Customer Ratings & Reviews

My old Surface Book finally died so I've been in the market for a general all-purpose laptop for light work and home use, and knew I wanted either Intel's Lunar Lake or AMD's Strix Point. The ASUS Vivobook came up on sale and without too many professional reviews out there, decided that it was too good to pass up and give it a try at $650 ($300 off). Overall, really really good and happy with this! Pros: -Battery Life. The battery is genuinely fantastic and as advertised, getting close to Snapdragon X levels. No formal benchmarking tools for me but taking it on a holiday trip and it lasted a whole day doing web browsing, streaming a basketball game, and testing out some games while visiting family. It handled it no problem over the entire day which is all I can ask for. -Performance. A lot of reviews talk about the Core Ultra Series 2 CPUs being weaker in multithreading from the last gen, but honestly for day to day use it's been fine for me. Web, Email, Office, Streaming are all perfectly fine which is what I'd expect at this price point. Andrew Marc David has a great review on YouTube showing that the Core Ultra 5 is not too far behind the Core Ultra 7 in performance, and on sale the price difference seemed worth the sacrifice for the lower end model. 16 GB of RAM is fine for general use as well. -Build. Really solid metal build. Zenbooks seem lauded for their chassis so I was worried that Vivobooks would feel much cheaper, but the metal construction is solid and the 14 inch laptop size is great and lightweight. -Features/Ports. OLED screen is great and beautiful, especially at this price point. Love having both USB-C and A, as I still have tons of USB A devices and charging cables. Full sized HDMI port is great to avoid needing adapters. -Light Gaming. There's no dedicated GPU, but using PC Game Pass I can play light games without an issue. Small games like Pentiment, Ori and the Blind Forest, and tried out the game Nine Sols and they all run just fine. Pretty nice for integrated graphics to play some older games or indies, which is great for me to pass the time. Cons: -Fingerprint Magnet. The metal chassis is nice, but definitely leaves fingerprints everywhere. Throw a micro fiber cloth in your bag if you're OCD about it looking clean. -Other Features. Hard to be picky at this price, but it would be nice to get a higher refresh rate screen since this is only 60hz, and there's also no touch screen. Not a huge deal for me, but people that are looking for those in a laptop and you'll need to look at higher end options. Overall, extremely happy with this laptop. It's already been on a plane with me and travels well because it's light weight, and performance is great for office use and light gaming. Power users will probably look elsewhere or want 32 GB RAM since the RAM isn't ugpradeable, and gamers will probably want AMD Strix Point or a dedicated Nvidia GPU, but I definitely recommended for anyone that just needs a portable machine for home and office work that doesn't break the bank.

This is a very nice thin and light sporting notable features like an OLED screen, Intel's Lunar Lake processor for greater electrical efficiency and longer battery life, good I/O with 2 thunderbolt ports as well as 2 - 10 Gbps USB ports and Wifi 7. All of the components are very nice quality and have a good feel. The screen is gorgeous, though 1920x1200 and 60 Hz, which for me is perfectly good at the 14" size. Battery life and electrical efficiency appear to be as advertised, in other words, it's a step up for intel chips and makes it more competitive with Apple M chips. The machine supports 2 external monitors for a total of 3 screens at one time. It also comes with a micro SD slot which is nice. The performance is good and should meet most everyday type needs. You can do more intense compute tasks but they just take longer such as a video render. It is not meant to be workstation substitute. It has AI stuff in it. I don't know what to do with it, but if I ever do, I'm ready. Linux is almost there. I tried Ubuntu MATE 24.10 for a little bit by running it from an external drive and noticed that YouTube videos were skipping a few frames on a consistent basis and it wouldn't connect to the wifi network automatically after waking from suspension. I got it on sale with an extra discount for some BB membership at $550. At that price there's little competition if this meets your performance needs.

Got it at a special discount price of $450. Laptop is great, good screen with good battery backup and lightweight.

