The process by which the lid was protected is called "Plasma Electrolytic Oxidation (PEO)," also known as micro-arc oxidation (MAO). This is a type of anodizing of aluminum, but using a very high voltage. With this voltage, sparks with a lifetime of a fraction of a second, which can have a temperature of more than 3000K, are created on the surface of the metal. These sparks create plasma and melt the created oxide layer to form a ceramic coating. These layers are highly porous, which is why a characteristic texture can be observed on the lid.
so is this ceramic layer formed because its aluminiums properties? or is it just anodizing,always though anodized titanium looked sick i wish laptops had more options i want a solid titanium anodized red or something lul or just a pink laptop
This laptop does everything right. It proves that IO is not a limiting factor when making a thin and light. They chose all of the right ports for the user who would buy one of these and that is all I could ask for. Though I am not in the market for a premium thin and light, this one with the Ryzen 6800U would be my first choice. Bravo, Asus!
I have a Zenbook 14 OLED from last year and can confirm it's almost perfect. The only gripe I have with it is that it warms up too much at idle. I wish could use it on my lap but it's uncomfortable. I wonder why it uses so much power when just showing text. Also Windows 11 SUCKS KING KONG BALLS
Asus really are becoming the kings of the thin and lights - honestly, even if I'd prefer to go amd ... this is pretty much everything I want in an laptop, if I was in the market for a new one (and rich enough to buy one) this would probably be the one I'd go for.
Asus has amazing deals for all their laptops, a couple years ago I got the Asus Vivobook s15 Ryzen 5 4500u, with 16gb of lpddr4x and 512 gb nvme for $500 cad. Last year, I needed an upgrade for school and I got a new s15 oled and it has an i9-13900h with 16gb lpddr5 and 1TB nvme for $1000 Cad and I couldn’t believe it. Their entire lineup is filled with steals.
If you Google this model name, the first result is the AMD version from last summer. How does this one compare to that? That one has a touch screen. The 6800u benchmarks better according to Passmark. But that one has better connectivity (HDMI, USB-A) Most of the other shell specs seem about the same. edit: FFS, they made the screw layout better. WHY ASUS! WHY DOES THE AMD ONE REQUIRE DESTROYING THE FEET TO DISASSEMBLE!?
@@comevius4802 ShortCircuit channel never does detailed reviews or comparisons as far as I know, but rather "short" overviews of devices and more like first impression videos. If this ever comes to the main LTT channel, then it will most likely get a proper review. I guess we'll have to wait and see.
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It means that they spray ceramic dust at very high temperatures on the aluminium's surface and probably have some sort of protective coating to form the bare lines and remove that after the spray job ended -sounds cool, maybe is cool to have but it is actually not as expensive of a process as you might think its basically a paintjob but the paint is dust and its very hot.
I got my Zenbook S13 OLED (2022) with R7 6800U / RDNA2 680M for $1.4K CDN from amazon warehouse a few months ago. Great laptop, beautiful display and super light. It gets hot to the touch under load since the magnesium alloy chasis really moves heat.. although the SoC is fine at like 75c under heavy load. Solid traveling laptop though, with good battery and steller igpu performance. I did video editing with Filmora12, it was fast, fluid, and exported quickly. Light gaming was great too. One issue I had with it was random freezing like once a day. It felt software related since it would run perfectly fine for 8+ hurs at a time, then suddenly freeze, once a day, when I least expected it. I think i resolved it by turning PCIE power save modes to disabled in windows, its been a while and I haven't had an issue since. If that was the reason it was returned to Amazon, im amazed,since I got a premium modern ultra book like $700 off the retail box price. Also managed to claim the remaining year of warranty under my name as well. Will certainly buy another Zenbook a few generations down if they continue to put these powerhouse igpus in them.
I've got the same laptop last year and I found the problem is related to Bluetooth. From time to time, my mouse cursor stops moving when using bluetooth mice and the laptop would still work for a while and then freeze sometime after. Not sure what is causing that to happen. Might be driver issue or windows 11 issue. Would appreciate if anyone knows how to fix that.
I think the super-efficient AMD 6000 processor is a way better fit for this laptop than Intel at the moment. Also way faster graphics. If only the display wasn't so super high resolution. 1600p would've enough. And a 1200p IPS option for maximum battery life. This is a small and light laptop that is great when you're sitting on a couch, for example. And then you don't want to get tangled in a charging cable. Doesn't the AMD version have 67 Wh, even?
I did get a zenbook flip recently (12th gen Intel) and I have to say I love it. What is surprising is that I have not a single thing I dislike about it and that is quite surprising for me. Little things like a block on the camera, trackpad disable etc.. just make it a joy. OLED to die for (mine does 90Hz) and TB4 for my eGPU. Asus seem to be doing something right.
A note on Harman Kardon: they were bought by Samsung in 2016 and Samsung can put the Harman Kardon badge on anything, regardless of who developed the product.
It's good laptpop until you compare it to the last year model. I have Zenbook S with Ryzen 6800U (which is better in battery-life and when it comes to gaming it has stronger iGpu then Intel - I am literaly playing AC Valhalla on this machine), Fingerprint sensor is gone, Numpad is gone, Touchscreen also gone (that also means no Pen). 2022 model is thicker (14.9 mm) but it also means better cooling (it is not that loud like the new one in video) and also more travel for key. So typing feels better.
Its a cheap way to get a computer to pair with decent peripherals. Ideal for office tasks, watching videos etc. You would be lucky to get anything good for gaming for much less than a second hand desktop but you can certainly play older games.
