AMD's new naming convention is going to take a guide book in order to decipher it. Most people won't know what the heck they are buying. Intel isn't much better with theirs.
@@dfgatorfanAt least ASUS have a pretty clear product range designation. Imagine trying to buy a Dell laptop in 2025 with 3 CPU mfrs each supplying at least 2 generations of processors across 3 product sector siloes each with 3 quality tiers! Good luck to anyone trying to make sense of what they’re buying there. 😆
do most people care though? hate to be that guy defending this but i think those who care will still get the info they need without sny extra difficulty.
The worst design of the 2024 duo is that the SSD is inaccessible from the small cover on the back. The bottom screen must be removed which is extremely difficult to do without cracking it; and the display ribbon cable is extremely difficult to re-insert, and just forget about removing the power connector which has a metal clip that is also easy to damage. Mine flung off and shorted the motherboard. Mine got into a blue-screen "SDD inaccessible" loop after an update one day and even a factory reset or BIOS update could not fix it, nor altering BIOS settings, however, the SSD was accessible in a recovery prompt, go figure. I even removed bit locker and tried several workarounds from ASUS. All the well-known boot recovery tricks could not correct this either (dism/sfc/bootrec/etc). I basically broke the laptop trying to get the SSD out to remove classified client data before sending it into repair. $1700 mistake because of a terrible design. Beware of the same issue for the 2025 design.
The battery connector on my asus g14 (2021) shorted my first motherboard and battery. It flung out of its socket, went on the motherboard, and shorted the battery. Luckily, it was covered by warranty
Is there no longer a Zenbook Pro line? The premium body and oled with a dedicated gpu was a nice spot for me. The ROG line has this but the Zenbook Pro was nice to avoid the gamer RGB aesthetic. A zenbook pro 14 with the Strix halo chip would be interesting as well.
Got my wifey Z S 14 258V notebook for USD1,500, she is happy as is into photo editing and that OLED is perfect, plus light to carry. Myself, I am waiting for HX 370/375 from Elitebook or ThinkPads 13/14" in order to consider upgrading my Elitebook 7840U/32GB; for me keyboard matters a lot but am hoping for much better battery life.
MacBooks have 10% global laptop market share for a reason... Market share with small businesses, corporations, government agencies, educational institutions, and non profits is less than 1%... In short, MacBooks suck...
Not buying Asus anymore. Fed up with bugs and issues on G733PY. I'll be waiting for Lenovo and hopefully they have something nice running 395 and 128GB RAM.
@@davitdavid7165 I'd argue a laptop with 7945HX and 4090 with a cost of several thousand bucks should not wake up to completely black screen 50% of the time 1.5 years after release and tons of patches. This is atrocious and unheard of.
It is kind of confusing to see snapdragon made a much lower end chip than X plus considering x plus chip already had difficulty on video playback with high resolution. I wondered the performance of the integrated graphics on the X chip, and how low of a price this computer can be at.
This was amazing! First video I ever saw showcasing a given company’s entire lineup, and in a super orderly, logic way. Very helpful! Hope you do it with all major brands as well.
Arrow Lake mobile doesn't have the much faster Battlemage graphics that Lunar Lake does, instead it uses a slightly updated 'Alchemist+' architecture, which is essentially unchanged iirc from regular Alchemist, save for the inclusion of XMX units.
probably no. arrow lake-H use similar I/O die as meteor lake so no upgrade in I/O. strix point also use USB4 only so don't expect kraken point to suddenly offer better I/O compared to strix point. and don't expect qualcomm to offer TB5 too you could find TB5 in some arrow lake-HX systems like ROG Strix Scar 16/18
@@seth4321 I have one too, I tap/double tap for both left and right click so I don't even notice, but it is a bit stiff if you rely on the physical click
Hey Josh, you forgot to say that the X Elite sucks and most RUclipsrs recommending it were sponsored by Qualcomm. I know getting sponsored by Asus does not affect your judgement. You are an honest person and everyone else is not.
Hey Josh! Hope you are having a great time at CES 2025! If you are visiting Lenovo Booth, is it possible to get any information about Thinkbook 16p 2025 model!
I hope AMD can try to mitigate their supply issues with Zen 5 now launched. AMD has always had issues with supply for their mobile processors, which is why Intel still vastly outsells them despite great and competitive offerings.
Not sure if thats even the case these days. All my local electronic stores have a bunch of AMD laptops in stock, right in the store for everyone to grab. I rarely see anyone even look at them. People just buy the intel stuff.
