Customer Ratings & Reviews

Its light weight, its large battery and its elegant design. Its 14-inch OLED screen is one of its strengths: vibrant colors, deep blacks and good sharpness, ideal for series, movies or working with several open windows.

Summary: This laptop a gorgeous screen marred by color fringing, which is entirely Windows fault! More details: If you ever use small font sizes, forget this laptop: the small characters will look blurry and/or will show color fringing, as in the attached photo. However, if you only use huge fonts (>=12 pt) or only play games, then this issue will probably not affect you. Pros: * extremely light * bright, colorful, gorgeous OLED screen * long-lasting battery Cons: * display marred by color fringing: At the vertical resolution of 1200 pixels, small text has visibly jagged edges if one does not use anti-aliasing. Windows approach to anti-aliasing is called ClearType, which uses the fact that each pixel is made up of red, green, and blue sub-pixels. ClearType smooths the fonts at the sub-pixel level so the fonts appear sharp on traditional LCD screens, which use simple row or column sub-pixel arrangements. However, on OLED monitors it fails miserably because ClearType does not support more complex sub-pixel arrangements commonly used in OLED displays (see https://www.reddit.com/r/SteamDeck/comments/185biuu/no_one_is_talking_about_the_subpixel_arrangement/). This results in color fringing, as you can see in the attached photo. After playing around with Windows 11 ClearType settings, I was able to reduce the fringing, but it never went away completely. There is a way around this: a 3rd-pary open-source MacType tool (https://github.com/snowie2000/mactype) allows you to use more advanced font smoothing that plays better with OLED screens. However, this tool does NOT work on Qualcomm (ARM) CPUs, and the creator stated that they are not planning on making the tool ARM-compatible any time soon. Because of this, I returned this laptop.

This has to be one of the lightest laptop ive ever used ! lighter than the macbook air. I been using my old Zenbook OLED for two years which i loved because it was lightweight and had a stunning eye strain free OLED display. When i saw asus announce this laptop, I had to jump the bullet right away and purchase this new zenbook and i am not disappointed. it has a larger display while being lighter. The Only issue i have with this laptop is its snapdragon arm chip. its fast and all but emulating apps slows its performance down unlike apple m chips on macbooks where everything is almost native now. so fi your thinking of running games on this device ? forget it.

The battery life is absolutely amazing. I only charge it about once a day and it lasts from 8:00 a.m. beyond 10:00 p.m. it's so light people tell me they feel like they're going to drop it and overall is a great product. I'm so happy that I got such a good deal on it!

Great for travelling due to its lightweight. I read some negative reviews regarding its performance. I don't play games and found it more than adequate for general use. I particularly appreciate the HDMI port for such a thin and light laptop. It allows me to extend my desktop to an external monitor of 4K TV.

Great products works perfectly as expected, is thin, light and beautiful. Ideal for office use, normal. Wifi works perfect.

Meets my expectations. Amazed at how light it is. Excellent screen sharpness.

The laptop is fast, powerful for daily home tasks and most importantly light. It is very convenient to carry and use this laptop. The screen has a great resolution and the keyboard feels comfortable.

