ASUS ZenBook S 16 - Thin, Light and Beautiful!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 ก.ย. 2024
- ASUS ZenBook S16 comes packed with AMD's new Ryzen AI 300 series CPUs. Its thin, light and has a really nice design.
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What do you guys think of the ZenBook S 16? I still need to review it properly but it definitely has a nice look to it!
I have a soft spot for zenbooks and as the time goes by the 14 inches displays are becoming a tiny bit too little so.... i think you're going to review my next laptop
would be nice to know if the SD Card port is the newest high speed standard? 4.0/UHSII
i like the new asus line the zenbook is really nice but i also like the new proart p16 i will hust have to get use to the amd processor always have intel but hopefully to get better battery life asus makes it hard to decide
Too thin. Prefer more ports and a bit beefier cooling. And squeezing lithium batteries that thin can be dangerous due to the dendrite formation issue.
Very quickly between this one and the Lenovo Yoga Pro 9i 16" which one would you recommend overall and in terms battery life.
Sticker guy is protesting the use of A.I he refuses to place stickers on a.i laptops
😂
it just looks so much nicer when the keyboard is centralised, with no numpad. Awesome screen too, and an SD card slot. It’s a YES for me.
I am old enough to remember that each laptop bigger than 14inch had a numpad, except Macbooks of course that they were always focused on design and symmetry more than function. Forward years later, everybody is convinced that they cannot work if the trackpad and the spacebar are not exactly centered. And everybody has become a content creator and nobody needs a numpad to enter values.... And I see all this wasted space around the keyboard and I just get upset.
Nah, pros need numpad...
@@skipper63400boomer
Nah, numpad is really useful
Without ram upgradeability is big No
Bring back upgradable RAM. My 2018 Asus laptop is thin with both upgradable RAM and storage. And Yes I did in fact upgrade from 8gb to 16gb and noticed performance gains
Intel and QComm have refused to allow slower RAM in their premium chipsets so as LPDDR5X is currently not available in a modular design you have to have it soldered. There is no alternative. We have CAMM2 coming next year to ultra books which will solve this to a point, but until then, this device can only be released with soldered RAM.
@@andyH_England Nicely informative
The ram is fast at like over 7000mhz and this type of ram isn’t upgradeable yet.
@@andyH_EnglandGoing to be interesting to see if the OEMs support CAMM2 or not. We want it but will they let us have it? 😏
This is very elegant - I’m really looking forward to seeing the rest of the Zenbook range especially the 14” models. ASUS have the best looking and most innovative designs. Pity their support and user experience isn’t so hot. If they fixed that they really would be the best Windows laptop OEM.
Thank you Matthew for being one of the rare TH-camrs who didn’t use a ridiculous facial expression on their thumbnails.
Don't scratch it or your warranty will be VOIDED!
lol
MBA15 vs Surface Laptop 15 vs Zenbook S16
M3 vs Snapdragon X Elite vs Ryzen 300
The Ryzen 370 will be faster than both the M3 and the X Elite, though probably still behind on battery life.
I’m thankful for the CENTERED trackpad and larger screen. That’s honestly what I want the most.
The old 'Engineering sample' excuse for not giving any numbers is so bogus.
By the time any OEM laptop has reached this stage, nothing much at all will be different from retail units in terms of performance.
It kind of is because people will be benchmarking the hell out of it and they haven't optimized on power handling, etc. and people throw these out of proportions to where interest on the product is gone
He's also not allowed to give numbers by contract lol
This is still on embargo period for benchmarking, once the product is finished and starting to be delivered to the retails the full review with the bechmarks will be out
Perfection! Imagine this laptop with thunderbolt 5? 😃
After using highspec laptops for 15years+ I was thinking of converting to large tablets for my ultralight use (office to home) and relying on a desktop for gaming and other heavy duty stuff. Damn new chips making things complicated at the exact wrong time.
Don't forget boys, boycott asus.
Remember the warranty shit going on
A 16 inch laptop and they can't put another SSD slot for upgrade 😮💨
I have two main requirements for a laptop:
1: non-reflective display
2: flicker-free experience
Despite #1 already failed, I still curious does the panel use DC dimming, similar to g14 2024?