I Do have a Zenbook 14 with AMD CPU (ryzen7 4700U pair with the GForceMX350 2gb) and I cant conplain about the performance. Only downside I Found was the fan was exhaust on the screen wich not the best senario
Such a great device i use it for web development and watching movies and some light gaming too the most thing that i love about this device is the screen and also the battery besides it was a gift from my father after i graduated high school and the thing that bother me is the heat when i charge it and use it that's it a very elegant device .
Currently rocking a zenbook 14 oled UM5401Q, with a ryzen 5600u (I think it was not released in NA). Absolutely loving it, but looks like mine has a better screen: 3k 550 nit oled at 90hz, this is my favourite part of the machine ofc. Battery life, keyboard, trackpad, and every other part is suprisingly good for the sub 1000$ price I paid for it brand new, except the speakers as with the S 13, they can get distorted at max volume, a little bit of eq tweaking help, but not that much. To be fair, still sounds better that the majority of notebooks.
damn that display sounds perfect, glad you got it for such a good price. I'm planning on getting a framework laptop next year to upgrade from my extremely cheap Chromebook, and with the amd option coming it'll be checking so many of my personal boxes (which are mainly just pretty screen, good ergonomics, and long battery life at a decent price). I wish the screen was oled and higher than 60hz, but thanks to framework being framework I'll probably get that eventually which is awesome :)
I got the smaller brother of yours (um3402ya) but with the 5800u also for under a 1000. These machines are just incredible. The overall quality is near perfect. No wonder their prices are trending up right now.
Would be great to test how much bnattery power is daily lost after full shutdown (so not when in sleep). I have last year Vivobook 14 OLED Asus laptop discharging when completely off by 8% per day, and seems like it's not uncommon with new models, not only from Asus.
I think they could have added 1-2mm for a tad more battery, quieter fans, more key travel, maybe a trackpad with actuators like the macbook air and better cooling.
The only criticism I have for this great laptop for an average home user is that its screen is not an anti-glare one. Nonetheless, it's in my shopping cart and I may proceed to checkout... Tempting. Very much so. I also need to see how it compares with the 13" Dell XPS - I just do not remember whether the Dell has a better screen or not.
This laptop does everything right. It proves that IO is not a limiting factor when making a thin and light. They chose all of the right ports for the user who would buy one of these and that is all I could ask for. Could you plz cover the e-gpu case if it has Thunderbolt or USB4? This is a valid use-case for such a laptop and it's quite annoying that nobody covers it. I think the whole e-gpu idea is not taking off not because it has no value, but because nobody is just covering that use-case in the reviews.
Bought a Zenbook 13 convertible a few years back for my wife. It was fanless, and superthin. It looked great, and worked great, until the hinges seized a little more than a year later, not too long after warranty expired. Needless to say, it was not worth repairing it (especially considering that the original parts didn't last very long). No, we didn't even abuse the hinges by using it as a tablet. Ended up selling it at a steep loss. Very disappointed at Asus. The HP Spectre x360 that I bought for myself at the same time as the Zenbook still works great these many years later.
9:44 Speakers are probably a lot better if not listening at 100%. That way the DSP can do its job. MacBooks can go much much lower with bassresponse when you are below 50% as well
plasma-assisted polishing of aluminum nitride ceramic is what asus meant to explain. It's a rough process and I don't know why they did this other than the fact that it feels amazing. But other than that there is no huge benefits. No downsides either though. Love the zenbook line of laptops but I couldn't get the last gen laptops, it almost seemed like they never existed. But at this point I just use my steam deck to do everything with. like honestly I don't need a laptop anymore. But this seems like if I was to get a laptop this would be it. I love slim laptops with long battery life with decent power. Just seems like the ideal situation. Like my dream laptop last year was a 6800h with an rtx 305 I don't game much but it's good to have it when the situations arises. And then obviously 2 m.2 ports and no soldered ram would have been nice. But I don't think I ever saw a laptop like that.
I freaking love the cover design and the thinness. 16:10, WiFi 6E, HDMI 2.1, OLED, and the Xe graphics are actually somewhat usable? If my next laptop isn't a Framework it'll be an Asus...
Should take a look at the Lenovo Yoga 7i 2-in-1 14". It's quite similar in terms of performance but I think the price is quite low despite similarly high build quality. Great ports, too, and the same i7-1355U.
Someone tell Alex that in valheim you can add "-console" to the launch arguments of valheim to enable dev commands, then you can press F5 and type "devcommands" to enable cheats. Commands like "tod 0.5" will set the time to noon so you can actually record during the day :) "fly" and "god" are also commands!
just bought the 2022model for $860 last week, and I think the S13 is a great product. 2023 new model looks nice with some improvements, but AMD 6800U in the old one seems better?
I have the Best Buy exclusive lower spec Intel version. i5-1240p/8GB/256GB/1800p 90hz OLED for 750 USD last April. Really enjoy it but I had to return it under warranty for firmware issues twice. Otherwise solid and snappy, but it can run hot.
First Windows laptop in many years that I actually have some craving for, seems like a very well rounded device. But won't ditch my MBP 14" even for this I think...
Ceramics are just metal oxides with certain properties, as is anodized aluminium (Al2O3). I guess that ASUS treated the surface with a laser in order to get the Al2O3 to transition to another modification (crystal structure - this has a great impact on mechanical properties). Either that, or they wanted to come up with some marketing chargon for "those fashionable line patterns are made via laser ablation".
No battery life estimates? my problem with windows laptop is that they are nowhere near the battery life of a macbook, even the air. At 1399 you can buy a Macbook Air M2 and still have have a think laptop with insane battery life. I wish windows will catch up on longevity.
