Compact and Powerful: Asus Zenbook Pro 14 OLED Review for Creators

VIDEO INDEX:
00:00 - Intro
00:57 - Price
01:07 - Display
02:27 - CPU, GPU, RAM and Storage
03:44 - Size & Weight
04:06 - Power Supply
04:38 - Ports
05:43 - Build Quality
05:59 - Keyboard, Trackpad and Dialpad
07:54 - Webcam & Speakers
08:33 - Performance: Browsing and Basics
09:01 - Battery Life
09:50 - Video Editing & Live Video Production
12:52 - Gaming: Apex Legends
13:19 - No G-Sync
13:37 - Gaming: Fortnite, No Man's Sky, Red Dead Redemption 2
14:28 - 3DMark TimeSpy & Wildlife Benchmark
16:04 - Stress Test & Fan Noise
17:01 - Creator Hub Software
17:59 - Linux
18:19 - Conclusion

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[rjrgjr]

Been waiting for this since the Livestream debut! Thank you so much for the review Lon!

[saturnotaku]

Lon, just so you know, there seems to be an issue with RTX 4050, 4060, and 4070 GPUs that are advertised with high power ratings. In many cases, due to a voltage limit, these GPUs are regularly incapable of drawing more than 100W. There's a video by Jarrod's Tech (full disclosure, I am a Patreon supporter of his) where he does some more detailed testing. This is likely why the 4060 in your Legion test laptop is only scoring marginally higher than the 4070 in this one when by any right it should be noticeably faster.

[mr.charlie]

Your reviews are awesome! I want this laptop so much, but I might want the smaller Asus a bit more because I do need to carry it often...

[mokisan]

Love this laptop, thanks very much for the review lon

[CF]

The top lid logo looks curiously like the Starfleet emblem

[epos_rising]

Cool video, thanks ! Is the zenbook pro 14 faster than the Macbook pro M3 for 4K video exports in davinci / premiere ?

[mattsanchez]

Nice review as always; very impressive performance as well. I actually watched this on an OLED screen, my duet 5 has one, and yes that screen is very impressive, a;though I don't think it's 4K.

[erk_]

Ubuntu comes with an older kernel and dosen't support the new hardware yet, but it should work with Fedora.

[leggazoid]

Would you please review the Asus K5504VA-DS51 from staples for $630?

[SamiGB]

Please answer my question: which is generally better to the eye looking and more gorgeous regarding colors, accuracy and more beautiful to the eye looking :

the zenbook pro 14 or slim pro 9i

Zenbook : oled, 120hz, FHD 2880*1800, 550 nits
Lonovo: mini-LED, 165hz, 4K 3072*1920, 1200 nits

[Makta]

I went with a MacBook pro 14 M2 Max with 30 cores, 30gb and 1to ssd. Tired of windows laptop that works great 6 months then start going full garbage. This is my first mac so it was tuff the first week but I love it. I can work on my video editing on the go UNPLUGGED which is crazy coming from windows laptops

[supercrafter]

Great Review! I don't know if you mentioned this or not but how hot to the touch does this laptop get during use like gaming?

[joegee]

That's a lot of compute in a laptop. I don't use windows anymore but my kids need laptops for college. I don't think this would be ideal since they wouldn't need the horsepower and battery life is more important. They have nice desktops for games. But definitely I could see the use for creators and power users.

[cbbcbb]

I like it. I will consider getting.
Also, does anyone make a "laptop" that has an internal Optical drive and space for regular hard disk drive? I have never put a "laptop" on my lap!

[Donatus]

Is this laptop available in the market. I can’t see it to buy anywhere. Any idea ?

[adamfriisakra]

Super nice review! Would absolutely love to see you review the 14" Lenovo Yoga Pro 9i, also with the 4070. Maybe a comparison between these two devices would be absolutely amazing. It's a really hard choice I find :)

[todoroki]

If you check gpu z the actual wattage of this laptop is 110W the 85W is false advertising which is weird. Also I know its oled but from both your videos the colors on this laptop look washed out to me. How os it in person?

[LakeNormanHomesBoats]

Re Zen Pro 14 :Screen inability to use stylus? Not detachable nor piano hinge? Wanted a powerhouse laptop yet with conveniences. Not having the ablility to use a stylus is a ME-Killer. AND I like plenty of powerful ports. Thank you

[TheAgentAssassin]

As per usual ASUS releases a laptop that is out of stock. I've had this problem with ASUS over the last 5yrs.

[ei..]

Just got this laptop and it died from 100% in just 1.5 hours while watching youtube. Do you know why that might be?