Customer Ratings & Reviews

Every aspect of this purchase has been delightful. The prompt shipment to the packaging presentation was professional. The screen quality and keyboard give a very responsive feel. The processor speed and overall performance does not disappoint. The power with the AI feedback suggests support in new directions beyond my expectations. My only reservation is whether I chose a large enough hard drive to accommodate all the projects I expect to encounter. I'm looking forward to gaming and video editing on a new dimension.

Design Made from an aluminum body, it’s lightweight, but feels solid and durable, with no creaking or flexing under normal use. Its black finish is attractive and fingerprint resistant. It doesn’t feel metallic and feels comfortable on the skin, soft and silky smooth. The status lights are curiously found on the back of the laptop and hidden by the hinge when the display is folded open. It only seems to be useful while the laptop isn’t in use. The keyboard is backlit with 3 levels of brightness and the option to turn the backlight off. However, I found the minimum setting for the backlight to be too bright. The backlight also doesn’t illuminate the Shift function labels on the keys. The keyboard itself has considerably more travel than other ultra slim laptops, while still being silent. There is no numpad, but this allows for front-firing speakers on the sides of the keyboard as well as the touchpad in a centered position, to prevent accidental input while typing while looking straight on to the screen. The P16 comes with an infrared camera compatible with Windows Hello for facial recognition login, which works in the dark, and more convenient than fingerprint login. Display The display is a glossy touch screen OLED with slim bezels and measures 15.8” diagonally. It’s pretty reflective, so it’s not ideal for use opposite a window or light source. Its native resolution is 3840x2400, which is a 16:10 aspect ratio. It’ll produce black bars for 16:9 presentations, but the extra vertical space makes it better for content creation, giving you a larger workspace. Because it’s a 4k display against a 16” display, you won’t spot individual pixels (or at all) at 150% scale or higher. The display has a refresh rate of 60 Hz which is acceptable for content creation, which is what the laptop was designed for. However, I find it a very curious decision that ASUS chose a touch panel over 120 Hz since it doesn’t really leverage touch input very well, while at the same time, proves to be very capable of 120 Hz for gaming. Feels like a misstep to me. I don’t have a protractor, but if I had to guess, the hinge looks like it only goes as far back as 30°. There’s also some wobble when the display is touched. It also does not come with a stylus although it supports the ASUS stylus. When I tried using my Samsung phone’s S-pen, it wouldn’t work. I found the touch display best for making quick selections in editing programs with buttons like Photoshop, and keep the touchpad in my editing workspace. Since the hinge doesn’t fold flat to 180° or 360°, the P16 doesn’t work well for drawing with touch input. I didn’t notice any text fringing. The display is Dolby Vision certified, and is able to play Dolby Vision content. For a model aimed at content creators, I was surprised that its default color profile was oversaturated. Creators looking for accurate colors will want to switch to a different profile such as sRGB, which is great for web content, or Display P3, which is great for graphics and video editing. Inputs Left side: -proprietary 200W power port -full sized HDMI 2.1 port -USB 4 Type-C port -USB 3.2 Type-A port -3.5mm audio jack Right side: -USB 3.2 Type-C port -USB 3.2 Type-A port -full sized SD card slot Charging is done from the left side of the laptop, and the only way to take advantage of the P16 at full power is using the stock 200W power adapter. The USB 4 port only charges at up to 100W, which will cap the CPU and GPU. The cap isn’t as bad as it sounds because it’s still a powerful laptop even with the cap. You just won’t be able to take full advantage of the hardware’s capability. Due to this being a Ryzen laptop, one of its USB-C ports is only USB 4 and not a Thunderbolt port. ASUS also skimps out compared to the competition by making its other USB-C port 3.2. This USB 3.2 Type-C port on the right side has power delivery, but isn’t capable of charging the laptop. Connectivity It comes with WiFi 7 but unfortunately maxes out at 2882MB/s up&down. I've seen others do 5000MB/s. It also has Bluetooth 5.4, which is the latest version. Performance When set to Performance mode, which can only be run while plugged in using the stock 200W charger, the P16 is impressively powerful, but the fans blare non-stop, making it a pretty noisy laptop. It’s not a high-pitched sound or anything offensive, but it’s a noticeably aggressive sound of fans spinning. The laptop doesn’t get too hot as long as the vents on the bottom of the laptop aren’t blocked. It’s best used on a flat desk and not recommended on a bed while in Performance mode. While in Performance mode, I was able to play Shadow of the Tomb Raider in max Custom settings, which is more demanding than its preset Ultra settings in native 3840x2400 resolution and get a stable 60fps. In 1080p with those same maxed out settings, I could get 144fps. Sadly, the display is only a 60 Hz panel. But since the P16 was designed for content creation, 60 Hz is more than fine. The Nvidia GPU can be leveraged by connecting the P16 to an external gaming monitor. When running on battery, the P16 caps its CPU, and the discrete GPU (if it's being used). The P16 will use the integrated Radeon 890M. I never experienced any thermal throttling. Other than Performance mode, the laptop runs cool and very silent, especially in Whisper mode, where the fan never seems to go off. Through the MyASUS app, your hardware configuration is customizable. You can run on the integrated graphics card exclusively for longer battery life. It’s also nice that the integrated graphics is a Radeon variant (890M), while the discrete GPU is a GeForce RTX 5070, particularly for software that has benefits for one type over the other. The SSD is speedy with a 5279 MB/s sequential read, 4831 MB/s sequential write. It has a random read of 56 MB/s and random write of 146 MB/s and a capacity of 2TB. There is also a spare m.2 slot for additional SSD storage. Battery Using the 200W stock power adapter, it takes 1 hour and 45 minutes to charge from 0% to 100%, though it hits around the 90% mark after around 1 hour. Using a 100W USB-C charger, took about 4 hours to charge from 0% to 100% but hit around 90% after around 1 hour and 30 minutes. The battery life itself varies greatly depending on the mode you use and what you’re doing but otherwise excellent when you need it to be without the laptop feeling sluggish. When streaming video non-stop at 76% brightness and 50% volume I got about 9 hours of battery life. When gaming in 4K using the discrete GPU with HDR on and no caps (Windows mode; Best Performance power plan) it lasted only 1 hour and 47 minutes. Sound The sound out of the box sounded terrible to me. It sounded too isolated. But this was the sound profile for its “Music” setting. When I switched it to “Dynamic”, the sound was amazing. It utilizes Dolby Atmos, which gives the audio depth without sacrificing detail. The speakers also get very loud without any distortion. The microphone on the other hand isn’t very impressive. My recorded voice sounds too processed and unnatural. It does do a good job with noise cancellation though, eliminating sounds like an air conditioner. Touchpad The touchpad is very responsive but unfortunately lacks haptic feedback. Taps can be done anywhere on the touchpad, but physical button clicks can only be done on the bottom portion. The touchpad is very responsive and feels smooth to touch. It has a unique DialPad touch feature built in to the top-left portion of the touchpad that needs to activated via a simple drag from the top-right corner of the touchpad gesture. I have never accidentally triggered this gesture personally, although perhaps your mileage may vary. When the DialPad is turned on, it gives you a touch dial that comes with preset functions for specific apps like Photoshop and Word, while also allowing you to customize the dial with functions and apps that you assign on your own. This gives your shortcut access to commonly used functions via the DialPad. Bundled Software ASUS includes StoryCube and MuseTree with the P16. StoryCube appears to be a AI-assisted media hub. It automatically organizes your media with AI, such as sorting photos by people with AI recognizing similar faces; sorting photos by scenes that AI will come up categories for such as "Diving & Snorkeling", "Pets". My issues is, it has proven to be very inaccurate for me, and makes things more of a mess and irritating. A picture of a woman taking a selfie in a normal car was labeled under "Off-road Racing". You're supposed to able to search your media contextually, but StoryCube does a poor job. When I search "tennis" it shows one result despite the many tennis photos and videos I had. When I search "blue", I get no results. I do like how you're able to trim and even crop videos in StoryCube. But StoryCube only works with the folders you add to it manually, so it can be cumbersome. MuseTree is a Generative AI image content board. You start with an idea and MuseTree will generate images from it. Then you can add more AI generated images to your content board. You can take those other images and stack them on an existing image to have AI generate an image that combines the 2. My issue with MuseTree is that the default AI image model it uses, dreamshaper, isn't a style I like. It looks obviously AI, which is to say, bad and soft-looking. It's got a cheap Made in China vibe. You can change the AI image model by downloading a different one from Civitai but I haven't found any good ones for my needs. On top of that, it won't produce any copyright content. ASUS came out with the ProArt P16 last year with the RTX 4060 last year, but this model has the RTX 5070, which is more battery efficient when running on the discrete GPU. It also generates AI images slightly quicker. But the improvements for gaming are marginal. It can game but its best use is for media editing and creation.