Yes please
Another absolutely fabulous review! Honestly, I went to look at purchasing this computer, even though you said it was a sample. WOW! The size and performance, and yet being thin and light... makes it quite desirable.
Thank you!
Glad I could help! Thanks for your time
Wow this seems amazing for a CS student, nice and clean, large and thin/light with some light gaming. Sign me up!
Crazy to think that Counter Strike has become so popular that nowadays they teach the game on universities...😊
@@drm42CS = computer science
great laptop. I wish the Zenbook S16 had a display with Corning Gorilla Glass with DX like the Galaxy Book 4 Pro /Edge. Minimization of reflections and reflections by up to 75% compared to conventional display glass.
Ram on motherboard are replaceable , new LPCAMM2 modules replacing sodims are at same level performance and same power efficiency. Manufacturers just don't want to give you the consumer any options.
They are initially going into pro devices as prices for these new CAMM2 modules are relatively expensive compared to the alternatives. So for cheaper products like this one reviewed it would push the price up by at least $100. Hopefully in six months to a year we will see prices come down so CAMM2 can be seen in ultrabooks.
@@andyH_England Hope So. Maybe they can be compatible with the snapdragon x chipset.
@@yuvrajsingh099 we shall see how they work and hopefully they are as good as claimed, and there is no reason why they will not be omnipresent in laptops made for pros and gamers. As for ultrabooks that is a difficult one to answer.
That ram will be preserved for high end pro devices not thin and light laptops like these
@@josephle2381 I mean they could in theory. They can put 4090 in g14 2023 fairly thin but not that level of ultrabook, they should able to do it. Buy maybe don't.
If they only went for miniled for
Their whole 2024 lineup. Not oled :(
I think this is it. The laptop i've been waiting on
I know you're forbidden from benchmarks and batteries life. But thank you for including the additional information. I was searching for color accuracy and you had it😊.
Question. Given the recent uproar on Asus warranty malpractices, are you still willing to buy from them? Please ellaborate if possible.
Love when brands send units out and expect video coverage but "don't talk performance metrics yet" like...its a high end laptop thats literally 1 of the most important things to know
Ya i feel you but not much I can do. The CPU is an egineering sample but once I get in a proper unit I'll test out performance
@@MatthewMoniz ya def not blaming you, just weird why brands do that...
Does it have enough room in the chassis to stick in a gen 4 NVME 4TB ssd?
I love almost everything about the laptop, except the compnay that makes it. Nowadays they don't provide much support and for something like this laptop, I would like to use for years and years forward, I think I would want an assurance for it's support in the long term by the company
I feel you! There definitely has been some negative feedback regarding their support. I think they are aware and are making some big changes. But of course we cant judge that until another year or so goes by
ASUS is integrating AMD processors into many of its models, even more than other manufacturers.
I'm game.
Sir, i purchased a lenevo laptop 2 months ago and it's motherboard died, the company is not helping me i have 3 years warranty but they are not giving any response please help me to get a refund
got a month left until i buy a laptop definitely a contender just need to see some of the gaming benchmarks and battery life
You still can’t charge the laptop from both sides.
Looking forward for the benchmark :3
If we are no longer able to upgrade the ram at least put a second ssd slot and upgradable wifi card.
The battery life is what will make or break these laptops. If they can come to 20% of the new Snapdragons, then they will be the better option. You will get the better npu, gpu (onboard), cpu, no need for emulation.
I would love to see a tablet varient, like the minisforum v3.
Looks fantastics. Im a bit disappointed in the sub 400 nit screen. My XPS 15 9500 is between 500-550. I'd want at least that.
The new XPS 13 has a tandem OLED display and is supposed to get really bright. Shame the rest of the machine is a downgrade.
What do you need such a bright screen for? Only reason I can think of is using it outdoors in direct sunlight but how often does that happen.