Hey when you are going to do laptop coverage in the future, could you plz cover the e-gpu case if it has Thunderbolt or USB4? This is a valid use-case for such a laptop and it's quite annoying that nobody covers it. I think the whole e-gpu idea is not taking off not because it has no value, but because nobody is just covering that use-case in the reviews.
Amazing video review showing all the ASUS stuff that I wouldn't have known about otherwise. Also I thought the "computer generated pringle" was funny lmao
9:30 For speakers, I've found HP speakers (B&O with soundcard kind) really good. Tried many models from Asus, Lenovo, Dell, HP and MacBook Air/Pro 13 in store and they were probably the best out of them.
My 2022 Zenbook 14X does a weird thing with its speakers: at about 60% it's practically at max volume. (it's so loud, that the 50 volume steps that windows gives you are very coarse if you just want a little bit of volume 😅) After this it starts boosting some frequencies and perhaps cranks the loudness up (applying massive audio compression and then gaining it back up) in order to appear louder. But quality-wise you're maxed-out at about 60%. This needs to be taken in account when testing laptop speakers (and phones, too, I'd guess). If you just crank it to 100% your find it sounding crappy, but loud. But it can actually be pretty okay and still loud. You just don't get that sound at 100%. This is what I'd love to see LTT doing better in the future.
I love the fact that this ultra portable has the exact same I/O as the 15.6" ASUS ZenBook Pro Duo mobile workstation I'm watching this video on. Great for the ultra portable, annoying for a workstation.
I still remember the day I foolishly bought a "slim" Asus ROG gaming laptop with thermal exhaust that directs heat straight to the monitor and your lap (I actually got blisters for being lazy to get it off my lap), good to see they improved so much since
ya the 6800u model from last year was amazing, the 680m igpu was great. I wonder how 7000 gen igpu is. after seeing how power efficient the 6800u was compared to intel, definitely leaning towards amd for laptops for right now.
This is so tempting as a student the lightweightness is awesome. Did a bit a research though and the GPU is not high performing, please correct me if i'm wrong
10:33 1200p is not 1080p, doesn't matter if it's 16:9 or 16;10. 1200p is 1200p, and 1080p is 1080p. Just like 1280x720 and 960x720 are both 720p regardless of aspect ratio
I know what you mean, but there isn't a standard called '1200p', so it's not a thing people say. A resolution of 1920x1200 is technically 'WUXGA', but nobody bothers calling it that, either. The only standards ending in 'p' are 720p and 1080p - not to describe the actual pixel resolution, but to describe the bandwidth requirements, 'p' being twice that of 'i', and 1080 being roughly twice that of 720. Even an extra-wide movie (like Ben Hur) encoded at 1920x720 would still be called 1080p instead of 720p, because it needs hardware capable of at least 1080p for proper playback. So anything that's 1920x1200 can still be considered 1080p, because it meets/exceeds the 1080p standard, but it doesn't meet any standards above it, like 2k or WQHD.
@Alex McLeod I absolutely refuse to call 1920x720 "1080p" because that's stupid, the whole reason we even use resolutions is to describe how clear an image looks to our eyes. I don't care about the "hardware capability requirements", I care about how it looks to my eyes. 1920x720 still has exactly the same visual clarity to my eyes as 1280x720, it's just wide. If you upload a 960x720 video to RUclips, it'll still have 720p as a quality option because that's exactly what it is, just 4:3. And yes I know the difference between "p" and "i", but the only time "i" is used is for cable TV and old game consoles
@@RotcodFox Are you thinking this through? On a 1080p screen, 1280x720 content would be stretched 50% vertically and 50% horizontally to fill the screen, making it less than half as sharp. The 1920x720 content would be shown 1:1, in full clarity but with black bars. Same with any other aspect ratio, like 1920x803 (2.39:1), or 1920x1038 (1.85:1). We prefer black bars to blurry stretching, right? But no-one cares about the height of those black bars, because movies come in so many different aspect ratios. They still have to make content 1920 pixels wide to match our screens that are 1920 pixels wide. So it's just a quirk of tech industry naming conventions that 1080p is the name for anything 1920 pixels wide. Anything that actually counted the rows (like 803p, as above, or 1200p, like you suggested) would be more confusing for consumers. At least newer resolutions like 4k & 8k are counting pixels horizontally. If you want to change else's everyone's mind and make them count the rows instead of the columns (for standards that are already outdated, at that), maybe make a convincing video about it? Don't forget to shoot it in portrait mode for maximum quality!
Appreciate the cantilever lid design creating air flow but does that make it uncomfortable for laptop sitting? Presumably this ultraportable is meant to be used in mobile environments where there might not be a desk.
I yearn for a time when ultrabooks finally have good performance *with* good battery life (I don't mind if I have to plug in for the good performance). Currently I have the 2021 Asus TUF Dash F15, which was the closest thing for the price in its time. I can get upto 10 hours of battery life in web browsing, and upto 6 in videos. I can also have great performance when I plug in. The only problem is that it weighs over 2 kg, which adds significant weight to my backpack.
I find it strange to try to review the dolby atmos part with crab rave, which isn't mixed in atmos. It's kind of like evaluating an oled display by playing old console games on it. 😅 I guess the decoder tries to create a surround image of some sort based on the material it gets (even if it's originally just stereo or 5.1 or maybe even mono). But I guess getting something you can play on RUclips that is mixed in atmos isn't really an easy task.
