ASUS - ProArt PZ13 13" 3K Detachable Laptop - Copilot+ PC - Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus - 16GB Memory - 1TB SSD - Nano Black

I bought this device because of the OLED display and the fact that it included the lighted keyboard with a trackpad and back stand. The keyboard feel is good, but it is not practical, hard to store, carry around, the whole thing is too heavy, not sturdy for lap usage, you must set it up on a desk or flat sturdy surface, it needs a lot of space, this setup won't work on airplane tray. The PC/Tablet portion is super heavy, it has huge bezels and the display is not color calibrated at all. Colors are super vibrant and punchy, if all you doing is looking at graphics it looks amazing, but if you watching movies, people skin tones look like burned bricks and there is no way to adjust other then the super old windows color controls, or the different ICC profiles which do nothing, everything looks super yellow and super red. Not recommended. You better off with a regular laptop for work, and a regular tablet for media consumption. With this kind of money, you better off getting an Apple MacBook Air, More portable, more power, better battery life, and for sure 100% color accuracy.

Reviewing this device as a Windows slate. Lots of people are complaining about the kickstand - MS Surface-style design which DOES have drawbacks. If that is not for you, this device won't be either. For example, this thing is just terrible on a lap....just like every other device using this design. So decide first if this form factor works for your needs. If it does, read on. This is a FABULOUS tablet for the target audience. Namely, a content creator who wants a rough-and-tumble Windows tablet with long battery life that can be taken basically anywhere and used with confidence. It has the battery life of an iPad or Android tablet combined (mostly) with the versatility of Windows. All in a shell designed to stand up to the elements better than a typical tablet. The OLED screen is gorgeous and gets decently bright. It says 500 nits, but I don't think it gets that bright in typical use and only achieves that level with HDR content. Still, it is more than capable indoors and passable outdoors. Touch sensitivity isn't the best, it takes a bit of effort which may or may not be by design. Pen works well, and it supports MPP so any Surface Pro pen or MPP stylus will work - that's awesome. No pen in the box, which is not as awesome. Speakers are decent for a tablet. Not a lot of bass, but clear and loud. Front camera is quite good, rear camera is also pretty good but fixed focus it appears so don't plan on using it as a mobile video recorder. Windows Hello face recognition is reliable. The real joy is the performance and battery. CPU performance is strong. The PZ13 feels very fast and snappy in windows, easily as fast as the top devices from Intel and AMD. This is true on basically all the power settings. Even better, battery life is really really good, probably double a typical Intel or AMD machine performing the same tasks. Assuming your app works with ARM, you will not be dissapointed in the performance. However, some apps (and most games) do not work with ARM, so check first. Also, the iGPU on this particular Snapdragon X chip is by far the weakest, approximately the same performance as Intel XE graphics on its 13th gen chips. So decent but far from what you need to play any serious games. Since so few games run on this anyway, probably not a problem. There are 2 USB-C ports only and one is behind a rubber cap. No USB-A. No HDMI. It does have a full-size SD card slot which is nice. Basically the ASUS ads capture the target user pretty well. Someone who is a creative type, needing to capture and work with images or videos which away from a typical desk environment (outdoors even) and who needs a great screen, decent performance, good battery life, and full Windows. If you just need a more traditional 2-in-1, there are plenty of good ones at this price which might be a better pick.

