Customer Ratings & Reviews

Crazy good build quality and drop dead gorgeous touchscreen in 3K Resolution OLED. Not ready to get rid of X86 just yet and this laptop is decently power efficient and has a huge battery. Charging every other day for now. Laptop is extremely thin but still manages to include all of the important ports and charges via USB-C. Large trackpad is extremely responsive and a pleasure to use. 24 GB of RAM should be good for a while for this use case and the 1TB SSD is fast enough and plenty of storage. Very happy with the laptop, just wish it was maybe slightly more affordable. Barely runs hot when in balanced mode and performance is not impacted one bit.

The Asus zenbook is a amazing purchase for my investment! And it’s worth purchasing if you ordered online or in store when it’s on sale/discounted. You get a 16 inch Oled display which is gorgeous, plus a smart camera that features windows hello and have the laptop sign out when you walk away. The keyboard have good travel and it’s nice and quiet and it’s backlit, which is nice. 2 USB-C ports are great, but I want to have one of each side for easy charging and connectivity. A HDMI 2.1 port, headphone jack and SD card reader are handy for content creators or multitasking. There’s one USB-A port, which is quite disappointing if you need another for a flash drive, etc. The chip , which is AMD Ai 365 is blazing fast, not as fast as the HX370, but gets the job done. 10 core cpu and integrated Radeon graphics are amazing for all kinds of work. Thermals are good, but if you’re in full load, you will encounter some heat. Overall, it’s a worth purchase if the price goes down. And I highly recommend to this device to anyone and Black Friday is around the corner, so get one when it’s starting to go on sale! PS, copilot plus features will be coming to this laptop so stay tuned for my updated review.

It sounds like the laptop is a good fit for students and casual work, with the ability to handle basic online and story games. The bugs can be frustrating, but hopefully, updates will resolve those issues soon.

It’s a hit or miss… the first one i got kept crashing when connected to an external monitor which got really annoying. The second one i got is fine so far. Other than that it’s a great laptop. The screen is amazing and it seems to be very fast. Best feature is definitely how thin it is. Very portable for 16 inch so if that’s what u want it’s perfect. Battery life with mild use is about 12 hrs. It can get hot especially if ur using it while charging. Also really nice build quality and looks amazing.

Exactly what i was looking for. Is super smooth and definitely better battery than most windows laptops of 16’

**** 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.

To preface, the laptop looks great. Its very lightweight, and has solid battery life. I can easily get around 6-12 hours in a school day light browsing and working with virtual machines. It's a large margin depending on my workload for the day, but to offset that it impressively only requires a 65w charger which most decent power banks will handle allowing for a portable, powerful laptop with a decent enough iGPU for light gaming in a pinch. Now for the bad, the laptop only supports a 1TB NVMe. ASUS support will tell you otherwise and say a 2TB will work, but I personally have tried a 990 Pro 4TB NVMe, a 990 Pro 2TB, a 980 2TB Crucial, and a 980 Pro 1TB. The only one that would work is the 980 Pro 1TB. It would outright fail for larger storage using ASUS Cloud Recovery and cloning the partitions or performing a fresh install of Windows 11 and manually importing the drivers from the original drive's System32/driverstore folder would inevitably have the laptop randomly bluescreening no matter the software used so the device does not support expandable storage whatsoever aside from an SD card. In addition, the paint is very fragile. Just sliding it in and out of my Nomatic backpack's laptop compartment, the felt has stained the sides of the laptop shown in the photos. I was able to remove some of it, but it is still very noticeable. Honestly, it's a shame because I feel like these are huge flaws when you're looking at laptops in this price range there are so many options available to you. The laptop has 24GB RAM, so it's clearly meant to be a light workstation laptop, but it caps you at 1TB storage. I have no clue what ASUS is thinking, they definitely need a BIOS update or revise the model if it's a hardware limitation. Poor design philosophy if its intentional.

