Asus Vivobook 13 Slate OLED Review | Convertible Laptop with Killer Flaw

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Reviewing the Asus Vivobook 13 Slate OLED tablet-cum-laptop, a media-centric Windows 11 machine with one major weakness. I've been testing this touchscreen tab, which comes bundled with keyboard dock and stylus for a budget-friendly price, for a week now. And while the Vivobook 13 Slate OLED boasts a gorgeous screen and some impressive features, the performance is a massive let-down.
This is the 4GB RAM review model, so if you're tempted by Asus' Windows tablet convertible, I'd definitely say upgrade to 8GB instead. That said, I can't imagine the speed increase will be enough to dramatically improve the performance of this transformer.
If all you want to do is sketch in basic apps and stream video on the likes of Disney Plus, then no worries. I also enjoyed the Asus Vivobook 13 Slate OLED's keyboard and Pen 2.0 stylus. Even the unboxing experience is enjoyable. However, try running pro apps or even browsing the web and everything crashes to a halt. Battery life is another positive thankfully, while the design (stand aside) is nice, but the damage has sadly been done.
Asus Vivobook 13 Slate OLED Review Chapters:
0:00 - Intro & unboxing
1:19 - Design
2:20 - Connectivity
2:45 - Display & audio
4:04 - Converting from tablet to laptop
4:46 - Keyboard
5:17 - Asus Pen 2.0 stylus
6:30 - Camera and mics
7:40 - Performance
10:53 - Storage & battery life
11:24 - Verdict

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@alanhaigh9682 2 жыл бұрын

Thank God I watched this review!!!!! Two things I always look for in a device are a good screen and good performance, virtually anything else wrong I can put up with. I so nearly ordered one an hour ago 😬

@fabio9428 2 жыл бұрын

but have you seen the time to open a web site ?

@alanhaigh9682 2 жыл бұрын

@@fabio9428 reread my comment and think where you went wrong brainiac

@raed.a 2 жыл бұрын

@@fabio9428 Fabio focus. He is saying he was going to buy it but didn’t.

@fabio9428 Жыл бұрын

@@raed.a Oh ok. Happy for him! 😁 Thanks man!

@The92Waffles Жыл бұрын

Yea that performance is inexcusable in this age. Wow

@raymondz595 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah EZUZ is really killing it with this one

@andiespeg1897 2 жыл бұрын

😂👍

@lutfiikbalmajid Жыл бұрын

🤣😂🗿

@Riz_ 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Uncle Chris, I really enjoy your tablet and laptop reviews, more please if you can. I am using a laptop which cost just over £200 and even though it occasionally can be sluggish it's never been anywhere near that bad with loading pages.

@baskerganesh 2 жыл бұрын

Thank u, cleared all my doubts.

@ddm_807 Жыл бұрын

Thanks man! Very informative.

@alvise7840 Жыл бұрын

thanks for the honest performance review

@urfiansari9698 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the review. You really saved me.

@austJW 2 жыл бұрын

Great concept. (especially with potential android apps). Appalling performance.

@hussainalqadhi1198 Жыл бұрын

Great review. One thing I must say, it definitely is not this slow like in the performance test of this video. It was 100% doing something else in the background, probably windows update.

@ankit_i Жыл бұрын

How is this not a flaw?

@Sami-gs7qb Жыл бұрын

Thanks for honesty!

@superangrysnowman5869 Жыл бұрын

Hi, did you set the power management to balanced or performance? I've heard the default is on battery saving. A 4 gig version seems to be a good price but I'm wondering if that performance hit is cpu power management based or ram based.

@thetej1098 Жыл бұрын

1:49 ay bro your music taste is absolutely top notch.

@MrKoolmuzone 2 жыл бұрын

thank you so much for your review. helps me to purchase better.

@rudolfhoehler4710 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this, really!

@pyokent 2 жыл бұрын

I love the AOT wallpaper :))

@mambaman2007 Жыл бұрын

Great review there as always 👍. Chris, would you be jinx enough to give this tablet, it's absolutely better than nothing. 😊

@rameshn1697 2 ай бұрын

Thank God I watched this!

