The Magic of OLED // ASUS Zenbook 14 OLED Review

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The ASUS Zenbook 14 OLED is a sleek, sophisticated, beautiful thing. Will it help you achieve enlightenment like a Zen master? Nah. But it's still really cool.
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00:00 What is Zen?
00:49 A book of Zen
01:40 Asus Zenbook 14 OLED Review
02:12 Unboxing
03:05 Specs
04:06 Tour
05:32 Screen & Sound
06:18 The System
07:10 Benchmarks
07:46 Battery
08:22 Gaming
11:52 Conclusion
13:24 The End
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@WarwolfGames Ай бұрын

So basically this is really good for everyday tasks and some indie gaming

@abruoon Ай бұрын

and Minecraft

@PG-gs5vb Ай бұрын

Quite underwhelming for the price.

@Ooze27 29 күн бұрын

@@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.

@ollie7145 19 күн бұрын

@@Ooze27soo do you think that its really worth it. What you wrote sounds amazing.

@Ooze27 19 күн бұрын

@@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.

@Moatiz Ай бұрын

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!

@jackdoobie Ай бұрын

Happiness will never come to those who fail to appreciate what they already have.

@TechDweeb Ай бұрын

You make a good Guru. Jackguru.

@alex2921 Ай бұрын

This!❤

@MeMe-bg8ci Ай бұрын

Your channel deserves more subscribers. Love your work.

@CyberClu Ай бұрын

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.

@dustydynasty802 Ай бұрын

This was such an entertaining review. Keep it up!

@Raintiger88 Ай бұрын

Difficult journey, but you will get there. Love your stuff. No fluff, just the facts.

@smidlee7747 Ай бұрын

I knew it. I predicted you would end the intro with guns blazing like the Intro in Helldrivers 2 "Peacekeepers" scene.

@respawndenied Ай бұрын

I knew Russ was bound for greatness when I found his channel.

@dragon2knight Ай бұрын

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!

@TechDweeb Ай бұрын

Oh man I'm jealous. I really want an OLED monitor someday.

@strandedtraveler5034 Ай бұрын

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!!

@franklininspace5342 Ай бұрын

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

@ranielnascimentoferreira8808 Ай бұрын

I'm always amazed of your writing, you always make jokes with the most unexpected things. Great video, OLED is really nice.

@TechDweeb Ай бұрын

Thanks for saying so!

@Metal-Josh Ай бұрын

OMG! I BUSTED During that opening! Too funny!

@Bits-n-Bytes1409 Ай бұрын

😂 Definitely one of your best intro’s ever 😜

@TechDweeb Ай бұрын

Had fun with this one 🤣

@iblackfeathers Ай бұрын

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.

@uncookednoodles8775 Ай бұрын

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

@saschapurner9579 Ай бұрын

I think he is in the true not TechDweeb, becouse he is TechBudda. :-)

@hectorsanchez713 Ай бұрын

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.

@lalalops833 Ай бұрын

I like the nature visuals

@markrung8051 Ай бұрын

Thank you - great video

@LouisDuran Ай бұрын

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 KZfaq and in about 2 hours of playback battery only went down 15%. Or about 14 hours from 100 to 0.

@Alexander-eu8kl Ай бұрын

How's the fan noise?

@alexvibes84 Ай бұрын

Battery life in gaming how many hours?with emulators and steam games?

@jpna8223 2 сағат бұрын

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.

@Bonkikavo Ай бұрын

TD making commercials entertaining ;)

@darkdagon6 Ай бұрын

Opening is beautifuuulll

@GamerZ4900 Ай бұрын

Is the OLED of Zephyrus G16 2024 of similar quality to this?

@jamalakhaligova9125 Ай бұрын

I ordered the same laptop but with ultra 9 processor and 32 gb ram. It was nice to watch your review, thanks :)

@Ooze27 29 күн бұрын

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.

@jamalakhaligova9125 23 күн бұрын

@@Ooze27 It arrived on Tuesday, I also liked it :)

@Ooze27 23 күн бұрын

@@jamalakhaligova9125 Enjoy it!

@MrSujano Ай бұрын

This is one of the best intros of all time 🤣

@DangerDuck83 Ай бұрын

Tech Dweeb was Nature Dweeb for 40 seconds 😂

@SinceSpacies Ай бұрын

My friend's name is Zen and he was so confused while watching this.

@TechDweeb Ай бұрын

I have a friend name Zen too!

@CLONE_IX Ай бұрын

What controller did you use for Bot Vice?

@erickmagnus Ай бұрын

I have an older version of this laptop, it's a great screen!

@GraphicalRanger Ай бұрын

This Fantasticly presentationly

@zombee38 Ай бұрын

I want an OLED tv or monitor to play my old video games YEY !

@bits2646 Ай бұрын

You should probably go to bios and allocate 8gb for vram ,oob is probably only at 2gigs

@srfeger Ай бұрын

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.

@TechDweeb Ай бұрын

FYI, baby Russ grew up to userp the throne.