THIS… IS the new Asus Zenbook A14, a thin and light laptop with honestly some of the best specs I have seen for the price. Asus has paired a 14” FHD+ OLED display with the new Snapdragon X plus processor and a host of pretty impressive features and shoved it into a laptop that weighs almost nothing! With the market becoming significantly more competitive from Windows to Mac laptops, let's see if Asus has concocted the next best thin and light laptop that won’t break the bank! So opening the box, I was honestly surprised by just how much I really enjoy the Zabriskie Beige color on the new A14. I was worried it would come off as more of a feminine color, but I will say it bluntly, this is probably one of the best looking laptops I have ever seen. As far as the material of the exterior, Asus is calling it “Ceraluminum” and feels like a soft textured aluminum to the touch and touts improved resistance to scratches, falls and smudges. I will say that when I review lighter colored laptops, I am always worried they will show scratches or fingerprints rather easily, but whatever dark magic Asus is putting in their laptops has been able to successfully defend itself against my unruly spell of fingerprints. This is truly one of the only laptops that I can say is visually striking and eye-catching. Now that I am done frothing at the mouth over just how good beige can look, lets crack this puppy open and see what this oled screen can do and if asus can continue on its legacy of benchmark setting screens. Opening the A14 you are greeted with a beautiful pantone validated (the gold standard) 60hz oled screen in what is called FHD+ (also referred to as WUXGA) which is essentially a regular HD screen with just a few more pixels. I love that Asus went with a gloss screen as it really shows just how good this oled panel is without sacrificing its clarity. Coming in at 600 nits peak brightness, it is bright enough for almost every setting and to fight off most glare cast by lights. I was originally bummed when I saw that this was an HD screen and not a 2k screen, but honestly… this screen is really pulling its weight! If you put this laptop in front of me and said it was 2k or 4k panel, I would probably believe you! ASUS has struck again with their screen magic. Moving down towards the keyboard, Asus has used its ErgoSense keyboard for the A14 with purple esq hue for the backlighting. The ergosense keys have a soft but poppy feel that just encourages you to keep typing, and the purple hue honestly looks strikingly good on the beige frame. Below the keyboard is a well sized trackpad with Asus build in smart gestures that make day to day life quicker. Moving under the hood, Asus has used the snapdragon X plus processor with 16gb of ram. This is my first CPU that wasn't made by Intel, AMD or apple… and snapdragon didn’t come to play games. The snapdragon X plus just tears through tasks and light gaming while also being wildly power efficient. I mean, I am genuinely getting over 30 hours of screen time consistently… which is wild considering this laptop weighs just more than 2 pounds and almost never gets hot. One thing I want to call attention to real quick is just how many ports this laptop has packed in it for its size. The A14 is packed with a high speed HDMI 2.1 port, two thunderbolt type C ports that also work as display ports, a regular USB-A port and an audio jack! This laptop also charges over either of its Type-C ports which is awesome that you don’t have to buy an overpriced proprietary charger should you lose or break the one that comes with it. My only real complaint when it comes to the Zenbook A14 is that the speakers lack a bit on the low end bass, but that is to be expected from a laptop this size. It has two H/K tuned speakers that fire through the keyboard, and to Asus' credit, these speakers are crystal clear… just not rock your socks off good like pretty much the rest of the A14. As Asus has neared perfection with the Zenbook A14, I genuinely cannot be more blown away with the package that Asus has presented this year while keeping the Zenbook A14 a relatively affordable laptop. While I have gripped at the lack of low end sound, I find that to be a relatively easy problem to look over when we consider that literally almost everything else about this laptop is near perfection and…. Don't we all use headphones at this point anyways?? That being said, the cool part about Best Buy is that they likely have this laptop on display in a store near you, so you don’t just have to take my word for how good it is! BestBuy also has an excellent return policy and even better customer service, so you never have to worry about being stuck with a laptop that just doesn't cut it for you! So there is no harm in testing out to see if the Asus Zenbook A14 is right for your lifestyle. Until next time :)

Ive had this laptop for about 2 weeks and really like it so far. My trackpad malfunctioned /froze and I had to force restart my laptop - only issue so far. Overall it runs pretty smoothly and the display is amazing.