This laptop has a very similar thin-ness and chassis as the laptop I have already! very neat :D Though mine has upwards facing speakers but no HDMI like this laptop
Hate these sponsored reviews. As a fan of his it really hate how he makes sponsored videos as reviews instead of more informative or unboxing that are purely objective. Really dissapointing and hurts his channels brand imo
I am so happy I got the 14 inch one from Best Buy on a sale for $578, its a beautiful screen but I will not recommend to game on it.. I did that at first on a bed closing the vents and mess up the motherboard but I am glad I have one year Warranty. This is perfect for light gaming and emulation. It has an i5 with 12 cores in it and can run Dolphin games and PS2 games fine but can stutter a bit but like I said light gaming won't mess it up. I love my laptop and too bad my 2017 Dell XPS is not as fast or powerful like this laptop with no dedicated graphics.
I ordered this today but with the ryzen 7840u which should offer significantly better performance than the Intel options. Although i didnt buy it for gaming im curious how it will hold up in that task
My 2022 razer blade 17 is super thin with a 3070 ti, the new 18 inch ones are thicker and have beefier fans. Grateful i got the 17 because this boi is already heavy enough when i bring it in to work.
The process by which the lid was protected is called "Plasma Electrolytic Oxidation (PEO)," also known as micro-arc oxidation (MAO). This is a type of anodizing of aluminum, but using a very high voltage. With this voltage, sparks with a lifetime of a fraction of a second, which can have a temperature of more than 3000K, are created on the surface of the metal. These sparks create plasma and melt the created oxide layer to form a ceramic coating. These layers are highly porous, which is why a characteristic texture can be observed on the lid.
Sounds difficult being a MAOist
so is this ceramic layer formed because its aluminiums properties? or is it just anodizing,always though anodized titanium looked sick
i wish laptops had more options i want a solid titanium anodized red or something lul
or just a pink laptop
Years of hearing wacky "proprietary" names made me think that part was a description of a process, not the material itself. Thanks for confirming it!
it's also what HTC marketed a few years back as their special anodization process
Blast processing on my metals! Yummy!
This laptop does everything right. It proves that IO is not a limiting factor when making a thin and light. They chose all of the right ports for the user who would buy one of these and that is all I could ask for. Though I am not in the market for a premium thin and light, this one with the Ryzen 6800U would be my first choice. Bravo, Asus!
Hey, the 2022 model is kinds similar and has the 6800u, IO isnt as good with 3x USB-C ports, but worth a look
Only thing missing in my opinion is an sd card reader. With such a good screen, photographers would love this.
Given it's a 2023 model, one with a 7840U would be even better
@@SvDKILLSWITCH I'm not holding my breath, can see the recycled 7735u coming in...
IO is more average than good. You plug the charger and are left with only 2 usb ports... Doable with a BT mouse that doesn't need a dongle.
That’s a really sharp looking device, the design is pretty much perfect imo
I absolutely love the zenbook design and i dread the day theyre inevitably changing it just to change it.
I have a ZenBook that is not as thin as that, and it's keyboard edges feel like they're gonna cut into me
I have a Zenbook 14 OLED from last year and can confirm it's almost perfect.
The only gripe I have with it is that it warms up too much at idle. I wish could use it on my lap but it's uncomfortable. I wonder why it uses so much power when just showing text.
Also Windows 11 SUCKS KING KONG BALLS
@@rizdog5735 me too haha i dread the one day i accidentally drag my finger along the edge and it slices in my finger
@@rizdog5735 they took sharp looking too literally
Thank god HDMI 2.1 is becoming more common on laptops. Its absence from the M1 MacBook Pro was pretty glaring.
its apple they dont have USB C too LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
But is it HDMI 2.1 with 48 Gb/s? It could also be 40 or 32 Gb/s or even rebadged HDMI 2.0.
Ye but m2 pros include them now
@@clementdetruche3764 They don't even have a display LOLOLOLOL
it's not real HDMI 2.1 48Gbps - it's the fake one that is rebranded 2.0 and doesn't do above 4K60 with no HDR
Asus really are becoming the kings of the thin and lights - honestly, even if I'd prefer to go amd ... this is pretty much everything I want in an laptop, if I was in the market for a new one (and rich enough to buy one) this would probably be the one I'd go for.
They were the original ultrabook kings
was fully expecting a $3000 price tag by the end. cant believe what a good package this is starting at $1400 jeez
I just got the i5 version for 460.
Asus has amazing deals for all their laptops, a couple years ago I got the Asus Vivobook s15 Ryzen 5 4500u, with 16gb of lpddr4x and 512 gb nvme for $500 cad. Last year, I needed an upgrade for school and I got a new s15 oled and it has an i9-13900h with 16gb lpddr5 and 1TB nvme for $1000 Cad and I couldn’t believe it. Their entire lineup is filled with steals.
thats what dell do to people
@@ByfilsIs the Zenbook S13 Oled good for long term? Plan to buy one
@@jpna8223 Yeah it is, has good performance and battery life
If you Google this model name, the first result is the AMD version from last summer. How does this one compare to that? That one has a touch screen. The 6800u benchmarks better according to Passmark.
But that one has better connectivity (HDMI, USB-A)
Most of the other shell specs seem about the same.
edit: FFS, they made the screw layout better. WHY ASUS! WHY DOES THE AMD ONE REQUIRE DESTROYING THE FEET TO DISASSEMBLE!?
@@comevius4802 ShortCircuit channel never does detailed reviews or comparisons as far as I know, but rather "short" overviews of devices and more like first impression videos. If this ever comes to the main LTT channel, then it will most likely get a proper review. I guess we'll have to wait and see.
