I started watching you like a month and a half ago while researching about the Retroid Pocket 2s along with ETA Prime, RetroGameCorps, and it baffles me that you don't get that much recognition man. Your intros alone get me hooked more than reading the same Big Nate comic for the millionth time back in fifth grade. Keep up the great work and you better remember me when you make it big lol!
@@PG-gs5vb What everyday tasks? I work on mine with heavy CAD files (4 to5 open at the same time), structural FEM software and GIS software, it works without a hitch. It clearly it's not a gaming laptop, the size and thickness of it should be the 1st sign of it.
I just bought the slightly lower spec 16GB version with a 1200p OLED monitor but same CPU. And it is currently an amazing deal @ BestBuy. I paid under $800 for it. It is my son's HS graduation present and he loves it. He was sort of hoping for a MacBook Air but he said he likes this laptop better since he can play his usual games on it. Battery life is simply amazing when doing just normal stuff. I think that's due to the 2 low power efficiency cores. I was watching HD video via UA-cam and in about 2 hours of playback battery only went down 15%. Or about 14 hours from 100 to 0.
I'm a huge fan of OLED, my main "monitor" is an LG G3 OLED TV. I run at 120hz and it works and looks amazing. I like Zenbooks, their prices drop pretty fast as well, so if you like this one just wait a bit and grab it at under $1000. Patience is indeed a Zen-like virtue after all 😊 As always, great review Mr. Dweeb!
without measuring anything, one thing that looks zen about that laptop is that the trackpad is centered. i hate it when manufacturers put the trackpad/touchpad to the left. it ruins the entire look and make it biased to left handers instead of being ambidextrous and balanced and centered. that is a dealbreaker and why i skipped certain laptops like thinkpads and dells.
Holy Zen Review Batman, that intro was awesomely funny! And the polish and production on this review video is top tier stuff! From the lighting, to the sound effects, and the fonts! Great job! The only thing missing for me, is that with my old eyes, I prefer a 15.6" laptop with a full keyboard including the number pad.
Hmm, maybe I will get this one. I usually play indie games, and visual novels. I kinda wanted something light and powerful. I had a Macbook for work for the last 2 years. And it's a great machine for everything besides gaming. Will check this one later in the year.
I love my Zenbook S13 Oled. It's my first ever laptop and everything about it feels premium. Maybe in the future I'll get this Zenbook 14 for more screen.
can you review the amd 8840hs version of this laptop as well? i would like to know whether the less powerful amd processor is worth the reduction in power consumption. btw great vid!!
In the words of famous philosopher Alan Watts "Zen does not confuse spirituality with thinking about God while one is peeling potatoes. Zen spirituality is just to peel the potatoes." So maybe it's good for peeling potatoes on? I dunno maybe just playing games and read about Zen on it every now and again
I'm so Zen I skip peeling the potatoes and eat them with the skin on. Nothing makes you live in the moment like crunching into a raw potato.
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What if you formatted the drive and did a clean install of Windows? Would it be better? I always do a fresh install without all the clutter and bloatware a manufacturer provides.
People need to understand that a slim laptop with impressive specs won’t mean it is built for gaming. This is more of an office laptop, not a gaming laptop. When you firstly buy it, it will probably try its very best and thus making its performance worse in the future. Use it for what it is built for.
Great video! Though, this is like a PS5, when I am looking for a Switch. Do you have a favorite Chuwi laptop if one wants to run Windows 11, use stream movies/TV shows, has a decent screen size, and maybe play some indi games? Like looking in the $200-350 USD? No Chromebooks
Interesting about the bloatware, because the new Zenbook with the Ultra 7 and 5 processor have no bloatware or McAfee, it's pretty much clean besides My Asus.
LMAO. Had a baby named Russ... That's hysterical. I have to say, you have some of the most entertaining videos. Yes, informative, but always with a smile. This one is one of the more amusing ones. Thanks TD. This was great.