The Asus ProArt P16 is an amazing little content creator's dream. It packs an AMD HX 370 12 core CPU paired with an RTX 5070 with 32GB of RAM, which in this small form factor is pretty impressive. Along with that it has a 2TB SSD as well as a really beautiful 4k OLED display. All of this packed into an almost ultra thin design. This said, I want to stress that this isn't a gaming laptop. While the specs may appear great for gaming, the display while glorious only has a 60hz refresh rate. Pair that with the lower 100w power limit on the GPU and the slim design, gaming isn't really the strong suite of this laptop. Build quality on this laptop is simply great. I love the matte black (more a deep grey) finish on the laptop. The lid has a very minimalistic texture to it and a sleek badge at the bottom saying ProArt. No flashy gamer stuff here, so it’s suitable for the workplace. Weighing just 4.08 pounds (1.85 kg) and measuring 13.98 x 9.72 x 0.59–0.68 inches (35.49 x 24.69 x 1.49–1.73 cm), the ProArt P16 is remarkably portable for a 16-inch creator laptop, making it easy to carry for on-the-go professionals. The deck of the laptop has two front-facing speaker grills, a keyboard that is mostly great, and a generously large trackpad. The trackpad also has a built-in radial tool that can be set up for specialized control in third-party applications. ASUS also created an easy on/off feature on the trackpad to make it less inconvenient when you don’t need it. It comes with the standard ports you would expect, 2 USB-C (1xUSB 4, 1x 3.2, the USB 4 supports charging), 2x USB Type A ports, 1 HDMI and 1 SD card slot. No complaints with the ports with the exception of the power port. Its not really so much of an issue with the port, but instead the charging cord design. Its a square block and it has a lot of play in it. I haven't had an issue with it working itself out, but I feel that its one small yank away from breaking the port itself. As for performance, this laptop definitely impressed. The CPU is interesting because its the first real hybrid CPU AMD has made. It sports 4 P-cores and 8 E-cores. Don't let the naming confuse you with Intels offerings, the E-cores on this are significantly more performant than those you'd find on an Intel machine. They are simply more dense Zen5 cores that have less cache. So essentially the same performance, just at lower clocks and lower power usage. And the results speak for themselves in CPU benchmarks, easily beating out Intels top thin and light CPU (the 288v), while competing with their gaming laptop CPUs. I primarily use the laptop for programming and this thing crushed code compilation. It was also able to run my emulated Android devices with no issues and no perceivable slow downs while they were running. The GPU performance on this device is simply OK. This is not the fault of Asus, but simply what is available on the market when this is made. The 5070 this is equipped with is more like a 60 series product that Nvidia renamed. Its not longer a mid range GPU. Given that this laptop isn't really a gaming device, I'm not going to hold it against it. The only area where this holds back the laptop is in video editing where if you're working with larger files (4k primarily) it can cause significant hold ups. I was still able to work with it, but I would have appreciated a 12GB or 16GB option. The GPU is powerful enough for video edits without issues, though a desktop is still going to be faster. For gaming its mostly disappointing. You'll spend a lot of time adjusting settings just to maintain 60fps and most of the time turning texture quality down to work with the 8GB the GPU has. Its still plenty capable of gaming, but there are compromises to be made. The cooling solution on this laptop is ok. Its working with the slim nature of the design and because of that it will get hot. That said, it is moving about 150w of heat off the CPU+GPU combined while both are in use, and its able to keep them both at 85c or less. Pretty good for how thin it is. That said, when it is moving the heat out, it is generally blowing it directly onto your knees or legs depending on how your sitting and its warm. I wish they had opted for side exhaust, but it works so can't complain too much. While it is under load, the fans do spin up and they are audible. They aren't too loud, but you can definitely hear them. The display on this, if you can't tell is simply beautiful. Its OLED so its expected but it never ceases to amaze when you use an extremely high PPI display like this with OLED. Both SDR and HDR content pop, its plenty bright for normal environments (don't use in direct sunlight), and the colors seem accurate. I do wish there was a 1600p option instead though. While 4k is great, at this size I think 1600p would be more appropriate as it would allow for higher refresh rates. 60hz is usable for most things, but coming from a desktop that has 2 240hz displays, I can feel the drag of only 60hz. Its especially bad if you do want to do some light gaming on it. The keyboard on this is for the most part good. Its satisfying to type on, short clicky keypresses and an almost perfect key spacing. The front facing speakers make a number pad impossible though. My only complaint with this is while gaming (I know, its not a gaming laptop) it has a problem with key registration if you're pressing multiple keys. I hope this is something that can get fixed in a driver or bios update, but yeah, it can make playing games pretty bad. The speakers are great on this. When it comes to laptops, when I think of the Macbook Pro as a reference. This is very very close to the Macbook Pro in audio quality. It falls short in some areas such as distortion at higher levels, but at mid volume its plenty loud enough and the quality is there. Its got decent bass for a laptop and clear mid and high tones. Battery life on the laptop is decent, but you have to manage it yourself using the MyAsus app. By this I mean, if you're going to be on battery only, you should go into MyAsus and switch it to EcoMode. While I was attempting to test battery life, I noticed it drained much faster than I had expected it to. This was because the dedicated GPU was remaining powered on. It didn't switch automatically. So I dropped 60%+ battery life in simply a couple hours. Switching to Eco mode, I spent the rest of my night (6 more hours) watching videos and only losing about 20% battery. The laptop comes with its specialized software preinstalled. It doesn't have much bloatware installed on it by default so thats a plus, but Asus includes 4 specific applications for the laptop. The first two I think could really be combined into one, The MyAsus app and the ProArt center. The ProArt center is an app specific to the laptop you're using while MyAsus is one used across all their laptops I've seen. Problem is, both offer specific laptop control. For instance with MyAsus you can control the GPU mode of the laptop, be it dedicated GPU, integrated GPU or Hybrid. Don't confuse this with a MUX switch as the laptop doesn't have one. On the flip side, ProArt allows you to configure power limits and performance of the laptop. I'd really like it if similar features like this were put into a singular app instead of spread across multiple. Its especially jarring that the designs of both applications are so different. The ProArt app has a really nice interface, while the MyAsus one doesn't. Finally there are two creator focused apps that are included. The first being StoryCube and the second being MuseTree. StoryCube is an potentially handy content management tool. You can designate this app directories to sort for content you work with and it will work its AI magic on it (what this magic is, I have no idea). How this is helpful is not from the AI that I could see, but instead the ability to use tags. You can designate specific tags and attach them to your files so that you can find them easily when looking for them. The AI feature that I saw was simply person detection, but my media doesn't deal with people so it wasn't of use to me. Where this application fell short for me was its inability to access network drives. I don't store my media on my device, I store it on a local NAS so I can use it from multiple PCs. The application can't work with that, even if it is setup as attached network storage. It does offer the use of OneDrive and iCloud, but when I used it it was incredibly slow. The design of the app is great, and if they extended out the tags feature, allowed AI to determine what tags should be used and grouped content it would be really helpful, but right now its simply a better content manager than windows Explorer. Finally there is MuseTree. This is an AI image generator that uses your local NPU to generate images. This one is a mixed bag for me. The interface is extremely good with it, with it being node based prompts to generate things. On the other hand, the AI is incredibly bad (don't know if this is due to the model or limited NPU strength) but it almost never would generate what I was asking. It would also generate its own follow on prompts that I had no idea where it was getting or even how they were relevant to what I was doing. If Asus can figure this out then I can see it being a useful tool, but right now its more headache than its worth. In conclusion, I love this laptop. I use laptops for content creation and development, making webpages/mobile apps and doing hardware reviews for YouTube. This laptop allows me to switch between all those tasks from one machine, while being mobile. Previously I used a larger laptop with a 14900hx and a 4080 which was bulky and had terrible battery life. I've been able to replace that with this, maintaining most of its capabilities while cutting down on charging time and weight.

