ASUS Zenbook S 14 Review - Is Lunar Lake Overhyped?

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00:00 - Intro
01:00 - What's included
01:13 - Design, keyboard and touchpad
04:07 - Design continued
04:48 - Plenty of ports
05:21 - Loudspeaker sample
05:58 - Screen and webcam sample
08:05 - Windows and Lunar Lake benchmarks
11:34 - 4k video decoding
13:00 - 4k video editing and export times
14:04 - Included software
16:03 - Lunar Lake 1080p gaming tests
17:59 - Thermals and fan noise sample (max load)
19:08 - Linux support and battery life
20:20 - My thoughts with Pros and Cons

[SunsetNova]

Glad to see Intel finally focusing on performance efficiency and following Apple

[akin]

I got the Dell Latitude 7440 with the i7 1365U CPU last year. I like it for my needs, Azure cloud management and Power BI. The 7.5 hours of max battery life if fine for me, but I wish this laptop was out a year ago to take advantage of the battery life of Lunar Lake.

Hopefully, things will continue to advance by 2028 when I upgrade again for Intel & AMD.

[gigamoment]

Some extra cons are:
- No fingerprint reader
- No haptic touchpad

[nbien]

Too expensive S14. In my country, the new Lunar Lake Zenbook S14 cost 700 USD more than the Meteor Lake Zenbook 14. While the Ryzen 9 AI HX370 Vivobook cost around 200 USD more than the Meteor Lake Zenbook 14.

[DarkCloud]

2:20 the backlight looks very uneven. Function row seems much brighter

[KeyTch]

Arc GPU is only enabled out of the box with Linux 6.12. It's not out yet. ALSO, Manjaro does not use the latest stuffs anymore, please try CachyOS next time, I GUARANTEE you that you will have a much more enjoyable time with it

[gadroful]

Great ultrabook but it's so expensive... 2100€. That's more than Air 15" 16GB and really close to Macbook Pro 14"

[marklog]

I was about to get a macbook air m3 because of the frankly bad choices for window 11 which i prefer.

This is finally what I was looking for

[coprilettodelnapoli]

I want this with windows surface laptop next year

[TheDude]

The ram is actually on the cpu with those chips. No way for manufacturers like Asus to adjust the size.

[PTYC]

This is intels m3. Basically same score, in cpu, in gpu, and equally efficient the both of them.

Very interesting chip. Makes the windows laptop scene very straightforward. You want power get ryzen ai at higher wattage if possible, you want good battery and gpu, intel got you, you want a chromebook alternative get X plus.

[johnsimon]

Zenbook S 14 with the 288V isn't available anywhere

[gezimislamaj]

Great device and great overall package. Best battery life and good performance but iGPU is just the best. How did you get this device though? It's not yet for sale in Germany 😅

[Aman.n]

Touchpad click is ridiculously hard, don't you think? I got mine today and it's very frustrating since you can only click in bottom half, if anything half way is far too firm to even both clicking in. tracking is great but the click is very annoying

[WirxawTanev]

Since these are all ultrabooks - I don't see a point until intel, taiwan or whoever else could finally come with a solid fanless radiator. I think that this chip could do it, but it needs a HARD 15W limit, not a "silent mode" that still cranks up to 25-35W or so.
Fans are for 35-65W chips. Ultrabooks need fanless design. As long as Intel\AMD are trying to combine the two - apple would make fun of them. They wouldn't always compare the scores, but they would always be ahead in convenience.

[jakebenson]

The touchpad gestures are Win11 limited so really it doesn't have these gestures. Overall S 14 is pretty inferior to the S 16. Should've tried Fedora Rawhide, because it has the latest kernel possible.

[simonkaggwanjala]

Zenbook S 14 or Honor Magicbook Art 14?

[MurseTech]

Switched from a Windows 11 Ultrabook to a Chromebook and haven't really missed anything. Find out very quickly that I can do pretty much everything in the cloud with web apps.

[mikephilpot]

How does this compare to the 14 zenbook Oled with meteor lake?

[andyH_England]

It is £1500 for the 16GB/1TB, so pricing is currently high. It is probably best to wait for price drops or deals. There is no option for 32GB at the moment. So the days when these are cheaper than Macbook Airs are seemingly gone; the 13-inch MB Air 16GB/512GB is currently £1349 and under £1000 for the base model for those of us who do not need higher specs. I have used an M1 MB Pro 13 for nearly four years with base spec and no issues doing "ultrabook work". The push by creators and comments for higher base configs had the inevitable effect of prices creeping up. Now, with no base options of 8GB/256GB, the ability to buy much cheaper has gone for premium Windows ultrabooks.

I'm not a fan of ASUS, so I would never buy this, but I also prefer IPS displays, which are nicer for office work (white background). We will have to wait a little while longer for competitors.