Yeah I'm not a laptop gamer. It's neat to do, but I'd way rather play on a PC or a handheld. Laptops are the middle ground that ends up being the worst of both worlds.
i had a asus tuf a15 2022 and it had random reboots on windows but not on linux except if you use the ethernet on linux without switching the driver from r8169 to r8168 driver and i could not find a solution for the problem on windows and what happened exactly and even if i did find one the reboots were really random so it was not easy to solve anyway.... a lot of people on reddit have crashes and just bad experiences with asus tuf laptops not sure about the other laptops from asus tho but i would not recommend buying any asus laptop (but that's just my opinion after the problems i had with my laptop and when i saw a lot of other people having the same issue) however i did get my money back and i bought an lenovo laptop and i have had a really good experience with it :)
Nice review. I have the last gen zenbook flip and the OLED is just magic. The whole thing beat my expectations in every area. And for gaming I plug a GPD G1 eGPU in the thunderbolt ;)
If you're still looking to get a new laptop soon after returning this one, I can definitely recommend the Asus Creator laptop (the i9 version in particular). I was recently shopping for an OLED laptop, and was very close to getting the Zenbook. Although, the Creator has pretty much all the same specs, some extra IO, and seems to regularly go on sale for $300+ off at BestBuy. I've seen it go for as low as $900 before, and for that price it's an absolute steal. Just some food for thought. :)
While I would love the Ausu laptop line I’ve burned by them so many times. I bought the 2022 g14 and it died 13 months later due to gpu failure and Asus wanted me to pay more then it was worth new to fix. If you plan on buying a ASUS product please know Asus has terrible QA and software/ driver support so buy the extended warranty. As for me you couldn’t pay me to touch Asus even for free.
Compared to the mini PC’s you usually cover, this thing is about the same but severely overpriced. Also, noticed you didn’t give your usual “They didn’t influence this review” disclaimer. Lol.
Hihihi. DM. I love it. I see it. I have my NUC Laptop for it.^^ Edit say. But becouse of you i love that little thing too. My one has a Arc a730m inside. I love her. She is fast enought for everything i would play with.
Why does it feel like no matter what generation, Intel's iGPUs try to not do well for games? Pathetic. As for the laptop, not a fan of OLED (never used one, but hate burn in), 16GB of RAM is not enough for anything serious/demanding for a laptop without a dGPU. Can someone please explain to me what is the point of having 14 and 15 inch laptops with 1800p screens and not even having a powerful dGPU to run that screen resolution? Combined with the limited RAM, it's like a joke. And I am not referring just to this make/model. There are others like it.
Meh. I wouldn't pay $1400 for this thing. $800 is a desirable deal, maybe start at $900. Macstatussymbol Air is like a grand, including the Apple tax. I think this kind of machine should compete on price with that. Same price, better specs. It's really not a gaming machine. Also, why that resolution? Give me a normal resolution please. With the lack of GPU horsepower, 1080p is plenty, especially with that pixel density. Also, just my two cents, I'd be careful about turning your channel into an infomercial channel. If you want to be a reviewer, you can't get credibility back. I wouldn't trust a reviewer who does mostly cool tech stuff and then gushes on a huge tech company out of nowhere. The manufacturers will know you'll play ball with a good review in exchange for free hardware and expect it.
Dudeeee I thought I had my volume on low during the intro, the moment I turned it up, "Die you mother...." 🥲 and I was at home, if it were any other youtuber I would've thrown hands but you get a pass😤
I started watching you like a month and a half ago while researching about the Retroid Pocket 2s along with ETA Prime, RetroGameCorps, and it baffles me that you don't get that much recognition man. Your intros alone get me hooked more than reading the same Big Nate comic for the millionth time back in fifth grade. Keep up the great work and you better remember me when you make it big lol!
So basically this is really good for everyday tasks and some indie gaming
and Minecraft
Quite underwhelming for the price.
@@PG-gs5vb What everyday tasks? I work on mine with heavy CAD files (4 to5 open at the same time), structural FEM software and GIS software, it works without a hitch. It clearly it's not a gaming laptop, the size and thickness of it should be the 1st sign of it.
