What do you guys think of the ZenBook S 16? I still need to review it properly but it definitely has a nice look to it!

Sticker guy is protesting the use of A.I he refuses to place stickers on a.i laptops

it just looks so much nicer when the keyboard is centralised, with no numpad. Awesome screen too, and an SD card slot. It’s a YES for me.

I’m thankful for the CENTERED trackpad and larger screen. That’s honestly what I want the most.

Bring back upgradable RAM. My 2018 Asus laptop is thin with both upgradable RAM and storage. And Yes I did in fact upgrade from 8gb to 16gb and noticed performance gains

I know you're forbidden from benchmarks and batteries life. But thank you for including the additional information. I was searching for color accuracy and you had it😊.

After using highspec laptops for 15years+ I was thinking of converting to large tablets for my ultralight use (office to home) and relying on a desktop for gaming and other heavy duty stuff. Damn new chips making things complicated at the exact wrong time.

MBA15 vs Surface Laptop 15 vs Zenbook S16 M3 vs Snapdragon X Elite vs Ryzen 300

Question. Given the recent uproar on Asus warranty malpractices, are you still willing to buy from them? Please ellaborate if possible.

Looking forward for the benchmark :3

The old 'Engineering sample' excuse for not giving any numbers is so bogus. By the time any OEM laptop has reached this stage, nothing much at all will be different from retail units in terms of performance.

Ram on motherboard are replaceable , new LPCAMM2 modules replacing sodims are at same level performance and same power efficiency. Manufacturers just don't want to give you the consumer any options.

I think this is it. The laptop i've been waiting on

Don't scratch it or your warranty will be VOIDED!

Thank you Matthew for being one of the rare KZfaqrs who didn’t use a ridiculous facial expression on their thumbnails.

OEMs are switching to 6GB RAM modules. Apple started it with the Macbook Pros and others will follow. For obvious reasons they are cheaper than 4GB modules. So, 24GB of RAM will eventually be the base in Windows as Intel, AMD and Qualcomm decree minimum 16GB. Apple, with the M4 Macbooks, likely to start at 12GB later this year.

Another absolutely fabulous review! Honestly, I went to look at purchasing this computer, even though you said it was a sample. WOW! The size and performance, and yet being thin and light... makes it quite desirable. Thank you!

Does it have enough room in the chassis to stick in a gen 4 NVME 4TB ssd?

Do you know if that hinge opened up a full 180 degrees? - that would be useful for note-taking.

🤔 I thought it has 50 TOPS of performance, you said 45 in the clip. Think I'm more interested in the S14 model, do you think they'll send you one of those to preview? which wifi7 adapter is built in? and does the hdmi 2.1 port support 4K120? Ever since vendors were allowed to support only part of the 2.1 spec to call it a 2.1 port it's been confusing to confirm exactly what res/refresh they support.

Any speculation on when we will be seeing Nvdia GPUs with snapdragon chips? Still too far off? I’m in the need for a laptop but I would like those chips with a powerful GPU but it might be too far off still rn

When are Snapdragon Elite devices reviews come out? Only thing I'm interested in

Wow this seems amazing for a CS student, nice and clean, large and thin/light with some light gaming. Sign me up!

Will be interested to see how this compares to things suck as MacBook Pro 14s for content creation. And if battery life is amazing - it might be a huge yes for me as I need Windows for most atuff

Wait. So cause of stupid ventilation holes placing I can't use this laptop closed in a dock with monitor I guess. Right!? Had same issue with old asus laptop on intel 7000 series (closed it everheated and shutdowns)

great laptop. I wish the Zenbook S16 had a display with Corning Gorilla Glass with DX like the Galaxy Book 4 Pro /Edge. Minimization of reflections and reflections by up to 75% compared to conventional display glass.

I have two main requirements for a laptop: 1: non-reflective display 2: flicker-free experience Despite #1 already failed, I still curious does the panel use DC dimming, similar to g14 2024?

What about font rendering is that smooth or still the same blurry font?

This laptop is like mine, thin but has some important I/O ports. Or maybe like 2012 MacBook Air 😅

Don't forget boys, boycott asus. Remember the warranty shit going on

ASUS is integrating AMD processors into many of its models, even more than other manufacturers. I'm game.

If we are no longer able to upgrade the ram at least put a second ssd slot and upgradable wifi card.

I love almost everything about the laptop, except the compnay that makes it. Nowadays they don't provide much support and for something like this laptop, I would like to use for years and years forward, I think I would want an assurance for it's support in the long term by the company

The battery life is what will make or break these laptops. If they can come to 20% of the new Snapdragons, then they will be the better option. You will get the better npu, gpu (onboard), cpu, no need for emulation. I would love to see a tablet varient, like the minisforum v3.

They should've but that display on the g16 2024! 😭

for someone who does a lot of rendering and 3d modeling with my laptop, but I also take my laptop with me all the time, would you recommend the G14 over the G16 (2024) when it comes to performance/portability?

Love when brands send units out and expect video coverage but "don't talk performance metrics yet" like...its a high end laptop thats literally 1 of the most important things to know

Wonder how the CPU stacks up against the G14/16!

If this is 50 tops, does that mean it's better than snapdragon x elite?

Thanks for the "overview" Matt. I'm a fan of ASUS products (we have several in our house) and that S16 is a gorgeous laptop.

You still can’t charge the laptop from both sides.

