Customer Ratings & Reviews

Asus Zenbook S 16 is a wow factor of a laptop, if you’re looking for a sleek laptop that’s not a mac book then I highly recommend checking out Asus latest Zenbook S 16 and man this does not disappoint with vivid 3k resolution a 500 bit peak brightness and let’s not forget it’s an HDR laptop! I fell in love I soon as I open this laptop here’s some few things and thoughts about the Asus Zenbook S 16. Device unboxing experience is fairly simple I love the paper style texture of the box. its simplistic and they definitely well thought out and great experience unboxing this device. the laptop is everything like a macbook air. beautiful ceraluminum, its ceramic and aluminum combination finish that’s it’s 0.43 inc thin. with a perfect weight of 3.31 lbs. the laptop comes with HDMI 2.1, 2 USB 4.0 Type C, audio combo jack and a full size SD carr 4.0 with USB 3.2 gen type A on the other side. the seconding thing that impressed me are the speakers by harman/ karmon with dolby atmos support. this speakers are way louder than my Razer laptop. Zenbook S 16 is packing the latest AMD Ryzen Ai 9. a 16” 3k Oled display 120hz and its touch display. Zenbook S 16 comes with massive track pad no with each corner has shortcut feature like volume, brightness and video adjustment right on the track pad. the keyboard looks great with great feeling and it did not feels cheap. experience the experience on using this laptop has been great so far for the past couple of days the screen which is 2880 x 1800 really brings a great picture quality right in front of you. it’s 120hz more than perfect for this style of laptop. I honestly wouldn’t be buying this for gaming but this laptop can be played with some of your favorite games. I always test my basic games which is CS2, Apex legends. Overwatch and Valorant. I game with this laptop with no issue and even have HDR activated. it has 500 bits of brightness, I didn’t find an issue with its brightness and for small 16” laptop I think that’s more than bright enough for what you’ll need. also always remember to update the laptop fully special activating a brand new computer. I did have to get the latest firmware for AMD on their website for some odd reason it would not update to the latest firmware. I love the trackpad the speakers again it’s loud and it’s clear. it has some great details that does not sound flat. would have been even better if the laptop can be fully folded flat with screen facing out considering it’s a touch screen i’m. the only issue for me I wish the power cord could have been a bit longer than what it comes with. it’s a tad bit shorter than what I was expecting. conclusion overall Asus Zenbook S 16 is hands down one of the better looking laptop out there. my wife also find this laptop beautiful and been enjoying it her time as well. can think of much issues about this laptop beyond the wifi was a bit spotty. it kept disconnecting me on and off. not sure if it’s the laptop wifi connection itself or it’s an actual software issue. but I re install its driver but still tend to drop its connection.I highly recommend this laptop build quality is top notch. doesn’t squeak it’s solid built with great quality on any corner you look at.

Its screen(also sometimes turn black unexpectedly but turn back on again quickly), look, build, hardware specs and price are ok, but just opened box and using a bit, found that even microsoft store won't run, evey time when you click it a installation bar shows up on the icon then nothing starts, plus all the default windows app like, music etc. are all behaves the same like that. Did reset, even remove and resintall the Store doesn't work. Reset the entire windows 11 still no dice, after some of those settings windows 11 felt way slower, even reset system seemed stucked too long, then waited don't-know-how-long it pop-up reset window again allowed to do next step to reset it again...did system reset then returned.

The ASUS S16 is nearly flawless. One of the very best Windows ultrabooks on the market right now (mid 2025). Physically, incredible build quality, easily as good as MacBook Air. No flex in the chassis, gorgeous all-metal with the classy looking ceraluminum lid. Remarkably thin and light as well. Fan noise is low, and it is silent under normal loads. Does get very warm under sustained load. Performance is strong. CPU and GPU are very good, basically the peak of WIndows chips at this point. Yet, battery life is also very good. lasts 8-10 hours under light load, and even 6-7 under heavier load, which is fantastic. Speakers are outstanding. Better than MacBook Air 15, and almost as good as MacBook Pro. Keyboard and trackpad are fine. Not the best, but very good. Trackpad gestures are useful, and mostly work well. Built in webcam is just average. ASUS takes a pretty light touch on bloatware too, so Windows is relatively clutter free. Anyone who wants a sophisticated ultrabook that actually has enough power to do almost anything, fantastic battery life, exceptionally good speakers, and is just a delight to use should seriously consider the S16.