This is my first Pro Art Laptop. I've worked in graphic design, variable data, and commercial printing for over 20 years. Along with my wife, we've also built a fun side adventure on social media which demands plenty of photo and video editing. From the hardware, to the software, to the system settings; everything about this laptop is built with content creators in mind. While a lot of laptops out there are designed for gaming or general work productivity, this one clearly claims its space in the creative world. Even if it's designed for content creators, you can absolutely game on it, watch a movie in 4K, or tackle demanding office tasks. The 4K OLED touchscreen is as good as it gets, whether you're editing video or just watching Netflix. The Asus Pro Art P16 is built for creative work like graphic design, video editing, 3D modeling, and photo editing. If that’s what you do, this is the machine you want. Unboxing / Design / Build Right out of the box, the Asus ProArt P16 makes a great first impression with its eco packaging. There's almost no plastic and everything is held securely with cardboard. Inside, you’ll find only the essentials: a quick user guide, a warranty card, and a basic setup guide. There are no unnecessary extras, just what you need to get started. Even at 16" the laptop itself is slim, light, and very easy to carry around. It slides into just about any laptop backpack with no issue, which makes it extremely portable for creative professionals or anyone constantly on the move. The design is simplistic and modern with a black matte aluminum chassis. The OLED display has virtually no bezel giving you every millimeter of screen possible Once plugged in, setup was quick and smooth. I walked through the initial steps in about five minutes before hitting the usual batch of Windows updates. The overall design and build quality feel premium. Specs & Features The Asus ProArt P16 comes loaded with hardware and features aimed at creatives and power users. On the left side, it includes a 200W DC-in power port, HDMI 2.1, USB-C 4.0, USB-A 3.2 Gen 2, and a 3.5mm audio jack. The right side has another USB-A 3.2 Gen 2, a USB-C port with data, DisplayPort, and power delivery, plus an SD Express 7.0 card reader. Wireless connectivity is the latest and greatest WiFi 7 and Bluetooth 5.4. It's powered by an AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 processor with 12 cores, 24 threads, and a max boost of 5.1 GHz, coupled with a 50 TOPS NPU for AI tasks. The graphics are impressive. An NVIDIA RTX 5070 with 8GB of GDDR7 memory and DLSS 4, while the integrated Radeon 890M handles lighter workloads to conserve battery. There is 32GB of LPDDR5 RAM with timings of 23-17-20-40, along with a 2TB Western Digital SN740 NVME SSD for storage. The display is a 16-inch OLED Touchscreen, with a 3840 x 2400 4K resolution and 16:10 aspect ratio. The Pantone validated OLED comes in a glossy finish, 60Hz refresh rate, 500 nits brightness, 100% sRGB coverage, and full DCI-P3 color coverage. The other big advantage with the OLED is a mere .2ms response time. It also has stylus support. The trackpad is one of the largest I've had and it registers clicks well. Audio comes from two large top-firing Harman Kardon speakers that sound great with clear highs, mids, and lows. There's a 1080p IR webcam with Windows Hello facial recognition. Battery life is powered by a 90Wh battery with USB-C charging up to 100W. The laptop weighs just under 4 pounds, and the power brick adds about another pound, bringing the total weight to around 5 pounds. One thing that really stands out here is the durability. This machine is built to military grade standards and topped with Corning Gorilla Glass, so if it ever takes a fall, you’ve got a fighting chance of walking away without a cracked screen. It’s been tested against dust, humidity, low temperatures, and altitude. This will give you more piece of mind that your investment is protected. Software MyAsus software is your command center to monitor your laptops diagnostics and software. The home screen gives you quick access to system diagnostics, warranty status, system info, fan profiles, and battery health settings. You can set it to WiFi SmartConnect or WiFi roaming if you're switching between networks frequently. Power modes include Performance, Standard, and Whisper, so you can match the system behavior to what you're doing. There is also AI noise canceling for both the mic and speakers, which comes in handy during meetings or video calls. A standout feature is the OLED Care section, which includes pixel refresh and pixel shift tools to help minimize the risk of screen burn-in. For system stability, the built-in update tool is the most reliable way to keep your drivers and BIOS current. If you launch the ProArt Creator Hub, you’ll get access to even more tools like fan tuning, color calibration, and custom controls for the ASUS Dial. Overall, the software helps you setup your experience without needing a bunch of third party apps. StoryCube is an AI powered photo organizer that makes dealing with a mountain of photos a lot less of a headache. You can import your pics from iCloud or OneDrive, and it’ll automatically sort them into albums by theme, scene, or even by the people in your photos. So if you’re like me and you’ve got 3,500 random photos on your phone, it’s a lifesaver. Now, if you’re a content creator, this is a game changer. When you’re putting together a project and you need to quickly find all your photos from one photoshoot or event, StoryCube can break everything down by people, scenes, and themes. That way, instead of fumbling through hundreds of photos, you’ve got them all neatly organized and easy to access. There’s a built-in editor for quick changes like cropping, brightness, and contrast adjustments. It even includes a global map view so you can see where each shot was taken, which is great for travel content and organizing your adventures. You can also create videos straight from your photo albums. Whether it’s for a highlight reel, a social post, or a personal memory, StoryCube can auto-generate video slideshows from your sorted images. This can be useful if you want to put together a quick video without going into a full blown Video/photo editor. MuseTree is another cool ASUS app that basically turns brainstorming into a playground. Let's say you start out with a simple idea like designing a celebration card for a milestone. From there, MuseTree uses Stable Diffusion to spin off all sorts of creative prompts. You can add elements, generate images, and continue dragging and merging ideas together until you get something that works for you. Think of it as a massive Design flow chart powered by AI. Another cool feature is the idea canvas where you can literally sketch out your thoughts. The app will polish up those sketches, or even build on them if you allow it to be more creative. You can save your sketches and work them right back into your idea map. Your ideas can really come to life. MuseTree is a creative tool that helps you organize all of your abstract ideas into something more tangible and the creative board can get as large as you can imagine It's definitely a fun way to build your ideas, and you can save each project as you go. Performance The Asus ProArt H7606 performs exceptionally well across creative and productivity tasks. In my workflow, which includes commercial printing, graphic design, and a lot of content creation, this machine handles everything easily. It’s clearly built for creators. At the same time, it’s also solid for productivity work. We’re often switching between office tasks, web browsing, video conferencing, and creative. This machine keeps up. During conference calls, I depend heavily on good speakers and clear audio. The built-in speakers are among the best I've heard for a laptop, and deliver strong sound, even when using them for voice and video calls. The 1080p IR webcam is good enough for professional environments and Windows Hello support makes logging in quick. AI tasks like background blurring and noise cancellation are helped by the NPU rated at 50 TOPs. Thermals are good, and they should be because the fans come on frequently. If you want to turn the fans down, there is a whisper mode. Overall, the system stays cool even under heavy load. In Performance Mode with the fans active, the CPU when pressed hard, doesn’t go much higher than 80°C, and the GPU holds at around 60°C. Thermals are great, even during demanding sessions. The fans do kick in frequently, even in Standard Mode. Measured at ear level, fan noise comes in around 45 decibels. Right at the machine, it’s closer to 50 to 52 decibels. It’s noticeable, but manageable, and the cooling system does its job well. I ran a few benchmarks to get a better picture of raw performance. In 3DMark Time Spy, the system scored 11,526. In Speedway, which I think is one of the more accurate tests for this machine, it registered a 3,089 classified as a legendary score. On Steel Nomad, the result came in at 2,602. All of these scores backup the real world performance This laptop is ready for heavy creative workloads, demanding productivity, and gaming if you desire. To top it off, the Asus Dial pad grows on you quickly. There are a ton of apps that we use every day with functions you can quickly add to the Asus dial pad. Pros 500 Nits, 4K OLED Touchscreen with accurate colors Audio is exceptional Entire machine is built for content creators NPU with 50 TOPs Large trackpad with Asus Dial Plenty of Inputs Portable Military grade protection Plenty of Memory and SSD space RTX 5070 dedicated graphics Storycube/MuseTree are well done Suggestions/Needs Improvement Soldered RAM Battery life could be better Frequent Fans After spending the last week with the Asus Pro Art I'm impressed. It's the machine to get for content creators. Highly Recommended!

Out of the box this jumps right out at you. The laptop is very solidly built and sleek. Surprisingly it's not too heavy. Startup was pretty simple but with a windows os, it is delayed with all of the initial updates that it has to do. Once it completes the initial windows startup phase, it’s pure gold. The screen is gorgeous. Nice and bright. The resolution is clear, crisp and details are super sharp. I do a lot of editing and it was able to run multiple programs extremely fast. I didn’t experience any lagging when completing downloads of my external data or processing completed edited footage. Not once did I experience the laptop overheating while performing heavy or multiple tasks. This comes with two programs I haven’t seen nor have I used before. The first was Story cube. I wanted to play around with this for a bit, so I uploaded a few pictures and videos. I can see this being a huge use to me and what I do as it will help to organize and categorize my files in a better way which will allow me to keep up with my multiple files for certain jobs, but also keeping them separate from my personal photos. To upload a few videos it took no more than a minute. Less than that actually The second application was something called MuseTree and I’m honestly still trying to understand how I can use this to my benefit. I’ve tried several times to see if I could understand how to use it successfully in a more constructive manner, or even grasp the point of it. I’m still lost. I tried vague and very detailed commands or inputs and I could not get what I was requesting. I don’t understand the “family tree” of response lol. I may be using this completely wrong. Although the application is equipped on the computer you still have to click to activate the download which eats up 11GB of your internal space. Honestly, I’m not a fan of that. I would rather not use it and save the 11GB for something else. It also took a couple tries to get it loaded as I went through steps and then stopped loading twice. Again, after initial activation which took a little bit, it opened super fast with no delay. Overall, I like it for its sleek form factor but also how quickly it’s been able to process and save edited videos using professional software. I would recommend this to a content creator who needs something fast, lightweight with high performance, but also in need of a large amount of internal storage.

I was intrigued when offered the ASUS ProArt P16 16" 4K OLED Touch Screen Laptop with Copilot + because it was billed as an option for content creators which for me was a first. While not new to ASUS I have generally not pegged the brand to be a go-to for my needs so I was curious about what would make it a standout enough option for consumers, especially content creators of any sort. I'll quickly mention that one of the first nice perks is it including a 2TB SSD storage. While there are plenty of options on the market for laptops to have multiple TB's of storage onboard this usually requires a significant price increase so many will opt for external options. It's just nice to have that size already available so you can immediately dive in with having all of your data and storage needs directly on the laptop. It also comes with 32GB memory which is always nice when you plan to use your laptop for labor intensive projects and with the continued growth of AI laptops seems to be what will soon be the standard starting point. Having already been familiar with a few other laptop brands using Copilot+ and AMD Ryzen chips for AI setting this one up was pretty simple although as always true with most Windodws based devices in my experience the setup can take a long time with updates and other tedious tasks. This is completely normal and worked exactly as I expected. Packaging was top tier with the laptop being fully protected from the durable boxes as well as the black soft covering enveloping both the exterior of the laptop to protect from scratches and the similar material used to protect the screen from the scratches or markings from the keyboard while in transit. I have seen this in a different branded but somewhat similar laptop that I own but this version is a little less durable for continued use due to it being partially paper based material. It is still a very nice touch when unpacking the laptop for initial setup. As I mentioned, setup was fairly simple. The spatious screen real estate is nice without feeling like it was too big like some laptops that are larger than 14". While I would have liked if it would have included a dedicated numbers keys area with it being a larger option it isn't a huge deal or even a necessity for most users. The keyboard is comfortable and responsive as is so I don't feel inclined to use a separate bluetooth keyboard. While I have other touchscreen laptops it's often a feature I fail to use often simply because I am not a fan of fingerprints or constantly feeling the need to clean the screen but touchscreen response is excellent and so far I haven't noticed an annoying increase in fingerprints versus what I have experienced with other brands. The screen is nice and bright with excellent resolution. While I would have preferred a 120Hz refresh rate I can admit that in this particular machine it is definitely not a spec to get hung up on. For most creatives the 60Hz will be more than adequate for your needs. One slight negative is the fan noise I noticed. While not obnoxiously loud it is definitely the loudest laptop fan I have owned in recent memory that is not a dedicated gaming laptop. I do also notice that it gets a lot hotter to the touch than I would expect when using it in the least labor intensive ways. This is just an observation and has not proven to be a huge deal with what all I have thrown at it so far but it definitely stood out. I was very interested in how the ASUS AI apps were going to fit into my creative needs. StoryCube was definitely a star in my use but MuseTree at least for now didn't impress me. I don't know if maybe with future updates and options if I will be motivated to use them more than my usual Adobe suite of software but I could see StoryCube as possibly becoming my go-to for my media organization and integration. Overall I am very impressed with this laptop as my dedicated content creation laptop. I can admit that ASUS wouldn't have been on my radar as a contender but the ProArt has definitely changed my opinion.

