Very nice. But what about AMD modification? With Ryzen 9 8945 hs 32gb of ram. This year ASUS for Zenbooks and Vivobooks has give us a choice between Intel and amd, there is zenbooks with intel or amd and vivobooks with intel or amd. It will be great to see AMD versions and compere them.
@@f2pgamingcastleclashmore119 The link directs you to the country you are from since you're canadian like me its taking you to Amazon.ca. If you go to Amazon.com you'll see the lower price
OLED is nice and all...but if you're spending $900 on a laptop with no dGPU in it, just for a nice display, why not go for an HP Pavilion Plus 14 with AMD? 8845HS + 16GB + 1TB + 2880x1800 OLED display for $889.99 currently. You could even spec it up to have 32GB which is non-upgradeable in either of these laptops, although it's an extra $150. If you can afford to trim the storage (maybe you have an external SSD and don't need as much internal storage space?) then the 8845HS + 32GB + 512GB + 2880x1800 OLED display spec is $920.
F* it, i got my Vivobook Pro 14 OLED with 5600H+RTX 3050 with 16gb ram for only $669,, and it still has better power even tho it is a couple generation behind,,
If i'm not mistaken, it should not only blue backlight, it's should be a RGB backlight keyboard, so you should be able to custom the color, but yeah, only single zone
@@DEMinSoCAL if the numberpads wasn't there I would've bought it instantly, the off centered typing is too much of a deal breaker for me from someone who came from using older macs
I like the blue backlighting and I won't sweat the speakers. For the price, this looks great! My wife had a friend whose husband imported laptops. He said for ling life and reliability you can't beat Toshiba and ASUS. It's about time for me to replace my twelve year old Toshiba…
Can someone please review the 16 inch of this? It is literally (one of) the only one that is 16 inch and really lightweight! Im really eyeing it but I cannot find any review! ( I'm looking at you, Matthew lol)
Just got this laptop a few days ago, battery life is great, 10hrs easily, that was really surprising. Display looks amazing for the price. I always shop in that price range, and this definitely stands out.
@@Al7ajri Still holding up great. Gaming performance has been great, managed to play Cyberpunk at low settings decently well. Now days there is lots of newer CPUs around but still nothing I can see that is better than this at the price I got it. Maybe Asus own Zenbook 14 when it goes on sale, but that's it so far
Apart from the laptop itself, is it just me or the Copilot keycap is kinda unnecessary and more of a marketing thingy? I mean we can still access Copilot by just one or two clicks.
Everything about the new Copilot+ PCs are a complete and utter scam. Full stop. Under no circumstances should you pay extra for a "Copilot+ PC", because they can't do literally anything apart from a couple gimmicks in MS paint. No matter how much they beef up those NPUs, Copilot or any other usable LLM will never run locally on a laptop. Other features like Recall might be helpful if you're into that, but at this rate I wouldn't be surprised if the entire Recall project is scrapped altogether. The dedicated copilot button is just icing on the cake of the misguided AI insanity that's been going on at these big tech companies.
I know it's hard to complain for the price, but I would trade the Ultra 9 for an Ultra 7 if I could have gotten a 120hz display along with it....that would have made so much of a bigger difference in everyday utility.
It's a chicken and the egg thing. It might seem like marketing right now, but the truth is the applications and optimizations are not even in Windows yet. I believe everyone should be reserving judgment but that's not how it goes. People that have no use for it, they believe or don't understand it will approach it with negativity.
Any plans for the 2024 models of the Yoga and Yoga pro series? The 2024 models were fantastic and I'm interested in seeing your take on this years models!