Absolutely blown away by what this computer gives you for the price. We are definitely entering a new era of computing. Full disclosure, I recently purchased and made a glowing review of this computer's cousin, the Vivobook S15 with the Snapdragon X Plus processor. Well, almost everything I said about that computer applies to this one because functionally and build-wise they're almost identical, except for the screen size and resolution (and the fact that screen is 120hz and this one is only 60hz, which is a slight disappointment but not a huge deal for me personally because I would always set that one at 60hz anyway for battery life), and that fact that this one doesn't include a numpad because of the change in body size. But unfortunately after about a week of use I started to see the cracks in app compatibility for my own personal usage, with one of my Canon printers not working (a modern one, too) and one of the very important applications I need for work not functioning properly, so I decided to revert back to Intel, HOPING that I wouldn't lose that much in the efficiency department that I loved so much about the Qualcomm processor. Well, the short answer is that I didn't, thankfully. So, let me share some things I wrote in that other review about the other PC that also apply here: "Typical of ASUS, the all-metal build quality is great, the battery life is INSANE at somewhere between 10 and 14 hours typically under a typical workload for me - at least coming off a 13th Generation i7 Zenbook that could barely muster 5.5 hours with battery saver on and my screen barely bright enough to see - ... The trackpad isn't haptic but it feels great is is very responsive and the keyboard has a wonderful feel to it, just the right amount of key travel. I like the customizable backlight as well." "I really have nothing substantial to complain about with this PC. I guess just to balance things out, if I had to mention some things, it's a major fingerprint magnet (doesn't bother me really), it has downward facing speakers (not a huge deal, but kind of annoying if you have the computer resting on your lap a lot. You will get horrible muffled sound)... With my personal workflow I don't need or want a touchscreen, so if you personally do need that or need pen support, that may be something that has you look elsewhere." ALSO: "I previously had a Zenbook Pro, which I actually mostly loved, but as I mentioned before, the battery life was atrocious when not plugged in, and it would often blow so much hot air out, it made the room I was in uncomfortable. It got really laggy and stuttery after waking from sleep sometimes, and I had to restart the whole device to get it working properly again. The trackpad at times also did weird stuff, and although the screen was also an OLED and gorgeous, it seemed to be an older technology that looked AWFUL in bright sunlight and had horrible color distortion and shimmering effect. I've got none of that with this screen, it seems like an improved quality OLED and its just so smooth and beautiful and accurate." I also want to mention something that I didn't mention in my prior review of the other device, I absolutely LOVE the very minimalist branding. I like that there aren't a ton of logos or designs or wording all over the chassis of this thing. I love the minimalist black design with the singular ASUS logo on the exterior shell and the singular ASUS logo under the screen. Very classy, very clean, and very undistracting. Again, the fingerprint issue is unfortunately present, but it doesn't really bother me much at all. It might bother you. I always carry a microfiber cloth with me, anyway. Just to summarize and finish, what impresses me so much about this computer is that with its Lunar Lake architecture for the Core Ultra Series 2, Intel is in a completely new category for battery life. I've already gotten TRUE all-day battery life from this thing at work, using it all day for nearly 10 hours and not even making any concessions for screen brightness or workload, AND on performance mode, and after a full day's use, I still had 52 percent battery remaining. That is just unbelievable. And even being a Core Ultra 5 model, and not an Ultra 7, I have not found this computer to lag or work slowly in any way. All of the video and photo editing tasks I've thrown at it have been pulled of effortlessly. What I've noticed is just a slightly increased delay at times in loading programs or when clicking something there's a couple of extra moments to wait until whatever you need to happen happens. But once the program or task begins, everything is smooth sailing and multitasking is effortless. I'm one of those 50 tabs open people and this computer doesn't skip a beat. I couldn't be happier with my purchase and switch back to Intel Lunar Lake Core Ultra 5 Series 2. If you're going to Intel, MAKE SURE you get one that is Series 2, not Series 1, as I have heard from reviews and also from some friends that the Series 1 chips are NOT as efficient and also don't perform as well. Hopefully they keep the Lunar Lake magic into their next series of efficient processors, which I'm hearing have the code name "Panther Lake". Good Intel-based laptop computers have long suffered from mediocre battery life, but honestly, it truly seems like that era is over.

Overall this is a very good productivity laptop, great for office work/docs, can casually game esport titles. First off, the display of this device is fantastic, colors pop and it's bright. The refresh rate is only 60hz but if this is on sale, it's still a deal below $600. When shut, the lid does not stay flush with the rest of the laptop, which really doesn't effect anything but makes you question build quality. Given Asus lately questionable support reputation this does not inspire confidence. Keyboard is very good, feels great to type on and customizable backlight is a bonus (under windows settings - personalization). Setting fan profiles (Alt + F) is a breeze and fans are moderately loud at full performance mode but still a big improvement over the last two gens of Intel. Runs hot as expected under load but coil wine is minimal, like a noticeable gust more than anything. Performance is snappy, iGPU is very good, capable of handling Marvel Rivals on low, DOTA 2 and LOL on high with no sweat. Even DOOM (2016) runs great at medium/low settings. The only real cons of this device are the build quality and trackpad. Case is sturdy but gets dirty easily, big fingerprint magnet as other reviews point out. Trackpad is just sub par and doesn't register clicks, taps or scrolling reliably. You either need a mouse or to temper your expectations significantly. Screen is also very reflective which I'm not a fan of. Overall the value is there, if you're looking for a starter/student/basic/office laptop this is it and then some. Display is truly amazing to look at, but right now I am returning only because my m1 MacBook Air will suffice for at least another year.