Drivers issues, speaker issues, battery issues, the list keeps on going. Too bad considering it's one of the few machines that feels so premium.

📦 UNBOXING: Inside the box, you’ll find the ASUS ProArt P16 laptop, ASUS’ 200W proprietary AC adapter, and basic documentation.It was well-packaged, so you shouldn’t be worried about damage during transit. The packaging is largely recyclable, which is good to see, although the inside box that protects the laptop is a soft-touch material that seems like it might not be recyclable. 💪 BUILD: The design of the P16 is very reminiscent of the Zephyrus G16, albeit with a minimalist all-black design. ASUS hasn’t made it clear what material is used in the P16, but compared to my G16, it appears to be the same aluminum alloy, but with a new “Nano Black” coating to make it smudge resistant. I’d say it resists smudges from finger oils quite well, but it isn’t impervious. Nevertheless, the chassis has a smooth surface, and weighs in at a mere 4.030 lbs on my food scale—making it one of the lightest 16” laptops of this performance + build on the market. 🔌PORTS: On the left side, you have the proprietary reversible charging port, an HDMI 2.1 FRL port, a USB4 Type-C port, a 10Gbps USB-A port, and an audio combo jack. I’ve personally liked the reversible charging port since using it on the G16, so I don’t mind seeing it here. However, I don’t like that the HDMI port is effectively capped to a 4k 60Hz signal, so you’ll need to use the USB-C port’s DisplayPort output to connect to high refresh rate displays. I was able to use the USB4 port with my CalDigit TS4 docking station with full capabilities and no issues in regards to stability. The dedicated GPU is accessible via this port, so you’ll be able to use it for graphically demanding tasks. On the right side, there’s a 10Gbps USB3.2 Type-C port with DisplayPort and Power Delivery, another 10Gbps USB-A port, and an SD Express 7.0 Card reader. I appreciate having a Type-C port on both sides—especially for charging. 🔧 EXPANSION & UPGRADES: Expansion and upgrades are a sore point for ASUS on the ProArt P16. The 32GB of 7500MT/s LPDDR5X RAM is soldered across 4x8GB chips, so you won’t be upgrading the memory here. There are 2x m.2 NVMe slots onboard the ProArt P16, but only one of them runs in PCIe 4.0x4 while the other runs at PCIe 4.0x2. This appears to come down to a limitation of AMD’s CPU only having 16 PCIe lanes, while Intel’s latest will have significantly more PCIe lanes. So if you decide to add another SSD, bear in mind that at least one of your drives can only operate at a maximum of near 3500MBps R/W. ⌨️ ​KEYBOARD & TOUCHPAD: The keyboard on the P16 is great, in my opinion. I was able to achieve around 100wpm with no mistakes without much practice. Key travel is also good, and I find the key spacing feel natural to me. I also appreciate the backlit keys for those moments where I’m working under dimmer lighting conditions. The large touchpad is also very good. The multi-touch gestures work without issue, and I haven’t experienced any issues with palm rejection while typing. The ASUS Dial is covertly integrated into the touchpad and is a creative tool for creators to use within software like the Adobe suite or DaVinci Resolve. To toggle it on or off, simply swipe from the little circle in the upper right hand corner of the touchpad towards the center of the touchpad. This will then illuminate a small white LED at the center of the ASUS Dial to indicate that it’s enabled. While it can be configured to function as a “Microsoft Wheel” device for apps that support it, you can also program your own uses for the ASUS Dial using keyboard shortcuts for left rotation and right rotation.. This dial is useful for scrubbing a timeline, fine-tuning a color selection, opacity or switching between contexts within an app. In my experience, it will work better for apps that natively support it, since programming it will just be simulating keyboard shortcuts without any control for acceleration. While I could see this feature being useful for some, I think that the vast majority of folks will probably end up having workflows with external hardware or keyboard shortcuts that simply work more predictably, since touch-sensitive controls can often overshoot or undershoot. 📺 DISPLAY: The display on the P16 is an OLED panel (Samsung SDC415D) with a resolution of 3840x2400, so visuals are crisp, have superb contrast, and get reasonably bright at 500 nits peak brightness. The display has a touch-screen, supports pen input, and has a native refresh rate of 60Hz. It supports 133% of sRGB, 100% of DCI-P3, and Display-P3, is PANTONE validated, and supports Dolby Vision. The way you can switch between these color gamuts is via the ProArt Creator Hub app. There is a Color Control section which you can use to switch, although I would have liked to see a faster way to switch via a keyboard shortcut or via the ASUS Dial. For creatives that need to see finer details, this display does a great job thanks to its high resolution and color accuracy, but its slower 60Hz refresh rate does feel a bit dated, although higher refresh rates aren’t particularly necessary for creative applications. While ASUS does sell their own pen which works with this display, I used a Surface Slim Pen on the ProArt P16 without issue. While the ergonomics of using a pen on a laptop display might not be ideal, you can certainly do it if you find yourself needing to. 📹​ WEBCAM & MICROPHONE: The webcam is 1080p and includes Windows Hello facial recognition for unlocking. The webcam performs best in well-lit environments, but does fine enough in low-light environments. The quad channel microphone array is quite good and delivers clear audio during recordings, and should be great for conference calls or even some video voiceovers. I appreciate that there are a few options under the Realtek Console for noise cancellation, and would be happy to use it. 🔊 SPEAKERS & HEADPHONE: The speakers on the P16 are very comparable to those on the G16. They’re the best for Windows laptops, and sound great for music, movies, shows, and even games.You can use the Dolby Access app to set your own EQ, but it did sound very good out of the box. I ended up using a custom flat EQ without any additional surround virtualizers or volume levelers. The headphone experience is also very good and should be sufficient for sensitive in-ear monitors and more power-hungry over-ear headphones. This is especially important for producers and audio engineers who may need to work on a mix without lugging additional gear around. While it won’t be replacing my dedicated DAC and amp, I wouldn’t feel the need to take one with me on the go. ⚡ PERFORMANCE: The P16's performance is solid both on battery and while plugged in. The Ryzen AI 9 HX370 has 4x high performance Zen 5 cores and 8x Zen 5c efficiency cores. With simultaneous multi-threading, this means a total of 24 logical processing threads which is a lot of computational power for a laptop. This is plenty of computational power for processor-hungry tasks like multi-track audio processing and effects. So folks who spend a lot of time in a DAW will find the P16 to deliver plenty of performance especially with guitar amp/fx plugins and virtual drum plugins. Using the performance profile, I ran Cinebench 2024 and was able to get a Multi-Core score of 1111 and a Single-Core score of 115. The P16 also sports an RTX 5070 with 8GB of VRAM. While not necessarily intended for gaming on this laptop, it’s certainly capable of it as long as you’re willing to either lower the resolution and/or graphical settings. Its intended purpose, however, should be for creative apps like Blender, DaVinci Resolve, AutoDesk, etc. While some apps might prefer larger quantities of VRAM, many non-AI tools will still take advantage of the GPU’s raw processing performance to speed up video encoding, processing vfx, and more. The RTX 5070 strikes a good balance of performance for these tasks. Interestingly, ASUS included a couple notable apps—StoryCube and MuseTree. StoryCube helps organize your photos and videos using AI. If you have a ton of photos or videos, you can import them into StoryCube, and it will recognize people, scenes, and memories. It also provides options for bulk renaming or moving photos to other collections. It’s a pretty useful tool, overall. MuseTree is an AI image generation tool that allows you to generate AI images, refine them, get inspiration for your prompts, and also revisit the branching paths that were taken to create your image. It’s currently limited to safetensor models, but it does seem promising. I think that in time they will create a great user experience. 🔋 BATTERY: In my testing, the battery life is one of the more average elements of the P16. While it does have a 90WHr battery, the display brightness, background tasks, and dGPU usage will easily eat away at the battery. Even under the Whisper mode and with only integrated graphics enabled, the idle power draw seems high, so you can probably only expect 4-6 hours of active usage, even for just light tasks. Hopefully ASUS can deliver software patches to improve this performance, as there are other laptops on the market using the same CPU and getting significantly more battery life, but I imagine the OLED display is consuming quite a bit of power. 🧐 CONCLUSION: Overall, the P16 is a solid laptop for creatives. It has solid performance for creative applications, and has an excellent high-resolution touch-screen OLED display for color-sensitive work. It’s only held back by its lackluster battery life, but if you’re willing to look past that, it’s a very portable laptop that packs a lot of wants for creators.