Good review. A solid mid-range ultrabook, and for many mid-range is the way to go due to premium Windows machines now being close to double this in price (XPS 14, LG Gram 14, Galaxy Book4 Pro 14, Surface Laptop 6, etc). Glad you pointed out that these benchmark battery tests do not represent real life and I can understand why Windows OEMs like them being used as they do overplay the battery SOT. I usually discount by 33% but with the caveat that higher brightness can drain that time even further. Good bang for your bucks but I have seen the MB Air M2 13-inch for only a little bit more and if like me you use your ultrabook for casual work meaning 8GB/256GB is enought, then I would still choose the Mac. But there is a good reason Windows has a natural monopoly, the reluctance of people to move OS'es so in Windows-land the Vivobook S14 is shortlist material.
I ordered the AMD 16" version of this, suppose to be delivered on Friday. I'm hoping I can swap the SSD in that one just like the Intel one. But on Asus website it says "up to 1TB" for the m5606
I used to have an acer laptop and I contacted them for the max SSD limit and they said up to 2tb. I then bought a 4tb ssd and put it in and its working fine 2 years later. I think the up to amount is not the theoretical max but what they're willing to ship it with so you should be fine. Btw the 4tb is on a laptop with an 8th gen intel u series low power CPU so I think you should be fine. Did you get one with 32gb ram? That's what I'm interested in and whether its 3.2k oled at 120hz and then what you paid for this. Thanks in advance.
I'm wondering, what the heck are the differences between vivobooks and zenbooks really, zenbooks seem thinner... but? Vivobooks look soo good with specs?
Only issue with the Unstable drivers as they're very new. A driver can break ur performance. I had issue with video playback on battery . Which was fixed after an update
65wh battery with core ultra 7 gives around 6-8 hours of rough use. And over 9 hours of casual use. I wish if They had a 75+ wh option. Sadly lenovo didn't offer at the time i bought the Yoga
I have the s14 oled 2022 version .. display is very nice 2.8k 90hz no burning issue till now (its been two years since i bought) but the thing i feel more concern is the battery life it’s really degrading faster than i thought currently at 77% health
US prices are confusing to me. I have the Vivobook 14 pro model with a 3060gpu and the R7 6800HS, 16GB, 90Hz refresh rate, oled 2.8k - for the exact same price in China, official Asus shop.
Adding copilot button is really dumb move. Copilot is not even avaliable anywhere else than USA n EU. Also mind having somthing like Linux. . . just what if
Entonces, para trabajos de diseño y postproducción si es muy bueno? Exceptuando la parte del 3d porque me imagino que con la grsfica que tiene no puede hacer mucho supongo.
If this was this price with like an Ultra 5 125H/ Ryzen 7 8845H with a 2.5k 120Hz OLED screen it'd be a GOAT level thin-and-light, but 1200p is meh, and 60Hz really hurts
@@mrbobgamingmemes9558 I have no problem with TN panels. Especially the matte type. TN panels are environmentally friendly, inexpensive and offer good refresh rates. IPS has the annoying reflections. I hate that and they produce annoying white spots that don't go away.
I really want to see something like Dell XPS 16 but for asus with Zenbook in name, with f-keys function row, something like 16\32ram, 512+rom, 2.5k oled, core ultra 5\7, nvidia 4050\60\70, 2 decent fans (not like in zenbook 14 this year), 2 thunderbolts, wifi7, bt 5.4, and extra m.2 slot would be great. And price starts at 1500$ for 16\512\ultra5\4050 Am I asking too much?😒
Thanks for sharing....just picked up a Galaxybook 3 Pro.....comes with the pen and its feature filled. If your not a gamer you can't beat ALL the features and the pen.
Has anyone tried to know the required to render a 10-Min 4k Video by a shared intel Graphics iris x GPU i7 13th Gen 16 Ram 512 Pcle hard laptop? Vs the time of a laptop with same specs but with dedicated 2-4 dedicated GPU? Is shared GPU Upgradable? How about thermal efficiency؟ Any better recommendations to render a 4k ten Min. Video in 15-20 Minutes?Can my asus be used in sharing & mirroring with old iphones?
Just got one from Amazon. Will be testing Forza Horizon 4 on it today. Am betting that the game will crash. That seems to happen on every Core Ultra + ARC graphics laptop I have tested recently.