Would love to see a new revision of the ASUS Zenbook DUO with a AMD AI 9 HX 370. Great device but they should never have put the Intel Ultra 9 185H in it
Man why did they have to gimp the AMD version of the Zenbook 14 with the lower power chip and the lower spec display. I hope they offer a variant with the better specs but it sounds like they want you to go Intel for that - which might be fine, but I was really hoping for some AMD laptops with the 32 or 40 core iGPU.
I was already worried id start regretting buying the surface laptop 7 X plus during the Christmas sale since laptops are obviously going to get better but i needed something for the upcoming semester anyway for comp sci so i had to
What colour did you get? Also, how are you finding using it so far? I was also considering buying one during black friday on a killer deal but decided not to last minute. I would have gone for black though
🤩🤩that's good that asus pushing all fast I even know why and who is helping them hahaha but because of high prices and 0 savings ever never low price they be the last in the long run :)
🤩🤩I'm not even waiting lol my 500$ laptop doing it all perfectly there is no need in 2025 to spend about 1500$ or more waste of money but good luck people enjoy being fooled :)
@@soulofnature6537 maybe for you, it can do everything but there are different types of work loads. And if it works for you that's good and I'm happy for you "yaahhhhhh!!", but that "being fooled" bullshit keep it to yourself respectfully (humbly). And there are people who appreciate a better experience. Currently I have a $500 machine. It does not even run AAA titles. So emphasizing on point there are different workloads other than browsing and checking e-mails. 😄😄
@soulofnature6537 @soulofnature6537 maybe for you, it works incredibly. Good for you mate "yaahhhhh!!!!". But there are different workloads and requirements for different people. Like currently I have a $500 laptop as a highschool student it held up greatly, just couldn't play any real games but browsing was fine. But sometimes you do need a little more, a better build quality than plastic, and better performance. So if it's not for you, okay I get it, but words like fooled and waste of money is something you should keep for yourself.
@@soulofnature6537 @soulofnature6537 maybe for you, it works incredibly. Good for you mate "yaahhhhh!!!!". But there are different workloads and requirements for different people. Like currently I have a $500 laptop as a highschool student it held up greatly, just couldn't play any real games but browsing was fine. But sometimes you do need a little more, a better build quality than plastic, and better performance. So if it's not for you good but I say it humbly that keep words like being fooled to yourself please.
@soulofnature6537 @soulofnature6537 @soulofnature6537 maybe for you, it works incredibly. Good for you mate "yaahhhhh!!!!". But there are different workloads and requirements for different people. Like currently I have a $500 laptop as a highschool student it held up greatly, just couldn't play any real games but browsing was fine. But sometimes you do need a little more, a better build quality than plastic, and better performance. So if it's not for you good but I say it humbly that keep words like being fooled to yourself please.
I can't recommend you buy an Asus laptop in Australia, as I ordered one online in November and it is now Jan 08 and it has still not arrived. have called a number of times but not time line as to when it will arrive. May just be an Australian issue.
🤩🤩all i care is about 500$ price they do everything perfectly and it can be fat design I prefer fat and heavy with best cooling instead of slim and light that will break many times not even hitting 5 years :)
Asus is the market's guinea pig brand. They always get first dibs on new chips, market it as 'exclusive' at a higer price-point, and everyone throws themselves at it and returns them lol.
@@JustJoshTech The links does not work, and the prices are not up to date. I've been commenting on almost every single recent video and tried reaching out through emails and it's been close to a month now with no updates. Please! Fix! Your! Website!
@@koreankorean5645 This is extremely important. We have to deliver the value we promise. Could you email me at info@justjosh.biz with screen shots of which pages you are on and which links you are clicking that aren't working?
@@JustJoshTech The Lenovo Slim Pro 7 14 - 2023 link leads to nothing, the Lenovo Legion Slim 5 16 - 2023 link also leads to nothing, Hp omnibook ultra a while ago's link also does not work. And many more. I did email you this around 20 days ago.
AMD's new naming convention is going to take a guide book in order to decipher it. Most people won't know what the heck they are buying. Intel isn't much better with theirs.
We have one coming for Thursday or Friday am :)
@@JustJoshTech Looking forward to it! It will be a great year for laptops and we'll need your help to know what we're buying!