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what are those lid toucan tabs torquing about.. lulz.
it's not real HDMI 2.1 48Gbps - it's the fake one that is rebranded 2.0 and doesn't do above 4K60 with no HDR
It means that they spray ceramic dust at very high temperatures on the aluminium's surface and probably have some sort of protective coating to form the bare lines and remove that after the spray job ended -sounds cool, maybe is cool to have but it is actually not as expensive of a process as you might think its basically a paintjob but the paint is dust and its very hot.
a nickle is 5g not 50g
@@hobbs37110 I buy that for a dollar!
I got my Zenbook S13 OLED (2022) with R7 6800U / RDNA2 680M for $1.4K CDN from amazon warehouse a few months ago. Great laptop, beautiful display and super light. It gets hot to the touch under load since the magnesium alloy chasis really moves heat.. although the SoC is fine at like 75c under heavy load. Solid traveling laptop though, with good battery and steller igpu performance. I did video editing with Filmora12, it was fast, fluid, and exported quickly. Light gaming was great too.
One issue I had with it was random freezing like once a day. It felt software related since it would run perfectly fine for 8+ hurs at a time, then suddenly freeze, once a day, when I least expected it. I think i resolved it by turning PCIE power save modes to disabled in windows, its been a while and I haven't had an issue since. If that was the reason it was returned to Amazon, im amazed,since I got a premium modern ultra book like $700 off the retail box price. Also managed to claim the remaining year of warranty under my name as well.
Will certainly buy another Zenbook a few generations down if they continue to put these powerhouse igpus in them.
I got a MSI Stealth 15 last month for school and it sometimes randomly freezes too. Just guessing but I think it's a Windows 11 problem.
I've got the same laptop last year and I found the problem is related to Bluetooth. From time to time, my mouse cursor stops moving when using bluetooth mice and the laptop would still work for a while and then freeze sometime after. Not sure what is causing that to happen. Might be driver issue or windows 11 issue. Would appreciate if anyone knows how to fix that.
Do a Valheim benchmark and share it here? I bet it'd be at least double that 22 fps with the 680m integrated graphics.
@@haonanwang9961 it also happens to me. Every time mine froze, I had a Bluetooth mouse connected. Might be a W11 driver issue as you said
I think the super-efficient AMD 6000 processor is a way better fit for this laptop than Intel at the moment. Also way faster graphics.
If only the display wasn't so super high resolution. 1600p would've enough.
And a 1200p IPS option for maximum battery life. This is a small and light laptop that is great when you're sitting on a couch, for example. And then you don't want to get tangled in a charging cable.
Doesn't the AMD version have 67 Wh, even?
I have the 2022 Zenbook 14 OLED (AMD version) and I absolutely love everything about it. It's such a sexy little device.
for battery life set processor maximum state 98 when not plugged in and it will double.
looks like hardware with very nice UX, lovely set of IO, trackpad. this is something exactly like what I'm looking for me
Looks amazing too!
just get a macbook air
@@justin9494 yeah, to install win10 on it? I don't need to pay a dunno-tax and have worse UX
@@justin9494 those are terrible for anything non apple proprietary, say goodbye to playing games
This thing honestly looks like my perfect ultra book, OLED, big trackpad, good keyboard layout thats not off center and thin and light
I love how ASUS is bringing what it's learning from their other lines. The hinge is very reminiscent of the Zephyrus series.
2:46 I’m curious if the labs keyboard testing robot will be able to test for soft spots and flex! If so, that could be VERY cool and useful.
I did get a zenbook flip recently (12th gen Intel) and I have to say I love it. What is surprising is that I have not a single thing I dislike about it and that is quite surprising for me. Little things like a block on the camera, trackpad disable etc.. just make it a joy. OLED to die for (mine does 90Hz) and TB4 for my eGPU. Asus seem to be doing something right.
They increased the bottom bezel to extend the palm rest, without it being a huge chin, that's the best use of space if I ever saw one
too bad the touchpad-numpad is gone. it was actually a really cool function in previous gen zenbooks.
asus vivobooks should still have this feature :)
A note on Harman Kardon: they were bought by Samsung in 2016 and Samsung can put the Harman Kardon badge on anything, regardless of who developed the product.
It's good laptpop until you compare it to the last year model.
I have Zenbook S with Ryzen 6800U (which is better in battery-life and when it comes to gaming it has stronger iGpu then Intel - I am literaly playing AC Valhalla on this machine), Fingerprint sensor is gone, Numpad is gone, Touchscreen also gone (that also means no Pen). 2022 model is thicker (14.9 mm) but it also means better cooling (it is not that loud like the new one in video) and also more travel for key. So typing feels better.
Can you guys do a piece on "Headless Laptops"? I think they're a VERY lucrative option for budget gamers.
about computers without built screen?
@@DominikJaniec expensive laptops are sold for cheap when their screen is broken, yet they're still perfectly usable as desktops.
Its a cheap way to get a computer to pair with decent peripherals. Ideal for office tasks, watching videos etc. You would be lucky to get anything good for gaming for much less than a second hand desktop but you can certainly play older games.
Alex in one word: "Daarn good!"
i love it!
Really appreciate Asus for willing to try and innovate. That said, I will wait for the the more polished 2023 Flow X13.
I wish they would release it already! That’s my most anticipated laptop
No mini-led or oled is a no buy for me this gen. I'm hoping the G14 Mini-led will be as good as it sounds.
All of my smartphones that had OLED suffered a burn in. I like the colours on the laptop but having OS UI elements burned in would drive me mad.