**** Summary **** The 2024 Asus Zenbook S 16 is a striking and handsome 16" laptop that is light, ergonomic, and a pleasure to use on a daily basis. Despite its thinness, it packs a bright and crisp OLED display, spacious keyboard, a huge trackpad, and performant components that makes it speedy and lag-free, perfect for multitasking. The battery life is good, the speakers sound great, and its thin and light design makes it an ideal computer. I love it! _____ *Pros: -Clean, stylish, and elegant design. -Great performance from the AMD Ryzen AI 9 CPU, 24GB of DDR5 memory, and speedy NVME hard drive. -Thin and light. -Good battery life. -Big, smooth, and responsive Microsoft Precision touchpad. -The MyAsus app is very helpful and easy to use. _____ *Cons: -None **** Design & Build Quality **** The 2024 Asus Zenbook S 16 is one good-looking laptop. I have the Scandinavian White model with the Ceraluminium lid, and the device looks very stylish, elegant, and premium. The lid has a matte feel, and it looks like concrete. The display can be raised with one finger, and it goes up without any wobbling or stability issues. The 3K OLED display is bright, crisp, and evenly lit, and it makes colors pop and the blacks are truly black, making it a pleasure to watch movies and music videos on. The screen can achieve up to 500 nits brightness, and supports a 120Hz refresh rate, delivering an awesome multimedia experience. The 6-speaker system is well-tuned, and the audio is clean, punchy, and has a great soundstage. It has probably the best-sounding speaker system on a laptop. The keyboard is spacious and the keys are well laid-out, making it easy to type fast. I do wish the key travel (1.1mm) has more padding for a softer experience, but it's not bad. It feels a bit stiff initially but it didn't take long for me to get used to it. The white LED backlighting on a white keyboard works better than it sounds since the light is bright and the letter cutout is relatively large. The Microsoft Precision touchpad is HUGE, and I love it. It feels so smooth when gliding my fingertip across it, and it's also very responsive. I'm very appreciative to Asus for providing many useful ports on such a thin and light laptop. On the left side, you have one HDMI port, two 40Gbps Thunderbolt ports, and an audio jack. On the right side, you have one 10Gbps USB-A port and a SD card reader. That's enough ports for me to not resort to using a dongle which is always annoying. The rest of the technology is great and reliable as well, such as Wi-Fi 7 (MediaTek MT7925) and Bluetooth 5.4. This is my third Asus laptop, and it's the best one yet. I love the design, the meticulous attention to detail, and great build materials and build quality. **** Hardware & Performance **** Not surprisingly, the Zenbook S 16 is quite the performer, thanks to the 10-core, 20-thread Ryzen AI 9 365 processor, 24GB of LPDDR5X memory, and 1TB PCIe 4.0 NVME drive from Samsung (model MZVL81T0HELB-00BTW). 952GB of storage space was accessible and ready for use out-of-the box, and the laptop, thankfully, didn't come with too many third-party apps pre-installed. Multi-tasking on the Zenbook S 16 has been a delight. You want to run Chrome with more than 30 tabs open? Check. Stream music videos in the background while encoding that 4K action cam or drone footage? No problem. Play some 3D games or run emulators? No sweat. The Zenbook S 16 can do all of the above without breaking a sweat and without having to resort to its highest fan-profile mode, which is called Full-speed mode inside the MyAsus app. The other available modes are the Performance mode, Standard mode, and Whisper mode. For my purposes, I was content with the Performance mode, which gives me the right dose of performance without excessive fan noise. The battery will drain a bit faster but the trade-off is worth it to me since I demand speedy responsiveness and snappy performance from my devices. My wife has been using the Zenbook S 16 as her daily driver, and she loves it! Her previous device was the 16" Asus VivoBook M1603QA, which has an AMD Ryzen 7 5800HS processor with 8 cores, 12GB of DDR4 memory, and a 512GB PCIe 3.0 NVME drive. She says the performance difference was very noticeable which is backed up by the Geekbench 6 score comparison - the VivoBook scored 1818 for single-core and 6702 for multi-core, while the Zenbook S 16 scored 2789 and 12,815, respectively. With the Zenbook S 16, Asus has put together a well-balanced and performant machine that runs really fast and well without any overheating or fan noise issues, all in a stylish, thin, and light package. **** Any issues? **** I tried to find some faults with the Zenbook S 16, but I really couldn't find any. Everything is good - the design, build materials and quality, the display, the keyboard and trackpad, the gorgeous screen and awesome speakers, fast and stable Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connections. I feel very confident that 99% of the people who purchase this laptop will be very happy and satisfied. My wife likes it so much, she took it from me and made it her daily driver! :) **** Is it worth the coin? **** Yes! I say that because you do get many fancy features for the money, such as the outstanding 120Hz 3K OLED screen, unique and stylish design in a thin and light package, great performance from the Ryzen AI 9 CPU, DDR5 memory, and PCIe 4.0 NVME drive, and long uptime from the 78WHr battery. After spending this amount of money, you would want a device that brings delight and a frustration-free experience every time you sit down in front of your computer. And the Zenbook S 16 delivers exactly that type of experience. It's a 5-Star Win.