@@dfgatorfanAt least ASUS have a pretty clear product range designation. Imagine trying to buy a Dell laptop in 2025 with 3 CPU mfrs each supplying at least 2 generations of processors across 3 product sector siloes each with 3 quality tiers! Good luck to anyone trying to make sense of what they’re buying there. 😆
😂 true
do most people care though? hate to be that guy defending this but i think those who care will still get the info they need without sny extra difficulty.
The zepherus, strix and flow x are what i am interested in
Same
The worst design of the 2024 duo is that the SSD is inaccessible from the small cover on the back. The bottom screen must be removed which is extremely difficult to do without cracking it; and the display ribbon cable is extremely difficult to re-insert, and just forget about removing the power connector which has a metal clip that is also easy to damage. Mine flung off and shorted the motherboard. Mine got into a blue-screen "SDD inaccessible" loop after an update one day and even a factory reset or BIOS update could not fix it, nor altering BIOS settings, however, the SSD was accessible in a recovery prompt, go figure. I even removed bit locker and tried several workarounds from ASUS. All the well-known boot recovery tricks could not correct this either (dism/sfc/bootrec/etc). I basically broke the laptop trying to get the SSD out to remove classified client data before sending it into repair. $1700 mistake because of a terrible design. Beware of the same issue for the 2025 design.
The battery connector on my asus g14 (2021) shorted my first motherboard and battery. It flung out of its socket, went on the motherboard, and shorted the battery. Luckily, it was covered by warranty
Is there no longer a Zenbook Pro line? The premium body and oled with a dedicated gpu was a nice spot for me. The ROG line has this but the Zenbook Pro was nice to avoid the gamer RGB aesthetic. A zenbook pro 14 with the Strix halo chip would be interesting as well.
The asus A laptop, according to Dave2D is a feather-light 870g, compared to a normal 14 inch laptop's weight of ~1200g
No ProArt refresh. Yet. :/
When you say Lunar Lake S16 is coming this year, could you be just a bit more specific please? January? December?
Thanks for the update.
So glad to see the channel grow. Congrats!
Thanks mate for the support
but no news for non-glossy OLED displays ?
Asus is waging a war on any display that is non-reflective, including IPS.
@@mrbad3036 asus only glossy screens? did i understand correctly?
Look forward to seeing you get your hands on the Dell Pro Max
Thanks for the summary. So no more Zenbook 14 flip? I've been waiting 2 years for an update on this model :(
There is, with Lunar Lake they should be coming this year based on Intel's claim
Got my wifey Z S 14 258V notebook for USD1,500, she is happy as is into photo editing and that OLED is perfect, plus light to carry. Myself, I am waiting for HX 370/375 from Elitebook or ThinkPads 13/14" in order to consider upgrading my Elitebook 7840U/32GB; for me keyboard matters a lot but am hoping for much better battery life.
I just want a latptop that has similar build quality, screen, and performance like the macbook but that runs most linux distros
Me too
Get the G14. I'm using it with Arch for almost a year now and it's super smooth
MacBooks have 10% global laptop market share for a reason...
Market share with small businesses, corporations, government agencies, educational institutions, and non profits is less than 1%...
In short, MacBooks suck...
No more Pro Art in the series? 😢
Not buying Asus anymore. Fed up with bugs and issues on G733PY. I'll be waiting for Lenovo and hopefully they have something nice running 395 and 128GB RAM.
Have fun with all the latest Lenovo none sense then.
I understand. But sadly, all companies ship unfinished, buggy products that break. Trust noone and choose carefully
@@davitdavid7165 I'd argue a laptop with 7945HX and 4090 with a cost of several thousand bucks should not wake up to completely black screen 50% of the time 1.5 years after release and tons of patches. This is atrocious and unheard of.
😢
Doesn't lenovo have build in spyware?
It is kind of confusing to see snapdragon made a much lower end chip than X plus considering x plus chip already had difficulty on video playback with high resolution. I wondered the performance of the integrated graphics on the X chip, and how low of a price this computer can be at.
Out thoughts exactly. Its im our upcoming video on what we think of all the new processors
😮
This was amazing! First video I ever saw showcasing a given company’s entire lineup, and in a super orderly, logic way. Very helpful! Hope you do it with all major brands as well.
Will you consider giving Samsung another opportunity with their Galaxy Book 5 Pro, given the lackluster performance of the Book 4 Pro?
Arrow Lake mobile doesn't have the much faster Battlemage graphics that Lunar Lake does, instead it uses a slightly updated 'Alchemist+' architecture, which is essentially unchanged iirc from regular Alchemist, save for the inclusion of XMX units.
