I've had the Asus Zenbook S14 for a week and I thought it was about time to make a review on the hardware subreddit. We're talking about a portable, feather light , flat, and durable laptop. Anything from CPU heavy work to light GPU tasks run smooth on this device. I decided to purchase this model for graphic design, college, a travelling job, and for personal use. I'm always travelling for work so I thought this was definitely the best fit for me.

The S14 comes with an Intel Core Ultra 7 256 CPU, and a Intel Arc 140V Integrated GPU. These parts enable me work smoothly and quickly. I'm able to render everything fairly fast and do some other light assignments on the side. I've never owned a laptop specialised in the work I do, so I've been so shocked at how easy it can be. So as expected with an expensive CPU like this, it runs like a beast, and the integrated GPU also puts up a pretty good fight.

[Style] I personally really care about aesthetics, I just want a pretty laptop when I'm out and about. It's thin, with a good looking aluminum chassis with little flex. The vents above the keyboard give it a little more character and the screen is plain gorggggeous. I've currently got the grey, but the white is DEFINITELY recommended.

The camera could be better though, it's 1080p and it picked up the colors accurately with natural light. That being said, images had a grainy background. Some details were kinda blurry, and for a steep price I think you could expect a nice touch.

[Screen and Sound] The 14 inch 3K HDR OLED display is soooo beautiful and the image quality is great too. It's really noticable that it's OLED, maybe even a little bit too much so haha. The colors are vivid and vibrant. I had such a good time rewatching arcane (can't wait for S2). It's a beautiful and big display with barely any borders.

The speakers were also super noticable, it's definitely not a priority, but these were so nice! I was surprised at how good the sound is. It is loud, the bass is great, and yeah... it just feels really great. Watching, working, or doing anything with this laptop that requires the speakers and being able to take advantage of the HDR display is a treat.

[Cooling and Battery] The Asus S14 doesn't stay hot for very long. While exporting videos it's quick, efficient, and the laptop might heat up while doing so, but the aluminum body bleeds the heat out super quick too. I found almost everything I've done with the laptop has not caused it to stay hot for longer than a few minutes. In fact, especially with the current weather getting cooler, the laptop is honestly ICE COLD whenever I use it on the go 😭.

The battery for casual use on 60hz is about 15hrs long. Anything more depending will of course drain the laptop faster. I do like how it charges really fast and how the charger is also super lightweight, it doesn't have a typical powerblock so it travels like a slightly larger phone charger.

[Build and Ergonomics] The laptop is surprisingly slim and light and it's feel matches it's price. Its a great product, the quality is good, there is great air flow, and it feels like a top dollar product.

[My Experience] I love the laptop, it's so convenient and lightweight, has a luxurious feel even though it does get a bit smudgy with the matte top. It has a great battery life for casual use and is so portable. The touch screen is a great touch (haha) for someone like me. Other then work and college, I can still play my fave casual games (and sometimes test it's limits with Hogwarts), just dont expect to be able to run a AAA game since that's not what the laptop was made for.

[Model] ASUS Zenbook S 14 (UX5406); Copilot+ PC

Feel free to ask any questions or things u'd like me to test out!