@@Ooze27soo do you think that its really worth it. What you wrote sounds amazing.
@@ollie7145 To me in my experience it is. It's pretty fast and handles everything very well. Haven't tried gaming, because i use a desktop for gaming.
Happiness will never come to those who fail to appreciate what they already have.
You make a good Guru. Jackguru.
This!❤
I just bought the slightly lower spec 16GB version with a 1200p OLED monitor but same CPU. And it is currently an amazing deal @ BestBuy. I paid under $800 for it. It is my son's HS graduation present and he loves it. He was sort of hoping for a MacBook Air but he said he likes this laptop better since he can play his usual games on it. Battery life is simply amazing when doing just normal stuff. I think that's due to the 2 low power efficiency cores. I was watching HD video via UA-cam and in about 2 hours of playback battery only went down 15%. Or about 14 hours from 100 to 0.
How's the fan noise?
I'm a huge fan of OLED, my main "monitor" is an LG G3 OLED TV. I run at 120hz and it works and looks amazing. I like Zenbooks, their prices drop pretty fast as well, so if you like this one just wait a bit and grab it at under $1000. Patience is indeed a Zen-like virtue after all 😊 As always, great review Mr. Dweeb!
Oh man I'm jealous. I really want an OLED monitor someday.
I knew Russ was bound for greatness when I found his channel.
without measuring anything, one thing that looks zen about that laptop is that the trackpad is centered. i hate it when manufacturers put the trackpad/touchpad to the left. it ruins the entire look and make it biased to left handers instead of being ambidextrous and balanced and centered. that is a dealbreaker and why i skipped certain laptops like thinkpads and dells.
I knew it. I predicted you would end the intro with guns blazing like the Intro in Helldrivers 2 "Peacekeepers" scene.
Thankyou for uniting my mind and body with the inner fabric of the true natural order.
My soul is at peace
Bless you and your metal button board
I think he is in the true not TechDweeb, becouse he is TechBudda. :-)
Difficult journey, but you will get there. Love your stuff. No fluff, just the facts.
Holy Zen Review Batman, that intro was awesomely funny! And the polish and production on this review video is top tier stuff! From the lighting, to the sound effects, and the fonts! Great job! The only thing missing for me, is that with my old eyes, I prefer a 15.6" laptop with a full keyboard including the number pad.
I'm always amazed of your writing, you always make jokes with the most unexpected things. Great video, OLED is really nice.
Thanks for saying so!
OMG! I BUSTED During that opening! Too funny!
This was such an entertaining review. Keep it up!
Hmm, maybe I will get this one. I usually play indie games, and visual novels. I kinda wanted something light and powerful. I had a Macbook for work for the last 2 years. And it's a great machine for everything besides gaming. Will check this one later in the year.
I love my Zenbook S13 Oled. It's my first ever laptop and everything about it feels premium. Maybe in the future I'll get this Zenbook 14 for more screen.
can you review the amd 8840hs version of this laptop as well? i would like to know whether the less powerful amd processor is worth the reduction in power consumption. btw great vid!!
I got the AMD version. And basically, it has a better performance and better battery life than the core ultra version.
Is the OLED of Zephyrus G16 2024 of similar quality to this?
Battery life in gaming how many hours?with emulators and steam games?
0:35 I would really like to, but I'm watching a tech dweeb video on my phone. So can't ATM 😂
I'll probably wait till arc gets better.. it's nice to have another competition on the market aside from nvidia and amd..
😂 Definitely one of your best intro’s ever 😜
Had fun with this one 🤣
This is one of the best intros of all time 🤣
I ordered the same laptop but with ultra 9 processor and 32 gb ram. It was nice to watch your review, thanks :)
It's good, it's the one i got. Very happy with it for work (even heavy work). Didn't try gaming, i have a desktop for that.
@@Ooze27 It arrived on Tuesday, I also liked it :)
@@jamalakhaligova9125 Enjoy it!
In the words of famous philosopher Alan Watts
"Zen does not confuse spirituality with thinking about God while one is peeling potatoes. Zen spirituality is just to peel the potatoes."