I have the Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 with Core Ultra 7 and it costed me around 99k here in india and im so much impressed with the battery life, speaker and display. I wanted something powerful yet portable. I went for this since the Vivobook S14 wasn't available here. Im so satisfied with the choice I didnt bother much about the dGPU as i have another gaming laptop. Major issue is the unstable early drivers for Arc graphics
Can someone recommend me a laptop for all types of coding. I like to play FIFA 19 games only. I'm not looking for a high graphics game. I like more memory. For IT work as I am a student currently. You may recommend me the price of $800.
What do you guys think of the Vivobook S14? I think for $849 OLED + an Intel Core Ultra 9 is not bad at all.
how about audio?
yo RAM should be 7467Mhz not 7647MHz or am I worng 0:40
Very nice. But what about AMD modification? With Ryzen 9 8945 hs 32gb of ram. This year ASUS for Zenbooks and Vivobooks has give us a choice between Intel and amd, there is zenbooks with intel or amd and vivobooks with intel or amd. It will be great to see AMD versions and compere them.
the amazon link is showing me $1800 CAD, where did you see $849?
@@f2pgamingcastleclashmore119 The link directs you to the country you are from since you're canadian like me its taking you to Amazon.ca. If you go to Amazon.com you'll see the lower price
OLED is nice and all...but if you're spending $900 on a laptop with no dGPU in it, just for a nice display, why not go for an HP Pavilion Plus 14 with AMD? 8845HS + 16GB + 1TB + 2880x1800 OLED display for $889.99 currently. You could even spec it up to have 32GB which is non-upgradeable in either of these laptops, although it's an extra $150. If you can afford to trim the storage (maybe you have an external SSD and don't need as much internal storage space?) then the 8845HS + 32GB + 512GB + 2880x1800 OLED display spec is $920.
Oh dang good call
Exactly. But hey it’s TH-camrs. Any new product is the product of the moment. Even if it’s not good.
F* it, i got my Vivobook Pro 14 OLED with 5600H+RTX 3050 with 16gb ram for only $669,, and it still has better power even tho it is a couple generation behind,,
You’d spend 1500 on a Mac with no dGPU. Your argument is invalid as not everyone wants or cares about dGPU.
Intel is better for productivity and HP's build quality and QC are suspect.
It's an one zone RGB keyboard, you can change it
If i'm not mistaken, it should not only blue backlight, it's should be a RGB backlight keyboard, so you should be able to custom the color, but yeah, only single zone
it is rgb. It is blue by default. You can change it to any color.
God i hate how much easier it is to buy a laptop in the US then in Europe😢
Same concern in India 😢
An ultra 7 would've been more than enough, this laptop won't squeeze all the power from the ultra 9 but for that price I can't complain.
I agree but the price says it all
@@MatthewMoniz Trade i7 for i9 and then add 3K OLED 120Hz. That's the Asus Vivobook 15S for $749 at Walmart.
@@DEMinSoCAL if the numberpads wasn't there I would've bought it instantly, the off centered typing is too much of a deal breaker for me from someone who came from using older macs
I like the blue backlighting and I won't sweat the speakers.
For the price, this looks great!
My wife had a friend whose husband imported laptops.
He said for ling life and reliability you can't beat Toshiba and ASUS.
It's about time for me to replace my twelve year old Toshiba…
Toshiba is widely regarded as trash circa 2015.
Can someone please review the 16 inch of this? It is literally (one of) the only one that is 16 inch and really lightweight! Im really eyeing it but I cannot find any review! ( I'm looking at you, Matthew lol)
Just got this laptop a few days ago, battery life is great, 10hrs easily, that was really surprising. Display looks amazing for the price. I always shop in that price range, and this definitely stands out.
3 months later how is it?