The newest 50 series asus pro art p16 is something I've been waiting for a long time and it's finally here. This is as titled a creators dream machine laptop. This year is simply a more polished version of last years with more power. Still has the beautiful 4k 60hz OLED display, which is one of the best on the market on brightness response time and of course color accuracy. You can control the colorspace of the display inside the proart app to accommodate whatever you need to get done or preferences are. I found this most useful to switch into a reference mode for video editing inside resolve for the most accurate color work possible and going into vivid or normal for a more pleasing desktop use or to game with to the eye. Speaking of the editing, in resolve studio 20 I was able to cleanly scrub multiple layers of 6k footage from my LUMIX cameras without stuttering. It was also able to scrub 3 layers of 5.1k 60p open gate footage from my S1ii with effects and grading WITHOUT proxies and without skipping around with ease as well which is a feat my prior 40 series laptop could not do, which really impressed me! This has to be the best thermally competent chassis I've ever been able to use under heavy loads. The keyboard deck doesn't even heat up even when your cranking full power to the cpu and gpu which is very impressive (200w power brick here). On tasks a prior year laptop would be seeing in the 90s Celsius this was only reaching 70s. I even had to check power limits and settings to make sure I didn't have it artificially limited somehow because I thought it wasn’t right. With the Ryzen ai 9 hx 370 and rtx 5070 combo it's got enough power to cut through the toughest timelines in your favorite NLE or even create ai artwork generated locally using the power of nvidia inside the musetree app to spark inspiration. This is one of the more fun things I was able to mess around with as since it's local on the machine there is no generation limits to speak of like there is on server based ai tools, so you can simply prompt it for hours on end. Another app to take note of is storycube which is another exclusive to the 40/50 series rtx powered machines by asus. Storycube allows you to dump a bunch of footage from an SD card or SSD you've compiled and it will go through, pull faces out, locations, details etc using ai to automatically sort everything for you to do whatever you want with after the fact. As someone that tends to have multiple storage methods for A and B cams being able to dump all of it and have it be sorted without actually going through it one by one is kind of awesome and something I never really thought I needed before until using it. Taking this time to also mention the selection of ports on here is grade A, with thunderbolt making my SSD transfers extremely quick and the built in SD slot for the rest of my use case. Back to the hardware, it has an amazingly smooth and large touchpad which of course has the classic jog dial for programmable precise inputs which can be infinitely useful as it's programmable to whatever you want now. The keyboard is the typical asus unit with better than bright enough led white backlight here. It can have multiple effects if your into that type of thing too. The speakers are once again this year one of the stars here as they are easily the best in any windows laptop I’ve ever used. Full, able to create surround effects, and get very loud (I was able to measure just shy of 90db!) As an afterthought I also tried out some gaming on this with WoW, GTA and Fortnite all of which could actually play on this at full native resolution locked at the refresh rate of 60hz. Very impressive for a creator first laptop I must say. With the premium all metal chassis, no keyboard flex, 200w power adapter and ability to power also with USB C, elegant design on top of the raw power, massive storage that comes stock and a display good enough to cry over I don’t think it can really get any better until technology advances past this point in time. As for now though it’s the pinnacle of all creator laptops.

I wanted an upgrade for my studio setup. I wanted a professional machine that focused on content creation while also being powerful enough to run the studio equipment. Of course, since I was focused on content creation, I looked at the Asus ProArt line of laptops, specifically the ProArt P16 4K. Pros: - Powerful Creator Laptop. - Simple and elegant design. - Amazing OLED Display. - StoryCube is helpful. Cons: - Gets very hot. - Story Cube needs integration with cloud storage. - MuseTree is fun but questionable on value add. Specs: The Asus ProArt P16 comes with different configurations, the model I’ve got has an AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 CPU with 12 cores, 4 performance and 8 efficiency cores. The good thing to see here is that the TDP for the CPU by default is only 28W, with a configurable TDP of 15-54W. This means that even in a thin laptop, this CPU most likely won’t cause overheating with adequate cooling. The CPU also boosts 50 TOPS of NPU for AI Processing, of which Asus has a number of applications included to take advantage of that power. For GPU, Asus included a Mobile Nvidia RTX 5070 with 8GBs of GDDR7 which pairs perfectly with the 16in 4K (3840 by 2400 resolution) OLED Screen! This screen is one of the main centerpieces of the ProArt P16 without a doubt. With a brightness of 500 nits and color gamut of 100% NTSC, the colors really pop. The only thing to keep in mind is the screen frame rate is only 60Hz, which good for graphic design work but lacking for any fast-paced gaming. Rounding out the build is 32GB of LPDDR5X, this is soldered on to the board and not upgradeable. Along with 2TB of storage through a PCIe 4.0 connection, for super-fast storage. There is a 2nd open M.2 slot inside for additional storage expansion in the future. Luckily, this model follows the same layout as prior ProArt P16 models. Though this one is on the heavier side at just over 4lbs but hides that weight in a tiny package that is only ~0.7in thick! That’s excluding the feet on the bottom of the laptop. Design: One of my favorite parts of the ProArt line is how professional, sleek, and elegant they look. From the matte black cover with a simple and subtle logo, the rounded corners and large trackpad. The design shows deep thought and consideration for the working professional who needs power but in an elegant package. Connectivity: For wireless connectivity the ProArt P16 comes equipped with WiFi 7 and Bluetooth 5.4. Both are plenty fast and stable, with WiFi 7 being the best available currently for most laptops. For ports, on the Left side there is a 3.5mm Combo Audio Jack, USB-A 3.2 Gen 2, USB-C 4.0 Gen 3, HDMI 2.1, and Power ports. On the Right side are the SD Express 7.0 card reader, other USB-A 3.2 Gen2, and USB-C 3.2 Gen 2 ports. With the slim body, there’s no additional plugs on the back of the laptop. Performance: Let’s clarify a major point, this isn’t a Gaming Laptop. So, don’t get it and expect it to perform as one. It tackles creator work with ease, though it does heat up quite a bit. I found it hit mid to high 80C while running my mic and cameras while recording. I didn’t have any cases where it hit the Max Temp of 100 C. Even running a PassMark Performance Test, I only hit 91C with no external cooling. This was easily lowered by 10 degrees when working on an external cooling pad, I have the Razer Laptop Cooling Pad that is purely overkill but works. In OBS and Audacity, the ProArt P16 kills it, I was able to record on 4 cameras in 1080p60fps with 2 microphones without any issue. I expect I can stream on top of this without too much issue but might have to adjust settings due to the cooling pad fan noise. Either way, this was a welcomed upgrade. Using It: Hands down my favorite parts of the ProArt P16 are the 16in 4K OLED touch display. Not only is the 4K resolution amazing on a 16in display, the finer details of video or photo content are much easier to see and adjust, the OLED is a game changer when it comes to color correcting and accuracy. I’ve been using OLED screens for a while now, but I’ve not had one on a laptop of this caliber yet. Being able to see the actual color difference in images thanks to the color coverage and accuracy is a game changer for any creative. Another surprise favorite is the speaker system, Asus paired with Harman Kardon to design a 6-speaker system into the ProArt P16! Which makes it able to deliver the beats! Being able to watch a movie trailer in 4K HDR with stereo sound is a different kind of experience. Overall, I was very impressed while working on my recent projects on the ProArt P16, even just watching some YouTube video felt like a different experience. The keyboard and mouse pad feel way better than the old gaming laptop I was using, plus the little dial on the mouse pad made adjusting settings so much easier for adjustments and selection menus. Temperatures: The Asus ProArt P16 gets hot when underload, though not enough to cause any crashing. The CPU can easily hit peaks around 91C, though the thermal max is 100C which leaves plenty of headroom for safety. The little feet on the bottom of the laptop provide a nice ~0.13in of clearance that helps increase air flow when working from a solid surface. But if there is anything blocking that airflow, a bed or soft surface, you will most likely start hitting thermal limits. Even with the provided cooling solution, using an external cooling pad to add additional airflow makes a huge difference in temperatures, I saw on average a 10 degree drop when using the Razer Cooling Pad. If you’re not planning to use a cooling pad, it might be worth adjusting to power settings to keep the temperatures down to ensure longevity of your device. AI Features: To be fair here, I didn't get the ProArt P16 for the AI, so I'm not going to downgrade it on account of any issues with the software. I will say that AI Software in general still has a way to go before I feel it will be beneficial to most people. StoryCube is a fun and a welcome AI application that allows you to sort, organize, and edit your local photos. With just a click, then some time for the photos to process, the AI sorts your photos into categories. I found that it mainly focuses on faces, finding familiar faces easily. Though this only helped for some photos, as I mainly take photos of my dog or tech, so actual pictures were limited. The biggest downside is that StoryCube only works with locally stored photos, which makes sense but even if you store the photos locally using OneDrive, you must use some Command Prompt magic to create a junction link to mask the OneDrive folder from being seen as a Cloud Drive. This is a big limitation to the use of a convenient tool, most people with large volumes of photos store them in the Cloud for easy access and backup. There needs to be a change to this before I could recommend this for everyday users, otherwise they will have to manually download their photos to the local device. The idea of MuseTree is interesting and fun, generate growing ideas from prompts and refining each image after the prior prompt. Or creating a quick image from a light sketch. The issue I had was nothing really flowed in the creative direction I wanted. The tool generated more rework than valuable ideas and often ventured off path on something unrelated. For example, I generated a starting image of a Cute White Maltipoo Dog with medium length hair. Got that image. But then the next prompt was “Dog in lap of person” I got 2 dogs in a bowl. This wasn’t what I expected at all. There were more cases where the AI took additional liberty on the interpretation of the prompts, to the point that most of my time was spent adjusting or tweaking my prompts with unexpected results than building out the idea web for my use. I think I’ll stick to less “AI” methods for now, at least until I see more refined results from the tools. Conclusion: If you’re a content creator of any scale, the Asus ProArt line should be on your radar. With the tailored design towards working professionals and creators, it’s a go to brand for anything design related. The ProArt P16 4K is no exception, providing plenty of power to design and build anything that comes to your mind. With the Beautiful 4K OLED display, you can ensure color accuracy and vividness. I’m excited to use this for my upcoming projects, and for sure adding this to my list of recommendations for creator laptops.

