ASUS - Zenbook S 14 - 14" 3K OLED Touch Laptop - Copilot+ PC - Intel Core Ultra 7 - 16GB Memory - 1TB SSD - Zumaia Gray
Model: UX5406SA-S14.U71TB
SKU: 6595522
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this laptop is pretty fantastic. the pros: the battery life is incredible (i mean like, multiple hours (3-4+) per day and still being at like, 30-50% battery on day 3. use case being web browsing, video streaming, and chatting on discord. it also looks and feels great with the ceraluminum and the line design on the lid/cover. the typing experience is nice, and the trackpad is solidly built. its definitely a "premium" feeling laptop even with it being as lightweight as it is everything else about this thing is polished as well. nice bright display, very responsive and smooth. the bad: although solid, it takes juuust a bit too much pressure for a full "click" on the trackpad than i would prefer, and the hinge doesn't go as far as well. fully flat 180 degrees would be nice, but it only goes to about...120-130 degrees ish? other comments: ive had no issues with speakers/mic or webcam, and the machine stays relatively cool even during light gaming sessions. you can adjust the fans for your preferred mode, but even with dynamic (or whatever its called, i forgot) they don't get terribly loud i'm able to play league of legends/teamfight tactics comfortably with no lag or clunkiness, albeit at lower resolutions/settings (i havent tried on max, but i dont care about that) i did buy the laptop on sale for around $950-$1k, and believe it would be the perfect purchase at that price. its still a good value though even if you don't get it on as good of a sale as that
Posted by JustinC
İf you are looking for good laptop for the office programs and your daily works, watch movies and shows this is your laptop with fair enough cpu, great battery and also great 3K Oled screen. And it is realy light.
Posted by MuratC
Immediately, I've had great impressions with the S14. It has great stand-by/sleep battery performance. Over the course of 20 hours, the battery only decreased by 1% from full charge. This is great as I'm constantly moving between classrooms or around my workplace, and now I can do so without worrying about shutting down the laptop down. During real world usage at 80% brightness, I had the S14 at 100% battery at 10AM and it decreased to 7% at 6PM, so a 93% decrease over 8 hours. During this period I was working heavily and switching through multiple Chrome tabs, programming in Android Studio, emulating Kali in VirtualBox, and participating in Zoom lectures. I was very impressed by the laptop holding up, generally I would need to find an outlet in the middle of the day. I am certain if it was a less hectic day, I could easily push around 12 hours usage under casual use. One helpful feature that Windows has been pushing with any device with an IR camera (S14) with presence sensing where the screen dims when you look away or locks itself when you step away helps reduce battery drain as well. As for the components, realistically the only upgradeable/replaceable parts would be the battery, the NVMe SSD (M2280), the fans, and the WiFi card. Everything else seems to be soldered down so 16GB DDR5 is all you'll be getting. Some further context about my stance on this laptop is in contrast to my experiences with the Zenbook S16 that I exchanged for this. I had issues with upgrading the storage from 1TB and driver issues where the WiFi adapter would not properly work after waking from sleep requiring a restart. Also I found the lid to stain very easy with the Scandinavian White, just sliding it in and out against my felt pocket in my backpack had black stains on the corners. Whereas the S14 took my 2TB 980 Pro upgrade without issue and I've yet to run into any driver issues with it. The S16 would fail to complete the drive upgrade no matter whether the data was cloned, installed from asus cloud reecovery, or clean installed (would BSOD). To be clear, this may have been patched for the S16 already, but right away the launch for the S14 has been far better without issue. The Intel Arc APU has decent performance, nothing great but good enough you would be able to play games. I found that Deadlock could be run ~55-70 FPS on low settings, Helldivers on steam deck graphics settings on performance rendering ~60 fps, and Cyberpunk ~29fps on low with xess on performance. Ultimately, I'm very happy with the S14. It's portable, has solid power, and its resolution is large enough that coding is not an issue despite being 14".
Posted by Sean
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Customers are delighted by the Zenbook S 14's excellent build quality, impressive battery life, and lightweight, portable design. The fast processor and great OLED display also receive positive feedback. Some customers have expressed concerns regarding the RAM and occasional heating during charging. Overall, the laptop is well-received for its premium features and performance.