@@Al7ajri Still holding up great. Gaming performance has been great, managed to play Cyberpunk at low settings decently well. Now days there is lots of newer CPUs around but still nothing I can see that is better than this at the price I got it. Maybe Asus own Zenbook 14 when it goes on sale, but that's it so far
how is it now?
Apart from the laptop itself, is it just me or the Copilot keycap is kinda unnecessary and more of a marketing thingy? I mean we can still access Copilot by just one or two clicks.
Exactly. Is the button reprogrammable?
Yes, it will make a great [Delete] key. I always change the right [Ctrl] key to a [Delete] key.
Everything about the new Copilot+ PCs are a complete and utter scam. Full stop. Under no circumstances should you pay extra for a "Copilot+ PC", because they can't do literally anything apart from a couple gimmicks in MS paint. No matter how much they beef up those NPUs, Copilot or any other usable LLM will never run locally on a laptop. Other features like Recall might be helpful if you're into that, but at this rate I wouldn't be surprised if the entire Recall project is scrapped altogether. The dedicated copilot button is just icing on the cake of the misguided AI insanity that's been going on at these big tech companies.
I know it's hard to complain for the price, but I would trade the Ultra 9 for an Ultra 7 if I could have gotten a 120hz display along with it....that would have made so much of a bigger difference in everyday utility.
It's a chicken and the egg thing. It might seem like marketing right now, but the truth is the applications and optimizations are not even in Windows yet. I believe everyone should be reserving judgment but that's not how it goes. People that have no use for it, they believe or don't understand it will approach it with negativity.
Sorry bro, I responded to the wrong comment😂
4:09
What is blue RGB light ?
Is that a RGB backlight set to blue by default or it is a " non RGB blue backlight keyboard "
4:10 I think you can change the color of the backlit since its RGB
You do know you can choose what color you want on the backlight right?
I don't understand how a 185H would underperform a 155H if properly cooled.
Me too
What's that show on 2:12?
It is from a game called Apex Legends
An animation from the game to be exact. One of the new legend at that time was fighting off the people
Any plans for the 2024 models of the Yoga and Yoga pro series? The 2024 models were fantastic and I'm interested in seeing your take on this years models!
Good review.
A solid mid-range ultrabook, and for many mid-range is the way to go due to premium Windows machines now being close to double this in price (XPS 14, LG Gram 14, Galaxy Book4 Pro 14, Surface Laptop 6, etc).
Glad you pointed out that these benchmark battery tests do not represent real life and I can understand why Windows OEMs like them being used as they do overplay the battery SOT. I usually discount by 33% but with the caveat that higher brightness can drain that time even further.
Good bang for your bucks but I have seen the MB Air M2 13-inch for only a little bit more and if like me you use your ultrabook for casual work meaning 8GB/256GB is enought, then I would still choose the Mac. But there is a good reason Windows has a natural monopoly, the reluctance of people to move OS'es so in Windows-land the Vivobook S14 is shortlist material.
Yeah, there needs to be a more reliable battery test suite :l
Ultra 9H with no GPU? Seems like a useless deal. Would one be able to utilize the full performance from this processor?
You commented about the 2.3k model being available but do you happen to have a link to it? I can never find that model for the 14 inch model.
I cant find a link for it yet. Theres basically only one place to buy this model right now and its Amazon USA. Link is in the description
I ordered the AMD 16" version of this, suppose to be delivered on Friday. I'm hoping I can swap the SSD in that one just like the Intel one. But on Asus website it says "up to 1TB" for the m5606
does it have 32GB RAM option?
I used to have an acer laptop and I contacted them for the max SSD limit and they said up to 2tb. I then bought a 4tb ssd and put it in and its working fine 2 years later.
I think the up to amount is not the theoretical max but what they're willing to ship it with so you should be fine. Btw the 4tb is on a laptop with an 8th gen intel u series low power CPU so I think you should be fine.
Did you get one with 32gb ram? That's what I'm interested in and whether its 3.2k oled at 120hz and then what you paid for this. Thanks in advance.
