ASUS Proart PZ13 Review

ASUS's Proart line has really been impressing me lately. They make creator products and they know what details to pay attention to. The PZ13 is a Surface Pro like laptop that I think provides more bang for the buck with it's new Snapdragon X Plus processor and OLED screen.

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[hhidd]

>> "Pro" "Art" tablet
>> WPP Jittery pen

how many tablets must they make to understand we love the iPad and the apple pencil for a reason...
with windows tablets i usually skip right to the pen section cause pen performance is probably THE most important thing to me, barely ahead of refresh rate (i prefer 120hz). i could live with 60hz but i can't live a bad pen.

[orangeofmars]

I would like to see these manufacturers with modern sketch laptops/tablets also see a matte magnetic screen protector. I hate drawing on glass and no screen protector available is a deal breaker for me.

[zycane]

Would be nice if Wacom just gave oems their pro pen tech.
What an amazing amount of possible drawing laptops we might get then.

[GartziaArtz]

Great review Brad! It's nice to see more good Windows tablets but it's a shame they don't put mpp 2.6 on them.

[ff]

It's been like 10 years since ARM processors started coming up more frequently and adobe still can't do it. They never will at this point.

[dantower]

For something that is supposed to be focused on artists, it's a shame they went with mpp instead of wacom.

[chrismscotland]

Just to add; you can buy a separate charger for the Slim Pen 2 for around £20 - you don't "need" to buy one of their keyboard.

[liamcollinson]

Kudos to asus for actually including the keyboard i am sick of Microsoft showing the surface pro with a keyboard then acting like it's optional and charging through the teeth for one

[johndelabretonne]

Brad, nice review, but I have two issues. 1) You can purchase a charging dock for the Surface Slim Pen 2; I got mine for $35, so you don't have to have the keyboard to charge. 2) The storage on the Surface Pro is used replaceable; there is a little door behind the kickstand that you can open and replace the Nvme SSD. It is never a good idea to pay the storage tax to Microsoft. My big issue with Microsoft devices is they male you pay $500 to step up from the base configuration to get an OLEDs screen; now, you do get more storage and an upgrade from the Snapdragon X Plus to the Snapdragon X Elite, but in a space constrained tablet, it doesn't really give you much better performance. At least the IPS screen on the Airbags Pro is really almost as good as OLEDs! The one thing I wish more OEMs that make these Surface Pro Clones would do is to use the 3:2 aspect ratio that the Surface Pro uses rather than 16:10. It just makes so much more sense for a tablet device; the weight distribution is just so much more manageable...

[gamingconnected_TV]

I wish Asus would make a new ASUS - ROG Flow Z13 13.4” with an OLED screen and a 4060 or 4070.

[franciscodetonne]

More choices for Window tablets are good, even if they are a bit underpowered (the pen still needs to be at least decent though). Even for people who do a bit of sketching/note-taking on the side of common office works, which mostly are on Windows OS.

[joehodgson]

1599 euros in Europe - gigantic bait-and-switch!

[PaulKaseta]

Another great review Brad! Love seeing the comic progress. Also, question? Recently lost my iPad :( was curious about your opinion. Android tablet (s9FE + or similar) new iPad Air, or a device like this? I do art on the go for the most part. I have a MacBook already so it would seem silly to get something like this. but if it was just for art? I need to replace my iPad some way some how soon but Im not sure the route I want to go anymore now that android has really stepped up their art game (at least the galaxy tabs) did all my work in clip studio (for backup purposes) so I can just to a different device if need be.

[ronyvanhove]

Great review! BTW, this tablet has a Snapdragon X Plus with 8 cores and the baseline Surface Pro 11 X Plus with 10 cores.
I am surprised you mentioned that you can't download ARM version of Fresco.... I am using ARM version of Fresco for serveral months now (it was released earlier this year), first on my Surface Pro X (SQ2) and now on my Surface Pro 11.

[MarkOakleyComics]

Good review!

And yeah... My windows 2-in-1 when "Hibernating" drains the battery to zilch in a couple of days. I've never gotten a good answer as to why. It's annoying.

So, snapdragon is appealing.

But.., no Wacom, no deal. (One day the competition might figure out how to draw a straight line, but apparently.., that day is not today.)

[NerdyScotsman]

annoys me that phones and tablets have removed 3.5mm jack i think it should be manditory for every device not costly and it's most damn useful thing to exists for years

[danielpv]

This thing has a full SD slot, whereas the PX13 does not. Someone at ASUS product design needs to be made redundant ASAP.

[AgentZeroNine]

Lunar Lake just made ARM (especially on Windows) look like a mistake. Can't wait till we get Windows tablets that are based on Lunar Lake.

[stengon]

Is it too much to ask for a Windows device with a decent battery, a good pen, and the capability to connect it to a drawing tablet? I just want an ipad like windows tablet that I can take with me when I need it, and hook it up to a wacom at home. So to keep my tech to a minimal and all my files in one place.

[EnochGitongaKimathi]

I hope we get a Microsoft Surface Pro with Lunar Lake aka Intel Core Ultra 200V Series.