I purchased this computer during a flash sale for $500 and its a terrific value. The OLED screen is gorgeous and something rarely seen at this price point. There’s ample storage with 512gb on board plus an SD card reader and USB ports to use external drives. The 16GB RAM ensures the computer will be able to multi task and be quick for the foreseeable future. Apps launch quickly and are responsive thanks to the core 5 ultra. Battery life is just okay. Ive been getting 8-10 hours, which compared to a MacBook is disappointing but I’m not sure how other Windows laptops compare. The keyboard is responsive and nice to type on. It’s also backlit and you can change the colors in the settings. The trackpad is just ok. Sometimes I feel like it’s not responsive. The laptop itself is a fingerprint magnet too but that’s no bid deal. Overall I think it’s a good mid range laptop.

I ordered a open box version and there were some smudges on the laptop( I think this variant of the laptop is prone to smudging from other reviews), but that can be fixed by putting stickers or a laptop skin over it. Over all the laptop is fast with a nice screen and has great battery life for browsing. I don't think you can get a better deal on a lunar lake laptop than this when one sale and choosing an open box option. Attached below is picture of some smudges from ultrabookreviews because I gave the laptop away as a gift so I don't have pictures of it.

I got a great deal on this laptop! I got it on sale for $499. Retail price for this is $949. The laptop is small, light, and very portable. The battery life on this is really good so far. The OLED display is very clear and crisp. There is a little bit of bloat ASUS software. But all of it is useful and I recommend not removing it. The buying process was easy as I did an in-store pickup.

I've been using this for several weeks now. The screen is amazing. It does pick up fingerprints as others said - but i've gotten used to it. I haven't used the co-pilot as much yet as I hoped to, but need to get into the habit. I primarily have been using on travel and have zero complaints other than the fingerprints. It performs very well and the audio quality is good too. Purchased on sale and felt at that price it was a great value.

The laptop is very nice and overpowered for my use case. There are a few minor problems I have like the speaker plays a very quiet static noise with the sound muted. The laptop chassis is a fingerprint magnet. I would recommend a case. Otherwise its a very good laptop

Wow, this Vivobook is light years ahead of my old Dell, lightning fast and beautiful display. I got $300 off for Black Friday and I couldn't be happier.

Associates were attebtice, friendly and assisted me with choices that best met my needs. Speedy, easy to use and vibrant colors AND excellent sale price!! Love my new laptop!

I play Roblox. From mu understanding, this computer should effortlessly run roblox. But, thats not happening. Whenever i go into some games, it closes the tab. Like huh? I updated dates and everything. Might just me be :/

Good product. The battery life is the best. Has a little noise of the operating system or something but overall it's good

Realy good laptop, fast for regular use like reading, browsing etc. So light but resistant at the same time. The screen is amazing. Battery is good but not perfect, 6-7 hour using it for browsing, videos and office. Fingerprints are so apparent. Nice computer for students and business.

good. Nice oled screen with true black demo. Ultra 5 is power efficient.

Works great! Good screen display with vibrant colors and good speed.

Good product with affordable price, nice product, good product.