Please do a video of asus reacently announed tuf A14 and will it be a better budget option than G14 as it looks more gaming vibe than the g14 and ig better cooling solution

This year asus laptops are resembling more like the laptop which is best in segment

Looks like a great work laptop

I hope the white one will have the top end chip... They just announced preorder, and its all gray... and windows 11 pro. *sigh*

Does it have windows recall

7:30 if this has insane battery life and tuf a14/16 have same cpu and that too with bigger battery. So tuf will also have insane battery life on igpu mode?

YES, no numpad

16inch laptop with only 1 SSD Solt?

TUF A14, Matt, we need to know if the price is gonna make that one a hit.

Sir, i purchased a lenevo laptop 2 months ago and it's motherboard died, the company is not helping me i have 3 years warranty but they are not giving any response please help me to get a refund

Do you expect battery life to be good?

What is the major difference between Asus S series and ZenBook line?

Looks fantastics. Im a bit disappointed in the sub 400 nit screen. My XPS 15 9500 is between 500-550. I'd want at least that. The new XPS 13 has a tandem OLED display and is supposed to get really bright. Shame the rest of the machine is a downgrade.

Much prefer having a fingerprint reader than face recognition

Usb 4?? What transfer rate??

hows the batterylife?

very pomising!

The price starts at $1700 US. Wonder how the battery life is...

This is basically a battery that comes with a built-in laptop 😂

Dont care about the AI, but damn 2024 or 2025 we might see the peak of non mac based laptop

What’s the battery life on this new CPU? If it doesn’t hit the same as Qualcomm then I don’t want it. Asus warranty issues also NO GOOD. Don’t buy anything Asus until they fix their stupid warranty and service issues. Just a note on the new CPUs, TOPS is the new sexy benchmark I guess. - got this from Verge The Ryzen AI 9 300-series also appears to have the most TOPS compared to other NPU-configured chips already on or soon to be on the market. Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X series has 45 TOPS, Apple’s M4 has 38, and AMD’s last-gen Ryzen 8040 series chips had just 16. Intel’s Meteor Lake Ultra 7 165H has approximately 10 TOPS (but the upcoming Lunar Lake is supposedly going to even the playing field).

With your hands waving around most of the time you can join the Music conductor corp.

obviously

Hmmmm very, very, very enticing at $1200 ish if ever

Also facial regeneration on Windows has the worst implementation ever. You cannot rely on the camera for 100% and when it fails you need 3 clicks to back you to Pin or password. Usability nightmare! I always keep it off. The fingerprint scanner is the only decent option!

Apparently Matthew thinks silver = "white".... 😂

Suggest us best all rounder lap for video editing & running heavy stuff 600 to 850 dollers I'm from India I'm ur subscriber I need one lap😊

GPU is still the same as it was a years ago! Or two actually.... why not going All AMD....?

Instead of moaning about AI I suggest making it a drinking game. Watch any tech KZfaqr these days and every time you hear AI have a shot. And good luck. 😂

33% more fps on this iGPU compared to Z1 Extreme. This is maxed out at 16 CU's.. a joke. There is a 16 Core with 40 CU's which they keep. Means.. you can buy this and later regret it. It has HALF of the performance as it should have.

Npu is 50 tops

391 nits of brighness... disappointing. So, an indoors only device. Cause with that super reflective, gloss display; plus the dimness. Yeah, it's too bad.

1300$ for 24 gb of super fast ram, 1tb ssd and 10 core cpu, 3k oled display featuring 120hz... i mean... what can you ask more for this thin laptop..

I really want to stop using NVidia GPU. so just give me a laptop with iGPU only with 2 ram slots and 2 SSD slots(Full length). I do not care of it being thinnest or lightest, if would rather have better cooling and sturdy. If you want to have soldered ram, start with 32GB with 64 GB option (16 GB is pointless in a 10-12 core cpu machine).

Love their designs but i just cannot get myself to buy with asus horrible customer service

i hate the AI button

No numpad in a 16" laptop is a no for me. It's easy to have trackpad in the centre with a numpad.

Mention also kg

superbe vidéo

this notebook but with Snapdragon chip

With the new AI CPU you talk more about its future potential of this GPU CPU combo in a chip. None in store in this review what a waste.

Mate, you're crazy! Numpads are essential.

Like to the video. Laptop is rubbish (Copilot, that's why).

WAIT it's TOUCH😮???

Am I the only one who dislikes any type of design which doesn't have a classic aesthetic? Take this laptop for example. Look at those lines all over the front. In 10 years, will that look terribly dated? Yes, it will. The design isn't classic. So I don't find this beautiful at all.

391 nits? so bad

ASUS is in trouble. Read the news.

First

Are we really going to pretend Asus doesn't have an RMA issue?

Stop calling glossy displays good. )

Asus? No thx.

Making an OLED panel a touchscreen? Absolute 🤡's.

Ew. Bottom firing speaker. Pass.

I need this one with the Snapdragon X Elite. because AMD is always unstable and unreliable.

Video Sponsored by ASUS Asus = NO buy

What is your fascnation with weight in laptops. it sits on a desk 99% of it's life and if U can't lift 10 Lbs get a Gym Membership and BULK UP buddy. The important thins are the GUTS SCREEN and PORTS. the more the better Memory SSD's and High End Graphics. The things that are important to People that work for a liviing not sit in Mommys basement Gamiing and eating from Moms fridge.

Don't buy ASUS stuff

Useless with out a Number pad.

tinfoil hat on: I feel like they want to create a mesh network of AI capable machines so they can outsource AI tasks to your PC without you knowing it and not having to run AI datacenters.