Asus VIVOBOOK 13 Slate OLED Review - CHEAP OLED TABLET PC!

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Asus’ Vivobook 13 Slate OLED is a quirky, yet remarkably good value Windows 11 tablet PC. Everything you see here - the tablet, the removable magnetic kickstand, the magnetic type cover, and the stylus all come in at just £600 - at least for the last gen model. Pricing for this one should be pretty much the same, although as always I’ll leave a link in the description for you to check out if you’re interested. For some context, that’s not far off what Apple wants for just the magic keyboard and the Apple Pencil for the iPad Pro - without the actual iPad! So while that seems like a great deal - and I do think it is - you should also temper your expectations on this at least a bit.

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[anonneymous]

Power isnt everything. I have ROG and Macbook laptop for the grunts. But i also have a cheap, very thin laptop with a great IPS displau and battery life from Chuwi which powered by mere N4100. Guess which one is use the most during travels and simple task or media consumption? My ipad and android tablet has its place. This thing also has its place. With the price, it cant be beat really. Just manage your expectation

[Christopher__MP]

Hello, I use the earlier version of this as a small desktop, I have the 4GB intel n6000 version as it was available for around €330, at this price I got a good OLED screen for monitoring messages or consuming video in addition to the two large screen monitors that I employ using the KVM switch.

My primary app is remote desktop or Windows 365 to access local and remote computers anywhere in the world, as there are no local apps or files stored on the ASUS Slate and windows RDP and windows 365 apps do not require significant system resources. It made more sense for me than a small NUC size PC without a screen. I can easily pull the USB-C connection and plug it into another computer as needed. This slate will drive two 1080p monitors something that an iPad or galaxy tab can’t do.

[Hikari-sai]

I got the last year model like mid 2023. The processor isn't as slow as youtuber early units. I am even writing code on vscode (remote ssh), and writing papers with overleaf, watching youtube, browsing, it is adequate as a terminal interface device. I"m guessing they must optimize the chip performance after few updates. best thing when comparing to a mac is I can take handwritten notes in class :)

[lec_R]

If the latency was not this bad, this would have been a good drawing tablet.
They should have ditched the keyboard and shipped with a slightly better cpu. A better pen with more pressure levels and 500hz polling rate would be nice.

[Hikari-sai]

they should just fit a ryzen APU like on the ROG Ally, 16G ram and under $1000, this will sell like crazy.

[fuxart]

Sorry but at some point you make dumb considerations: it's obvious that a 3xtimes the price you get better performance! I just ordered one today after researching and for my needs it's perfect (tablet and office pc). You can streamline windows which is far more versatile and longlasting than android (you get what, 2 years of updates?). No oled tab on the 13-14 inch category for this price (chf 540=gbp 490) with oled screen, dolby, battery and this weight. Lenovo tab extreme or samsung tab ultra cost 2-3 times, + version with 12.4 twice. Other slates around this price have even more compromises/downsides.

[Wistbacka]

I really hope Asus can offer a beefier version of this tablet with a better cpu. I dont need any other requirement. Just give me a better cpu. Skip the keyboard for all I care to keep the price down.

It's almost offensive that such a nice OLED display is wasted on a device this weak.

[FairyKid]

Thanks for your video. Could you make a follow-up video with a touch Linux distro installed?

[RedBeardedRabbit]

Nice latency tests! Well presented.

Also interesting OLED behavior. Do other OLEDs do this? Especially interested in the slew of new ~16 inch OLED panels in various laptops

[FairyKid]

Thanks for you honest review! Is this the new 2023 T3304 model?

[oscararauco]

I bought this a few days ago because I am a teacher and it is important for me to have a secondary computer with a touch pen, and since it is for classes the raw power is not so important. I use "one note" as a whiteboard. I hope this help me

[ruperstars]

How would this be for a general college laptop? Just to take notes in class and to take tests. I don't need a lot of computing power.

[danielguzman]

This with a Qualcomm SoC would be the best thing ever

[lec_R]

Great overview of the screen
Hey please can you tell us next time how much of the rec2020 colour space does the panel cover. Thx

[AntonyJojo]

Very concise and informative. This really helped me choosing between dell xps and Asus slate👍

[iamtimmy]

Does it support virtual background without green screen in Zoom Meeting app?

[nik]

I think you should try installing a Linux distribution for tablets on this. I think that could really turn this around. If that works out I'd definitely buy one.

Not very interested in touch tbh.
A lot of people like me want something good enough for note-taking, a dumb terminal to remote into our servers and whatnot from anywhere and media consumption with good colors under *nix. Maybe some occasional drawing with krita.
But we usually have our own mouse and really overpriced minimalist ergonomic keyboards we carry anyway and would never accept that crappy cover thing.

I know a lot of people that carry minisforum, NUC or asrock mini PCs or and hack something together with a powerbank and portable monitor. Some use a handheld like a steamdeck or Aya but disable the built in display.
A few people have made the jump to the very expensive tablet style "laptops" from Asus and recently Lenovo and abandoned the keyboard part on those in favor of their own preference solution but they're simply extremely expensive, too much so for the majority of us.

[ash]

Windows 11 isn't a deal breaker, would just downgrade to w10, especially if it comes with junk preloaded. Be nice if companies could stop making ewaste though. Budget laptops/tablets will be 'fine' enough for a year at most. This is ewaste before it even left the factory

[trancematics]

Too many deal-breakers regardless of it's low price. Windows 11, abysmal performance and a self-clicking keypad.

What a waste of a nice looking screen.

[NGabunchanumbers]

I dont have this tablet and probably wont get it because of performance, but it seems useless to say "well this pc has worse performance than a tablet that costs 3 times as much"... Like, yeah, I would hope it does. It would be more useful if you showed it loading webpages, than just saying "you can get a really fancy ipad for 2, 000$ instead of this for 600$" like bro. I could also get an XPS or something. But pricepoint matters.