Asus has been on a roll with excellent hardware design when it comes to laptops. I’ve been a big fan of their gaming G14 and G15 series laptops, but sometimes, instead of a gaming computer, you just want a thin and light laptop. Asus has different tiers, and the Vivobook S 14 Q423SA is designed to hit the mid-tier of this generation. You get solid features, like a 1080p OLED HDR panel, Series 2 Lunar Lake Intel CPU and even a backlit keyboard. You sacrifice on memory and storage at 16GB and 512GB respectively, however, at least one of those problems is rectifiable if you fancy cracking open the back panel (more on that later). The out of the box experience is fairly standard. The box is designed to somewhat lift the product as it opens, a feature I’ve seen in several Asus cardboard boxes lately. The laptop itself is wrapped in a protective fabric with the screen and keyboard separated by the same fabric piece inside. The 65w power adapter is hiding in a flap, and underneath the laptop you’ll find some leaflets to ignore. On first boot you’ll run the standard gauntlet of Windows 11 setup. You’ll be prompted to select language, keyboard layout, connect to WiFi, sign in, and update Windows. Due to this being an AI PC, it comes pre-installed with Windows 24H2, which has all the copilot goodies and includes studio effects for the camera which can utilize the new NPU found in the Series 2 chips from Intel. Once into Windows, there were a couple rounds of Windows updates, including a firmware update from Asus. Once that was complete I was up and running. Luckily Asus has a minimal amount of bloat on the standard Windows 11 install, only bringing Story Book, and a few select Asus utilities. One strange thing I found, which I believe is related to my WiFi 7 router, is that 802.11be (WiFi 7) operation cause the WiFi card to disappear. If this happens to you, go to the WiFi Adapter in device manager and select the advanced tab and 802.11 n/ac/ax/be Wireless Mode and choose ‘ax’. I’m working with Asus on getting to the bottom of why the computer flips out when using a WiFi 7 network (behavior is freezing of windows modern apps, high ‘System’ process utilization, the WiFi adapter disappearing completely, and an inability to shutdown the laptop). I suspect this may be a driver issue from Intel for the particular revision of chip soldered into this board. When WiFi 7 works, I was able to see 200MB/s transfers. WiFi 6 still hits near gigabit speeds very consistently. Now, how does this perform? Well, Lunar Lake is an interesting beast. It is somewhat a byproduct of AI PC’s becoming a thing, and a specialized Intel chip that’s become more mainstream. For instance, Lunar lake has on-die high speed LPDDR5X, which clocks to 8533MT. In theory this should increase battery life and performance - but it is something that sounds like it will be a one off from Intel. Lunar lake eschews previous P-core/E-core asymmetry for a 4/4 setup with no hyperthreading present. This impacts performance, but in a way that is probably less detectable than some might suggest with a positive impact to battery life. The P cores are known as Lion Cove, and they’re fast. There’s a lot of power in this chip, but also it sips power in a way no Intel chip has in the past. Even in my semi-heavy mixed usage scenarios I am seeing all day battery life, which given my experience with similar laptops in the past, is about double what I expect. So does this mean we have a winner here? Well, if you’re expecting this to be faster than your previous Intel ultra portables, you’ll be disappointed. In almost every way, Series 2 is a regression to previous generation configurations from a workstation perspective. Yet, if what you want from an ultraportable is battery life and good enough performance, the Lion Cove P cores deliver and the Skymont E cores sip power and allow extreme power savings when the P cores are parked. Overall it’s a mixed bag. This is a lot of compute stuffed in a small, efficient package. Honestly a regression for the battery life is probably worth it, that is if the competition didn’t exist, but it does. However, if you want perfect x86 compatibility with Windows, Intel’s latest is definitely its greatest for ultra portability. Speaking of the chip, one huge update with this generation is GPU performance. I can attest, if you want to game e-sports titles, or really anything not brand new and triple A, this little powerhouse can meet your needs. Gaming Counter Strike 2 at 1080p was fairly fluid at medium settings, and the suggested High settings was actually pretty playable from a casual perspective - on battery. Dark Souls 3 on High 1080p played butter smooth, and many older games just ran solid. I played an hour of StarCraft 2 on High settings at 1080p and was getting approximately 40fps. Overall this little 2nd gen Arc Battlemage GPU is solid. Benchmarking it, I was able to draw a fairly close parallel with a 2014 GeForce 970 with 3DMark Firestrike, but you’re talking a heavy GPU that weighed more than this laptop (which slides just below 3lbs). Despite this being the mid-tier Arc 130V w/ 7 Xe cores, I got 3667 in 3DMark TimeSpy and 8061 in Firestrike. But this laptop is more than the chip inside. Coming back to what Asus has built around Intel’s Lunar Lake: you get a solid metal chassis, backlit keyboard, OLED 1080p HDR screen, giant multifunction trackpad, and a 75Ah battery pack (which outpaces the 14” MBP). Let’s unpack some of these highlights. The chassis is a strong feeling aluminium alloy anodized black. It shows fingerprints horribly, but does look nice when cleaned. There’s no real flex, and it gives the entire computer a solid feeling that you expect from machines much more expensive than this unit. Yet another surprise when it comes to value is the screen: at 600 nits, the OLED is plenty bright for inside use, and outpowers many LCD displays I’ve seen in similarly priced laptops while also providing those inky blacks. If you want to enjoy movies on this machine, it’s quite nice. I’d use headphones though, as the included speakers are just so so. The down firing speakers mean that if you use this in your lap, they’ll sound muddled. On a hard surface they’re not half bad for youtube or other basic listening. The backlit keyboard is a ‘single zone rgb’ meaning, no rainbows here, but you can pretty much have your backlight synced with your Windows theme using Windows Dynamic Lighting feature which is a nice touch. The trackpad has a bunch of shortcuts built in for volume and brightness - but this comes at the cost of custom trackpad drivers, which are not present in a Windows 11 clean install, which I found out while trying to debug the aforementioned WiFi problem. Battery life in practice I saw about 7% an hour with 60% backlight, keyboard backlight on and medium productivity usage. As with anything YMMV, but that would put 12-14h as a realistic runtime. Speaking of the keyboard, it’s not my favorite, but it’s more than competent, and has no flex at all. Port selection on this machine is nothing to scoff at. You get a full size HDMI, dual Thunderbolt 4 ports, a micro-sd slot, and headphone jack on the left side. Over on the right flank, you’ll find two full sized USB-A ports. This means this machine has lots of options that will come in handy to any road warrior. You get the sleek capability to run with one cable for power and ports making a docking scenario easy, but you also can plug in that thumb drive or deliver a presentation w/ a spare HDMI at a table. The webcam is ok. Nothing too special, but honestly it’s passable for your Zoom or Teams meetings. What’s really nice is the inclusion of Windows Hello IR camera for facial recognition. It’s one of the best things Windows brings to the table, and still isn’t as mainstream as it should be. Asus’s implementation is solid and I’ve had it work just as well as Surface devices I’ve owned in the past. Software wise, Asus doesn’t disappoint. You get battery management, performance management, and system diagnostics without much fuss. The MyAsus app stays out of your way, but does offer lots of settings you’d expect from a modern laptop. The system bios is pretty nice too, although I doubt many will need to use it. Cracking open the back you’ll find a need for a tiny torx bit. Inside, the battery and SSD are really your only user serviceable parts. It’s good the SSD is a standard NVMe m.2 2280 SSD, as the 512GB capacity might be small for some users. Luckily if you need to do an upgrade down the road, storage is easy enough. That said, the storage that comes with it is a Western Digital SN5000s, which is the OEM of the WD Blue SN5000. It’s not the fastest of drives, being QLC based, but does have a SLC dynamic cache to help buffer reads/writes on the slower QLC. This means for normal bursty loads, the SLC will be hiding this underlying slower flash. The drive is rated for 150TBW, which given its size shouldn’t be a concern for average users. It will burst to 6000MB/s read, which Crystal Disk Mark verified. Overall The Asus Vivobook S 14 Q423SA is a great vessel for the Intel Core Ultra 5 Series 2 chip inside. The solid construction, backlit keyboard, OLED screen choice, and generous port selection make this a great little machine. There are no gimmicks, just a great set of hardware for a fair price. Highly recommended.