@constanzacenturioncolman8194 2 жыл бұрын

I really want it for college 🥰🥰🥰 specially for note taking. I wish it soon would be restored on Amazon.

@ciriaconlinechannel8943 Жыл бұрын

Big thanks for your comprehensive review. Now I would rather have the Ipad.

@denshaSai Жыл бұрын

I tried the 4g version, you have to change battery mode to high performance to not be that slow, more work less usable. But yeah I suggest get the 8g version

@RickGillyon 2 жыл бұрын

I had this on my to-buy list, so thanks for the warning. I've seen a few good reviews though, so did they get a different review machine, or did they just test media and no browsing?

@RickGillyon 2 жыл бұрын

Reading around this, it looks like you need to set the tablet to "Best Performance" - when you disconnect power, it defaults to power saving and the (already-poor) CPU ramps down. Set to best performance and things improve. No idea what impact this will have on battery though. Maybe a Surface will be safer. :)

@Katsgezellig 2 жыл бұрын

I watch your vids for a few months, just now i realize your name is Chris 🤯😂

@tjey379 2 жыл бұрын

Now that's a review atleast now I know what to expect if I ever had the money and chose to get this device thanks or I would just save up for a better Asus product.

@topfamous297 2 жыл бұрын

Great Video.

@rocou945 Жыл бұрын

it reminds me of my first windows XP PC when i was a kid. it took a good 10 minutes to wake up and 10-20 seconds to start explorer and MSN. i thought that era was long gone lol. i might buy it for the nostalgia? 🤣

@CathodeRayNipplez 2 жыл бұрын

WTF? Seriously? It's In The Bin. Battery is good because it doesn't do anything.

@Chanoey333 2 жыл бұрын

The best part of the video is at 11:33 when you say "...and would I recommend it?" And then there's just a zoomed in clip of you laughing😂 Also they should defo have named it the 'Asus Vivobook etcetera' as you put it at the end.

@cockneyse 2 жыл бұрын

A full days use from the battery, to do 1/2 a day's work?

@dudewithamood4673 2 жыл бұрын

I guess the 8GB memory is much better unit than this one

@user-iy8cu7ts3l 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for info.

@bazanime 2 жыл бұрын

So is the 8gb ram version more capable? Seems like you got a dud unit if its performing that badly in 2022.

@theunorthodox828 2 жыл бұрын

Jeez mate, that loading time. My first surface go is 10x better than that. thanks a lot for the review though!

@konradc12 2 жыл бұрын

Good review Chris. This just demostrates how rubbish Microsofts policy of not allowing older more powerful hardware, to be updated to the latest Windows, yet companies are selling hardware that can hardly perform even basic tasks. Obviously Windows is a bit heavy, since Chromebooks are better with similar specs. This is not even worth half it's price with that performance. I wonder if there are any software solutions to improve the drivers, because you cannot upgrade the hardware.

@mithraicpriest Жыл бұрын

I just order mine from amazon for the sole purpose of installing linux on it, performance issues should be solved once i get rid of windows

@ArsenGaming Жыл бұрын

Windows isn't "a bit heavy". It's absolutely massive. Not being able to run chromium on a modern Pentium is just ridiculous. My Linux laptop with a Pentium N4200 can run two separate browsers at the same time with videos playing in both. The potential of this computer is just being wasted.

@souljastation5463 Жыл бұрын

@@mithraicpriest But is a tablet running linux actually usable? How good is the touch interface?

@apreviousseagle836 7 ай бұрын

@@souljastation5463 If you install something like Mint Cinnamon, touchscreen is actually almost identical to Windows..................but you don't really save on resources, as Mint with Cinnamon tends to be heavy. Something like Lubuntu, or MX Linux, is far lighter on resources, at the expense that you may not get all the touchscreen features to work.

@abdullahmubarak6840 2 жыл бұрын

When is the Mobile Ryzen APU going into the ultra-portable PCs? They're very good with CPU and GPU performance.

@allthenamesaretaken2 2 жыл бұрын

They honestly should've added a hdmi input on this, atleast people will have a reason to buy it.