@whatsGyall Ай бұрын

I'll probably wait till arc gets better.. it's nice to have another competition on the market aside from nvidia and amd..

@surfx4804 Ай бұрын

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 ;)

@GreeKing83 Ай бұрын

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.

@PankoBreadcrumbs Ай бұрын

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

@TechDweeb Ай бұрын

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.

@alexvibes84 Ай бұрын

Emulators ps3 and switch this laptop can run without problems?

@Dracossaint Ай бұрын

0:35 I would really like to, but I'm watching a tech dweeb video on my phone. So can't ATM 😂

@markdove5930 Ай бұрын

I can confirm meditation works! I had a tooth pulled and the pain went away with meditation..and opium..

@jasonaltman7164 Ай бұрын

I’m not seeing the advantage of getting a Core Ultra processor over the last gen Ryzen APU’s.

@Abdullahfalah Ай бұрын

I could swear this was not sponsored by asus 😂🌹❤️

@lextr3110 Ай бұрын

waiting for next 14 pro version

@thomasdoidge2489 Ай бұрын

You and Russ from Retro Game Corps should start a podcast. With Adin Walls too!

@GameplayTubeYT Ай бұрын

Upload latest Legion Go Update Gameplay and performance?

@NokoPlays01 Ай бұрын

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 :)

@ChitosVids Ай бұрын

would be cool if you could do a vid on debloating windows 11.

@TechDweeb Ай бұрын

Awesome idea!

@Garyagdy Ай бұрын

This needs a 8945HS version

@umbrellacorp. Ай бұрын

Good morning Tech buddy. ☕️☺️ I hope you have a great day. 😎👍💯 Nirvana Smells like Teen Spirit.🧘‍♂️🎸

@TechDweeb Ай бұрын

🤘

@SNKev411 Ай бұрын

Laptops are ok for Gaming to each their own but after two years the proformence decreases fast

@TechDweeb Ай бұрын

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.

@SNKev411 Ай бұрын

@@TechDweeb yeah you’re 100% right

@itranscendencei7964 Ай бұрын

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. :)

@TechDweeb Ай бұрын

Good to know!

@misterk7_- Ай бұрын

4:34 How did you manage to make I/O sound so sexual 😂

@GameTechTalk Ай бұрын

My zenitude lasted precisely 35 seconds and I'm here for the other 13 minutes and 33 seconds more! 🤣

@TechDweeb Ай бұрын

I can help you with that. Come find me on a mountain. Bring your Miyoo Mini, we'll play Blades of Steel.

@chiefenumclaw7960 Ай бұрын

Touch screen on an OLED display. Why would greasy fingerprints all over my beautiful screen?

@TechDweeb Ай бұрын

Haha I'm with ya. I don't use the touchscreen on laptops generally.

@degenatron2319 Ай бұрын

everything that I have thats OLED ends up with burning...

@blurfnot6238 Ай бұрын

please 8:32 game, first game ill install if I buy this laptop , looks cool loved the vid :)

@blurfnot6238 Ай бұрын

game name

@TechDweeb Ай бұрын

Bot Vice

@prothastro Ай бұрын

Russ will appreciate 😄😄

@Mohamed-yv5ws Ай бұрын

@kosvic1 Ай бұрын

Рассматривал такой к покупке, но остановил свой выбор на asus rog zephyrus g14 2023. По цене одинаковы

@user-gx4wd6sv8f Ай бұрын

rtx?

@azexxx 6 күн бұрын

WE Can play good videogames ?

@crystal_is_cozy Ай бұрын

No nirvana? Clickbait.

@ItsMeTentee Ай бұрын

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.

@saschapurner9579 Ай бұрын

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.

@CheapOneLiners Ай бұрын

This review is the sound of two hands flapping.

@TechDweeb Ай бұрын

You really lived up to your username just now. I like your style.

@uncookednoodles8775 Ай бұрын

poopy poopy pants

@Dracossaint Ай бұрын

6:08 yeah I wouldn't call that good sound ....

@Superamak Ай бұрын

Hello. Hi.

@jobearesto9746 Ай бұрын

Ah sorry just a bit too expensive for me

@Zero Ай бұрын

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.

@TrusteftTech Ай бұрын

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.

@alvinamana1459 Ай бұрын

did you say impressive feats of game and then show red dead redemption at 29 fps lol

@SCTimbal Ай бұрын

All hail Russ! 😂

@dlewis9760 Ай бұрын

Other than the "Zen" in the name Asus is a Taiwan company.

@LadyAstolat Ай бұрын

Chop Suey font 😑

@th3Start3r 20 күн бұрын

Just don't buy an ASUS product. Watch the "repairgate" that is going on.

@pukarshrestha1903 19 күн бұрын

aru u a Buddhist?

@TheVillainOfTheYear Ай бұрын

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.

@yAsH-zt9oj Ай бұрын

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😤

@TechDweeb Ай бұрын

Haha sorry about that! I try to keep my vids PG and this is about as risqué as I get.