The laptop build quality is very good. It is very slim for such powerful laptop. It is beautiful and sexy but run hotter than all other laptops I have had. It has all the ports I need except the ethernet port. The 65W power brick is also small and compact but the prongs do not fold back in. When boot up the first time, first windows update makes the laptop hot. Game install and playing game also makes it hot. When playing Fortnite, CPU temp goes to 88C and the bottom of the laptop measured 132F. The OLED touch screen is very beautiful and bright, bezel is pretty thin all around. The screen cannot open flat to 180 degrees. The keyboard is very nice to type on. Backlight is bright but the shift mode characters for the number row is pretty dim such as the @ sign and the $ sign. The touchpad is big and responsive, no complaint there. This laptop has the copilot key on the keyboard and as such it is very convenient, the key opens up the ChatGPT box where you can ask it to solve math problem, find answer, create a picture, summarize article or text etc. The sound produced by the bottom firing speakers is very good, clear and crisp, has minimum bass of course. Webcam is mounted at the center above screen and supports Windows Hello. There is a dedicated button on the keyboard to turn off the camera as well as a button for the mic. The WIFI is of version 7 and so the download speed is very fast, I got 687Mbps. This laptop is using a Samsung SSD, max read speed at 660MB/s and max write speed at 609MB/s. Note the speeds mentioned above are based on simple test so might not be accurate or the same as yours. The battery life is very good, casual usage will last a day. Hovering over the battery icon shows 76% and 11 hours in the pop up box.

Product come NOT as described "exellent" condition, with a huge crack and huge den, barely meet "fair" condition, AND without any compensation! Delivery was late for one week than promised date shown on the website when I placed order, from Nov/23 changed to Dec/11 without any compensation again! Lack of integrity and basic work ethics. First and last time here in Best Buy, will definitely share to people around me and my followers on socialmedia, to save more ppl from suffering such devastating experiences what I did.

Great computer I’ve had it for a month, but then the screen stopped working

Performance When you see a thin and light, you usually don’t think performance. You’re going to be surprised with the Zenbook S 16. AMD has dropped their new Ryzen AI 9 365 processor in the laptop. If all of that means nothing to you, I’ll add the benchmarks down below. It’s not by any stretch a top of the line, but you’ll find it breezes through normal multitasking. Currently switching back and forward between office and an edge browser with over 30 tabs open with no lag or delay. Gaming wasn’t bad. As long as you’re not trying to play high end games with top notch graphics, you’re probably fine. I played Tribes 3 Rivals on lowest settings and frames locked at 60 without any issues. I had a bit more trouble when trying to play New World, where frames barely made it to 30 FPS and that was without pulling mobs or fighting in wars where things can get really busy. If you’re a casual gamer playing lower demand games, you’re in great hands with this PC as it seems to do those well. Wi-Fi performance is great! I have a Wi-Fi 7 router so I can take full advantage of the wireless features. I get very fast consistent Wi-Fi speeds and it negotiates at the router at 2.8 and no issues hitting internet speed tests that max out my connection at 1gb full duplex. For reference, this is faster than most ethernet connections on older routers. Display The display on this PC is beautiful. It measures in at 2880 x 1800 which they call 3K. It’s OLED so you know you’re getting the best display on a laptop and it also refreshes at 120hz so it’s buttery smooth to use. If you wanted to add a cherry on top, it’s also a touch screen. It’s great for watching videos or looking at photos. It is a bit glossy and at only 500 nits, it might not be the best for outdoor use, which for the most part, is not my use case. Keyboard, Mouse, Sound, and Camera The keyboard is just fine. It isn’t satisfying or disappointing in one way or another. I do like that it’s spaced well, ASUS didn’t try to squeeze in a number pad or other keys that would force your fingers to be closer together. I do find myself typing just fine and about normal accuracy although the keys are a little spongy. The mouse is a bit unique compared to other laptops I’ve used. It doesn’t “feel” any different but it does have extra touch features beyond the typical swipe up with 3 or pinch to zoom. If you swipe up or down on the leftmost part of the trackpad you can control the volume up or down, and if you do the same on the right, you can control brightness. You don’t lose mouse functionality in these areas as long as it’s not your starting point. I think it would be neat to be able to customize these settings to do other tasks like keyboard brightness but the settings seem to be fixed. Laptop sound has gotten much better over the past few years. I’ve noticed ASUS has been putting focus here as well. They do well at getting loud without being distorted which is impressive in a thin and light. They’re down firing speakers coming out of the left and right sides of the chassis. Finally, the camera. It’s not good. It’s grainy and I’m not sure if it’s over processing or just bad but it doesn’t come through good at all. What I do like is windows hello. The IR sensor will use depth sensing facial recognition to log you into windows. Also, new to me, is ASUS’ AI sensing camera. Not only will it allow you to add background blur, eye tracking and framing, but also detects when your present at your laptop and will wake the display for windows hello login when you sit back down at your desk. This is a neat little time saver as during a work day you may be up and down at your desk. Design ASUS has always set themselves apart by playing around with laptop design to be unique and appealing. Everything is very well made, almost no flex in the keyboard or surrounding area. The ventilation has a very unique machined design with tiny vent holes that gives it a unique aesthetic. The lid has a unique modern design, which actually looks very professional. The exposed aluminum lines have almost a silver luminance to it, subtly catching the eye. Battery Life Battery life has been great. I’m on and off throughout the day, even while testing different features of the laptop, and only charge at night when I go to sleep. ASUS also boasts 60% battery in 49 minutes with fast charging. I didn’t measure this but I did notice even going from around 50% to 100% it was fast. I’m glad to see a larger focus is being placed on all day usage and less time tethered to the wall while still hammering out great performance. The one downside is you do get a bit of performance hit. While on battery I was getting nearly 200 points less on my multi-core score on Cinebench 2024, it would have been nice to see the same consistency when on battery as I got plugged in. Final Thoughts AMD has been shaking up the game for a few years now and they’re no different in their mobile chips. ASUS has been with them all the way integrating and using these high performance processors to push performance to the max. There’s a few call outs that make this PC just short of perfect. Palm rejection on the track pad needs to be better. Several times while typing up this review, I’ve had my cursor get lost in a paragraph and I ended up typing where I wasn’t supposed to. The other issue is the bottom gets pretty warm when pushing the processor. Not an issue for me as almost exclusively use on a desk or a cooling pad, but some may find it uncomfortable after longer sessions. I really enjoy this laptop for the power package it is. It’s fast, sleek, lightweight, sounds good, has smart features, but there’s still some room for improvement with the trackpad palm detection, camera, and cooling.