@mkteku Жыл бұрын

Are you sure that INDEXING (files on the ssd) was finished by the time you started doing the demos? Fresh Windows installs do that for a few days.

@mygamehackademia2099 Жыл бұрын

Hello i love it but i want to make sure , is the tablet good for gaming ??

@Pierre-oi9vc 2 жыл бұрын

Between this and the I3 Huawei Matebook E which one would you go for? The price is similar.

@robyn_southafrica 2 жыл бұрын

That little laugh he gave after asking "would I recommend it" LMFAO

@dickyveto1164 2 жыл бұрын

Tweak'it, disable background programs. They should put the window icon in the mid and able to put some apps in the respective panels.

@DylanF 2 жыл бұрын

I immediately got this confused with the Asus Flow tablet. Then you said £600 and something was a bit sus.

@timetestedmedia4304 Жыл бұрын

I never comment…but holy hell I love this review! 😂🔥. Def not gonna buy one now. 🔥

@spektrumB 2 жыл бұрын

Wow, who is the project manager of this tablet?

@MasFreestyle 2 жыл бұрын

Super nice review thank you, they ruined it with performance, I guess Asus Rog Flow Z13 all the way, can't wait for that when it's out

@Paul-ry7rv 2 жыл бұрын

I'd expect it to be quite slow, but not nearly that bad. Preinstalled software killing performance?

@ArsenGaming Жыл бұрын

Windows is killing performance. AKA malware being misrepresented as an OS.

@FFfan5 2 жыл бұрын

Hey Chris, I have to ask, this or the Huawei Matebook E?

@narulavarun Жыл бұрын

A use case for the rear camera can be students using it to scan documents

@al-che-ra Жыл бұрын

Wow that's pretty sad. I really want an OLED 2in1 Windows Tablet. Are there any alternatives out there that are actually functional?

@GuantaiN 2 жыл бұрын

Only the OLED gives an edge over the Surface Go 3. The Go 3 seems like more of a productivity device than this one.

@Psicoeducazione 2 жыл бұрын

As usual everything comes to the main point: the operating system. I've been using a surface pro 7 i5 for a while, but even on that I noticed a quite bad performance when multitasking and web browsing. The idea of a desktop/tablet device is great, but Windows OS is the flaw, unless you buy a very pricey surface 8. So, as far as mobility is concerned, I switched to a Macbook air m1 + a small samsung tablet and s pen for note taking. So far so good.

@Psicoeducazione 2 жыл бұрын

@B Update: the latest ipados 16 (already available in beta) is a huge jump forward as far as multitasking is concerned. I bought a ipad pro m1, it’s not a laptop yet, but it comes close…

@dimasirfandanu 2 жыл бұрын

ikr first day I installed linux+gnome+waydroid. Got linux tablet+android superb experience. This tab by far the most affordable with the gorgeous oled display, just the Windows is bloated trash.

@kfirdrake8711 Жыл бұрын

@@Psicoeducazione I have the S8+, with Dex deployed it's basically a laptop. Of course for things like office, web browsing, simple editing. For heavy editing, gaming, programming you'll need a strong laptop.

@steviegbcool Жыл бұрын

thw whole point of tablets is that they are quick and easy to use like the iPad. Not fiddley awkward and slow .

@andresguevara85 2 жыл бұрын

Hello. Can you tell me where can I get the keyboard? I bought the tablet, but It doesn't have keyboard

@error4335 2 жыл бұрын

I was also at a loss to choose the Asus VivoBook 13 Slate LED or to buy the Microsoft Surface Go 3 that comes with an Intel Pentium Gold processor, 128 GB storage and 8G RAM, but the problem with the Microsoft device is that each piece is sold separately. What do you think? Which device do I buy?

@ttoommxxmmoott 2 жыл бұрын

surface pro 3 will spin like crazy. suggest you look for surface pro 5. been using mine for about 2 years now, windows 11, only 4gb of ram and works really well, battery is great and no fan noise

@bryancartagena3286 2 жыл бұрын

So would I be able to use the Genki Shadowcast to play my Switch on this? Or will not be able to due to it being a “tablet” & not a portable monitor?