@@Son37Lumiere you got it. Using outdoors especially during the few sunny days we get. I like to sit outside at coffee shops and photo/video edit and enjoy the sun the breeze. Or perhaps at a scenic location. It's where I feel inspired.
But unfortunately I have to stay indoors or in my car.
MacBook Pros have 1000 nit miniled screens and it's brilliant to see.
Also, content consumption. Higher nit peak brightness makes for fantastic playback of HDR content and HDR photo editing.
@@Undeadwolfy_ Ok but you can always seek out shade for that. 1000 nits is ridiculous, blindingly bright. I never understood the hype for HDR, why would I want to be blinded? I want to see the content not burn my retinas.
@@Son37Lumiere it's okay to understand people have different needs.
When are Snapdragon Elite devices reviews come out? Only thing I'm interested in
In round about 2 weeks:)
Do you know if that hinge opened up a full 180 degrees? - that would be useful for note-taking.
I know you need to get a full review unit, but based on what you have experienced, how does the fan noise compare to Snapdragon X Plus/Elite? Silent running for casual computing is very important to me, but I'd love to avoid ARM incompatibilities and better support for a little gaming.
Wait. So cause of stupid ventilation holes placing I can't use this laptop closed in a dock with monitor I guess. Right!?
Had same issue with old asus laptop on intel 7000 series (closed it everheated and shutdowns)
Will be interested to see how this compares to things suck as MacBook Pro 14s for content creation. And if battery life is amazing - it might be a huge yes for me as I need Windows for most atuff
🤔 I thought it has 50 TOPS of performance, you said 45 in the clip. Think I'm more interested in the S14 model, do you think they'll send you one of those to preview? which wifi7 adapter is built in? and does the hdmi 2.1 port support 4K120? Ever since vendors were allowed to support only part of the 2.1 spec to call it a 2.1 port it's been confusing to confirm exactly what res/refresh they support.
They should've but that display on the g16 2024! 😭
16inch laptop with only 1 SSD Solt?
YES, no numpad
Wonder how the CPU stacks up against the G14/16!
Much prefer having a fingerprint reader than face recognition
Im fine with either or as long as it has one of them
@@MatthewMoniz I would be if it was faster... My LG Gram 2022 only has face recognition and its so much slower!
I totally agree with no number pad . I hate it
I bought this PC and have a blue screen of death every 10 minutes, brand new, my previous PC a DELL M6700 from 2013, 32 GB RAM, Dual 2 TB SSD 860 samsumg, had maybe 2 every other year, you can imagine my frustration, buying the "latest" and greatest just to find a totally unrealiable machine.
Is it because of AMD or Asus? It crashes randomly, with the most insane errors, Chatgpt says is the drivers, I see a lot of critical updates in the drivers side, but overall if you think that ASUS has the game clear with mediatek and so many new thing going on here, my answer stay clear, I will try to return it, and wait for a "pro" version ultralite.
i got the surface laptop 7 ( with snapdragon ) but i just wish they would come with amd strix.
Gpu is so much better as wel as driver support.
i wondering why this is so cheap in comparison with the surface which cost me 2059 euro's instead of 14/1500 for something like this ?
how is asus quality-wise.. the price gap must come from somewhere i guess ?
I wonder if it runs good with win 10. It should right? There is no reason it wouldn't, right?
for someone who does a lot of rendering and 3d modeling with my laptop, but I also take my laptop with me all the time, would you recommend the G14 over the G16 (2024) when it comes to performance/portability?
G14 is good enough unless you want a larger screen. The G16 has some loud fan noise pretty often though. Though I reckon you check out the Lenovo yoga pro 9i. Performance to price ratio is very good. And for any rendering 3d modelling and even moderate gaming it'll handle like a breeze. But its down to those two. G14
OEMs are switching to 6GB RAM modules. Apple started it with the Macbook Pros and others will follow. For obvious reasons they are cheaper than 4GB modules. So, 24GB of RAM will eventually be the base in Windows as Intel, AMD and Qualcomm decree minimum 16GB. Apple, with the M4 Macbooks, likely to start at 12GB later this year.
