I had one but returned it. The screen glare was so extreme... I couldn't stand seeing myself included in every email and website. If they ever make an anti-glare screen version of this, I would buy it in a heartbeat.
Super high performance displays are always glossy. The glossy finishes transmit the most light without scattering, which would reduce contrast ratios. I had one of the first Macintosh II computers when I was a grad student with the fantastic AppleColor II monitor, the best color monitor on the market. How did Apple do it? They went to Sony and said, "Please sell us your high-end monitor but remove the antiglare coating" and Sony complied ...
@@systemBuilder If you think it's possible for display technology to improve since the days of the Apple-II, you might want to check out the OLEDs on Samsung Galaxy Books. There's almost no glare, with incredible picture quality. I struggle with the sub-par keyboard of the Galaxy Book, but the display makes it worth it.
I have this laptop. Because the zenbook S16 is power-limited to 33w of power, the Radeon 890m GPU (hx 370) does not have enough power to really beat the 880m (hx 365). Watch the videos all over UA-cam and in many cases the 880m and 890m get exactly the same FPS on many game titles. When there IS a difference, the memorybus bottleneck is still in play, and the 890m wins by at most 10% (when power limited to 33w). It has 33% more CUs and only wins by 10%, indicating that the 890m is still bottlenecked because of the memory bus (and this holds true on all models, not just the 33w models). Therefore, most of the GPU benefit of the AMD HX 370 CPU ($1699) is wasted on this particular machine, so you might as well get the 365 model ($1399). Also, as stated in another video, the cream color ceraluminum is truly sick, and in the USA the only way to get it is to buy the HX 365. In the UK and UAE and a few other places you can get the cream color ("scandanavian white") with the HX 370 CPU.
Small note: A haptic trackpad is one that may lightly vibrate (similar to a phone) e.g when clicking. Your complaint around 3:20 is the diving board design - you can make a haptic trackpad with that kind of design :D
@@kwoknationgood timing on them, just maybe switch to a swoosh sfx, something with less high-frequency content! our ears hear voices primarily near 4kHz, and swooshes max out at roughly 800Hz (this click is easily covering all frequencies 1kHz and upward to 20kHz) so the swooshes will sit below your voice, making it easy to continuously follow the dialogue without being interrupted by the click :)
@@skxllflower wow that's useful to know o.o so when putting together a sound mix try to avoid frequencies around 4khz while narration/voice is the primary focus?
@@isbestlizard when the voice and sfx are going to be layered, yes :) if there’s a gap between where the dialog and the SFX will be, then it doesn’t matter!
Thank you! And I’ve heard some others mention it as well, but probably only those who actually use the laptop for an extended period of time instead of just a quick review vid
The problem is that the laptop keeps trying to put itself in high performance mode (for example, after every reboot). So I have to keep going into the command prompt and setting it to powersave mode. Idiots at Asus who write the Asus App, did this. alias powersave="powercfg.exe /setactive a1841308-3541-4fab-bc81-f71556f20b4a" alias balanced="powercfg.exe /setactive 381b4222-f694-41f0-9685-ff5bb260df2e" alias highperf="powercfg.exe /setactive 8c5e7fda-e8bf-4a96-9a85-a6e23a8c635c"
@@maitreyeegautamGet s16; it’s lighter and has a touchscreen + pen compatibility, which may come in handy as a graphic designer. Also gets better battery life. Only go for the zephyr G16 if u want better graphics performance for gaming in your free time.
Will this laptop (the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 With Radeon 890M Model) be able to handle architecture and design 3d modelling and 3d rendering software such as AutoCAD, 3D Studio Max, Lumion? Has anyone tried and how were the results?
Thanks for the video. Been looking for a new laptop to do some video editing in Da Vinci resolve and had thought about a switch to Mac but some of these new Windows laptops are starting to make me think this is not going to be necessary...
@@kwoknation Yes I have seen some reviews that I think were early that suggest they can't really do video editing (which given the benchmarks vs other laptops I thought was weird) and others saying that the X plus (not even the elite) CAN do it.
Apple wants $2100 for a comparable laptop (M2 Air with 24 GB of RAM). This $1400 laptop has a 120 Hz OLED display and a card reader and definitely beats the MacBook Air in multicore performance. You can get a Vivobook S14 with the same CPU and same resolution 14" OLED for $200 less.