@jordantheman25 Жыл бұрын

Got it for 250 usd , I will say , it is a great secondary display for professional productivity and is a really fun way to read book and make art! I really like it as an axillary machine , that if you can get for cheap , might be considered a decent deal.

@honantong Жыл бұрын

As secondary screen? How? Or you mean just as a standalone device for viewing

@michaelhall9211 2 жыл бұрын

Would it have performed better if it had the ram spec that it should have had? Or is the processor too low spec? Sounds like you may have had a model for a different market or pre production, having only half the ram. My understanding is that current Microsoft software needs a minimum of 8gb to work properly. I have a 3-4 year old Asus Z500 and love it! Glorious screen, a better 5mp front camera than my Sony Xperia 5 ll and rarely have any loading issues. However it is Android. Tempted to buy an Asus Oled laptop so disappointed this item didn't do better where it counts!

@themadatheist1976 2 жыл бұрын

Think I'll stick with getting the i3 version of the Surface Go 3 with a 3rd party KB and pen to compliment my gaming laptop. I'll be running basic apps, MP3 tagging, graphical touchups, retro gaming and GameCube emulation via the Dolphin emulator. The 8GB/128GB Slate 13 version should run around $700. I just wished the Go 3 had an 11th gen i3 CPU for the Iris graphics tho.

@atyourservice 2 жыл бұрын

My thinking as well. Did you buy it already ? And happy with it ?

@themadatheist1976 2 жыл бұрын

@@atyourservice no, discovered the Surface Pro 7+ line. The i3s are notebook class and twice as beefy. Planning on getting a 128GB 11th gen i5 one and installing a 1TB SSD. They're just a few inches bigger.

@error4335 2 жыл бұрын

@user-jk4bx6zy1g 2 жыл бұрын

@@error4335 im in the same boat too, going to get one purely for web browsing (less than 10 tabs with chrome/firefox, youtube, gmail, sheets, ebay etc), and mostly video playback like youtube and vlc. pentiums on these and max 8gb are kinda putting me off. XD

@nguyenminhduc6990 2 жыл бұрын

What a challenger for Samsung tab 8 series

@adnarimsc Жыл бұрын

ugh the concept is sooo good but i want to get rid of my old lap bc of the same problem here lol 💔

@TheBobby1kenobi Жыл бұрын

is the storage upgradable on this ?

@hayleyamethyst7233 Жыл бұрын

I am not a techy person but can I download and use chrome instead for browsing? Thanks!

@Pabz2030 2 жыл бұрын

I recently got a surface pro 8 i7/16GB that i am watching this on in glorious snappy buttery smooth 4kness while also browsing amazon and a couple of other websites in chrome. Sure its pricey compared to this Asus but the performance difference is ridiculous. £600 for a 2022 etch-a-sketch... sheesh.

@__goat__ 2 жыл бұрын

I mean the first iPhone was faster and cheaper than that, it would be quite sad if a 1500$ tablet doesn't outperform it.

@mvevitsis 2 жыл бұрын

No way the retail box looks like that or includes the accessories

@wiltedsheep Жыл бұрын

Hello, I just need this thing for microsoft word/office, web surfing, and streaming/KZfaq stuffs. Is this good enough?

@conman-bk1mj 2 жыл бұрын

Where did you get it from where’d you buy it

@ieschayreiner2843 Жыл бұрын

What is the best app for using pen as a notebook

@rdan721 2 ай бұрын

Would the performance improve if windows 11 S were installed?

@ttoommxxmmoott 2 жыл бұрын

the bad performance is quite bizzare, had a n6000 +4gb ram device before and for the low end hardware browsing was actually quite decent.. have you tried installing the official Intel drivers + remove background trash or you just booted and run?

@ddr5574 2 жыл бұрын

I agree, something seems off here. I have an Acer running the N5000 from a couple of years ago (also 4 Go RAM) and it loads KZfaq pages in just a few seconds. It's nothing like the old Atom processors...I was pleasantly surprised at how capable the CPU was. The performance in this video seems completely out of whack.

@ludekmalinovic436 5 ай бұрын

@@ddr5574 I actually still use an Atom n2600 netbook with 2gb of ram on Windows 7 and Firefox and Brave browser rum pretty decently on it way better than in this video. Edge is trash hell it's even worse than chrome.