It's definitely a well-engineered laptop. Would've wished on an AMD Ryzen-U option.
I Do have a Zenbook 14 with AMD CPU (ryzen7 4700U pair with the GForceMX350 2gb) and I cant conplain about the performance. Only downside I Found was the fan was exhaust on the screen wich not the best senario
Yeah, it's Intel. That means this is a desktop because I'll be plugged for majority of the time lol.
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Can't wait to see you guys try out the new 3D Oled Screens.
What are those?
Such a great device i use it for web development and watching movies and some light gaming too the most thing that i love about this device is the screen and also the battery besides it was a gift from my father after i graduated high school and the thing that bother me is the heat when i charge it and use it that's it a very elegant device .
this sponsored video felt way more like an advertisement than any previous similar video
Currently rocking a zenbook 14 oled UM5401Q, with a ryzen 5600u (I think it was not released in NA). Absolutely loving it, but looks like mine has a better screen: 3k 550 nit oled at 90hz, this is my favourite part of the machine ofc. Battery life, keyboard, trackpad, and every other part is suprisingly good for the sub 1000$ price I paid for it brand new, except the speakers as with the S 13, they can get distorted at max volume, a little bit of eq tweaking help, but not that much. To be fair, still sounds better that the majority of notebooks.
damn that display sounds perfect, glad you got it for such a good price. I'm planning on getting a framework laptop next year to upgrade from my extremely cheap Chromebook, and with the amd option coming it'll be checking so many of my personal boxes (which are mainly just pretty screen, good ergonomics, and long battery life at a decent price). I wish the screen was oled and higher than 60hz, but thanks to framework being framework I'll probably get that eventually which is awesome :)
I got the smaller brother of yours (um3402ya) but with the 5800u also for under a 1000. These machines are just incredible. The overall quality is near perfect.
No wonder their prices are trending up right now.
Mine was a r7 5800H
Would be great to test how much bnattery power is daily lost after full shutdown (so not when in sleep). I have last year Vivobook 14 OLED Asus laptop discharging when completely off by 8% per day, and seems like it's not uncommon with new models, not only from Asus.
did he even talk about battery life at all? I might miss it but it is an important thing to left out, isn't it?
I think they could have added 1-2mm for a tad more battery, quieter fans, more key travel, maybe a trackpad with actuators like the macbook air and better cooling.
The only criticism I have for this great laptop for an average home user is that its screen is not an anti-glare one. Nonetheless, it's in my shopping cart and I may proceed to checkout... Tempting. Very much so. I also need to see how it compares with the 13" Dell XPS - I just do not remember whether the Dell has a better screen or not.
Some of the best racket I've ever heard. Good stuff
I love how Alex measures how good the graphics on a laptop is by the presence of grass in Valheim
This laptop does everything right. It proves that IO is not a limiting factor when making a thin and light. They chose all of the right ports for the user who would buy one of these and that is all I could ask for. Could you plz cover the e-gpu case if it has Thunderbolt or USB4? This is a valid use-case for such a laptop and it's quite annoying that nobody covers it. I think the whole e-gpu idea is not taking off not because it has no value, but because nobody is just covering that use-case in the reviews.
ASUS has been killing it for quite a while now.
Some companies refer to the (essentially Sapphire) as "ceramic". So it's likely just an oxidized state. Either way, nice looking surface finish.
The RACKET test was very good, i think you should include that on all your tests 🌝
13 is a little small for my work, the 15 inch also looks promising if the price is reasonable. Asus makes good stuff.
Bought a Zenbook 13 convertible a few years back for my wife. It was fanless, and superthin. It looked great, and worked great, until the hinges seized a little more than a year later, not too long after warranty expired. Needless to say, it was not worth repairing it (especially considering that the original parts didn't last very long). No, we didn't even abuse the hinges by using it as a tablet. Ended up selling it at a steep loss. Very disappointed at Asus. The HP Spectre x360 that I bought for myself at the same time as the Zenbook still works great these many years later.
i thought Alex said eleventy-five screws (instead of 11 t5 screws). MOre Alex vids! I'm loving this week on LTT.
9:44 Speakers are probably a lot better if not listening at 100%. That way the DSP can do its job. MacBooks can go much much lower with bassresponse when you are below 50% as well
The Iris Xe generally is surprisingly capable for something so mobile
plasma-assisted polishing of aluminum nitride ceramic is what asus meant to explain. It's a rough process and I don't know why they did this other than the fact that it feels amazing. But other than that there is no huge benefits. No downsides either though. Love the zenbook line of laptops but I couldn't get the last gen laptops, it almost seemed like they never existed. But at this point I just use my steam deck to do everything with. like honestly I don't need a laptop anymore. But this seems like if I was to get a laptop this would be it. I love slim laptops with long battery life with decent power. Just seems like the ideal situation. Like my dream laptop last year was a 6800h with an rtx 305 I don't game much but it's good to have it when the situations arises. And then obviously 2 m.2 ports and no soldered ram would have been nice. But I don't think I ever saw a laptop like that.
Can’t wait to see the Zenbook 14X OLED
Do you guys plan to review the galaxy book ultra?
I freaking love the cover design and the thinness. 16:10, WiFi 6E, HDMI 2.1, OLED, and the Xe graphics are actually somewhat usable? If my next laptop isn't a Framework it'll be an Asus...
Just checked the US links out of curiosity, and it's already sold out on Amazon and Best Buy lmao
Still rocking my Zenbook from 2016
Should take a look at the Lenovo Yoga 7i 2-in-1 14". It's quite similar in terms of performance but I think the price is quite low despite similarly high build quality. Great ports, too, and the same i7-1355U.
