MacBook Air fanboy reviews ASUS Zenbook S 13 OLED!

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Is the ASUS Zenbook S 13 OLED better than the 13-inch M2 MacBook Air? Well, this Apple fanboy has been putting that possibility to the test! Find out what I think in my full ASUS Zenbook S 13 OLED review.

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CHAPTERS
00:00 - Intro
01:40 - Trend Micro
03:04 - Specs and pricing
04:53 - What I like
08:22 - What I don’t like
10:28 - Conclusion

[MarkEllisReviews]

What would a Windows laptop have to do to tear you away from your MacBook?

[Roman-rhdk]

The theme is: "I will not not make any tests and compare these devices based on objective data. I will just share my perception. BTW I am Apple fan"

[IIFrozenFlame]

Great review and I really appreciate the honesty here! I've literally been sprawling around looking for a portable windows machine that can even come close to my macbook air m2 in terms of form factor, build, and performance.

Honestly this might be the machine I'm looking for.

[mchambers]

As a long-time Mac user, I have to say that I like Windows 11 a lot. They've made some great improvements.

[bigsean]

If I give current MacOS a rating of 9.4
And Windows 10 I’d give about 7.2
The Windows 11 IMO is the best improvement, and I’d personally rate it at 8.9

[streamzziboxtercodmobilega]

got the asus and it is a great machine

[Just_Areki]

Why literally no one doesn't review Zenbook S13 with Ryzen 7840u? I see that model on the market, but there is not a single review on it

[andril]

Arch on this would kill and "What If's"

[trubadyr]

This is precisely what I hate: the macOS ecosystem, I do not feel free there. Unlike their hardware, which is superb. That's why I dream about a good implementation of Linux on the hardware based on their chips. I don't consider Windows a game changer, but it allows doing more under this OS than you can in macOS. The Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED is good, the only criticism I have is its good OLED but still non-mate display and not so powerful speakers.

[JgHobley]

We've just bought a 14" Zenbook and we love it!! I use a 16" M1 MBP but I'm very inpressed with Asus. HOWEVER, I saw a YouTube video and the reviewer had issues after 12 months and Asus did nothing to help. That worries me!!

[barkoczigabor]

Well to further compare, a docking station for mac costs just about 10 times more than a windows one given the same port selection or if you take the same amount of money you can get 3 ports on a mac for 100$ or you can get a 10 port docking station otherwise.

On top of that, macs have the butterfly switch so in trade you can a slightly better trackpad in return for a keyboard thats probably the worst on the market compared to anything else even entry level laptops or cheap tablet keyboards.

Also you need to keep in mind what do you use it for. If you use it as a workplace laptop and your entire company is using windows(because lets face it on a company wide scale microsoft atleast offers packages while apple doesnt) than any macbook you would potentially use will screw you at work due to compatibility issues.

Also in the US/UK the price gap is smaller than in other places for example in hungary the price gap beetwen the 2 is 500$ while comparing the 8gb/512gb storage version macbook against the 16gb/1tb storage version s13 but if i want to compare the same specs the price gap goes up to 1000$ with less in the package.

So for the price of a macbook air you can buy the s13 oled and buy the samsung tab s9.

[hdtube]

Not sure if you're still checking these but how warm does it actually get on your lap?

[ypicals]

Funny. I hate all the new Macbook "modern" trackpads that came out later. I have a Macbook Pro 2012 Retina.

[mechanicom]

‘Once you go mac you just can’t go back’ a wise woman once said

[AlbertPalmer]

Dolby Atmos - how can a laptop have this? I think it was about having speakers at different heights? More specifically, high up behind you.

[Trusteft]

No numbers. No benchmarks apart from "trust me bro". Vague, you need to charge it more often than an Air. No man. Just no. I may or may not disagree with the final conclusion, but for me this was not a good comparison.

[dgreensuperhoops]

I have the previous model of that laptop but barely use it as it gets too hot even when just web browsing. Sounds like not much has changed there

[AnkitGupta-ndgi]

MacBook air M1 screen is so fragile why can't they make it better in new models???

[benjamincook]

Hello mark I have been enjoying your windows reviews such as the surface.I know this sounds a bit rude but if your able to can you review the Asus vivobook book s15 it's £499.at Curry's it has got 16gb of ram an oled screen and a Intel core i5 I was wondering if it is a good budget option just for writing documents and so on and so forth and if you do please compare to the surface. Sorry jf this comes out as rude
Thankyou

[arnabdas]

The entire display made of o glass like MacBook ? Or like normal laptop's?