Customer Ratings & Reviews

So far only a few weeks into ownership and this computer is great. Purchased a travel sleeve to protect it in my backpack immediately. Worried about travel damage.

This laptop was a very great purchase, easy to use.

Everyone was super helpful and full of information to help me make the best choice for me.

The person who helped me was knowledgeable and certainly helpful, but he was seemingly a one-person show in a department that needed another person to keep the wait times down.

I was impressed with the quality of this Asus laptop.

A good, fast computer that has served me very well at work. I love it and would buy it again.

It has all the specs needed for a higher teir laptop but for a really good price!

Exceeds expectations in ease of use and efficiency!

I am so happy with it I just love it size price and everything

Great laptop overall but having issues with some adobe apps

Good functionality. Excellent relation between characteristics and price

The computer is definitely worth more than the price tag on it.

Good laptop for the price. Helpful staff at the store.

Is a beautiful and efficient Laptop, the speed is excellent

Everything is fine until I saw the screen freezing since yesterday as soon as I saw it was hanging I restarted it and it's fine till now

Love my laptop very easy to use not to big. Anyone can understand on how to use it

Great lap top! Screen is a little small but I use it with a separate monitor so it's not an issue.

This review is for the ASUS Zenbook 14, featuring a 14" FHD+ OLED touch screen, Intel Core Ultra 9 processor, 32GB RAM, and a 1TB SSD. Right out of the box, I liked the color (Jasper Gray) and finish — and that’s about where the sexiness stops. The lines of the laptop are a bit blockish. Not the smooth, tapered, pencil-thin design that so many late model laptops have. Maybe that’s not a bad thing. It certainly makes it easy to grasp and lift. While we’re mentioning ‘lift,’ know that this Zenbook 14 comes in at about 3 oz shy of 3 pounds. I do like the rubber feet which act to raise the laptop above a flat surface for proper ventilation. Their design also makes the unit easy to grab and go. Hooking up peripherals and accessories should be a breeze since the Zenbook has connection ports consisting of one USB-A, two USB-C Thunderbolt ports, HDMI, and one good ol’ round headphone/external speakers jack. Gotta love it. When open, it’s hard not to be impressed by the OLED touch screen. You can’t really get blacker blacks than an OLED. Awesome display. I find that the keyboard suits me just fine. I like the responsiveness of the keys. When I feel like resorting to my tablet skills, the touch screen performed just fine. (Why is it that some laptops with touch screens don’t open past 180 degrees…like 360, so you can actually hold and use it like a tablet? Oh, well. I guess that’s beyond my pay grade.) The keyboard also has the MS Co-Pilot key. I’ve got to learn more about that and how to use it. I guess it leads you into the world of AI…? The specs of this model Zenbook 14 are impressive. With 32 gigs of RAM and Intel’s Core Ultra 9 processor, I don’t think I’ll ever got bogged down working on different projects at the same time…while streaming some music…while watching a movie…while making homemade pasta… You get the picture. The one thing I might question is why would ASUS load this machine up with this much RAM and the Core Ultra 9 processor without also adding a beefier graphics card (this uses Intel ARC)? The ONLY reason I bring this up is because Best Buy lists this as ‘entry level graphics’ in the product description. Note: I am not a gamer — but there was absolutely nothing deficient regarding graphics as I streamed an action movie (The Beekeeper) and beautiful YT 4K display clips — no jittering, no ghosting, no delays whatsoever. Did I mention how awesome the OLED display is? I searched for more info on the ARC graphics and it seems to be just fine for gamers. There you have it. This Zenbook 14 is a workhorse. It will not disappoint.

First impression: My first impression of the Asus Zenbook 14 laptop is that it is a lightweight, well-made laptop. The keyboard offers good response without any bounce. And the large keys make it much easier to type at a decent speed for 2-finger typists like me. The hinges are smooth and do a good job holding the lid at any position. It’s attractive, and the minimalist logo on the top looks real nice. And finally, this laptop is MIL-STD 810H certified in vibration, shock, high temperature, low temperature, and altitude. Technical Specifications: • Display size: 14 Inches • Screen Resolution: ‎1920 x 1200 • Display Type: OLED Touchscreen • CPU: Intel Core 9 Ultra Series 2 • RAM: LPDDR5X 32 GB • Memory Speed: ‎5.6 GHz • Hard Drive: ‎1 TB SSD • Graphics: Intel Arc Graphics • Chipset Brand: ‎Intel • Network: ‎Wi-Fi 7 802.11ax Bluetooth 5.4 • Ports: ‎1 x USB 3.2 2 x Thunderbolt 4 1 x HDMI 2.1 1 x 3.5mm Audio Jack • Battery: 4-cell Li-ion • Avg. Battery Life: ‎18 Hours • Weight ‎: 7.54 pounds • Dimensions: ‎12.34W x 0.57H x 8.58D inches Setup: Setup was a typical Windows 11 configuration without any issues. Performance: This laptop is fast. The bootup time from power off to desktop is 13.98 seconds. I did benchmark it, and the final score was 8898. That’s pretty good for an ultra-portable, non-gaming laptop. The i9 Ultra CPU makes for a very responsive laptop. Apps open quickly and with 10 apps open at the same time, it doesn’t slow down the performance of the laptop. At one point, I had 10 apps open, including Adobe Creative Cloud. I opened Apple Music and started listening to music. Finally, I opened AutoCAD, and it opened and performed as good as if it was the only app open. Looking at the performance monitor, the resources were taxed pretty hard, but as an end user, I did not feel the effects. For the gaming test, I ran the DRL drone simulator via Steam. The streaming didn’t have any issues at all. The flying was smooth and no matter how much I pushed the drone, doing flips, loops, and high speed, rapid turns and direction changes, I could not cause the laptop to show any signs of stress. Next, I streamed 4K movies from Netflix. While the 14” screen is not optimal for watching movies, the display was clean with vibrant colors. And while that was impressive, the audio is what stole the show. For audio, Asus simply states it has Smart Amp technology with built-in speakers. This screams low volume with a tinny sound, especially from an ultra-portable laptop. But the audio is amazing. It is loud compared to all my other laptops. It is clear with full sound without sounding harsh or empty. The bass sound is there but doesn’t have any oomph behind it. But it is there, and that’s also surprising. My other ultra-portable has zero bass. This is my favorite part of this laptop, amazing audio from a small case. Conclusion: The Asus Zenbook 14 (UX3405CA) ultra-portable laptop is an amazing laptop stuffed into a lightweight, small body. The graphics are really good, the touch screen is smooth and accurate, the performance is outstanding, and the audio is amazing. As an IT engineer, almost all my work is in the cloud. This is such a lightweight and easy laptop to use, it is now my regular carry laptop for both work and home. If you are looking for a good ultra-portable laptop with features rivaling bigger, more expensive laptops, then I highly recommend the Asus Zenbook 14 (UX3405CA).

Getting lot of spinning sound on a new laptop in the middle of processing some applications