Watching this on my Asus ZenBook 13 from 2018 or 19. I'll upgrade to this.
Wait. Maybe. Ahh. I'll think about it.
Bought this, love it
sometimes you want it thicc, and powerful
Someone tell Alex that in valheim you can add "-console" to the launch arguments of valheim to enable dev commands, then you can press F5 and type "devcommands" to enable cheats. Commands like "tod 0.5" will set the time to noon so you can actually record during the day :) "fly" and "god" are also commands!
just bought the 2022model for $860 last week, and I think the S13 is a great product. 2023 new model looks nice with some improvements, but AMD 6800U in the old one seems better?
How is the battery life and the fan noise? If these two can keep up with the M1 MBP, I'm very much interested to buy it.
That UX3402 Zenbook 14 is probably one of the best laptops I've ever used. I'm not surprised the 13 is good.
I have the Best Buy exclusive lower spec Intel version. i5-1240p/8GB/256GB/1800p 90hz OLED for 750 USD last April. Really enjoy it but I had to return it under warranty for firmware issues twice. Otherwise solid and snappy, but it can run hot.
@@Vortexcube 13 also gets hot which is something I noted when comparing to a Mac M1. What firmware issues did you see?
after all these years still loveing seeing the fallout guy
I didnt want to wait in this. I have purchased a lenovo yoga 7 14inch OLED with the r7 6800U and i freaking love it.
Thank you Alex 'Fantastic' Clark for this fantastic video 👍
Does it have a haptic touchpad like Apple's?
First Windows laptop in many years that I actually have some craving for, seems like a very well rounded device. But won't ditch my MBP 14" even for this I think...
Windows modern standby awaiting
“Nifty”, “chummy”, “rippin’ around”
If it came with a 7940HS it would have gotten a 780m gpu integrated. That would have been a better choice
On aluminum engine parts sometimes they do a "plasma" coating to improve thermal performance and wear resistance.
If they have a ryzen 7040 SKU available I'm definitely gonna consider it an upgrade later
Ceramics are just metal oxides with certain properties, as is anodized aluminium (Al2O3). I guess that ASUS treated the surface with a laser in order to get the Al2O3 to transition to another modification (crystal structure - this has a great impact on mechanical properties). Either that, or they wanted to come up with some marketing chargon for "those fashionable line patterns are made via laser ablation".
No battery life estimates? my problem with windows laptop is that they are nowhere near the battery life of a macbook, even the air. At 1399 you can buy a Macbook Air M2 and still have have a think laptop with insane battery life. I wish windows will catch up on longevity.
Dope.... I want one with an AMD set up tho. The new 780M igpu make just about anything gaming ready so i want that flexibility.
Hey when you are going to do laptop coverage in the future, could you plz cover the e-gpu case if it has Thunderbolt or USB4? This is a valid use-case for such a laptop and it's quite annoying that nobody covers it. I think the whole e-gpu idea is not taking off not because it has no value, but because nobody is just covering that use-case in the reviews.
A leaf falls in a forest. Alex "Absolutely love to see it"
Can't wait until Framwork has an OLED screen upgrade...
Amazing video review showing all the ASUS stuff that I wouldn't have known about otherwise. Also I thought the "computer generated pringle" was funny lmao
9:30 For speakers, I've found HP speakers (B&O with soundcard kind) really good.
Tried many models from Asus, Lenovo, Dell, HP and MacBook Air/Pro 13 in store and they were probably the best out of them.
My 2022 Zenbook 14X does a weird thing with its speakers: at about 60% it's practically at max volume. (it's so loud, that the 50 volume steps that windows gives you are very coarse if you just want a little bit of volume 😅)
After this it starts boosting some frequencies and perhaps cranks the loudness up (applying massive audio compression and then gaining it back up) in order to appear louder.
But quality-wise you're maxed-out at about 60%.
This needs to be taken in account when testing laptop speakers (and phones, too, I'd guess). If you just crank it to 100% your find it sounding crappy, but loud. But it can actually be pretty okay and still loud. You just don't get that sound at 100%.
This is what I'd love to see LTT doing better in the future.
@@Hiasibua This is also what I'd like to see laptop manufacturers doing better in the future because that feature doesn't sound very desirable at all.
It's one of my dream laptops. Hope it's good for learning programming.. and a bit of Video Editing
Not into gaming that much these days..
Your video quality is really good bro, and background to
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Asus always pushing the industry. Love you Asus, my favorite brand.
I love the fact that this ultra portable has the exact same I/O as the 15.6" ASUS ZenBook Pro Duo mobile workstation I'm watching this video on. Great for the ultra portable, annoying for a workstation.
damn asus sponsoring everyone and their moms for this laptop
I still remember the day I foolishly bought a "slim" Asus ROG gaming laptop with thermal exhaust that directs heat straight to the monitor and your lap (I actually got blisters for being lazy to get it off my lap), good to see they improved so much since
i literally opened task manager on my laptop when i heard some fan noise, turns out it was from the video haha
you didn't mention the machine gets really really hot and the fan is really loud
But what about the 14 OLED? That one has a better display.... An you consider reviewing that? Thanks
Imagine this with a 7000 AMD cpu... it would be sick
ya the 6800u model from last year was amazing, the 680m igpu was great. I wonder how 7000 gen igpu is. after seeing how power efficient the 6800u was compared to intel, definitely leaning towards amd for laptops for right now.