The ASUS Zenbook S is a 16-inch productivity machine powered by AMD, Windows 11, and Copilot. This is a high-end laptop that is designed to handle more power-hungry tasks such as content creation, but it isn’t great for heavy gaming. I have only had the Zenbook for about a week, but it’s already proven itself to be a fantastic multitasking powerhouse. DESIGN: The physical design of this laptop is stunning. It has a ‘Celaluminum’ covering, which is a combination of ceramic and aluminum that is strong and scratch resistant. The color is a silvery white tone and there are some geometric lines etched into the lid of the computer. “ASUS Zenbook” is imprinted on the cover as well, but it’s small and set off to one corner. When you open the cover, the screen, keyboard, and trackpad match the gorgeous exterior. The trackpad is a bit larger than a standard trackpad and you have the option of using more two, three, and four finger gestures. This type of function is very similar to what you get with a touchscreen device, such as a mobile phone or tablet. Since I’m very accustomed to that, I felt right at home. DISPLAY: This laptop does not come with a pen, but the monitor is a touchscreen. This is one feature that I wish my other laptop had because I mistakenly touch the screen so many times when I move between my phone, tablet, and laptop. I found that the screen was very responsive and it didn’t seem to get too dirty with fingerprints. The screen resolution is 2880 x 1800, which is Full HD and actually treads into 2K territory (anything between 1440 and 2160 is considered 2K). The specs actually classify it as 3K, which isn’t widely recognized. The aspect ratio is 16:10, which is slightly bigger than standard widescreen. I viewed 4K video content from YouTube on this laptop and thought it was gorgeous. The screen is reflective and if you try to take a picture of its screen while turned off, you will get a reflection of yourself in the shot. With a brightness of 500 nits, the it’s very easy to read and edit documents as well as images on this display. With it being an OLED HDR screen, visuals are very impressive. You get a high color depth and very vibrant images. SOUND PERFORMANCE: I was very impressed with the power and sound quality of these speakers. They are Harmon/Kardon speakers and the computer is equipped with Dolby Atmos as a sound profile. I listened to some music using YouTube Music and blown away by how powerful the speakers are. For most sound, I comfortable listening at a level of 10, but for testing purposes, I bumped the volume up to 24 and 50 (I discovered that the volume increases and decreased by increments of 2). At 50, it was almost too loud for me — especially with it sitting right next to me. I found that I had a slightly different experience when I played a movie using Disney+. I had to turn the volume up to 50 in order to hear all the details I wanted to hear while watching the intro sequence to Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol 2. I used an app on my phone (Sound Level Meter) to measure the loudness of the speakers. First I captured some ambient noise, which measured around 27dBA. Then, I listened to music at the two levels I mentioned. The average dBA level was 33.5 with a max level of 79.2. The meter divides sound levels into four colored segments - blue (quiet), green (speech), yellow (noise), and red (danger). For the most part the volume level was in the green area, but when the music peaked at a high point (at 50% volume on the laptop), the level bounced into the yellow area. With the movie playing at 50%, I got a max level of 58.5 dBA and a minimum level of 25.2 dBA. It barely bounced into the yellow area. BATTERY: Out of the box, the laptop did not power on until I plugged it into power. It did, however, immediately show that it was at 60% battery level after set up was completed. I charged the laptop to 100% and then ran it down to 3% by playing a constant stream of 4K video streaming on YouTube. The screen brightness was turned up to 100% but the volume was turned down to 0%. The backlighting on the keyboard was also turned off and no other tasks were running other than YouTube on Chrome. I started this test at noon and at 11:44pm the computer finally shutdown due to lack of power. It took less than two hours to charge it back to full power with 30% battery life gained in just under 30 minutes. NETWORK: To test the network performance, I ran Ookla’s Speed Test using Chrome. The download speed was 814.95 Mbps and the upload speed was 724.87 Mbps and the ping was 13. This was using an AT&T Fiber connection with a Netgear RAXE500 Tri-Band WiFi 6E Router. PERFORMANCE: When it comes to performance, I will say that standard real-world tests passed with flying colors. I did a variety of tasks including surfing the internet, editing photos (just using Paint), and notepad/word processing tasks. I set the laptop up as a new PC and customized the experience for business and creativity as it seemed to match the specs of the computer the best. I did decline the trial offers of Office 365 and Xbox Game Pass. When it came to search settings, I turned off search highlights and the work or school account options. Then, I turned off the Microsoft Start feed in the Widget area. Once those setup tasks were completed, I completed the Windows updates. For the most part, this was a pretty standard setup process for me, but I did note that after the second reboot, I got a notification that ASUS needed to do a Firmware update on the Bios. I completed that with no issues, but a couple of days later, I had to do it again. There weren’t any issues with these updates, but it was strange to me since I’ve not encountered that before. After finishing setup and updates, I restarted the computer and immediately ran Task Manager to see how many computing tasks were running. There were 186 tasks running - most of which were system-based. There were 68 background processes and Task Manager reported that 3% CPU, 22% Memory, and 1% Disk was being used for these processes. I did several benchmarking tests on this laptop when I first got it (Geekbench, Geekbench AI, GFX Bench, and Cinebench) to check out its general performance ranking. I admit that I was a little confused about this machine’s place in the market since it has all high-end components except for the entry-level GPU. The tests I ran provided some valuable insights. Cinebench - Cinebench is a benchmarking tool used to evaluate the performance of a computer's CPU and GPU. It primarily measures the processing power of the CPU by rendering a complex 3D scene, which tests the CPU's ability to handle multi-core and single-core workloads. The resulting score reflects the CPU's performance, with higher scores indicating better processing capability. Single-Core Score 113pts; Multi-Core Score 713pts. This ranked it along size Apple M1 Max and Apple M1 Ultra processors, which are powerful, but are two generations behind the current chipset for that ecosystem. GFXBench - I ran the high-level and render tests. The results were: Aztec Ruins OpenGL (High Tier) 3721.82 Frames 4K Aztec Ruins OpenGL (High Tier) Offscreen 2362.31 Frames Render Quality (high precision) 3927.92 mB PSNR This means the Zenbook’s GPU will perform similar to a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 or NVIDIA GeForce 1050 Ti. Geekbench - Geekbench provides an easy-to-understand score that allows users to compare the performance of different CPUs and devices across various tasks, ranging from everyday applications to more demanding computational workloads. The Geekbench CPU score was 1606 single-core / 8363 multi-core and the GPU score was 26656. One additional test I ran was to see how quickly the laptop would compress a 4K video file. I used a 4K H.264 video file that is 10 minutes 15 seconds long and added it to Handbrake. Then I used the Fast 1080p30 preset to complete the conversion. The file was converted in approximately 12 minutes. Overall, the ASUS Zenbook S exceeded my expectations. I wish that it had a more powerful GPU so that it could also be used for gaming, but it’s a fantastic laptop that can used for nearly any type of task.

