ASUS - Zenbook A16 16" 3K OLED Touchscreen Laptop - Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme 2026 - 48GB RAM - 1TB SSD - Copilot+ PC - Zabriskie Beige

This is one incredible laptop, probably one of the best I've ever owned. I purchased it for $1599 on launch day right before the prices went up same day. I'm impressed with it's performance, weight, battery life and design. Pros - Performance: The Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme X2-94-100 is insanely fast. It is probably the fastest mobile chip on Windows right now. It blows away the overly hyped Intel panther lake chips and AMD. It's not even close. For reference these are the scores that I got in some benchmarks Geekbench 6.6 -> 3821 single, 23070 multi Cinebench 2026 -> 637 single, 7112 multi Speedometer 3.1 -> 45 - Graphics: The graphics has been improved massively over the previous gen which was the main weakpoint. most games are now playable on low to medium settings. I played Cyberpunk 2077 at medium settings I was getting around 64 fps, Shadow of Tomb Raider I got 54 fps - Weight: When I first picked it up, I was blown away by how light weight it felt. I measured it at 1310g and it is probably one of the lightest 16 inch laptops I've ever used. - Display: This is gorgeous, the colors pop and gets crazy bright - 48GB of RAM for this price is insane. It's also super fast 9533 MT/s - Ceraluminum feels really nice to touch, you just feel like you want to touch it often - Battery life is solid though it's not spectacular. On Chrome browser playing Norway 4k on Youtube at 4K resolution at 50% brightness in power efficiency and whisper mode, I got 13 hours - The SSD is easily replacable so that's another bonus - The touchpad while not haptic feels buttery smooth and nice to use. - This Best Buy exclusive version has touch which is great, which makes the display look premium and get rids of those ugly cheap black borders in the nontouch variants - Windows on ARM: There are very minimal compatibility issues now and almost everything works. The performance is great, and quite faster when compared to using regular x86 laptops Cons: - It would have been nice if the battery was slightly higher capacity like 83Wh or maybe even 99Wh for a slight increase in weight would have made it perfect - There is no webcam privacy shutter - There are lot of reflections on the display which can be very distracting when working outdoors. There needs to be some sort of antiglare coating - There is lot of empty space around the keyboard which could have been used to place some upward firing speakers. All the speakers are at bottom

Laptop is great. Very fast. The trackpad is OK, it’s reasonably accurate but not haptic. It’s mid tier. The rest of the machine is fantastic. Display is great, ports are great, cpu is awesome. Wicked fast. Keyboard is great too, better than I was expecting.

This laptop has a great screen, adequate battery life, and in whisper mode is very quiet. It has great CPU performance. The graphics aren't as good as latest offerings from Intel or AMD but they're good enough. The main pros: 1. Great CPU performance 2. Whisper mode is genuinely quiet 3. I like the feel of the finish, but your mileage may vary. 4. The display is great overall. High refresh rate, decent pixel density. 5. Lots of memory The main problems: 1. Touchpad is wobbly at certain angles. Feels cheap. 2. Windows on Arm still doesn't work with everything. Especially games. 3. Screen is highly reflective. 4. Lightweight comes at expense - the battery is only 70 WHr. Overall I am happy with this laptop, especially considering the price.