Get ready to power up your creativity with the ProArt! This Asus is designed to help you jumpstart your artistic goals. My passion lies in sports photography, especially those fast-action shots where capturing both an athlete's expression and form in fleeting moments is incredibly challenging. These unrepeatable instances demand precision, and that's where the ProArt truly shines. The ProArt has been where everything clicks into place and that is a big statement I know but there is only one other brand I have worked with that makes editing and creating easy and they have had the share of the market until now. With the ProArt, I literally have a full studio in one laptop, and the only accessory you'll need is the charger! Let's talk about the design and look of the ProArt; it is svelte when thinking about how thin it is (you won't have bulk here), the case is a matte black color that doesn't absorb finer prints, the keyboard and keys are responsive and comfortable to type with. Asus is on the brink of revolutionizing and bringing a masterclass of devices with ProArt. The OLED screen is simply breathtaking, bringing your art to life with vibrant colors and deep contrasts. It's been a while since I've seen the beauty of photography so vividly on a smaller screen that wasn't a desktop monitor. Plus, the touchscreen functionality lets you zoom in and refine your work with the ease of AI features. Musetree is a new Asus application that helps you put all of your creative thoughts in one space where you can create workflows or data webs so that you don't forget all of the ideas you want to bring to life. Then you can jump into Storycube to store your memories like photos and videos. I've been waiting for an application that can recognize face, places and then organize them for me. You can also trim, crop, adjust and fix the speed of your videos in Storycube. Be ready to be wowed by the SSD loading times. I am not easily floored or amused when I see that a computer expresses quicker loading speeds but does not in fact work faster. The ProArt is the case and it sure does react quickly and brings up your files very fast. I love it! GE Force RTX 5070 should be the only thing that I need to say and my significant other has been trying their best to get their hands on one. Then Asus comes in clutch with the ProArt and literally works wonders. The Asus Dialpad is interesting and I am still working on tailoring it for my editing needs. Swiping and swirling my finger to edit color hues or tones is super helpful. The Asus ProArt is fully customizable for your creator needs, whether you're working in an office, outside on a beach or in the jungle you are bound to get your creative juices flowing. You've got pristine images, bursts of colors, a lightweight laptop, long battery life, and so much more.

AI has been taking root in most creative processes recently, with AI models capable of generating everything from a simple image to code, and from a short novel to composing a song. Asus understands the needs of current content creators and other creative minds, and this is what the Asus ProArt is about: unleashing your creative juices. Before I do the deep dive into specs and all, let's have a look at what you get. The box is luxurious, everything feels sturdy and looks gorgeous. Instead of going on an RGB bender like most manufacturers do on gaming gear, the ProArt only has a back-lit keyboard which is more of a functional requirement (easier to find the keys in a dark setting). There are plenty of ports which is a great thing (I already required 2 USB ports for my drawing tablet). Another thing that I found interesting was the slim design, it is about 3/4 of an inch thin. This of course comes with a trade-in: heat. It will get hot after a while if you push it to its limits. Now, let's analyze what Asus packed into this slim beauty. Let's start with the brains of this operation: The CPU. It's an AMD R9 AI HX 370. This baby is actually a bit more than "just" a CPU. It is built on the Zen 5 architecture and features a 12 core / 24 thread CPU, an integrated iGPU (an 890M) and a NPU for AI tasks. It's powerful and fast and can plow through anything you throw at it. I couldn't have wanted a better CPU for a creative PC. There is a discreet GPU available as well, a laptop RTX 5070 with 8 gigs of VRAM. As you might already know, NVidia GPU's offer AI acceleration through their studio drivers, which allows the GPU to take over tasks that would take forever without hardware to support it. As a side note, this GPU is more than capable enough for gaming, just in case you need a break from creating. Memory and storage are great, you get 32 gigs of swift DDR5 memory and a NVMe/SSD with 2 TB of storage. It's more than enough to run even the most resource-hungry applications. I have added an external SSD to store large collections of samples, images and other libraries in order not to waste internal storage space. All in all, it's a great combination and a smart choice. One of my favorite parts is the screen. Oh boy! It's a magnificent OLED screen running in 4K, with True color matching and it also has touch capabilities. Even though I'm not usually a fan of touchscreens for the obvious reason that I hate finger streaks on my screen, in this build, it makes a lot of sense. And as an added bonus, it works with a Surface Pen, so you can do quick touch-ups. I did run into an oddity, which is the refresh rate being locked at 60Hz. Now, I don't really mind, but I think that 120Hz would have been more comfortable. Nevertheless, it's a gorgeous screen. Another interesting aspect is the touch-pad. It's not your run of the mill touch-pad. It includes a virtual dial which can be switched on and off using a simple swipe. At first, it might feel like a gadget, but over time, it can become a great tool, especially with creative software such as Photoshop or Premiere. The sound is surprisingly good and comes from 2 front speakers, located on each side of the keyboard. I like this type of setup as you gain a clearer sound oriented in the user's direction. The software package is also aimed at creators and includes Asus' creative AI suite. You get MuseTree, which runs locally (so, not from a server farm somewhere out in the boondocks) and allows you to generate all manner of images. It uses an interesting interface which looks like a tree. I ran many prompts and most of them were very near to what I was asking for. The second AI tool is StoryCube. This tool helps you organize files for quick access (images and videos) and also provides a framework to generate short videos and share your content easily. Of course, it comes with Windows 11 Home (odd choice, but OK) and it includes Copilot+. One of the very few things I wasn't entirely sure about is the battery life. Since the ProArt P16 is so thin, the battery can't be huge, and if you factor in that it's a laptop that will need raw power for AI generation, I don't see it going for over a couple of hours before running out of juice. I did set everything to *balanced* but that didn't give me much of a difference. I have already mentioned another small potential issue which is the heat. After about an hour of intense work, the section below the screen was burning hot. On the other hand, it generates very little fan noise, which I can appreciate. I would recommend a cooling pad if you plan on using it for extended periods of time in performance mode. The conclusion really writes itself: Asus has delivered an incredible piece of modern hardware in a slim package for creators at home and on the go. You will be hard pressed to find something wrong with this laptop. A lot of thought was put into the selection of the components and the design. I can only recommend the ProArt P16 as it's a true creative tool, at a good price, with lots of meaningful software. Asus won this round again!

I was looking for a powerful laptop with an OLED screen to handle AI tasks and found the ASUS ProArt P16. It came with premium packaging, including the ProArt P16 16" 4K OLED Touch Screen Laptop and a 200W DC power adapter. The setup was relatively easy, taking only 15 minutes, including software updates from Windows. This laptop has an impressive configuration to handle any process, featuring a powerful AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX Processor, GeForce RTX 5070 Graphics with 8GB memory, 32GB RAM, and a 2TB hard drive. The 4K OLED screen produces vivid colors and sharp images/videos, with bright and crisp quality. I played many 4K videos from YouTube, and the picture quality is outstanding. The sound from the two speakers is great. I installed software like Adobe Lightroom and Topaz Denoise to process RAW photos, and all installations were very fast due to the powerful CPU and GPU. Processing 4K videos on Adobe Premiere Pro and converting them to different formats took less than 20 minutes, compared to the many hours it used to take on my old laptop. The laptop is very compact and lightweight. The keyboard is perfectly designed, with soft keys for comfortable typing. The Dialpad is useful for controlling slides and skipping music tracks with a customizable intuitive physical controller. However, the AI software that came with the laptop has limited functionalities. For instance, StoryCube did not support processing photo collections from OneDrive or NAS folders, which is surprising as these features should be standard. I often create logos and flyers for business using CoPilot and wanted to try ASUS MuseTree to create images based on drawings. While it is a great concept and fun to use, there were instances where the prompts resulted in different output images. Although CoPilot+ has more features, MuseTree shows promise but needs improvements. There are better AI tools available in the market for generating images with prompts. The battery life is decent, lasting around 4 hours with heavy usage. I primarily use this laptop for heavy content processing in Adobe and other tools. CoPilot+ works great with Office 365, with no lag in opening applications or handling heavy processes. Overall, the ASUS ProArt P16 is an excellent laptop with powerful configurations, perfectly meeting my needs for content creation and media processing.