I bought this to replace a 13 yr old laptop with non-upgradable Windows 10. Overall, it exceeds my expectations.... and the backlit keyboard is ---AWESOME---

This has been a great product so far! It's very light, runs very smoothly, and is a powerful computer

Excelente product! Fast, light, easy to carry, great screen, not a single flaw

WEIGHT 10/10: It comes in at 2.4 lbs. Making it one of the lightest laptops on the market. Lighter than the MacBook Air 13” and just a bit heavier than the LG Gram. Which is immediately noticeable and for a portable, productivity machine makes way more difference than I would think. For my job I walk all over the place with my laptop. At times standing and having to do work on it. And manipulating this is truly a treat and provides heavy bias on me continuing to use it over my other more powerful and slightly bigger laptop I was using before. Along with it nailing the screen, trackpad, battery life, compact, non-sharp edges, smudge-resistance, and typing. I think you’ll be hard pressed to find a better portable machine than this one. SCREEN 9/10: It comes with a 14” Lumina OLED WUXGA (1920x1200, 16:10), 600-nit peak HDR, 60Hz, Pantone Validated Display. It does NOT have a touch screen. Which translates to a high-quality display. With it being OLED blacks are stellar. Pantone Validation means very accurate colors. I think the DCI-P3 coverage is like 95 – 100%. Which is excellent. That’s the mode I used it on, and everything was a delight to see. HDR looked great. It is not matte, so reflections are noticeable. But you get increased sharpness which I’ll personally take. Overall, excellent display. KEYBOARD 9/10: It comes with a backlit ErgoSense keyboard with smudge-free keycaps. It’s excellent. I think it is a sweet spot for typing, which I do all day at work. The travel is deep enough to be satisfying, with a nice solid tactile bump at the bottom, pops back up quickly and has just the right amount of mild/moderate activation pressure where you aren’t accidentally making presses. Spacing is excellent. Forces you to be very deliberate. They keys are full size (for the most part). I’m getting about 130 – 150 WPM. Backlight for the keyboard is white, comes in three brightness modes, and is mostly uniform. Have the same kind of soft-rubber feel to them that the whole device has. Which I enjoy the feel of. But the best part is they do an excellent job at minimizing smudges. So, the keyboard, where you rest your palm, the trackpad, and laptops body (such as the lid) all appear clean almost all the time. Making it so you don’t have to constantly wipe it down. TRACKPAD 8/10: It comes with an enlarged trackpad with smart gestures. Which includes unique features such as adjust screen brightness on the right side of the trackpad, volume levels on the left side of the trackpad, and across the top to rewind/fast forward. It is a mechanical trackpad. No glass top. Yet, the material they are using is still very smooth and easy to move your finger on. Avoids smudges well, and it is accurate. Click force is mild/moderate with it being easier the closer to the bottom you get. With that said still not as good as Apple’s trackpad or Surface Laptop 7’s precision haptic trackpad. Which I wish all laptops would adopt. SPEAKERS 7/10: It comes with Dual Super Linear Harman/Kardon speakers. They are on the sides of the laptop near the front, down firing. If you have it on a desk or your lap, they sound a lot better than other scenarios. Sound quality can be dramatically different depending on how you have it setup. I could easily understand speech. They got plenty loud. Music listening was enjoyable depending on the surface. More treble focused, mids were adequate, bass was light but present. There is some vibration in the laptop itself from them. Overall, I’m impressed for a laptop this size and weight. BATTERY LIFE 10/10: It comes with a 70Wh battery that they report will last for 32 hours. I was not getting anywhere near that level of battery. I was getting closer to the 12 – 15 hour mark. That was with mixed usage (watching videos, some demanding tasks, adjusting video brightness from 30 – 100%, backlit keyboard on, balanced profile for battery, outlook, word (white background over black), multiple chrome tabs open, notepad, google chat, and my