By changing the naming scheme, intel only made understanding their CPU model harder
What about Tuf and Zephyrus serieses?
Hyped for these upcoming releases ❤
Is TB5 in any of these laptops?
probably no. arrow lake-H use similar I/O die as meteor lake so no upgrade in I/O. strix point also use USB4 only so don't expect kraken point to suddenly offer better I/O compared to strix point. and don't expect qualcomm to offer TB5 too
you could find TB5 in some arrow lake-HX systems like ROG Strix Scar 16/18
How many of them will actually come with thunderbolt 5? Because till now I do not see a good enough laptop to pair their new xg mobile with oddly
thank you for the guide josh. this is very useful. i saved this laptop in my specific bookmark
I might have missed it but there is no new gen for the Zenbook Flip 14?
There is not
Great video.
I'm looking forward to the Zenbook A series and that Vivobook Pro skew.
Looks interesting!
Just bought a discount zenbook s 14 not too long ago, but thanks for the update Josh!
Hopefully the last gen zen5 cpus drop in price this year!
...and are more widely available
Excited for the gaming tab review 🙂
We are curious about Lunar Lake version of S16. Is the launch month known yet?
I am feeling great about my zenbook s14 purchase, I do have to say.
Do you think the trackpad is stiff? I felt one in store and that is the one thing turning me off from that laptop.
@@seth4321 I have one too, I tap/double tap for both left and right click so I don't even notice, but it is a bit stiff if you rely on the physical click
@ Gotcha. That answers my question. Thank you for you for chiming in. 🙂
Hey Josh, you forgot to say that the X Elite sucks and most RUclipsrs recommending it were sponsored by Qualcomm. I know getting sponsored by Asus does not affect your judgement. You are an honest person and everyone else is not.
Dude, grow up. Josh is a small business person like all RUclipsrs....
Zenbook s14 got discounted to 999USD? Here in Australia it is still 1500USD.. not worth the money
Hey Josh! Hope you are having a great time at CES 2025! If you are visiting Lenovo Booth, is it possible to get any information about Thinkbook 16p 2025 model!
Love your content cant wait to see you reviewing the new amd strix halo processor❤❤
I cannot wait for the updated yoga pro 7 (rtx graphics) and ideapad pro 5
They didn’t showcase it I think. Or it’s the 2 in 1 thing …?
Thank you for the info Josh!
Why does your Just Josh website is inactive for many days. Now new laptops and some stock out unavailable laptops are mentioned
Please urgently email info@justjosh.biz with some screen shots of what you are seeing and the broken links
We need your help
You need to take a 4 week course to understand all these options that are literally from 1 brand
I hope AMD can try to mitigate their supply issues with Zen 5 now launched. AMD has always had issues with supply for their mobile processors, which is why Intel still vastly outsells them despite great and competitive offerings.
Not sure if thats even the case these days.
All my local electronic stores have a bunch of AMD laptops in stock, right in the store for everyone to grab.
I rarely see anyone even look at them. People just buy the intel stuff.
Would love to see a new revision of the ASUS Zenbook DUO with a AMD AI 9 HX 370. Great device but they should never have put the Intel Ultra 9 185H in it
Man why did they have to gimp the AMD version of the Zenbook 14 with the lower power chip and the lower spec display. I hope they offer a variant with the better specs but it sounds like they want you to go Intel for that - which might be fine, but I was really hoping for some AMD laptops with the 32 or 40 core iGPU.
So many crazy names 😦
This is such a useful video.
This is highly informative, hoping for other brands
So no new Zenbook 13, really wanted a sub
15th gen?
Where's the new Zephyrus DUO 5090???
I was already worried id start regretting buying the surface laptop 7 X plus during the Christmas sale since laptops are obviously going to get better but i needed something for the upcoming semester anyway for comp sci so i had to
What colour did you get? Also, how are you finding using it so far? I was also considering buying one during black friday on a killer deal but decided not to last minute. I would have gone for black though
@migueljardim8177 oh man, I wasn't even thinking of colour at the time of purchase, not that I'm even sure it was available since I got it open box
@migueljardim8177 but the laptop runs fine, and I haven't used it for anything intensive, if I could choose colour I would have gotten beige
🤩🤩that's good that asus pushing all fast I even know why and who is helping them hahaha but because of high prices and 0 savings ever never low price they be the last in the long run :)
So why is Asus putting worse screens in the AMD Zenbooks?