The laptop market has been all over the place since the introduction of AI and more efficient mobile cpu chips. Qualcomm threw their hat into the ring; Intel & AMD still are competing and Apple is doing their own thing. I am one of the early adopters of the Snapdragon laptops and while they are fantastic, they do have their quirks and limitations, I won’t go on complaining about that but it was enough to prevent me from completing certain tasks. I was looking forward to the latest that Asus has put out enter the updated Vivobook S 14 OLED. My initial impressions of the VBS I will refer to is phenomenal. This 14-inch device is slim, light and a beautiful device overall. I am surprised that it offers full sized USB Ports, full sized HDMI port, and a few other IO options but of course the internal differ depending upon what you select. I opted for the Core Ultra 5. I am somewhat biased towards Intel as they have been a preference for years even with the debacle with the 13th gen and 14th CPU series. I still was rooting for their comeback. Now I am comparing this specific Core 5 to the snapdragon laptops that are out and Windows 11 runs as it should with no errors or X86 emulation. That is a plus in my book, battery life is unlike the previous Intel laptops that I have previously owned I charged it once and used a couple hours a day for roughly four days without needing a charge. This is very comparable to what Mac & Qualcomm have to offer. The display is what I love about this device is OLED but it is not overly saturated like some manufacturers. You can change the display options for a better color profile if you require it and that is awesome. This is a 16:10 aspect ratio while it is not a dealbreaker in my opinion I would prefer standard resolutions but, in this case, it works and it works very well. The keyboard is great and like all Asus laptops that I have owned they are great with no complaints. There is plenty of travel, the keyboard is backlit and of course it would not be an Asus product without RGB. You can customize that using their software, I use settings that are optimized for a balance of performance and battery. :::Pros & Cons::: Pros: - Stellar battery life - Excellent thermal design - OLED display - Full sized ports - Excellent IO Cons: - Finger print magnet Overall, this is an excellent device, it meets and exceeds my needs. This device would be ideal for students, business professionals, and the everyday Joe like myself. This can handle game streaming but do not pick this up expecting RTX gaming performance this is not designed for that Asus does have something for that. :::TL;DR::: Need an Intel laptop with great battery and excellent display then look no further this will do whatever you need it do and then some.