it and review will drop this week
@@andrewmarcdavid Awesome! Thank you sir!
nice vid!
no love for laptops with amd 4nm cpus ? still scarcely available ?
this selection is very high end... At the very least a lower priced contender should have been in there imo
That is a separate video on the best 14” laptops that are not pro. I will be releasing that very shortly
I thought the point was the comparison of the high end ones.
@@andrewmarcdavid
Will you also review the 14inch Lenovo Legion Slim 5?
@@blabu7909 I have it and working on it now
Please review vivobook pro 16x oled 2023😊
The Zenbook is way to expensive. In France the cheapest version is 2,499€ with an i7 and only 16go ram. I can get for €1,800 a yoga pro 9i with I9 and 32go ram
Any opinion on the Dell inspiron 14 pro? 2023 model seems pretty good but not sure.
I have the review on the way stay tuned.
@@andrewmarcdavidVery nice!
on asus zenbook, can be the soldered 16gb disabled in bios in case of failure?
Why doesn’t this dude have 1mil subs
I just wish the slim pro 9i had better battery life.
They r power hungry as more powerful ...... But they r x86 vs arm
U can wait for spandragon x elite chips if u want ....
But 7 to 9 hrs moderate uses is better and that's how much u need
the mac book pro should go up against dell lat 9440
Why not Ryzen?
Honestly, I am surprised an Intel laptop won this. Macbooks and AMD laptops are usually quieter and have better battery life.
14:13 macbook pro 14 starting price should $1999. Why you put $2899 there? $2899 is even enough for macbook pro 16. So the price score should be the same. 15:05 MacBook at the 2nd, because it gets 0 on the upgradability. So if you don’t upgrade your laptop, MacBook pro is the first with 20% lead.
Latest gen Lenovo t14 please
hp Zbook G10 must be there too
I am doing separate video for mobile workstations
Workstations comparisons would be the Zbook G10, latest Dell Precision, and the latest MacBook Studio.
nice😮
What about the build quality?
All three have excellent build quality you can't go wrong with any of them
@@andrewmarcdavid I have both Asus Zenbook pro 14 and M2 pro max. After about a year of light usage Zenbook monitor cover "pop up". Macbook material use, design, build and quality control is much better.
You should have used M2 Max as a fair comparison on performance
Most people don't need a MacBook Max...from a cost/performance perspective, this seemed reasonable.
MacBook is probably much longer lasting because it doesn't get outdated so quickly.
The only reason the macbook lost is because of the upgradeability it seems. It gained no points there and the asus gained 95 points. And even then there was only a 26 point difference.
On another note, do you have any recommendations for a 14 inch windows laptop that runs cool on the bottom, but is about as powerful as the macbook and the other laptops tested today? I want to use it on my lap, and both the zenbook and the lenovo seem to have hot spots on the bottom.
Price too bro
Thanks for no apple Bias
Where is dell xps
It isn't in a 14-inch form factor. Only 13, 15, and 17-inchs.
Not a 14-in and its not a pro level device.
You forgot the most important graphical computing GPU part and I think this is why the windows laptops can not last close to MacBook
Is that why MBs have 8% global market share, and less than 1% of corporations, small businesses, educational institutions, government agencies, and nonprofits across the planet use MBs? And I haven't even brought all the class action lawsuits, or absence of basic 21st features like touch screen, pen support, 2-in-1 design, etc.
Not true. MacBooks do dominate the video production aspect due to better optimization, but 3D work is dominated by PCs with Nvidia dedicated GPUs. Even in gaming, AMD iGPUs dominate video game consoles and mini-PCs for gaming. PS5 and Xbox series X all use AMD iGPUs. The best gaming mini-PCs all use AMD Radeon iGPU (Minisforum UM790 & BeeLink GTR7).
@@akin242002 Typical Apple fanboy reply consisting of zero data and 100% nonsense. AMD is not Apple, so why are you even mentioning them? Also Apple fan boys love to use meaningless jargon words like optimization because they can't refute the actual facts. The facts are MBs are a niche device that only Americans buy...
@@RK-um9tu Your comment was deleted, but how am I an Apple fanboy when I clearly pointed out facts that PCs dominate in most areas in regards to graphics.
3D design: Pcs > Apple.
Gaming: PCs > Apple.
CAD for cars/architecture/civil engineering: PCs > Apple.
Social media videos: Apple > PCs. TikTok, Instagram, RUclips, and local news stations.
@@akin242002 I point out market share and you immediately say not true and then give zero data to support your arguments about ninche areas of computing...
Hard pass on the M2 MacBook Pro, unless someone is deep in the Apple ecosystem and making 100+k per year in income.
For significantly less, the Asus and Lenovo slim provide more in most cases. Battery life, fan noise, and screen brightness still favors the MacBook. PC laptops win at CPU performance, display refresh rate, adjustable SSD, and ports. Most people work around 6 legit hours per business day, so 13+ hours of battery life isn't needed unless someone is attending conferences often. Screen brightness isn't a deal breaker outside of Southern California, Arizona, or other sunny areas. Thus, Asus ZenBook Pro is the best of the group if you don't have a deep Apple ecosystem setup.
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Not sure why you are including a MB when you loyal views have consistently shown little to no interest in these laptop that not only lack basic 21st century features, but also have a long history of class action lawsuits being file for poor build quality...
dude, i can understand not liking apple, but get real a bit - their build quality is top tier.
Not trying to gag on your work beacuse everything is high qaulity EXCEPT:
R23 is extremely biased towards x86 as they do not make use of ARM's newest
Scalar Vector extention.
For this reason R23 is absolute BS for comparison.
R24 is doing a much better job utilising apple silicons features.(altough still not fully accurate)
The M2max has 67billion transistors while a 7900x has 7billion...This alone is a massive lead.
Can you please include R24 next times?
Edit: r23 came out in 2020 thus it doesn't even include
SVE and SVE2.
No wonder we get such underwhelming results for apple silicon
For me personally, yoga Pro 9i is the winner because I always prefer mini-LED over OLED, and secondly the Microsoft windows environment.
Without g14 this comparison doesn't make sense
That is a gaming laptop
It's a suggestion and not a hate.
If the selection criteria is "Pro" in the name (which is strange TBH) then where is HP probook or samsung galaxy Pro.
It is just hard to get a sense of real 14' powerfull laptop in the market without AMD chip, and IPS display in the comparison.
Just Josh handled it pretty well BTW. For me it is still unclear are these are are only option if need powerful device? Is it because of how the look, is it a screen size, maybe dGPU is the factor.
What is good to see is what customer decision this comparison helps to make? Seems like it is just Zenbook vs Slim Pro. If you do not care about windows or games you just go for mac. But if you not a "creator" and doing a real work (IB, engineering, software development, science, AI) you could be curious on what 14' powerful options are.
Maybe you need a display resolution higher than QHD+ to qualify lol!
Thanks a lot. Excellent Review.