This laptop is like mine, thin but has some important I/O ports. Or maybe like 2012 MacBook Air 😅
The price starts at $1700 US. Wonder how the battery life is...
$1399 at Best Buy
@@dademack3544 It's actually $1300 but doesn't come with the top end 370 APU, but the 365.
If this is 50 tops, does that mean it's better than snapdragon x elite?
yes it is. but not for battery life
I hope the white one will have the top end chip...
They just announced preorder, and its all gray... and windows 11 pro. *sigh*
7:30 if this has insane battery life and tuf a14/16 have same cpu and that too with bigger battery. So tuf will also have insane battery life on igpu mode?
It should! But of course let me get one in and review it first to confirm
Can I play most games on this
Compare it with galaxy Book 4 pro 360
What is the major difference between Asus S series and ZenBook line?
S Zenbook is a part of Zenbook series but it’s their most premium thin and light lineup
Looks like a great work laptop
Ya hopefully perfomrance / battery life checks out and we could have a winner
By the way, I picked up the Razer Blade 16 with the OLED screen, and man, I think I'm in love.🥰
@@PBA8 That's awesome! The display is amazing
Any speculation on when we will be seeing Nvdia GPUs with snapdragon chips? Still too far off? I’m in the need for a laptop but I would like those chips with a powerful GPU but it might be too far off still rn
I think at this point in time that would be the worst of both worlds - compatibility issues due to ARM and worse battery life due to the powerful dedicated GPU. It might happen in a couple of years when Windows on ARM becomes mainstream and dedicated GPUs will be able to work with lower power consumption but it's probably not going to happen overnight. Just my 2c.
@@drm42 yeah, seeing how much of a shit show this arm on windows job has been handled made me realize how far off we truly are
Do you expect battery life to be good?
I mean based on the size of the battery and being on a more efficient cpu, it should be good! But I’ll have to test it out first
Also facial regeneration on Windows has the worst implementation ever. You cannot rely on the camera for 100% and when it fails you need 3 clicks to back you to Pin or password. Usability nightmare! I always keep it off. The fingerprint scanner is the only decent option!
Sure when it fails which isn’t often you do have to enter your pin. But those are far and few between. I personally like windows hello facial recognition but yes a fingerprint reader is faster and more reliable
@@MatthewMoniz my gripe is more about windows implementation. Why not put pin edit right there on the same screen? .... Nooo you need to click three buttons to get to the pin option
Please do a video of asus reacently announed tuf A14 and will it be a better budget option than G14 as it looks more gaming vibe than the g14 and ig better cooling solution
Not worth the money. Is just 200$ cheaper.
Apparently Matthew thinks silver = "white".... 😂
This is basically a battery that comes with a built-in laptop 😂
LOL well if the battery life is good then I’m not complaining
TUF A14, Matt, we need to know if the price is gonna make that one a hit.
I need to get that one in to review!
@@MatthewMoniz You're the best man, keep grinding.
What’s the battery life on this new CPU? If it doesn’t hit the same as Qualcomm then I don’t want it. Asus warranty issues also NO GOOD. Don’t buy anything Asus until they fix their stupid warranty and service issues. Just a note on the new CPUs, TOPS is the new sexy benchmark I guess. - got this from Verge The Ryzen AI 9 300-series also appears to have the most TOPS compared to other NPU-configured chips already on or soon to be on the market. Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X series has 45 TOPS, Apple’s M4 has 38, and AMD’s last-gen Ryzen 8040 series chips had just 16. Intel’s Meteor Lake Ultra 7 165H has approximately 10 TOPS (but the upcoming Lunar Lake is supposedly going to even the playing field).
391 nits of brighness... disappointing. So, an indoors only device. Cause with that super reflective, gloss display; plus the dimness. Yeah, it's too bad.
Je déconseille d acheter asus j’ai fait l expérience j’ai acheté un asus et impossible de mettre a niveau et après deux envoi et après expertise il m est revenu obsolète
Love their designs but i just cannot get myself to buy with asus horrible customer service
this notebook but with Snapdragon chip
after they fix their customer service of course
This will be faster than the X Elite.
i hate the AI button
I mean did you actually use the right ctrl key?