I'll get the Pros out of the first. PROS: Beautiful 16"/120hz/ 2.8k display (3k with Asus rounding up). One of the nicest OLED panels I've seen on a laptop without the dreaded screen-door effect found on some touch panels. Build Quality: All aluminum chassis that uses a special heat treatment to create a cermic like durable finish on the lid cheekily called Ceraluminum. Sound: Audio quality is top notch after tweaking in the Dolby Atmos app by setting it to Dynamic. This will let DA use the proper EQ for the source material and make for a great listening experience. Keyboard/Trackpad: Low travel chicklet style keyboard makes for a satisfying typing experience. The touchpad is massive offering great gesture recognition as well as some additional functionality (also a CON). (Left edge) Can be used for raising and lowering the volume. (Top Edge) Let's you scroll through videos (Right side) Can adjust screen brightness Battery Life: In normal usage (Youtube/Google Docs/Dozens of tabs open) I was able to get around 12 hours of usage while still having aboit 15% left before throwing it back on the charger. Now lets get to the cons of which there are a few and for some they may be deal breakers. CONS: Display: While a truly stunning and performing it uses PWM (flickering the backlight) at a frequency of 480hz. This helps for smoother motion on the display, but at around 30% brightness is was slightly noticeable. Keep in mind that not everyone is susceptible to seeing flicker and I'm usually not, but for some reason it was apparent. Now seldom lower the backlight that low, but the wife was proofreading a project I'm working on and she lowered it and mentioned it. Trackpad: I simply mention this because the additional gesture features mentioned in the PROS come with CONS as well. In practice their usage can be a little hit or miss with their precision. Their inclusion can cause issues with normal usage if you accidentally brush across the area the backlight or volume may adjust irradicically. [This feature can be switched off in settings and you can simply use the function keys to adjust.] RAM: While the base model with the HX365 Zen 5 chip comes with 24, it is soldered therefore not upgradeable. For near every average consumer this will likely be enough for the foreseeable future, but for creatives it may be an issue down the line. Heat: This is the final and likely most significant if you use it on anything other than a desk. Even during normal useage the keyboard deck can get very warm to the touch and the bottom can get uncomfortable after a short time on your lap. I have troubleshot all these issues and updated every piece of software available to attempt to improve some of the trouble spots. AMD could easily optimize Zen 5 to be more efficient, but Asus's cooling solution may still not be able to handle it with such a thin and light chassis. I was so excited for the new AMD 9 Ai series laptops, but this is more of a reflection on Asus who in the past few years have had an issue with engineering. It may simply be a matter of style over substance and another manufacturer might pull both off.

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.

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.

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.

Could have been an excellent machine or even best machine, Excellence battery about 15 hours but I was expecting more form this price point. Good speaker but nowhere near Rephyrus G14 2024. Yes you can game, but expect your hand to get fired... I ended up returning my machine for structural defects, the right side of the laptop nake loud creeky noise when even lightly push.