What about vivobook pro 15 they have an dedicated gpu(4050/4060) and 120hz oled
Yes I wonder about that one too
Review the vivobook S15 with 155h in walmart for 750. 16gb, 1tb, 2880x1620 display 120hz. I am on the fence thinking about it.
Good price
I'm wondering, what the heck are the differences between vivobooks and zenbooks really, zenbooks seem thinner... but? Vivobooks look soo good with specs?
staple has the 16inch version
3200 x 2000 for 899, and you get 15% with Rakuten now. The problem is that it’s running out if stock
Only issue with the Unstable drivers as they're very new.
A driver can break ur performance.
I had issue with video playback on battery . Which was fixed after an update
Is this capable for Graphic and 3D rendering use?
Currently using the S14 with the 8845HS+780M and what an amazing laptop for its price. Wondering what the Zenbook is for at this point.
I have just picked up my unit 14 inch S5406 (Ultra 7) 2 days ago, in Mist Blue color ;)
Which one is better to get? The intel version or ryzen?
AMD version is always cheaper and offers better package with the 780m iGPU
Just purchased the zenbook 14 Ryzen 7, waiting for the delivery
How battery?
65wh battery with core ultra 7 gives around 6-8 hours of rough use. And over 9 hours of casual use.
I wish if They had a 75+ wh option. Sadly lenovo didn't offer at the time i bought the Yoga
I have the s14 oled 2022 version .. display is very nice 2.8k 90hz no burning issue till now (its been two years since i bought) but the thing i feel more concern is the battery life it’s really degrading faster than i thought currently at 77% health
Does it have the feature of limiting the charging to 80% ?
US prices are confusing to me. I have the Vivobook 14 pro model with a 3060gpu and the R7 6800HS, 16GB, 90Hz refresh rate, oled 2.8k - for the exact same price in China, official Asus shop.
The keyboard is RGB so you can change to white if you want according to the ASUS site.
Asus has brought OLED to its budget line. Amazing! Who else is doing it? I think nobody.
do the s14 oled vs hp envy x360 ad0097nr it would be a great comparision
So he blocked the camera but it was still recording the video?
Adding copilot button is really dumb move. Copilot is not even avaliable anywhere else than USA n EU. Also mind having somthing like Linux. . . just what if
Yeah keyboard shortcut make more sense than physical button for that
In India we have the same copilot button though. Its not only for US or EU
A curious question: Are there people over eighty years of age who are very elderly people who own and will use modern smart phones??
Dell Inspiron 16 vs ASUS Vivobook s16, which would you go for? Price-wise similar.
Entonces, para trabajos de diseño y postproducción si es muy bueno? Exceptuando la parte del 3d porque me imagino que con la grsfica que tiene no puede hacer mucho supongo.
Hi, I would love to have the same wallpaper as yours. I could not find one on the internet. I do hope you can share it too :)
It’s on sale for $764 + tax. Would you buy it at that price?
32GB RAM option would be nice.
If this was this price with like an Ultra 5 125H/ Ryzen 7 8845H with a 2.5k 120Hz OLED screen it'd be a GOAT level thin-and-light, but 1200p is meh, and 60Hz really hurts
What about the Battery life? Have i just overseen this?
5:06 - he talks about it there
How the hell did you open this thing? 😅 I'm trying to swap the ssd and the hidden screw is impossible to access.
Man, it was so hard to remove the tiny screw cover and I lightly scratched the chassis 🙄. Besides that, I do love the device.
It's $899 now, still a good deal tho.
I was thinking about this as well. The one with a TN 1920x1200 screen with 128 mega bytes.
Tn ? Tn is 💩 bro, even ips with 62 srgb is much better
@@mrbobgamingmemes9558 I have no problem with TN panels. Especially the matte type. TN panels are environmentally friendly, inexpensive and offer good refresh rates. IPS has the annoying reflections. I hate that and they produce annoying white spots that don't go away.