Allow me to set an expectation – I’m not going to rattle off specs. Instead, I’ll provide an honest take from a creative professional. I’ve been in the creative space for over 12 years now, and while specs are easy to get hung up on, they don’t tell the whole story. This creative tool may be one of the best I’ve used. Some features just make sense, and others will leave you scratching your head. WHO IS THIS SYSTEM FOR? Simple: the ProArt P16 is built for creatives, period. Every feature and spec is tailored for creative professionals, and I’d also highly recommend this machine for students . The elephant in the room is the 60Hz display - most people will fixate on this. But if you're an aspiring content creator, video editor, or all-around creative, you’ll understand why every other aspect of this display outweighs a sub-120Hz refresh rate. Personally, I think ASUS made this choice for a reason. Putting a 60Hz display in the ProArt 16 is like drawing a line in the sand - gamers on one side, creatives on the other. It’s a clear signal that this machine isn’t for gaming. It’s a powerhouse in all the ways that matter for creative work. IS THE SCREEN ANY GOOD? Yes, the screen on the ProArt 16 is exceptional. I’ve used dozens of laptops over the years, and this 4K OLED panel is one of the best displays I’ve worked on. It even includes one of my favorite features that often gets overlooked: native color gamut switching. When you’re designing web graphics, editing video, or retouching photos, the color profile matters. Whether you’re working in sRGB, DCI-P3, or Display P3, the ASUS ProArt Creator Hub makes switching between them incredibly easy. The Creator Hub doesn’t get much attention in ASUS marketing, but it’s easily the best piece of included software. The screen is also Pantone Verified - yet another nod to creatives. That said, the Pantone label doesn’t hold the same weight it once did. Maybe ASUS and Adobe can rebuild that bridge. As for the touchscreen, it’s nice to have, but I rarely use it. If I’m using a stylus, I’d rather do so on a tablet. One small gripe: the hinge has a bit more play than I’d like. THE ASUS DIALPAD IS AWESOME. This might be the most underrated feature of the ProArt 16. The DialPad is one of those hardware features that just makes sense for creatives. I didn’t think much of it at first - until I launched the software and realized how much control it gives you. You can scrub through video, change brush sizes on the fly, and zoom in and out with the debossed wheel at your fingertips. The possibilities feel endless. Don’t sleep on the DialPad. HOW ARE THE INCLUDED ASUS APPS? ASUS is one of my favorite brands because they’re often first to market with impressive tech and software. That said, the AI suite installed on this laptop is... underwhelming. I was excited to try MuseTree, but I found it nearly useless. As a professional, there’s nothing in that app I found valuable. StoryCube, on the other hand, delivered some improvement in photo organization. Still, it’s not going to replace Adobe Bridge or Lightroom anytime soon. The real stars of the show are the ASUS Dial Control Panel and ProArt Creator Hub. Most of the other apps are “nice to have,” but if there’s one that would actually influence a purchase decision, it’s the Dial Control Panel. FINAL THOUGHTS? The ProArt P16 is a powerful, thoughtfully designed tool for creative professionals and students alike. Can you game on it? Yes, I do and it has incredible performance and great thermals for such a thin laptop. I typically hook it up to an external monitor when I play. Should you buy the P16 for gaming? NO. The battery life is fine but if you're buying this to perform demanding tasks, you will make sure it's plugged in most of the time anyway. I think this is an incredibly well rounded machine and the definition of a 5-star machine. If you can take advantage of what the P16 has to offer, you won't be disappointed.

This powerhouse of a laptop is a pricy one. But this price comes with premium hardware that can be taken anywhere. Seriously, according to ASUS, the ProArt P16 can withstand extreme temperatures from minus 25°F to up to 158°F. It has gotten up to 95 here where I am this summer, but I haven’t had a chance to travel and take it fully through a durability test. I have been using the P16 for a couple of days now, and in this review, I will cover the pros and cons of this powerhouse of a laptop. *TLDR at the bottom ========== IN THE BOX/SET-UP: I would like to acknowledge the attention to detail from ASUS for making the P16 a premium unboxing experience. The laptop comes shrink-wrapped in a sleek black box, and within the box, it is nicely wrapped in a soft cover. In the box, you get the all-black P16, a large 200W charger, and some documentation. Setup is straightforward. It’s your typical out-of-box Microsoft setup experience. I did have to unexpectedly restart a couple of times during setup, which is unusual for an OOBE, and these weren’t for Windows updates either. The P16 can also be registered with ASUS during setup. ========== DESIGN/SPECS: I love the sleek black color that the P16 sports. ASUS calls the color Nano Black, and a neat feature about the chassis is that it is completely fingerprint-proof. On the other hand, the keyboard does attract fingerprints. The trackpad is very large to the point where I sometimes misclick while typing. But it is nice to use with apps that require a large travel distance to get from one point to another. The trackpad also has something called the DialPad, which I will go into more detail about later. The display is a beautiful 3840x2400 4K screen. It is bright, and there are minimal bezels. The display is touchscreen, but it would’ve been neat for this model to have a 2-in-1 capability for tablet mode. The PX13 by ASUS is the 2-in-1 model, but there isn’t a current gen model. The battery LED status is typically located by the charging port. In this case, it is located in the rear, which cannot be seen. Strange location choice in my opinion. The P16 has plenty of ports for all your peripherals: 1 HDMI 2.1, 1 USB4 Type-C, 2 USB3.2 Type-A, AUX, SD Card, 1 USB3.2 Type-C. This ProArt P16 creative laptop contains the following key specs: CPU: AMD Ryzen AI 9 GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Memory: 32GB DDR5 RAM Storage: 1 2TB SSD NIC: MediaTek Wi-Fi 7 MT7925 ========== PERFORMANCE/STORYCUBE/MUSETREE: I was able to use the ProArt P16 in various situations over the past couple of days. I put the laptop to the test by running numerous creative apps, business apps, and even some light gaming. Additionally, I ran several benchmark software programs. I will first cover the benchmark software. The first one I ran was 3D Mark. This was used to test out the laptop’s gaming capabilities. PC Mark was used to test out the computer’s capabilities with modern office applications like Word, video conferencing software, web browsing, data processing, etc., Cinebench was used to test out the computer’s CPU rendering performance, and Can You Run It was used to see how many of the top 9000 games this computer can run at the minimum and recommended requirements. The scores for these benchmark applications can be seen below. 3DMark Graphic Score: 11401 CPU Score: 9877 Time Spy Score: 11143 PCMark Overall Score: 7991 *Individual scores for a specific application in the PC Mark image Cinebench CPU (Multi Core): 23224 CPU (Single Core): 2041 CanYouRunIt CYRI Score Min: 100% CYRI Score Rec: 99% *This score is the percentage of games your computer can run at the minimum and recommended requirement levels. Analyzing the benchmarks thoroughly reveals that this is an excellent laptop for creative applications. The PCMark10 benchmark, specifically the Digital Content Creation score, scored a whopping 13247. I can attest to this through my use of creative apps like OBS Studio, Gimp, and CapCut. I was able to capture over an hour’s worth of video with OBS and later edit that same video in CapCut. The rendering time for the video at 1080p and about 4GB took approximately 10 minutes. Another benchmark the P16 excelled in was Cinebench. For both Multi Core and Single Core testing, the P16 did extremely well. This tells you that the computer will excel in any CPU-heavy computing tasks, such as video editing and rendering, or 3D rendering. Do you have a lot of data that is stored on an external HDD or SSD? The USB4 Type-C port is a godsend for transferring files from and to the laptop, it is fast! Something I didn’t get to do too much of, but still had a chance to try out, is gaming. While I did optimize the 5070 GPU for creativity using the NVIDIA app, the GPU can be set to be game-ready with the correct drivers. The display paired with this graphics card makes games appear beautiful. If you like eye candy graphics, this laptop will give you that. Performance, on the other hand, not so much. The display’s refresh rate caps out at 60Hz, which is enough for the screen not to tear but not ideal for high-end or competitive gaming. Regardless, games like Fallout 3(with mods installed) felt great to play on this laptop when the urge to play video games arises. The laptop comes preloaded with StoryCube. StoryCube is an ASUS AI app to help you sort through and organize all your pictures. There is also a feature within the app that can generate videos from your pictures. I’m no photographer with thousands of pictures, but I decided to still give the app a whirl. AI Album is supposed to sort your imported pictures by picture type, such as portraits, pets, kids, etc. I found that the feature is not too accurate. The feature is supposed to sort people too, which it does not do a good job of. It only captured a couple of individual faces and classified some adults as kids. I also noticed it had classified a picture of a laboratory microscope as cuisine. The map feature is neat, but the pictures need to be embedded with geotags. The video maker is basic, and you would be better off creating your own. Overall, I can see this appeal to photographers with thousands of pictures, but for the average person, you’ll be fine with your old ways of using folders. The app also uses an outrageous amount of CPU. The other pre-installed AI app I tried was MuseTree. I had a better and fun time with this one. This is an AI image generator app that can build off of previous ideas and connect them like branches on a tree. All AI is processed locally and can be used offline if needed. The app is also free to use! Nevertheless, I do web development as a hobby, and sometimes I need ideas for the frontend of a website. In one example, I wanted AI to create a template for a NASCAR race landing page. It did fine, but you do need to be more descriptive to clean up the initial drafts. That’s where the branches come into play. Another feature within the app is called Idea Canvas. This one is enjoyable to play with. This feature can bring your drawings to life in the art style you choose. While you will get unsettling images from time to time, you also need to be descriptive, and your drawing needs to be somewhat detailed. In one example, I asked it to make a drawing of an eagle as realistic as possible, and what I received was surprisingly good. Overall, this is a great app that can help you obtain ideas when you are in a creative slump. Just be sure to be highly descriptive. Otherwise, you will get some frightening images. ========== FEATURES/OTHER NOTES: The following are some key features and notes that I have about the ProArt P16: - Built-in speakers sound incredible, well-balanced sound, tuned by Harmon Kardon - The Dolby Access App acts as an EQ if some fine-tuning is needed - There was not a lot of bloatware that came preinstalled, but there are various ASUS apps - The ProArt Creator Hub acts as a Control Panel for your computer (temperature, CPU usage, operating mode, display color control, etc.) - The previous generation of P16s had issues with BSOD, I did get one, unfortunately, while running some intense benchmarks, but have not had one since. I hope it’s a minor hiccup - There is a physical camera button that enables/disables it, and the camera quality is fine - Some ASUS computers have this feature already, it is called ASUS DialPad, which is a rotary dial that can be used to create and access “shortcuts” within apps(volume dial, screen brightness, brush size, etc.) - The DialPad can be customized using the ASUS Dial & Control Panel app, most apps are supported as long as there are available keyboard shortcut commands within the app ========== CONCLUSION/TLDR: Overall, this is an excellent creative laptop for a user who plans to use power-hungry creative applications. I was able to completely use this laptop with various apps and in various situations. From business applications like Excel, Word, and heavy web browsing, to creative apps like OBS Studio, CapCut, and Gimp, and even some light gaming. The ASUS ProArt P16 is a powerhouse of a laptop that can handle any creative task with ease. The pre-installed creative AI apps are a work in progress, but they can be useful depending on the person. Yes, this is a pricey laptop, but if you are a serious creative user who needs a durable laptop with high-end hardware, I wholeheartedly recommend giving this one a shot!