@saadihify Ай бұрын

which is best 2 in 1 laptop please, the school has instructed us to get one for daughter

@silis_pap8473 2 жыл бұрын

Anyone got a link for the wallpaper in 1:32 ? It's gorgeous 🤩

@morendra.nodi421 2 жыл бұрын

can we install 3rd party software in this tab ??? like we can do in laptop / desktop ??

@stephenbaker2987 2 жыл бұрын

Looking for a decent large screen tablet or detachable device. Would love to see you review the new Lenovo 256gb duet 5 13.3" chromebook with 8gb ram. Is it worth buying?

@tash_g 2 жыл бұрын

Wanna see this too.

@Jackofafewtrades 2 жыл бұрын

It's a Chromebook, so.... No. Not worth buying unless it's less than $300.

@Pabz2030 2 жыл бұрын

Surface pro 8. Its decent desktop performance in a tablet form (and with a £50 dock it can be a desktop connected to 2 4k monitors)

@blue4059 2 жыл бұрын

Duet 5 runs on Snapdragon 7c Gen 2 (equal to 730G from 3 years ago), comes with slow eMMC storage, USI pen (really bad), and costs $500. Galaxy Tab S7+ has Snapdragon 870, comes with UFS 3.1 storage, EMR pen, better display, better speakers, and costs $500 (including keyboard) when you buy refurb/open box. I think the choice is obvious.

@stephenbaker2987 2 жыл бұрын

The lenovo tab p12 pro also looks like a contender. Any thoughts?

@henry3871 5 ай бұрын

Does it have magnets in both sides of tablet and keypad?

@RaySWLui 2 жыл бұрын

Found that Win 11 windows animations are quite heavy... Tried to just turn off all transparent etc. features and animations you may get better performance. Not ideal. But at least should get you through browsing. (I swear it was better and lighter with Win 10 cry)

@peachy4186 2 жыл бұрын

Could you install linux on it too see if it is usable? Maybe something like Chromium OS could be fitting.

@ArsenGaming Жыл бұрын

Oh, it'll run fine with just Linux, considering my Pentium N4200 laptop running Linux can easily outperform this Pentium N6000 machine, easily handling two separate browsers at the same time with videos playing in both. The performance of Windows running on that thing is just ridiculous. Leave it to Microsoft to completely waste the potential of a perfectly capable machine.

@MicheilaFortes 2 жыл бұрын

Can I do virtual assistant work here like editing videos, transcripting etc

@shadownk 2 жыл бұрын

nice package design! But that's all about it...

@harunji 2 жыл бұрын

Does zbrush runs on this tablet?

@dkimmortal 2 жыл бұрын

Wish it had avx2, maybe a 12th Gen i3

@The_Meme_Fox Жыл бұрын

What is the link?

@hardeepsinghb 2 жыл бұрын

Chrome OS is good for this spec

@one_step_sideways 2 жыл бұрын

A 600 quid chromebook tablet

@blue4059 2 жыл бұрын

True, but tablet interface on ChromeOS is still absolutely awful.

@Balakrishnan1991 2 жыл бұрын

Is this a fanless device?

@jhovo2008 Жыл бұрын

Y si le instalamos una distribución ligera de linux tal vez funcione mucho mejor

@northland7134 2 жыл бұрын

That is awful performance, do you know if that was just on your review copy or is it the same across the board?

@michal4736 Жыл бұрын

In theory, we could install Chromium OS on this device and performance shouldn't be a problem anymore. By the way, the performance is the main reason to me that I ignore any tablet or laptop working on the Windows system because the performance is a catastrophe or will be in the next years. Maybe the most expensive devices will somehow stand but I was disappointed too many times to give a change to any other Windows not PC tool

@CWC2211 2 жыл бұрын

What about using chrome?

@ThaedDavid 2 жыл бұрын

What were they smoking sending a review unit with 4gb haha

@patrickrichard6556 Жыл бұрын

The hawei matebook e is better?