software for work). Which included me not doing ANYTHING to try and maximize battery life. Which is excellent. But not close to 32 hours. But they report 19.5 hours with mixed usage. Which is closer. To me anything in that 12 – 15 hour mark is stellar. As that will get you through a whole day. Supports 60% in 49 minutes with fast charging. PERFORMANCE 7/10: It comes with a Snapdragon X Plus X1P (8-core, 3.4GHz) processor, 45 NPU TOPS for AI, 16GB LPDDR5X (8533MHz) soldered RAM, Integrated Qualcomm Adreno GPU, Wi-Fi 6E, Fan for cooling, 65W Power Supply, Energy Star Certified, MIL-STD 810H, Copilot+ PC w/ Asus AI Apps (StoryCube, Adaptive Lock & Dimming, AI Noise Cancelling). This scores medium to low high-end on my testing with Cinebench R23 testing and how it feels to use in normal operation compared to my very high-end computers. It does feel noticeably slower than my Snapdragon X Elite laptop, but they are scoring similar in Cinebench R23 which just proves there is more going on behind the scenes than synthetic benchmarks show. But with that said we live in a time where slower is still capable of doing the things most people do on a laptop such as word, emails, video streaming, research, and the ability to run most programs most people will use for work/play without any problems. And this chip is likely at minimum as powerful if not moreso, while also being far more power efficient, than most laptops that are older than 2 years. Making it a very nice upgrade for many. With it being an ARM chip there is some compatibility issues so you’ll want to double check. If you are doing more demanding tasks (video editing, video rendering, gaming, etc.) this isn’t what this laptop was built for. While it may be able to do those things, you’d be better suited going for another laptop. As the cooling for this laptop is limited, as the fan just simply cannot keep up when under extreme load for long periods I can see the processor ramping down to thermal limit. Cinebench R23 Scores: Balanced Battery: Multi-Core: 7832 Single: 1090 Balanced Powered: Multi-Core: 7270 Single: 1111 High Performance Battery: Multi-Core: 7392 Single: 1096 High Performance Powered: Multi-Core: 7344 Single: 1108 (yes balanced and on battery scored higher, I triple checked). I do recommend going into the settings and changing the fan profile from "whisper" to "performance" as my multicore jumped from 5391 to 7832 due to that setting. Single core score was the same. Fan only turned on when stress testing. Otherwise, it was off for normal use. And the fan isn't all that loud and is at the right pitch where it isn't annoying or irksome. It also comes with a quality 512 GB SSD. Actual Gen 4 Speeds. See posted picture for that. RAM is not upgradable. But speedy. 16 GB is a good sweet spot right now. Wi-Fi 6E is slightly behind Wi-Fi 7. Performance showed 1337 down and 1665 up which scores similar to my other Wi-Fi 6E devices but below my 2500/2500 that I’m paying for. BUILD QUALITY/COLOR WAY 10/10: It comes with an EasyLift hinge allowing you to open the laptop with a single finger without lifting up the bottom. Works VERY well. It also stays in place and doesn’t wobble when typing. It is made from Ceraluminum allowing it to be lightweight at 2.4 lbs. The Zabriskie Beige color is attractive. But most importantly help prevent any smudges making the device look clean even under heavy use. This includes the entire laptop (keys and trackpad included). AI FEATURES: Windows is getting more and more AI Features built-in. I think there is great potential here. But also risk. The webcam is improved with this as you have attention features where it will see if you’re looking at the screen, dim it if looking away, or turn off your screen if it notices you walked away and then turn back on when you get near. Also, provides background blur, auto framing, eye-tracking. Webcam quality was solid. Not great, lots of grain, but clear image. As was the microphone. I’d use it for calls. But isn’t premium quality. AI features also include other things like improved search function and all the other features you have seen marketing for with AI. I find the adjustment of battery, screen brightness, camera features, etc. to actually be beneficial. Whereas, the others not as much. But interested to see how this develops over time.