So maybe it's good for peeling potatoes on? I dunno maybe just playing games and read about Zen on it every now and again
I'm so Zen I skip peeling the potatoes and eat them with the skin on. Nothing makes you live in the moment like crunching into a raw potato.
What if you formatted the drive and did a clean install of Windows? Would it be better? I always do a fresh install without all the clutter and bloatware a manufacturer provides.
My friend's name is Zen and he was so confused while watching this.
I have a friend name Zen too!
4:34 How did you manage to make I/O sound so sexual 😂
Touch screen on an OLED display. Why would greasy fingerprints all over my beautiful screen?
Haha I'm with ya. I don't use the touchscreen on laptops generally.
Tech Dweeb was Nature Dweeb for 40 seconds 😂
I can confirm meditation works!
I had a tooth pulled and the pain went away with meditation..and opium..
TD making commercials entertaining ;)
would be cool if you could do a vid on debloating windows 11.
Awesome idea!
People need to understand that a slim laptop with impressive specs won’t mean it is built for gaming. This is more of an office laptop, not a gaming laptop. When you firstly buy it, it will probably try its very best and thus making its performance worse in the future. Use it for what it is built for.
Brother pls 🙏🏻 tell me are you playing on battery 🔋?
These were while plugged in, but the performance was nearly identical while on battery.
@@TechDweebThank you so much bro 🙏🏻❤️
I like the nature visuals
I want an OLED tv or monitor to play my old video games YEY !
Great video! Though, this is like a PS5, when I am looking for a Switch.
Do you have a favorite Chuwi laptop if one wants to run Windows 11, use stream movies/TV shows, has a decent screen size, and maybe play some indi games? Like looking in the $200-350 USD? No Chromebooks
how is the heating performance of this laptop.
Interesting about the bloatware, because the new Zenbook with the Ultra 7 and 5 processor have no bloatware or McAfee, it's pretty much clean besides My Asus.
LMAO. Had a baby named Russ... That's hysterical. I have to say, you have some of the most entertaining videos. Yes, informative, but always with a smile. This one is one of the more amusing ones. Thanks TD. This was great.
FYI, baby Russ grew up to userp the throne.
How was the fan noise?
how is text rendering on this vs. mini-LED / IPS?
What controller did you use for Bot Vice?
My zenitude lasted precisely 35 seconds and I'm here for the other 13 minutes and 33 seconds more! 🤣
I can help you with that. Come find me on a mountain. Bring your Miyoo Mini, we'll play Blades of Steel.
You should probably go to bios and allocate 8gb for vram ,oob is probably only at 2gigs
I have an older version of this laptop, it's a great screen!
Best review the visuals draw me in
Emulators ps3 and switch this laptop can run without problems?
please 8:32 game,
first game ill install if I buy this laptop , looks cool
loved the vid :)
game name
Bot Vice
Thank you - great video
Opening is beautifuuulll
Upload latest Legion Go Update Gameplay and performance?
Laptops are ok for Gaming to each their own but after two years the proformence decreases fast
Yeah I'm not a laptop gamer. It's neat to do, but I'd way rather play on a PC or a handheld. Laptops are the middle ground that ends up being the worst of both worlds.
@@TechDweeb yeah you’re 100% right
i had a asus tuf a15 2022 and it had random reboots on windows but not on linux except if you use the ethernet on linux without switching the driver from r8169 to r8168 driver and i could not find a solution for the problem on windows and what happened exactly and even if i did find one the reboots were really random so it was not easy to solve anyway....
a lot of people on reddit have crashes and just bad experiences with asus tuf laptops not sure about the other laptops from asus tho
but i would not recommend buying any asus laptop (but that's just my opinion after the problems i had with my laptop and when i saw a lot of other people having the same issue)
however i did get my money back and i bought an lenovo laptop and i have had a really good experience with it :)
I could swear this was not sponsored by asus 😂🌹❤️
Nice review.
I have the last gen zenbook flip and the OLED is just magic. The whole thing beat my expectations in every area.