I’ve been using the ASUS ProArt P16 (Ryzen AI 9 HX 370, 32 GB, RTX 5070, 2 TB SSD) for some time now — and it absolutely delivers. From the stunning 4K OLED touchscreen to the powerful CPU + GPU combo, it handles creative workloads—editing, rendering, multitasking—with ease. The build feels premium (nano black is sharp), the keyboard and touch responsiveness shine, and storage is fast and plentiful. It met every expectation I had: no lag, no compromises. Thermal and fan noise are very manageable even under load. If you’re after a creator laptop that truly performs, this is a beast that doesn’t disappoint.

Intro: The ProArt P16 is an amazing laptop if you are looking for power, performance, good battery life, and a variety of AI tools powered by Asus and Microsoft… this is your one stop shop. The laptop has a solid build quality and has a premium feeling anywhere you touch (even the bezel). ASUS includes StoryCube, MuseTree, and a variety of other software to improve your experience. I would like to note that the software has a premium look and compliments the P16 well. Unboxing: I was presently surprised by this unboxing, and I enjoyed every minute of it. The “exterior” box is normal and did not prepare me for what I wound find in the inside. Upon opening the exterior box, I found additional protective packaging, a plastic sealed black box and a separate box for the power cable and brick. The sealed black box held the contents of the P16 and was one of the most satisfying unboxings I have had in a long time. I won’t give you all the details, but I loved it (maybe it's just me). Everything is wrapped in nano black, which is so black you won't be able to find any of it if your lights are off. Initial impressions: I love the nano black. It’s the blackest black you will ever see and combined with aluminum case the laptop is just SWEET! You will notice that the quality of the building is outstanding, and no expense was spared. Even the bezel around the monitor has a rubber-like seal with its own texture. The keyboard is nice and took me about two days to get accustomed to it and I am not quite sure why. However, it seems well built too and doesn’t seem like it will wear aka it will last a long time. The screen is 4k at a resolution of 3840x2400 and is so crisp and bright at 500 nits. I believe there are brighter laptop screens out there but 500 nits is pretty bright…at least to me. The speakers sound immersive, and I am honestly impressed by the 6 on board by Harman Kardon. I can’t list everything, or I will write paragraphs so key features and specs are listed below: -RAM: 32GB LPDDR5X – 7500 mhz -CPU: AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370/12 cores – 2.0 Ghz, 5.1 GHZ turbo boost (4 Zen5 + 8 Zen5c core setup) -Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 – 8 GB -Screen: OLED/ 16 inches/4k (3840x2400)/500 nits **Touchscreen -Storage: 2 Terabytes -Connectivity: Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth -Speakers: 6 Harman Kardon -Camera: 1080p (should be 4k) with built in mic -Ports: SD card reader, HMDI Out, 2 USB-A 3.2, 1 USB-C 3.2, 1 USB-C 4, headphone jack. Both USB C ports are able to charge the laptop (on top of the additional charge port). -Security login: Facial recognition (works well) or standard login/passcode. Battery performance: I have been running this device for about a week and have been happy with the battery life. I would like to note this is not your average laptop, it takes more power than an economy model with its 9 HX CPU, RTX 5070 graphics and high-resolution monitor. ALL GOOD THINGS which use up power. I do have to say I can use this laptop over a few days and not need to recharge. Example of my current power usage at the time of this review: Exactly at 25% on battery saver mode and I have estimated 1 hour, and 45 minutes left of battery. I would like to say, this laptop turns on battery saver mode early to keep you running longer. I noticed it automatically dims my screen and turns off my illuminated keyboard which you can override (or turn off the setting). I think it's great that it does this early and I found myself leaving my screen dim but turning back on my illuminated keyboard. The power supply is 200 watts so the “charging brick” is large as expected with this setup. Software: ASUS has provided a good amount of software this laptop which is not common anymore. They are fully included and are not free trials. Software includes, MyASUS, ProArt Creator Hub, ScreenXpert, GlideX, MuseTree and StoryCube. I will give a brief description of each below; however, I would like to note that I create a variety of different digital graphics and flyers for work and my volunteer organizations. I am also an amateur photographer and 3D printer hobbyist. MyASUS is an app that helps manage your laptop a pretty standard software or app that is typically on any ASUS computer or an alternative on different brands. It will help with updates, provide direct access to customer support and other services to keep your laptop top notch. ProArt Creator Hub is for ASUS ProArt brand is tailored to this product line only (you won't find it on a regular ASUS device). I noticed it connects you back to other ASUS apps and software and it does use AI. You can monitor computer performance, customize your screen in terms of calibration and color gamut. To be honest, I don’t really see myself using this app as most of the settings can be changed directly on system settings and some of it seemed like it’s there if I wanted to control performance but to be real, I want performance all the time. I am still experiencing MuseTree. It helps users generate digital content ideas with the assistance of AI. While it says it will be quick … it always seems to take a while for me to use it, and I have noticed I am able to use ChatGPT quicker – ask and receive. MuseTree requires more steps, but I think it’s trying to produce an accurate result. For example, I am setting up a large mixer for a professional networking group and I asked it to help with all aspects. I get a map with AI images full of gibberish… I am really not sure where to go here and to be honest I can make up my own map with pen and paper faster. It says it can create media but so far nothing is working well for me here and I have tons of user experience with AI. The Idea canvas lets you draw and give a description and works but again gibberish popped out… not usable in my opinion. Storycube is a much better software compared to MuseTree. It is essentially an organization tool for your media including photos and videos. An old concept that is now paired with AI. I have not tested it with my full external hard drive of data but I used it on all a small set of images and found it auto recognizes faces and is almost like the smart features on my iphone photo library but now on my laptop. It makes organizing easy for anyone from the professional to the home user. ScreenXpert is to help users with multi screen needs. While I have multiple screens I don’t have an external doc with multiple screens for ASUS so I could not test this out. However, its satisfying to know it is equipped with this feature and most likely works well as the competition is usually nothing but onboard drivers. Overall, the ProArt P16 is an excellent laptop for any designer or content creator. Paired with software with you in mind to help you with your AI needs. This laptop is for performance and the creative pro. A premium laptop with the reliability and tools that you need (and a cool touch pad).

MICROSOFT AND SOFT ARE ISSUES This laptop has a beautiful screen, however, it does not have anything on it in the windows office suite of products besides word or the some of the rfeatures you only can use for a few weeks unless I want to do a trial then pay extra for them, and I understood it is supposed to come loaded for graphic work. Yes it is there, but to keep it you need to pay! Loaded with software for graphic design is the big reason I got it. NO PROTECTION SOLD DESPITE WANTING The Best Buy staff would Not sell me a Geek Squad protection plan while I bought it in-store despite asking for it several times, and I want one for this expensive investment to be protected. CAN'T REGISTER PRODUCT I cannot fully register it. It stops at the last step and I keep getting reminder emails to finish it but can't. No one at ASUS has helped me despite attempts. No one at Best Buy will either unless I pay them. Ridiculous. SYNCED DATA I TOLD IT NOT TO AND KILLED MEMORY I setup the laptop to be independent of my other info and asked it NOT to sync up to anything. It did anyway and killed 25% of my memory doing so. Really? Now I have to pay someone $100+ to fix that. I logged into my personal account just to do the microsoft verification (windows requires this and I only have one account) and I setup the rest of the data with my work info as this is for only my work use and my first laptop for it so I have no microsoft/windows account for it yet). The max memory for the 2TB SSD is actually 1.82 and 25% of that is used by syncing thru microsoft which is mandatory to log into for the first time when you startup the computer. Even when I selected do not sync data the laptop did. So annoying when you buy a laptop for lots of data then lose 1/4 of what you have to just signing in the first time, and I am not happy it did so with the account that will have nothing to do with my work and dumped all that personal stuff onto the computer. Now the laptop screen is bogged down with shortcuts and files from my personal life I don't want there and won't go away. What is the point of asking it to not sync data if it will do it anyway? BATTERY LIFE VERY POOR - - - LIVING ON A CHARGER The worst thing is this horrible battery. I can charge it full, and it is dead in 2.5 hours! Really? Looking online, it is a common issue. It seems better with this model (if you can believe that), but I have to use it plugged in most of the time. NO CASES MADE FOR THIS MODEL Also, why is there no hard cover for this laptop anywhere? It is a weird size, in between others, so you can't find one. I have looked for hours and nothing fits snug to its dimensions. It is not a standard 16" laptop size. I have to keep it in a zip up padded sleeve for a 17" laptop and keep it in a padded hard briefcase. That 17 inch zip is too big but 16" ones are too tight. Looks nice and fast, but lacks all I thought I got and should have it was sold how advertised and how I set it to perform.

I recently purchased the ASUS ProArt P16 and so far, I’m really enjoying it. While I haven’t had enough time to explore every feature in depth, my initial experience has been smooth and impressive. The build quality feels premium, the display is crisp and vibrant, and performance has been snappy right out of the box. As someone who values reliability and clarity in both technical and creative workflows, I’m optimistic about how this machine will hold up over time. I’ll update this review once I’ve had more hands-on experience with its full capabilities, but for now, it’s off to a great start.

Almost the perfect machine for a scientist, engineer, and businessman who uses AI extensively. Amazing power. But they forgot what we are about, numbers—no numeric keypad. I thought I could add one on. I did, but it's not the same; it may become a deal breaker. The second is that although the backlit keyboard is outstanding, there is a but. The shift enabled $%^ etc are nearly invisible. Please understand I didn't buy this laptop to save money, and somehow, I don't think anyone else has either. What would it cost to make the fabulous tool full-featured? Don't answer, it doesn't matter, just do it, and at least from my point of view, five stars would be far short of my opinion.