The Price Made Me Review it! // ASUS Vivobook S14

Review of the 2024 ASUS VivoBook S14. Packed with an Intel Core Ultra 9, OLED Display and a very nice price tag!

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[MatthewMoniz]

What do you guys think of the Vivobook S14? I think for $849 OLED + an Intel Core Ultra 9 is not bad at all.

[TWitWoW]

OLED is nice and all...but if you're spending $900 on a laptop with no dGPU in it, just for a nice display, why not go for an HP Pavilion Plus 14 with AMD? 8845HS + 16GB + 1TB + 2880x1800 OLED display for $889.99 currently. You could even spec it up to have 32GB which is non-upgradeable in either of these laptops, although it's an extra $150. If you can afford to trim the storage (maybe you have an external SSD and don't need as much internal storage space?) then the 8845HS + 32GB + 512GB + 2880x1800 OLED display spec is $920.

[Hi-vvef]

God i hate how much easier it is to buy a laptop in the US then in Europe😢

[taupangnang]

If i'm not mistaken, it should not only blue backlight, it's should be a RGB backlight keyboard, so you should be able to custom the color, but yeah, only single zone

[Pringle]

It's an one zone RGB keyboard, you can change it

[vicentesgarofalojerez]

Just got this laptop a few days ago, battery life is great, 10hrs easily, that was really surprising. Display looks amazing for the price. I always shop in that price range, and this definitely stands out.

[lorensims]

I like the blue backlighting and I won't sweat the speakers.
For the price, this looks great!
My wife had a friend whose husband imported laptops. 
He said for ling life and reliability you can't beat Toshiba and ASUS. 
It's about time for me to replace my twelve year old Toshiba…

[omarcortes]

An ultra 7 would've been more than enough, this laptop won't squeeze all the power from the ultra 9 but for that price I can't complain.

[Burbanana]

Can someone please review the 16 inch of this? It is literally (one of) the only one that is 16 inch and really lightweight! Im really eyeing it but I cannot find any review! ( I'm looking at you, Matthew lol)

[FoxxFire]

I know it's hard to complain for the price, but I would trade the Ultra 9 for an Ultra 7 if I could have gotten a 120hz display along with it....that would have made so much of a bigger difference in everyday utility.

[thesecondtonone]

Apart from the laptop itself, is it just me or the Copilot keycap is kinda unnecessary and more of a marketing thingy? I mean we can still access Copilot by just one or two clicks.

[andyH_England]

Good review.

A solid mid-range ultrabook, and for many mid-range is the way to go due to premium Windows machines now being close to double this in price (XPS 14, LG Gram 14, Galaxy Book4 Pro 14, Surface Laptop 6, etc).

Glad you pointed out that these benchmark battery tests do not represent real life and I can understand why Windows OEMs like them being used as they do overplay the battery SOT. I usually discount by 33% but with the caveat that higher brightness can drain that time even further.

Good bang for your bucks but I have seen the MB Air M2 13-inch for only a little bit more and if like me you use your ultrabook for casual work meaning 8GB/256GB is enought, then I would still choose the Mac. But there is a good reason Windows has a natural monopoly, the reluctance of people to move OS'es so in Windows-land the Vivobook S14 is shortlist material.

[thechristoph]

4:10 I think you can change the color of the backlit since its RGB

[Sponsi_PL]

I'm wondering, what the heck are the differences between vivobooks and zenbooks really, zenbooks seem thinner... but? Vivobooks look soo good with specs?

[Gustavo_St]

Asus has brought OLED to its budget line. Amazing! Who else is doing it? I think nobody.

[luddeluring]

You do know you can choose what color you want on the backlight right?

[frankwong]

4:09
What is blue RGB light ?

Is that a RGB backlight set to blue by default or it is a " non RGB blue backlight keyboard "

[anshanchaliya]

Just purchased the zenbook 14 Ryzen 7, waiting for the delivery

[icosli]

Any plans for the 2024 models of the Yoga and Yoga pro series? The 2024 models were fantastic and I'm interested in seeing your take on this years models!

[nad.asyikin]

I have just picked up my unit 14 inch S5406 (Ultra 7) 2 days ago, in Mist Blue color ;)