ASUS - Zenbook S 16 16” 3K OLED Touch Screen Laptop, AMD Ryzen AI 9 365 - 24GB Memory - 1TB SSD - Scandinavian White Before getting into my review, I want to mention that after your initial setup, run the MyASUS software to make sure you have the latest BIOS. Early BIOS had some thermal management issues under workload. It is also my recommendation that if you are going to do high-load tasks, a laptop cooler would be a good investment, as the system can still get warm. ASUS's Zenbook S 16 has an AMD Ryzen AI 9365 processor composed of four standard Zen 5 cores and six Zen 5C cores, an 880M integrated GPU with 12 compute units, and an integrated AI neural processing unit rated at up to 50 trillion operations per second. Scandinavian White units have a stunning “Ceraluminum” finish, a fusion of ceramic to an aluminum surface, creating a light, unique matte texture. It is too bad it is only on the lid of the unit. The unit is a good meld of performance and portability. It measures only half an inch thick, with thin bezels on all sides. It is under 14 inches wide and only 3.3 pounds in weight. The 16” 3K OLEd touch screen has a beautiful picture that is sharp, vibrant, and has a good touch response. The keyboard is spacious and center-aligned but lacks a numpad. The keys are large, feel comfortable, and are intuitive in their use and performance. It has a useable backlight that performs adequately but only offers a couple of brightness settings and the only color is white. The keys have good travel and are soft and quiet. It worked quite well at typing accurately at a fast rate. The touchpad is huge at about 6 inches wide. It is responsive, and unlike other touchpads, I had no issues with unintended inputs. The camera in the lid provides a means of Biometric login. Since there is not a fingerprint reader, Windows Hello facial recognition fills this gap. The camera's low-light ability helps in darker settings. This provides a quick, secure way to log in without typing a password or PIN. Presence detection is supported so the laptop can be locked or the screen turned off when you step away. There is not a privacy shutter. Power: I like the fact that the laptop comes with a small USB-C power brick that is almost the size of one that you would use for a Phone or Tablet instead of a huge brick-size power converter. The battery is a modest 78Watt-hour battery—it is hard to squeeze in a lot of battery into a small, thin laptop. Battery life is good, though. I achieved a 13.5-hour life when I looped a 4K-sized film of the latest Terminator movie. And boy do you enjoy the quality of a dark movie on an OLED screen. Communication: Because of its compact size, it has a good selection of ports. The left side has an HDMI 2.1 port, a pair of USB-C ports (USB4), and an auto combo jack. The right side is equipped with a USB 3.2 Type-A port and a full-size microSD slot. It comes with WiFi7 and Bluetooth 5.4 The Dolby Atmos has good sound with a 6-speaker Harmon/ Kardon system, but because of the size and power of the speakers, the volume for, say, watching a surround-sound movie is just adequate. I use a headset to get the true emersion I crave. Performance is there for most non-gaming things, but for gaming, you should limit yourself to low-rez older games. The AI features are minimal with Copilot, Paint, and StoryCube, and you can notice a performance boost in these apps with the AI hardware, but from what I have read, Microsoft is planning to include many of the AI features of CoPilot Plus PCs with Snapdragon processor laptops to AMD Ryzen AI laptops around the end of 2024 or the first quarter of 2025. But we all know how promises are on unreleased software. The ASUS Zenbook S 16 is a good midrange laptop that does well at most things but only works minimally for games. It is thin, light, and has a great keyboard, OLED touchscreen, and touchpad.