@@strongislandx rdna 3 apu is good even for mid low 60 fps 1080p gaming
This is so tempting as a student the lightweightness is awesome. Did a bit a research though and the GPU is not high performing, please correct me if i'm wrong
10:33 1200p is not 1080p, doesn't matter if it's 16:9 or 16;10. 1200p is 1200p, and 1080p is 1080p. Just like 1280x720 and 960x720 are both 720p regardless of aspect ratio
I know what you mean, but there isn't a standard called '1200p', so it's not a thing people say. A resolution of 1920x1200 is technically 'WUXGA', but nobody bothers calling it that, either.
The only standards ending in 'p' are 720p and 1080p - not to describe the actual pixel resolution, but to describe the bandwidth requirements, 'p' being twice that of 'i', and 1080 being roughly twice that of 720.
Even an extra-wide movie (like Ben Hur) encoded at 1920x720 would still be called 1080p instead of 720p, because it needs hardware capable of at least 1080p for proper playback.
So anything that's 1920x1200 can still be considered 1080p, because it meets/exceeds the 1080p standard, but it doesn't meet any standards above it, like 2k or WQHD.
@Alex McLeod I absolutely refuse to call 1920x720 "1080p" because that's stupid, the whole reason we even use resolutions is to describe how clear an image looks to our eyes. I don't care about the "hardware capability requirements", I care about how it looks to my eyes. 1920x720 still has exactly the same visual clarity to my eyes as 1280x720, it's just wide. If you upload a 960x720 video to RUclips, it'll still have 720p as a quality option because that's exactly what it is, just 4:3. And yes I know the difference between "p" and "i", but the only time "i" is used is for cable TV and old game consoles
@@RotcodFox Are you thinking this through? On a 1080p screen, 1280x720 content would be stretched 50% vertically and 50% horizontally to fill the screen, making it less than half as sharp.
The 1920x720 content would be shown 1:1, in full clarity but with black bars. Same with any other aspect ratio, like 1920x803 (2.39:1), or 1920x1038 (1.85:1).
We prefer black bars to blurry stretching, right? But no-one cares about the height of those black bars, because movies come in so many different aspect ratios. They still have to make content 1920 pixels wide to match our screens that are 1920 pixels wide.
So it's just a quirk of tech industry naming conventions that 1080p is the name for anything 1920 pixels wide. Anything that actually counted the rows (like 803p, as above, or 1200p, like you suggested) would be more confusing for consumers.
At least newer resolutions like 4k & 8k are counting pixels horizontally.
If you want to change else's everyone's mind and make them count the rows instead of the columns (for standards that are already outdated, at that), maybe make a convincing video about it?
Don't forget to shoot it in portrait mode for maximum quality!
I always liked the Zenbook series for value laptops.
Now imagine this with AMDs new APU with RDNA3
Appreciate the cantilever lid design creating air flow but does that make it uncomfortable for laptop sitting? Presumably this ultraportable is meant to be used in mobile environments where there might not be a desk.
oh i remember seeing that manatee too a few weeks ago, it was there to spread awareness about the world manatee day if i remember correctly
This black keyboard look with the silver looks like a nice touch taken from 🍎
I yearn for a time when ultrabooks finally have good performance *with* good battery life (I don't mind if I have to plug in for the good performance). Currently I have the 2021 Asus TUF Dash F15, which was the closest thing for the price in its time. I can get upto 10 hours of battery life in web browsing, and upto 6 in videos. I can also have great performance when I plug in. The only problem is that it weighs over 2 kg, which adds significant weight to my backpack.
I find it strange to try to review the dolby atmos part with crab rave, which isn't mixed in atmos. It's kind of like evaluating an oled display by playing old console games on it. 😅 I guess the decoder tries to create a surround image of some sort based on the material it gets (even if it's originally just stereo or 5.1 or maybe even mono). But I guess getting something you can play on RUclips that is mixed in atmos isn't really an easy task.
Love it ! Nice job Asus!
This laptop has a very similar thin-ness and chassis as the laptop I have already! very neat :D
Though mine has upwards facing speakers but no HDMI like this laptop
Cool Vieeo, thanks! Question regarding windows security: is it as save as apple's macos nowadays ??
Oh wow a video title with the name of the product finally
I love watching Alex review laptops, makes me want to buy one everytime, even if I don't need a new one! 🤣
Especially sponsored ones...
Hate these sponsored reviews. As a fan of his it really hate how he makes sponsored videos as reviews instead of more informative or unboxing that are purely objective. Really dissapointing and hurts his channels brand imo
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Enough said
I am so happy I got the 14 inch one from Best Buy on a sale for $578, its a beautiful screen but I will not recommend to game on it.. I did that at first on a bed closing the vents and mess up the motherboard but I am glad I have one year Warranty. This is perfect for light gaming and emulation. It has an i5 with 12 cores in it and can run Dolphin games and PS2 games fine but can stutter a bit but like I said light gaming won't mess it up. I love my laptop and too bad my 2017 Dell XPS is not as fast or powerful like this laptop with no dedicated graphics.
I ordered this today but with the ryzen 7840u which should offer significantly better performance than the Intel options. Although i didnt buy it for gaming im curious how it will hold up in that task
I can’t find this anywhere in the US!
@@gster617 I got it from the asus website. Its also the older 15mm thick design of last year. The new 1cm one is only available with Intel.
My 2022 razer blade 17 is super thin with a 3070 ti, the new 18 inch ones are thicker and have beefier fans. Grateful i got the 17 because this boi is already heavy enough when i bring it in to work.
i have the zen book 13 and it has the same oled screen but 90hz, they’re very nice laptops