@LetsBringThePain 2 жыл бұрын

I thought there is no tablet mode anymore in Windows 11 🤔 either way, ASUS messed up with the CPU since outside of that it seems to be a really cool 2-in-1 BUT I actually think that performance should not be that bad since Dave2D did not mention anything about horrible performance, unless he had a better performance model 🤔

@989stf 2 жыл бұрын

But he said nothing about it. For me that was just paid commercial.

@LetsBringThePain 2 жыл бұрын

@@989stf he did talk about performance, just did not give any indication for it to be so bad and I did not expect it to be horrible in Edge which just makes the device unusable, so I doubt that performance should be that bad 🤔

@victormarian7889 2 жыл бұрын

Maybe Dave had the 8 Gb. model, he is a nice and reliable guy !

@Kaishi_ 2 жыл бұрын

WIth Windows 11 Tablet/Touch mode got integrated better into the OS.

@tatsumaru12345 2 жыл бұрын

One look at the cpu, says don't expect much performance wise. This is a next gen atom cpu. Even the surface go 2 murders this. Like another said, 4gigs of ram just isn't enough. 6-8gb should be minimum. You buy this for the display, headphone jack, video out. For people like me who want to play oldddd games on a nice screen? This is perfect! For more the regular jane and joe? Probably better with a android/apple, or a surface pro.

@mac2105 2 ай бұрын

It's a decent option for developers-on-a-go if you're on a budget and willing to swap out Windows for Linux (Ubuntu) with a lightweight desktop environment.

@-ThePharaoh- 2 жыл бұрын

Could have been a decent tablet.. If it atleast came with a corei3

@maxinemn 2 жыл бұрын

Lack of thunderbolt is what's making me wonder why bother. It's not even a replacement Vivobook T420 (Ryzen variant) that my fiancée currently has.

@blue4059 2 жыл бұрын

Core i3 (ADL-M/i3-1210U) would be too expensive unfortunately. Remember, they're not just buying the chip, but need to source LPDDR5 ram, Wi-Fi 6E module, compatible board which supports the integrated TB4, and put a higher TDP chip (9W vs Pentium's 5W) in a slim body, requiring more powerful active cooling in the same confined space, needing another custom-order assembly piece. The End-product would cost $1000 at the minimum which Asus would be better off labeling as "ZenBook Slate" than an affordable VivoBook. AMD's tablet APUs (Ryzen Dragon Crest) won't arrive until mid 2022, but Ryzen 3 probably will be cheaper and run cooler than i3, better for the next VivoBook Slate 13.

@DSP720 2 жыл бұрын

@@blue4059 I guess that explains the price of the ROG Flow z13

@ArsenGaming Жыл бұрын

Could still be a decent tablet if you just install Linux rather than use that joke of an OS known as Windows.

@hanifalghifari21 2 жыл бұрын

Love the style but the the performance :(

@MisterPikol Жыл бұрын

yeah the ram is killing it

@one_step_sideways 2 жыл бұрын

4 bloody gigs of RAM for 600 quid? Is Asus having a giggle?

@random_number0 2 жыл бұрын

I wonder who approved using an Intel pentium on a laptop in 2022, with that 4GB RAM too, seriously.

@BeardsBaconTech Жыл бұрын

Can you use steam How does that work

@JeskidoYT 2 жыл бұрын

Really wished Microsoft forced mandate that all computers with windows 11 has to come with 8gb ram minimum

@ziniarae1691 Жыл бұрын

Edge browser is really slow! I think it’s best if you try other browser.

@AliAdam80 2 жыл бұрын

wish they put an i5 in this thing.. would have bought it immediately

@yellowflash511 2 жыл бұрын

Pretty sure that lag is because of 4 GB RAM, the 8 GB version works fine

@drgeetchadha Жыл бұрын

Hey hows the performance of your tab, now that youve had it for a few months?

@Jacoq 6 ай бұрын

can it run candy crush? looking to buy one for my dad this christmas

@mevlutunlu42 2 жыл бұрын

Hi. I an looking for something like this. A laptop which can also be used as a tablet and have an oled screen. but with a powerful cpu of course. I don’t play games at all but it should be at least able to handle tens of tabs on google chrome. besides I need all things in budget