I've been searching for a personal laptop for over a year. I've tried and returned many machines - both PC laptops and Macbooks. But I think I finally found a keeper in the Asus Zenbook S 16. Why? It's a very light, aesthetically pleasing 16-inch laptop with a 120hz 3K OLED screen, a comfortable keyboard, a smooth trackpad, good-sounding speakers, 24GB of memory, a decent webcam, solid battery life, and a brand-new powerful AI processor—all for a GREAT price. There aren't many laptops that check all these boxes. It's not perfect—I even had to exchange it for a new one because of some issues I was experiencing—but given that there isn't much on the market like this laptop that runs X86 - and I didn't want a Snapdragon X laptop due to ARM compatibility issues - I had to give it another shot. And I'm glad I did. So, what issues did I initially run into? First, the unit I originally had ran incredibly hot. I read that there was a BIOS update to fix this, but even after applying it, it still felt unreasonably warm, even when doing simple things like watching videos. Additionally, while watching YouTube videos, there would be a screen glitch across the entire browser window every so often, which was annoying. Lastly, when I watched video content using my Galaxy Buds Pro 2 Bluetooth earbuds, the sound was delayed, which didn't match the words. Given that most major Tech YouTubers had nothing but praise for this machine, and it checked all my boxes—I thought I might have just gotten a defective laptop. So I returned it for a new one. I'm happy to report that I'm experiencing NONE of the above issues. There is very little heat aside from when you're charging it, and that's because it's so thin. Under regular use, it runs very cool to the touch. There's also no Bluetooth audio lag and no screen glitching. I haven't tried any video editing on it, but from what I've seen, simple 4K video edits using something like Clipchamp or CapCut should be fine. Obviously, if you want to do any major video editing, you should look at a laptop with a dedicated video card. My only complaint is that the trackpad isn't as tight as I'd like it to be. It's hard to explain, but you'll sometimes hear a little noise/rattle when you tap to click (instead of a full press.) It's nothing I can't live with, and the click when you fully push down is satisfying. Again, this may be a minor quality control issue, but it's one I can live with, given how great everything else is. So, in summary, after a year of searching and using MacBooks, Windows x86 Laptops (Core Ultra Series 1), and even the new Snapdragon X Windows laptops, the Asus Zenbook S 16 is by far the best laptop I've ever used - and that's even after having to return it for a new one. Usually, if I have to return a laptop, I never go back to it, but this one felt special, and the number of issues didn't match the reviews I was reading and watching. So, I had to give it a second chance. I'm glad I did.

