A:AnswerApparently we are supposed to thank the Asus memory rationers for giving us 24 GB on this model which is the 365 APU with 4 Zen 5 cores plus 6 Zen 5c cores (thus about 5% slower than HX 370 APU model that has 2 more Zen 5c cores). BTW after counting 15% uplift in instructions per clock due to Zen 5 architecture, Zen 5c cores are maybe only 5-10% slower than Zen 4 cores, thus the 10-core 365 is net more (all-core) powerful than last gen’s Zen-4 8-core laptop CPUs. This is napkin math on very limited performance data at this point.
A:AnswerThe chassis (keyboard deck/bottom panel) is CNC'd aluminum the top lid is aluminum with a ceramic treatment that offers a stone like texture with the Asus (A) logo laser etched into the exterior.
A:AnswerThe ASUS Zenbook S 16 (UM5606WA) does not come with a full version of Office 365 included. Instead, it typically includes a 1‑month trial of Microsoft 365 for new customers. After the trial, a paid subscription is required to continue using Office apps.
A:AnswerThe Zenbook S 16 is definitely an upgrade to the Zenbook 14. To name a few upgrades it has a higher performing graphics, an upgraded processor and it has a version with up to 2TB of storage.
A:AnswerThis particular laptop model has (non-expandable) 24 GB of RAM, although the CPU can go to 64 GB easily. Problem is, in order to get needed memory speed, almost all laptop models from all vendors incorporate hardwired non-expandable RAM. Second problem is, many of those models include marginal quantities of RAM such as 24 GB. Why is that marginal? Because the (very nicely capable) iGPU needs to share RAM with CPU and I’d give it 8 GB, plus Windows eats up almost 8 GB, leaving only 8 of your 24 GB left for your data and programs. I prefer 32 GB or more. Why do they even make 24-GB models then? Because stupid Best Buy asks them to. They offer other variants with more RAM, but they want to sell product to us poor folk too. So buy this if you can live within 8 GB of your data/programs. Else get at least the 32 GB RAM variant (sorry don’t have the SKU handy). I’m still considering this 24 GB variant mainly because it occasionally goes on sale at a great price and I know how to properly setup Virtual Memory (thus partly alleviating RAM shortage).
The best benchmark is Passmark all-cores score, which scores 30,018 for this Ryzen AI 9 365 CPU. That’s a bit less than half the power of the fastest current AMD Ryzen laptop CPU, and a bit more than half the power of fastest current Intel laptop CPU. Bear in mind that bigger RAM makes perceived power “feel bigger.” So this (RAM-shorted) laptop might feel about 1/3 as powerful as the fastest available laptops using Intel or AMD CPUs. Not bad for about 1/4 the price. The only better-value deal would be the 32-GB variant of this model, or perhaps an entry level super-gaming laptop (that would weigh twice as much).
A:AnswerThe ASUS UM5606WA (Zenbook S 16) features a 16:10 aspect ratio on its 16-inch 3K OLED display.
https://www.asus.com/laptops/for-home/zenbook/asus-zenbook-s-16-um5606/techspec/
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