ASUS has really been on a roll lately! This is the third product from them (and I bought a fourth - the ASUS Pen 2.0 afterwards), that has been absolutely outstanding. That isn't to say that they have been PERFECT (nothing ever is), but the ASUS ProArt PZ13 isn't just a great art tablet/laptop, it's just a great computer all around. Any issues I've had have been some minor software hiccups (which has plagued ALL of the ARM laptops lately), and a few 'I wish ASUS would change this' kind of things. There is SO MUCH to like about the ProArt PZ13 (from here on out, just the PZ13), here are some of my favorite things: 1. Style: This encompasses everything from the color choices to the design of the tablet itself. It looks like the perfect companion for a photographer/videographer on the go. The Moss Green keyboard cover looks great and feels even better. The chamfered edges of the tablet (the corners basically) are reminiscent of the lenses of my old DSLR camera. The finish on both the body of the tablet portion as well as the cover and keyboard is really nice and does a great job resisting/hiding fingerprints (the keyboard keys, not so much). 2. Build: As a former military officer, I laugh when things are labelled at 'Military Grade' since most military gear is made by the lowest bidder and failed a lot when you needed it most. In this case, ASUS is delivering what people expect when they hear military grade, except that they did it with style (see point 1). This is not some waifish tablet that feels like you can snap it in half with a slight flex of the body. The tablet itself is SOLID but comfortable to hold and to lug around. The IP52 rating is nice to have especially if you might be out in some moist environments like the Pacific Northwest. I on the other hand live in SoCal and would like those numbers to be reversed if they could be. I don't have water but I have A LOT of dust. This is of course very hard to do on a device that has to breathe in outside air to stay cool. Speaking of which, the intakes/vents on the PZ13 are really very cool, especially the one on the back that I assume feeds directly to the CPU. 3. Performance: The Snapdragon X Plus on the PZ13 is incredibly, shall I say, 'snappy'? Everything I have thrown at it so far over the last week from Photoshop edits of huge images, to AI requests just for giggles, to actually playing a brand new game from Steam (not a AAA shooter or flight sim mind you)! The game Xenonauts 2 is the latest version of the modern take on X-COM, which has been one of my favorite games since it came out on floppy disks back in the day. Steam and the game, even though it is still in early release, have run flawlessly. Like I said before, there hasn't been anything yet that I would use on a day-to-day basis that has even caused the PZ13 to so much as stutter. Impressive! 4. Screen: Beautiful, bright, and responsive! The 3K Lumina OLED screen is beautiful to behold and even nicer to work with while editing photos. It is also equally responsive to either touch or the Pen 2.0 (which is NOT included with this package and was bought separately). The colors are rich and vibrant and I appreciate the ability to switch between a wide range of color profiles pretty easy which makes working for both print and screen a lot easier. 5. Input: The keyboard is a whole lot better than it has any right to be. I think it is definitely the best removable keyboard I have used yet to this day. It may not match those of a full laptop or desktop, but for how thin it is, it is incredibly responsive and nice to type on. The Pen 2.0 is also pretty cool and I'm having to get the hang again of using a pen with Adobe apps but it's coming back like riding a bicycle. I appreciate as a left-hander that the pen loop is on the CORRECT side of the screen/case. 6. Software: ASUS makes my favorite gaming hub software with the Armory Crate center and the Creator Hub on the PZ13 is also great (if not as tricked out as Armory Crate, though I think that one gets a lot more attention). The other thing I appreciate is that the rest of the computer is not bogged down with a ton of junk. Heck, I think I might have like a few more art centric software platforms that ASUS had vetted to be on here from the get go. I did have one software issue and I'll go into that below. 7. Battery Life: One word - STUPENDOUS! I did a full charge upon unboxing the PZ13 and I'm still running on that charge despite over a week's worth of work and play. I am absolutely gobsmacked at how well the PZ13 manages/sips power. Now granted, I'm not editing video, nor am I playing some intensive FPS shooter games, but I've been using this thing for what I want it for day-in and day-out for the last week and I'm still in the low 40% range for the battery. That's stupendous. 8. Miscellaneous: There are just so many little things that I have noticed about the PZ13 that have led me to feel that ASUS put a lot of time and care into the design and production of the this device. Most everything run smoothly and both feels and looks good while doing it. I don't have enough time or column space to go into it all, but the PZ13 is made even better by all the other various things it does well. Things I wish ASUS would improve upon: 1. Power Brick: FOLDING PRONGS ARE NOT OPTIONAL! In this day and age, any USB-C power brick should have folding prongs, especially if it is for a device that is meant to be packed in a bag and lugged around. As it is, I'm not using the one that ASUS provided, but another one that has prongs that fold away. 2. Pen Loop: While I appreciate that it is on the correct side, I wish that it did not interfere with the ports there as much when the pen is in the loop. Also, I actually wish there were a better way to hold/attach the Pen 2.0 to the computer. The loop is a bit too tight, especially with the slide-'cap' that covers the power port. I can't get this thing out of the loop without worrying that I'm going to mess up either the pen or the loop. Magnets? Integrated dock? I don't know, I'll let the pros at ASUS figure it out. 3. Software: Don't put the software on the computer if it isn't ready yet. I have been unable to get CapCut to load on the PZ13. This is an issue since ASUS makes a big deal about getting six months of an upgraded membership. Neither the installed version works, nor the versions downloaded from the CapCut site or Microsoft store. Not sure why, but I tried for several hours over a few days to get it to work but was unable to do so. I'll try again in the future, but I don't do a ton of video anyway so it isn't THAT big of a deal for me. 4. Keyboard Ergonomics: For a keyboard that has as good of type-feel, I wish that there was a way to get a bit of lift to the rear of the keyboard. I've seen some other keyboard cases that have an additional magnet either at the back of the keyboard or in the connecting 'strap' that does a secondary attachment that pulls the back of the keyboard up a smidge. This is completely a 'wish list' thing and is not a deal breaker in the slightest. Conclusions: Sorry for coming off as an ASUS fanboy, but frankly I think they deserve it. I have been SO HAPPY with the form and function of my ASUS collection from this year that I'm jazzed to see what they come up with next! How about some video glasses that beam the image onto my retinas? Maybe a Holodeck? Nah, no Holodeck, I'd never get anything done. As it is, the ProArt PZ13 is making it a lot easier to get things done on the go and I'm super happy that I have it! Thanks ASUS and Best Buy!