My experience with the S16 has been pretty phenomenal. I picked this laptop up mostly for word processing and web browsing with some photo editing on the side. The S16 handles it all incredibly well. Coming from a high end gaming laptop, the performance on this device is nothing to look down on. The battery life was my main concern. I am studying for the bar exam and will spend anywhere from five to eight hours a day at the local cafe to get my studies in. Oftentimes outlets are hard to come by. I find on a full charge I easily make it through the day. The hardware is also fantastic. I am very picky about my keyboards but find this one to be a joy to type on. The screen is bright and vibrant and the backlight is also nice and bright. I personally don't ever use the touchscreen and wouldn't recommend it because of how prone to fingerprints the screen is. The outer shell is beautiful - more of a work of art than a laptop. I do have some problems with the S16 that are worth mentioning. The screen is beautiful and vibrant, but very prone to reflections and fingerprints. I wish there was a different coating ASUS would have applied, but it's not the end of the world. The screen also does not tilt back very far. If you are sitting at a desk then it is no problem, but if you are ever reclining or hunched over it and need the screen to go back further, you'll find yourself tipping the entire laptop to get the right angle. Pros: Great performance Great battery life (I almost never find myself hunting for outlets) Beautiful hardware Incredibly slim profile Great feeling keyboard Beautiful screen Cons: Screen glare Screen articulation

Definitely a laptop that gets warmer under heavy load, and I wonder how it will perform long-term with its heat management. Thankfully, I never put that much stress on it consistently, so it's only ever warm enough to be kinda nice on the hands if you look at it that way. Some upsides are the design, which looks even better in person, and the screen is nice to look at with decent battery life.

Pros: Smooth processor, beautiful display, lightweight, aesthetically appealing good (not great) battery Cons: Would be awesome as a 2 in 1. Touchpad functions like dim or volume control too sensitive. No fingerprint reader. A little slower than it should be. -Gets intermittently warm, but the firmware throttling prevents it from getting too hot at the expense of some CPU power. -Drawing on the screen is not as intuitive as lets say a Galaxy Book Pro, close, but not as good. I want to love this laptop. But I am in heavy like right now. At the right price it is a steal though. Gets much better reviews than the one with the HX370 cpu, so aa tempting as it would be to try that one, this is the sweetspot. If it had a 2 in 1 form, I would be 100% sold. Either way, it is solid "A minus". You shouldnt be disappointed especially if you buy it onsale.

Firstly the laptop came nicely packaged and protected which is a big concern today. Unboxing was straight forward and I was impressed with the beautiful packaging and the box felt higher end. Inside we have the laptop and the charger and what was really cool is the charger doesn’t require a charging brick so that’s a huge plus because I bought this for work and carry it inside my backpack that travels with me daily. Turning it on I was impressed with the backlighting on the keyboard and the beautiful screen that is much bigger than my previous laptops. Logging into windows was easy but it took awhile for data to transfer and I’m not sure if that was a windows issue or an asus issue. I’ve never bought a computer with this type of processor so I wasn’t really worried about it handling what I was going to throw at it which is basic everyday use. I need it for spreadsheets and word documents etc and usually I’ll have 5-6 internet tabs open for other various task. It handles no problem and the speakers are louder then other computers I’ve owned which is great because I listen to calls incoming to our retail stores and have issues with other laptops if my wife is cooking or the TV is on in the background. The 3k screen is beautiful. The only thing that I don’t like about this laptop is it gets very hot. That’s why only 4 stars. Then then that I’m very happy with this laptop and would recommend