Bro ,this is what i Call a Review ,tank you a lot
🫡 thank you
@@kwoknation Broo should i buy a macbook m2 with 16gb ram and 500gb storage or this laptop both cost almost the same
@@kwoknation please tell i would really apricate it kind quite confused or should i go with the new arm based snapdragon x elite chip laptops
The speaker grills are actually bottom mounted , the top grill is a vent for heat dissipation.
I had one but returned it. The screen glare was so extreme... I couldn't stand seeing myself included in every email and website.
If they ever make an anti-glare screen version of this, I would buy it in a heartbeat.
Super high performance displays are always glossy. The glossy finishes transmit the most light without scattering, which would reduce contrast ratios. I had one of the first Macintosh II computers when I was a grad student with the fantastic AppleColor II monitor, the best color monitor on the market. How did Apple do it? They went to Sony and said, "Please sell us your high-end monitor but remove the antiglare coating" and Sony complied ...
@@systemBuilder If you think it's possible for display technology to improve since the days of the Apple-II, you might want to check out the OLEDs on Samsung Galaxy Books. There's almost no glare, with incredible picture quality. I struggle with the sub-par keyboard of the Galaxy Book, but the display makes it worth it.
you should upload more often your videos are so high quality and you're so underrated keep up the good work!
@@notaxn4514 Appreciate it 🙏 I’ll be posting a lot more in the next few months :)
I have this laptop. Because the zenbook S16 is power-limited to 33w of power, the Radeon 890m GPU (hx 370) does not have enough power to really beat the 880m (hx 365). Watch the videos all over UA-cam and in many cases the 880m and 890m get exactly the same FPS on many game titles. When there IS a difference, the memorybus bottleneck is still in play, and the 890m wins by at most 10% (when power limited to 33w). It has 33% more CUs and only wins by 10%, indicating that the 890m is still bottlenecked because of the memory bus (and this holds true on all models, not just the 33w models). Therefore, most of the GPU benefit of the AMD HX 370 CPU ($1699) is wasted on this particular machine, so you might as well get the 365 model ($1399). Also, as stated in another video, the cream color ceraluminum is truly sick, and in the USA the only way to get it is to buy the HX 365. In the UK and UAE and a few other places you can get the cream color ("scandanavian white") with the HX 370 CPU.
thanks for the detailed insights!
Small note: A haptic trackpad is one that may lightly vibrate (similar to a phone) e.g when clicking. Your complaint around 3:20 is the diving board design - you can make a haptic trackpad with that kind of design :D
yeah! I just meant that because haptic trackpads typically don't have a diving board design, at least none of the ones I've tested
@@kwoknation fair enough !
Is this good for 4k video editing? Can it handle a moderate amount of editing? Thank you,
The repeated click sound effect is so annoying
Noted for next video 😅
@@kwoknationI actually love them 😢
@@kwoknationgood timing on them, just maybe switch to a swoosh sfx, something with less high-frequency content! our ears hear voices primarily near 4kHz, and swooshes max out at roughly 800Hz (this click is easily covering all frequencies 1kHz and upward to 20kHz) so the swooshes will sit below your voice, making it easy to continuously follow the dialogue without being interrupted by the click :)
@@skxllflower wow that's useful to know o.o so when putting together a sound mix try to avoid frequencies around 4khz while narration/voice is the primary focus?
@@isbestlizard when the voice and sfx are going to be layered, yes :) if there’s a gap between where the dialog and the SFX will be, then it doesn’t matter!
Great review. Looking at other reviews, the Zenbook S16 does not overheat during extended workloads.
Thank you! And I’ve heard some others mention it as well, but probably only those who actually use the laptop for an extended period of time instead of just a quick review vid
@@kwoknation from what I have seen they ran a 20 minute full load and did not thermal throttle.
Omgggg i need to follow this man! Nice review😊
thank you! 🙏
@@kwoknationShould I opt for zephyrus G16 or Zenbook S16
Is this laptop good for 4K video editing?
The track pad Is a deal breaker for me
Nice video bro
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Will this computer be good for computer engineering?
How is the Qualcom GPU compare to the AMD GPU in terms of performance?
AMD is about the same but it's actually a few percent more energy efficient (like 1-3%). Watch the justjosh videos about AMD HX 365.