Usb 4?? What transfer rate??
40gbps same as thunderbolt
Suggest us best all rounder lap for video editing & running heavy stuff 600 to 850 dollers
I'm from India I'm ur subscriber
I need one lap😊
Hmmmm very, very, very enticing at $1200 ish if ever
hows the batterylife?
Hopefully good!
Should be good tbh. 78 watt hr battery with an efficient processor in strix point
obviously
What about font rendering is that smooth or still the same blurry font?
Dont care about the AI, but damn 2024 or 2025 we might see the peak of non mac based laptop
I think so too! Its exciting!
Does it have windows recall
No laptop has at the moment. Currently this feature is only available through the Windows Insider (beta) program. Microsoft says that every PC will have recall (optional) that has 40 TOPS+ NPU performance, so this should have it too, once the feature is officially out.
With your hands waving around most of the time you can join the Music conductor corp.
Can’t wait to see this critic do better
GPU is still the same as it was a years ago! Or two actually.... why not going All AMD....?
GPU is using the new RDNA 3.5. So its faster than the previous year should be about 20% faster but will need to test first
@@MatthewMoniz hmmm, but generally other products with secondary GPU have stuck with 40 series....
Ew. Bottom firing speaker. Pass.
33% more fps on this iGPU compared to Z1 Extreme.
This is maxed out at 16 CU's.. a joke.
There is a 16 Core with 40 CU's which they keep.
Means.. you can buy this and later regret it. It has HALF of the performance as it should have.
The Strix Halo chip will only be reserved for the top end gaming machines, to come later. Still, 30% faster than the 780m will place it well ahead of anything from Intel or Qualcomm.
Instead of moaning about AI I suggest making it a drinking game. Watch any tech TH-camr these days and every time you hear AI have a shot. And good luck. 😂
Npu is 50 tops
very pomising!
Thanks for the "overview" Matt. I'm a fan of ASUS products (we have several in our house) and that S16 is a gorgeous laptop.
You're welcome Bryan!
Stop calling glossy displays good. )
I should be more specific when I say glossy displays. What I’m really referring to is the perceived contrast you see with a glossy display compared to matte. However, what I should mention is reflections. Some glossy panels have very reflective screens compared to others
@@MatthewMoniz I've got what I call eye allergy for any glossy screen. I would pick awful Dell Latitude 500 nits, with bad viewing angles, colour inaccurate screen over ANY OLED 120hz any time just for being mate. I would stop buying laptops when all will have glossy screens.
With the new AI CPU you talk more about its future potential of this GPU CPU combo in a chip. None in store in this review what a waste.
391 nits? so bad
Not really
@@josephle2381 look at macbook pro 16 display specifications
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Asus = NO buy
This year asus laptops are resembling more like the laptop which is best in segment
ASUS is in trouble. Read the news.
Which news? At least put the link 😅
@@Okamine You should know ASUS marketing person that I can't put links without getting the entire comment deleted.
Am I the only one who dislikes any type of design which doesn't have a classic aesthetic? Take this laptop for example. Look at those lines all over the front. In 10 years, will that look terribly dated? Yes, it will. The design isn't classic. So I don't find this beautiful at all.
Mention also kg
I did. Its right there in the corner when I talk about weight. I list it in both lbs and kg.
No numpad in a 16" laptop is a no for me. It's easy to have trackpad in the centre with a numpad.
Asus? No thx.
Why?
as much as i don't want to get asus but seriously this thing is impressive
@@predator9909why don't you want Asus ?
Why ??
I've been using an Asus for 8 years and it's running like a champ. Super speedy, nothing is broken.
Are we really going to pretend Asus doesn't have an RMA issue?
What is your fascnation with weight in laptops. it sits on a desk 99% of it's life and if U can't lift 10 Lbs get a Gym Membership and BULK UP buddy. The important thins are the GUTS SCREEN and PORTS. the more the better Memory SSD's and High End Graphics. The things that are important to People that work for a liviing not sit in Mommys basement Gamiing and eating from Moms fridge.