Before I purchased this I was concerned about reviews citing stability issues, heat, and low performance. First, once you're at the Windows desktop, run the MyAsus application and let it update all the software - including the BIOS. The updated BIOS solves most of the problems. Given how thin this laptop is, it will run a little toasty. Surface temperatures are very reasonable for the surfaces you use; I was expecting much worse based on reviews, this is nothing. If you touch the speaker grille at the top of the deck, that gets hot, but under normal use you should never need to touch that region of the laptop. Fan noise under the Standard Mode is reasonable; Whisper Mode is as advertised and for most users should be the default operating mode. The other two higher power modes are mostly pointless; they increase fan speed but not the power limits of the processor, so there's no real performance improvement. Performance is excellent given the weight, noise, and heat, and some light gaming is even possible in the Standard Mode. For a point of reference, gaming performance is about on par with an ROG Ally handheld, and better than a Steam Deck. Be sure to set the video memory allocation to 8GB. This laptop proved to be exactly what I was looking for: it's light, it's well built, the keyboard is surprisingly comfortable, touchpad has a smooth glass surface, the OLED screen is beautiful, and it's very performant given its size and weight. It features modern I/O like WiFi 7 and USB4, and it's powered off of USB-C (be sure to use a charger and - this is important - cable rated for 65W). And a pleasant surprise: the speakers are very good, especially given how thin this laptop is. I don't think the higher spec version of this laptop with the Ryzen AI 9 370 HX and 32GB of memory is actually worth the upsell; the RAM isn't strictly necessary and the 28W power limit means any performance improvements are going to be minimal. And that version doesn't come in the gorgeous Scandinavian White finish. Now here's what sucks: - The finish on the OLED display is very glossy, reflections are bothersome, and *anything* on the surface will refract. You will need to keep it clean. - Windows Hello login using the camera works about 50% of the time, and it lags. - The lid is beautiful and the texture is gorgeous but it's a fingerprint magnet. - There's still a little jank. I haven't had issues with it staying asleep or waking up, but there have been odd times where the display brightness keys stop working correctly and the brightness is dim. Rebooting fixes the issue. This is more or less the laptop I've been looking for: big, bright, beautiful screen, very low weight, powered by USB-C, can play games in a pinch. I do think ASUS probably could've increased the power limits in Performance Mode a little, another 5W or so; there's some juice left in the tank with the cooling system. But it's still ample for what I need. If you know what you're getting into - an ultralight ultraportable laptop is not going to set the world on fire with performance and it's going to be a little warm - this is an excellent system.

The Zenbook S 16 is a near perfect device, with one huge (hot) problem. The build quality on this device is very good, and the white finish is quite nice on it. The screen is fantastic (high refresh rate, good brightness, OLED contrast), the performance is snappy and the laptop should have no trouble keeping up for the next couple of years. Battery life is pretty good in normal use, and the laptop has good port selection. I also like the large trackpad as well. The one major flaw with this laptop is that it gets extremely hot to the touch when doing anything more than general use. Download a file? Run a game? This thing gets very, very hot to the touch on the underside between your lap. Just be mindful if you plan to do performance work that way. Outside of that, during general use it remains cool enough and the fans are fairly quiet. This is a great laptop for anyone who wants a premium experience, excellent build quality, and lots of features, as long as you can get over the heating up.

I’ve been using the ASUS Zenbook for a little while now, and I’m extremely impressed. It’s lightweight, powerful, and perfect for both work and everyday use. The display is crisp and vibrant, the keyboard feels smooth and comfortable, and the battery life easily gets me through the day. It also runs apps and multitasking without any lag. Overall, an excellent laptop with premium build quality—definitely worth the purchase!

Great battery life, light weight and very good screen. More than enough RAM and storage and quite a powerful CPU. Can't ask for more.

I'm giving this laptop 3 stars for the screen alone. I can also run multiple tabs on Chrome without an issue. Unfortunately, the second I open up anything else, like Word or Powerpoint, it begins to overheat VERY intensely. If I plug the charger into it, the screen goes black for a few seconds - same when unplugging - and it continues to flash periodically, making it unusuable while charging. If I am resting my left hand onto the base below the keyboard, it affects the touchpad and starts highlighting my words or moving webpages as if I clicked on them. Lastly, the sound works when it wants to and I sometimes have to restart the entire computer to get it to work. This is very unacceptable for a brand new laptop. I did all the BIOS updates that the manufacturer suggested would resolve these issues. I'm returning it. I really wanted to love this and am so incredibly disappointed as the screen and build are absolutely stunning. The speed is great as well for simple browsing, but this is supposed to be an efficient computer for multitasking and studying. It is not.