Thanks for another honest review Matt. I'm a fan of ASUS VivoBooks, I've had the S15 since the late 90s and it's still going strong.
BestBuy has the Intel Core Ultra 5 series 2/Lunar Lake variant of this on sale for $650. You're honestly not gonna find a better laptop at that price.
no $849 option on Amazon right now, just a $1095 option
And now it's $899 !
I just wish asus will give this Vivobook option to upgrade the ram to 32GB because i afraid 16GB will not be enough in the long term
$1,6k for the same model but with the ultra 7 is daylight robbery from my region
Ultra 7 or even Ultra 5 with a dGPU would've made so much more sense
There’s the 15 pro and 16 models 🥹
I really want to see something like Dell XPS 16 but for asus with Zenbook in name, with f-keys function row, something like 16\32ram, 512+rom, 2.5k oled, core ultra 5\7, nvidia 4050\60\70, 2 decent fans (not like in zenbook 14 this year), 2 thunderbolts, wifi7, bt 5.4, and extra m.2 slot would be great. And price starts at 1500$ for 16\512\ultra5\4050
Am I asking too much?😒
The specs of this $849 Vivobook, beats my $1200 Zenbook 2022. Ridiculous value.
You didn't have to bring the kids into this 😂😭
1080p webcam looks worse than my 720p webcam on MacBook.
Thanks for sharing....just picked up a Galaxybook 3 Pro.....comes with the pen and its feature filled. If your not a gamer you can't beat ALL the features and the pen.
Unfortunately it's out of stock in Bangladesh 😭
Gorgeous laptop!
Every Vivobook model that I've seen is 65% sRGB. Using OLED on a productivity laptop is out of touch...
Has anyone tried to know the required to render a 10-Min 4k Video by a shared intel Graphics iris x GPU i7 13th Gen 16 Ram 512 Pcle hard laptop? Vs the time of a laptop with same specs but with dedicated 2-4 dedicated GPU? Is shared GPU Upgradable? How about thermal efficiency؟ Any better recommendations to render a 4k ten Min. Video in 15-20 Minutes?Can my asus be used in sharing & mirroring with old iphones?
I was considering this vs macbook air base model, but after reading about customer service issues, I’ve decided to stay away for now.
What have you read, i am in the same shoes
@@AhmedAmer-j5m various reddit posts regarding the issue and gamer nexus also has a video about it.
A curious question: Are there people over eighty years of age who are very elderly people who own and will use modern smart phones?!0
that has to be the worst webcam I've seen on a recently released laptop
His T-shirt reminds me Belgium Soldier I found from "NATO" official Instagram account 😅
Just got one from Amazon. Will be testing Forza Horizon 4 on it today. Am betting that the game will crash. That seems to happen on every Core Ultra + ARC graphics laptop I have tested recently.
No crashing with Forza Horizon 4. w00t
oled😊... just wish the screen was brighter but also lighter
I have the Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 with Core Ultra 7 and it costed me around 99k here in india and im so much impressed with the battery life, speaker and display.
I wanted something powerful yet portable. I went for this since the Vivobook S14 wasn't available here. Im so satisfied with the choice
I didnt bother much about the dGPU as i have another gaming laptop.
Major issue is the unstable early drivers for Arc graphics
Asus s14 series is best deal
Agree!
bruh I already bought a zenbook
Can someone recommend me a laptop for all types of coding. I like to play FIFA 19 games only. I'm not looking for a high graphics game. I like more memory. For IT work as I am a student currently. You may recommend me the price of $800.
If you find one ..pls recommend me too
Very nice
Thanks
60hz, 1080p...
wow, I thought u were smarter than this
better version AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS, intel suck.
Non un upgradeable wifi card are red card and scam 😕
this to early for me
Obviously 😄
16 pls not 14 at least not 13.
Is you are not using it can you please give it to me need this for studying 🥲
Man I wish I was like Matt, everything's so obvious to him🥲