Very good laptop. Waiting for the next sale to get 1 more

Laptop looks very good and it is really performing well

This beautiful device might be the perfect fit for most people who want a feather weight, competent laptop with the energy to last multiple days on a single charge. I love the look and feel of “Ceraluminum” (made by a mysterious process that bonds ceramic elements to aluminum), which has already proven resistant to fingerprints and scratches. Just the act of lifting the lid with the display with a single finger shows me the attention to quality that was paid by the manufacturer. Speaking of the display, the FHD+ OLED has gorgeous colors and contrast! The resolution is fine for a 14 in screen. Nitpickers bemoan the 60Hz refresh rate, but I in comparison to another laptop I have with a refresh rate twice that, I really don’t see a difference in everyday use. Also, I very much appreciate being able to manage the screen brightness with a trackpad gesture as opposed to reaching for a function button. The Snapdragon X Plus CPU drives the computer’s operations handily. I have yet to hear the fans turn on, even with the initial set-up and updating that is typical for Windows 11. Startup is quick, and the facial recognition works well. I love a cool and quiet computer. While performing standard tasks (Web research, presentation creation, composing articles, emails, etc.) I am getting over 16 hours of real computer use between charges. I am not a computer gamer, nor do I perform video editing. So far, I have not found any productivity apps I use that do not run Windows on ARM natively. That ASUS can pack such a powerful, efficient processor and an ample battery in a package weighing about 2 pounds is astonishing. Typing on the keyboard is a remarkably satisfying experience; this is one of my favorite laptop keyboards, with good key travel, no mushy bouncing, and ample key spacing. The trackpad is mechanical but works very well. So, is this the perfect computer for general use? Note that there is no haptic trackpad, no touchscreen, no fingerprint sensor, and only a 60Hz display refresh rate. Camera and speakers are good, but not outstanding. However, I find none of these “deficiencies” to be deal breakers, as adding any more features would create a heavier, more expensive computer with less battery longevity. I am very happy to have a superb laptop that is easy to carry, has an extremely long battery life and sumptuous display, and that is a joy to type on. It ticks all my boxes!

This is a great laptop for everyday use that runs very quickly. The mouse is very sensitive and sometimes clicks on items while I'm scrolling because of how quickly it scrolls when I'm sliding my finger on the mousepad. But I love how quickly and easily each webpage opens, even when I have multiple tabs open at one time. The laptop was a cinch to set up and update Windows. Probably took me about an hour to fully set it up and apply all of the window updates. I love setting up a new laptop nowadays because once you sign in with your Microsoft account, all of your apps from previous and current laptops will automatically populate on the new one. The size is perfect too. A nice compact, lightweight fit that will fit in most standard laptop bags. This also comes with a co-pilot AI, which I love using on my other laptop. You can ask anything, and it will give you great information on whatever you are searching. I searched for information on an upcoming trip, and I got some great feedback and information on places to visit on our upcoming trip. The colors and personalization on your webpages are also a beautiful addition to the newer laptops. I love customizing my webpages and adding a little color to brighten them up. Charging was also pretty standard and took me about an hour to get to a full charge at about 30% battery. The battery also lasted a pretty decent amount of time while surfing the web. I scrolled and played around with it for a few hours and it was still above 50% battery. It is very lightweight and the color is a nice tan color that looks great. I would def recommend this laptop to everyone.

I was pleasantly surprised at how fast and light this laptop was. I wanted to love it, but I just couldn’t get past the manufacturing defect. The permanent and very noticeable black smudges were unacceptable for a brand new laptop. The return experience was also horrible. Zero stars for that! I ordered this online, but chose to return in store thinking it would be a smoother process. I waited an hour for a manager since the customer service rep told me that I was not allowed to return it in store since it’s a manufacturing defect and I would need to return it directly to Asus…even though it’s sold and shipped by Best Buy! I spent that hour standing in line and reading through best buys return policy, where it basically told me how convenient it will be to return to store any damaged item. Manager never showed up and eventually rep told me I was “allowed” an exchange… not a full refund. I was exhausted by this point and ended up paying the difference to upgrade to a Mac book air 15”.

Except the weight of course. It’s lighter than my MacBook Air. Ceraluminum, however, feels a lot like plastic and also has similar chassis flex too. Other than that it’s a decent machine.