Solid video, I would suggest you turn the music down though.
Thank you! And I’ll keep that in mind 😅
ouuu i got so much information from this review!!!
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I saw on other channels this laptop gets quite hot. I wondered if your use case did you experience this? It's the only thing holding me back.
The problem is that the laptop keeps trying to put itself in high performance mode (for example, after every reboot). So I have to keep going into the command prompt and setting it to powersave mode. Idiots at Asus who write the Asus App, did this.
alias powersave="powercfg.exe /setactive a1841308-3541-4fab-bc81-f71556f20b4a"
alias balanced="powercfg.exe /setactive 381b4222-f694-41f0-9685-ff5bb260df2e"
alias highperf="powercfg.exe /setactive 8c5e7fda-e8bf-4a96-9a85-a6e23a8c635c"
Hi, I am a graphic designer, would you recommend this laptop?
Either this or the new Surface devices could be a good pick if the performance is good enough for you
What do you think about the M16 R2 or Zephyrus G16? Is it better than S16 OLED
@@maitreyeegautamGet s16; it’s lighter and has a touchscreen + pen compatibility, which may come in handy as a graphic designer. Also gets better battery life.
Only go for the zephyr G16 if u want better graphics performance for gaming in your free time.
Really cool video!
🙏 thank you
YO is this the Ryzen 570 ai Cpu or 565?
it’s the 365 base model
Will this laptop (the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 With Radeon 890M Model) be able to handle architecture and design 3d modelling and 3d rendering software such as AutoCAD, 3D Studio Max, Lumion? Has anyone tried and how were the results?
would have loved a video editing test side by side, I believe majority of the consumers are looking for comparisons side by side.
Compared to which laptop? It would be a bit unfair to compare it side by side with my M1 Max MacBook Pro 😅
@@kwoknation i mean it will be still exciting to see,
may be an m2 ir m3 air with a similar spec
W video highly underrated.
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Can you do a comparison of s16 and s14
Thanks for the video. Been looking for a new laptop to do some video editing in Da Vinci resolve and had thought about a switch to Mac but some of these new Windows laptops are starting to make me think this is not going to be necessary...
100% - I'd imagine the ARM-based Windows ultrabooks would be even more powerful for that use case since Resolve now natively supports Windows ARM!
@@kwoknation Yes I have seen some reviews that I think were early that suggest they can't really do video editing (which given the benchmarks vs other laptops I thought was weird) and others saying that the X plus (not even the elite) CAN do it.
DaVinci resolve now works just great with AMD GPUs.
White or light color keyboards are a big no no, why don't people realise this already?
Showing off that crisp aim on Valorant
Can you link the wallpaper on your desktop behind you?
I feel Windows is geeting higher price than Mac nowadays
They're definitely getting comparable to MacBooks, especially the more premium brands
Apple wants $2100 for a comparable laptop (M2 Air with 24 GB of RAM). This $1400 laptop has a 120 Hz OLED display and a card reader and definitely beats the MacBook Air in multicore performance. You can get a Vivobook S14 with the same CPU and same resolution 14" OLED for $200 less.
Nice laptop.
I’ve never had more issues. My zenbook s16 is the worst and ASUS CUSTOMER SERVICE WONT DO ANYTHING!! THEY WONT EVEN TALK TO ME
You're really good-looking man 😁
thank you kind sir 😁
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I wish 🥲 ask ASUS to pay me
Are you Korean?
I’m Chinese!
@@kwoknation chinese obsessed with Asus 😂 .. but gamers nexus 🗿
You speak so fast.
LOL sorry I’m trying to figure out the best pacing because I consume (informational) content at 1.25x or 1.5x myself
@@kwoknation Yeah do try to slow down a little haha. Can be a little tough to keep up sometimes!
@@kwoknationyou’re speaking fine
Haha, I do the same so didn't even notice lol. I don't think you should worry. People can always just slow down the video
do 0.75x
I want to have more subscribers, lets use the word 'fanboy', so cheap...
Welcome to UA-cam
@@kwoknationgood answer.
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So windows or mac ?😂
hahaha, the only problem now is that your laptop is with Windows!
😆 still have my Mac but you’re right
dude nobody calls this a macbook killer. choosing mac or pc is a different issue.
Check out some other reviews on UA-cam - a lot of people have been calling it that 🤷♂️