And for gaming I plug a GPD G1 eGPU in the thunderbolt ;)
This needs a 8945HS version
waiting for next 14 pro version
everything that I have thats OLED ends up with burning...
This Fantasticly presentationly
Good morning Tech buddy. ☕️☺️
I hope you have a great day. 😎👍💯
Nirvana Smells like Teen Spirit.🧘♂️🎸
🤘
You and Russ from Retro Game Corps should start a podcast. With Adin Walls too!
No nirvana? Clickbait.
If you're still looking to get a new laptop soon after returning this one, I can definitely recommend the Asus Creator laptop (the i9 version in particular). I was recently shopping for an OLED laptop, and was very close to getting the Zenbook. Although, the Creator has pretty much all the same specs, some extra IO, and seems to regularly go on sale for $300+ off at BestBuy. I've seen it go for as low as $900 before, and for that price it's an absolute steal. Just some food for thought. :)
Good to know!
While I would love the Ausu laptop line I’ve burned by them so many times. I bought the 2022 g14 and it died 13 months later due to gpu failure and Asus wanted me to pay more then it was worth new to fix. If you plan on buying a ASUS product please know Asus has terrible QA and software/ driver support so buy the extended warranty.
As for me you couldn’t pay me to touch Asus even for free.
Рассматривал такой к покупке, но остановил свой выбор на asus rog zephyrus g14 2023. По цене одинаковы
6:08 yeah I wouldn't call that good sound ....
WE Can play good videogames ?
Good review but you are filming in a dark environment, not very suitable for presenting a product and especially the design.
rtx?
Yet another brilliant intro
hi
Be careful Fingerprint.
Russ will appreciate 😄😄
Compared to the mini PC’s you usually cover, this thing is about the same but severely overpriced. Also, noticed you didn’t give your usual “They didn’t influence this review” disclaimer. Lol.
This review is the sound of two hands flapping.
You really lived up to your username just now. I like your style.
Hihihi. DM. I love it. I see it. I have my NUC Laptop for it.^^ Edit say. But becouse of you i love that little thing too. My one has a Arc a730m inside. I love her. She is fast enought for everything i would play with.
Why does it feel like no matter what generation, Intel's iGPUs try to not do well for games? Pathetic.
As for the laptop, not a fan of OLED (never used one, but hate burn in), 16GB of RAM is not enough for anything serious/demanding for a laptop without a dGPU.
Can someone please explain to me what is the point of having 14 and 15 inch laptops with 1800p screens and not even having a powerful dGPU to run that screen resolution? Combined with the limited RAM, it's like a joke. And I am not referring just to this make/model. There are others like it.
poopy poopy pants
only 4 months old and already outdated LMAO
Ah sorry just a bit too expensive for me
did you say impressive feats of game and then show red dead redemption at 29 fps lol
Hello. Hi.
Just don't buy an ASUS product. Watch the "repairgate" that is going on.
Other than the "Zen" in the name Asus is a Taiwan company.
All hail Russ! 😂
Chop Suey font 😑
aru u a Buddhist?
Meh. I wouldn't pay $1400 for this thing. $800 is a desirable deal, maybe start at $900. Macstatussymbol Air is like a grand, including the Apple tax. I think this kind of machine should compete on price with that. Same price, better specs. It's really not a gaming machine.
Also, why that resolution? Give me a normal resolution please. With the lack of GPU horsepower, 1080p is plenty, especially with that pixel density.
Also, just my two cents, I'd be careful about turning your channel into an infomercial channel. If you want to be a reviewer, you can't get credibility back. I wouldn't trust a reviewer who does mostly cool tech stuff and then gushes on a huge tech company out of nowhere. The manufacturers will know you'll play ball with a good review in exchange for free hardware and expect it.
Dudeeee I thought I had my volume on low during the intro, the moment I turned it up,
"Die you mother...." 🥲
and I was at home, if it were any other youtuber I would've thrown hands but you get a pass😤
Haha sorry about that! I try to keep my vids PG and this is about as risqué as I get.