saddens me that there is no ASUS ROG Zephyrus M16
waiting for Asus G14
🤩🤩I'm not even waiting lol my 500$ laptop doing it all perfectly there is no need in 2025 to spend about 1500$ or more waste of money but good luck people enjoy being fooled :)
@@soulofnature6537 maybe for you, it can do everything but there are different types of work loads. And if it works for you that's good and I'm happy for you "yaahhhhhh!!", but that "being fooled" bullshit keep it to yourself respectfully (humbly). And there are people who appreciate a better experience. Currently I have a $500 machine. It does not even run AAA titles. So emphasizing on point there are different workloads other than browsing and checking e-mails. 😄😄
@soulofnature6537 @soulofnature6537 maybe for you, it works incredibly. Good for you mate "yaahhhhh!!!!". But there are different workloads and requirements for different people. Like currently I have a $500 laptop as a highschool student it held up greatly, just couldn't play any real games but browsing was fine. But sometimes you do need a little more, a better build quality than plastic, and better performance. So if it's not for you, okay I get it, but words like fooled and waste of money is something you should keep for yourself.
@@soulofnature6537 @soulofnature6537 maybe for you, it works incredibly. Good for you mate "yaahhhhh!!!!". But there are different workloads and requirements for different people. Like currently I have a $500 laptop as a highschool student it held up greatly, just couldn't play any real games but browsing was fine. But sometimes you do need a little more, a better build quality than plastic, and better performance. So if it's not for you good but I say it humbly that keep words like being fooled to yourself please.
@soulofnature6537 @soulofnature6537 @soulofnature6537 maybe for you, it works incredibly. Good for you mate "yaahhhhh!!!!". But there are different workloads and requirements for different people. Like currently I have a $500 laptop as a highschool student it held up greatly, just couldn't play any real games but browsing was fine. But sometimes you do need a little more, a better build quality than plastic, and better performance. So if it's not for you good but I say it humbly that keep words like being fooled to yourself please.
Terrible, again... As long as they keep using OLED panels with PWM Flickering it's big NO for me.
So sad no miniled from any manufacturers
I want stealth black laptops.
I can't recommend you buy an Asus laptop in Australia, as I ordered one online in November and it is now Jan 08 and it has still not arrived. have called a number of times but not time line as to when it will arrive. May just be an Australian issue.
Very curious to see the new strix halo 😊😊😊
Feel like Intel's naming is a bit easier to me
There will be so much burn in. Even Lenovo now does oled
🤩🤩all i care is about 500$ price they do everything perfectly and it can be fat design I prefer fat and heavy with best cooling instead of slim and light that will break many times not even hitting 5 years :)
9:33 $1400 for a 2-year old entry-level GPU? This is DOA. Are these the Bidenomics everyone was raving about?
i want a budget laptop solely for editing on youtube studio, watching movies, and watching youtube. somebody pls lmk something🙏🙏
Asus is the market's guinea pig brand. They always get first dibs on new chips, market it as 'exclusive' at a higer price-point, and everyone throws themselves at it and returns them lol.
Not just Zephyrus you are mispronouncing - ASUS from PegASUS
Only recent Intel have advance graphics.
RELEASE THE ROG VIDEOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!
Sierra sounds like Ai
Everything was great until Gorlock came and gobbled Josh for snack
I purchased a ProArt16, and I don't love it. I think I would have been happier with the Lenovo i9 pro.
You need to have master from university to understand the CPU mess
Minimum. Maybe 2
Everyone has been waiting for an update on the ROG FLow X series since 2023 - this is so disappointing Asus!
ASUS ZENBOOK DUO 2025 VS 2024
Nah no renekton pls
kha rosh brother
Josh! Please! Fix! Your! website!
What's wrong with it????
@@JustJoshTech The links does not work, and the prices are not up to date. I've been commenting on almost every single recent video and tried reaching out through emails and it's been close to a month now with no updates. Please! Fix! Your! Website!
@@koreankorean5645 This is extremely important. We have to deliver the value we promise. Could you email me at info@justjosh.biz with screen shots of which pages you are on and which links you are clicking that aren't working?
@@JustJoshTech The Lenovo Slim Pro 7 14 - 2023 link leads to nothing, the Lenovo Legion Slim 5 16 - 2023 link also leads to nothing, Hp omnibook ultra a while ago's link also does not work. And many more. I did email you this around 20 days ago.
💎💙
Asus is 🗑️🗑️🗑️