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

Overall right now how the laptop is alright. I want to say it's great since I saw reviews and there were a lot of good things to say about it, but after returning it 3x I can't say that. Cons: I replaced this laptop 3x times since each one has had some kind of issue with it. Replacement #1 - After getting it all setup I immediately noticed that when I would watch videos the screen would randomly go black for about a second and then back to normal. There was also one point where it was downloading an update and after it got a blue screen. I knew a brand new $1,400 laptop should not be having these kind of issues on day 1 so I returned it. Replacement #2 - After setting up this one I didn’t have the screen issues from before, but for some reason, the right fan was really loud. It would be running up a lot faster than the left one and had a really annoying whirring sound. It sounded as if there was a screw loose inside and so was moving on its own. I tried opening it to see if I could fix it, but 2 of the screws on the backplate were on there really tight. I got frustrated that again this $1,400 laptop had another issue so I returned it. Replacement #3 (Current) - Now I am currently using the 3rd replacement and it's been 2 months. The fan issues seem to be fixed with this one. I haven’t gotten a blue screen. However: Screen: I got a different kind of screen issue from the 1st replacement. Now when I watch am using the laptop either on websites or videos I will get a random 1-inch black bar across my screen wherever my mouse it located. It pops up for a second, but it feels like the laptop will just shut down at any moment. Power: (Not sure if this is related to the above issue with the screen.) Sometimes the laptop just won’t turn on. It would have a charge, but when I turn it on the keyboard lights up like always, but the screen remains black. I wait a few minutes and it still doesn’t turn on. Only until I do a hard reset by holding the power button for 10 seconds and turning it on again does it turn on. This happens about 1-2x a week. Trackpad: The trackpad will just randomly stop wanting to work. I will be doing something and the trackpad will stop moving. Even the mouse disappears. Then after a minute it comes back, but becomes crazy sensitive and unusable. I have to turn off and on the laptop to fix it or wait like 5 minutes to go back to normal since sometimes I am working on I can’t turn it off or I’ll lose my info. General complaints: Keyboard - At least on the white version it's hard to see the secondary functions on the number row. As in the @, #,$, %, and those other signs when using the backlight. I have to look over on top of the keyboard to see what I’m clicking on. Heat: There will be times that the laptop will be warm and the fans will turn on. Even right now as I am writing this I am on 54% battery not plugged in, I have one window open with 12 tabs and the fans are on and the back is warm. Looking at the My Asus app I can see that the right find is always running faster than the left one. Sometimes it gets really loud where I have to try and cool the laptop down by hovering it above my desk for a few seconds. It seems like the cooling solution in this laptop isn’t very good or the chip is drawing too much power. Or both. Battery: The battery isn’t as good as I thought it’d be. It lasts me about 8 hours just browsing the internet and watching videos. I was expecting at least 10 hours. Pros: Design - I love the design with how nice it looks. I wanted to get the higher ram option but the white is only available in this lower ram config. Speed: It's been pretty fast and I expected that since I also wanted the new AMD zen 5 chips. It can handle the 5 windows and 20 tabs each I have open on it. Display: Very nice display with the colors and the touch capability. Trackpad: It would've been nice if it was a haptic trackpad, but it still feels good. It's big and centered so it doesn't hurt my wrist as much as my HP Spectre x360 that I replaced. I think the left and right slide of controlling the volume and brightness is interesting but not too helpful since there are buttons for that already. Keyboard: The keyboard feels good and responsive. Since this is the laptop that has had the least amount of issues I am keeping it since I really want to like it and I believe all the issues I am experiencing now are software-based and not hardware ( but I could be wrong on that). However, I am debating about buying from Asus again. This is my first time buying anything from them and I am more frustrated than happy with these purchases. I hope they can get better quality control in the future and can get their software in order.

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 display is gorgeous! The 16nch Full HD screen provides crisp, vibrant colors, and it’s perfect for streaming movies, editing photos, or even working on detailed documents. The narrow bezels give the laptop a modern and premium feel, and the screen’s brightness is great for both indoor and outdoor use. As for the keyboard, it’s comfortable to type on – the keys are well-spaced, and the backlighting makes it easy to work in low-light environments. The battery life is fantastic as well – I can easily get through a full workday without needing to recharge. What really stood out to me, though, was the overall build quality. The laptop feels sturdy and well-made, and it’s surprisingly lightweight for all the power it packs inside. Plus, it looks sleek and stylish, which is a nice bonus!

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.

This is one amazing laptop, but I have some caveats. First, it has crap MediaTek 802.11, and surprisingly, the 802.11b is a little bit weak. I can get reception while laying in my bedroom, but if I cross my legs behind the laptop, that attenuates the signal enough that it will cut out. Second, the laptop is thin and cool MOST of the time, but charging heats up the battery A LOT. I wish there were a "trick charge" option. A lot of people buy this laptop expecting it to be an iGPU/APU gaming powerhouse, but it really is limited to 28/34w of power, so the 370 model is not really faster than the 365 model, and I got the 365 model because I mostly need a glass typewriter with a huge screen. The screen by the way is FANTASTIC (the nicest I have seen in my lifetime, and we have a $1200 Vizio Quantum X TV), and the performance and energy savings of this laptop are AMAZING. What is a problem, though, is bugs in windows 11, and you cannot downgrade to Windows 10 to get a stable OS because nobody is supportings Windows 10 on these AMD 300-series AI processors.

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.

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.