This is my detailed review of the 2023 Asus VivoBook Pro 16X OLED series, which I’ve used extensively in my home office over the last two months. This is a quite interesting lineup of laptops. It’s supposed to be an all-purpose mobile computer with...
This article is my detailed review of the mid-2023 generation of the Asus VivoBook S 14 OLED k5404. This series is the mid-tier and somewhat more affordable alternative to the Asus ZenBook 14X lineup, with fewer bells and whistles, different materials used for the...
In this article we’re discussing the 2023 update of the Asus VivoBook Pro 16X OLED series, model name K6604JI. Over the last years, Asus offered some well-balanced creator laptops in the VivoBook Pro 16X lineup, with a variety of Intel/AMD specs, beautiful high-res OLED...
This is our detailed review of the mainstream Asus VivoBook Pro 15-inch OLED series, Asus’s mid-range all-purpose laptop in the sub $1000 price niche, meant for everyday multitasking, school/work activities, and even some light gaming loads. It’s a nice-looking and well-built design with good...
This is my detailed review of the 14-inch Asus VivoBook Pro 14X OLED, an all-purpose competitively-priced compact laptop meant for everyday use. With this generation of their laptops, Asus brought back to life a subfamily that has been neglected for the last years: the...
I’ve already covered the 2021 lineup of VivoBook Pro mid-range all-purpose laptops in our reviews of the 14-inch Pro M7400, 15-inch Pro M3500, and the 16-inch N7600 series, and in this article, we’ll discuss what’s arguably the most interesting full-size option in this entire...
The Asus Vivobook Pro lineup of mid-range laptops includes both portable 14-inch models and full-size variants with 16-inch 16:10 displays. Having discussed the Vivobook Pro 14X in a previous article, in this review we’re looking at the Asus Vivobook Pro 16X series. Asus offers...
Having reviewed the AMD version of the Asus VivoBook Pro 15-inch series of mid-range all-purpose laptops just last week, it’s now time to turn our attention onto the Intel variant of the same computer, and see how the two fare against each other and...
I’ve been covering Asus ultrabooks here on this site for many years now, and up till now, there’s always been a clear difference in specs and quality between their premium lineups of ZenBook laptops and their mid-tier series of VivoBooks. This difference has significantly...
This here is our detailed review of the 2020 update of the Asus VivoBook S15 M533, in the M533IA configuration based on AMD Ryzen 4000 hardware. VivoBooks are Asus’s line of mid-level ultrabooks, the more affordable alternative for their premium ZenBooks. While in the...
This here is our detailed review of the 2020 update of the Asus VivoBook S14 S433. VivoBooks are Asus’s line of mid-level ultrabooks, the more affordable alternative for their premium ZenBooks. In the past, stepping down for a ZenBook came with a couple of...
VivoBooks are Asus’s affordable range of thin-and-light notebooks, budget alternatives to their higher-tier ZenBook lineup. We’ve reviewed many VivoBooks along the years and have documented their evolution, up to the 2020 variants we’ll quickly touch on in this article, available in 13″ (S13 S33),...
The Asus VivoBook S15 series is one of the most popular lines of mid-range laptops in the last few years, as these were among the first compact and lightweight full-size computers without major compromises and with a competitive price. In this article, we’re talking...
In this article we’re having a look at a rather unique laptop as of August 2018, one that merges an AMD Ryzen APU platform with dedicated Nvidia GTX 1050 graphics: the Asus VivoBook X570ZD (also known as the K570Zd in some regions). This is...
If you’re shopping for a mid-range everyday computer in the $600 to $700 price-range, you’ve surely come across a few Asus VivoBooks options. As of the second half of 2018 Asus offers an updated model in this niche, the VivoBook S15 S530, also known...
This article is about an all-round laptop that combines solid everyday performance, gaming abilities, a 15-inch screen, a compact form-factor and a great price: the Asus VivoBook 15 X560UD (or K560UD in some regions). It’s built on Intel Core U hardware and an Nvidia...
The VivoBook Pro is Asus’s line of full-size multimedia laptops. The computers in this series are nor as compact or as light as those in the VivoBook Slim or Zenbook Pro line, but not far off. They are however good multimedia options built on modern HQ...
We’re having a look at a new mid-range series of laptops in this article, scheduled for release in the second part of 2017, the Asus Vivobook Slim. This is not your average notebook line though, as it’s one of these new iterations of thin-and-light...
Asus took their sweet time updating the N Series of multimedia laptops to Skylake hardware, but they finally did it and in this post we’re going to talk about the 17-inch model in the line, the Asus Vivobook Pro N752VX. This laptop builds on...
This post is about the Asus Vivobook TP501 series, a mid-level laptop line with Skylake hardware and a 15.6-inch screen that can rotate all the way around onto the back. In other words, this is a 15-inch convertible computer, which can be used as...
Vivobooks and the Transformer Book Flips are two series of mid-priced Asus ultrabooks, spanning over a bunch of different models. You’ll find Vivobooks with screen-sizes between 11.6 and 15.6 inch, while the Book Flips are available as 13.3, 14 and 15.6 inch variants. In...
Hey everyone, Mike here and this is the Asus Vivobook S301, a 13 inch portable laptop with a touchscreen, Intel Haswell hardware and optional dedicated graphics, that starts at around 700 dollars in the US and about 700 euros over here in Europe. But...
While 15 inch ultrabooks are still a rare commodity these days, more and more potential buyers are interested in this class of portable machines, as they offer the power and the features required by most everyday activities, while losing the bulk. The Asus Vivobook...
After reviewing the Asus Vivobook X202E a while ago, it’s now time to put its bigger brother to some intensive tests, the Asus Vivobook S400CA. From starters, you should know that the Vivobook S400 is a fairly priced 14 inch ultrabook, with a solid...
In this post we’re taking a detailed look at the Asus VivoBook X202E as it is known in the US, or the Vivobook S200 / S200E as it’s called over here in Europe. This is Asus’s new 11.6 inch affordable mini laptop running Windows...
The Asus VivoBook U38N is an ultraportable laptop. It looks a lot like the Asus Zenbook UX32A on the outside, but it’s not an ultrabook, because it’s built on an AMD hardware platform. That’s a bit unusual in a market mostly dominated by Intel...
This article explains the specs and performance of the existing Intel Core i9 laptop platforms and provides a detailed list of all the portable, high-performance, and gaming Core i9 laptops available in stores as of early 2024. We’re discussing the latest Intel 14th-gen Core...
This article explains the specs and performance of the existing AMD Ryzen 9 mobile platforms and provides a detailed list of all the AMD Ryzen 9 laptops available in stores as of 2024 (such as the latest models powered by AMD Zen4 Ryzen 9...
This is my detailed review of the 2024 Asus Zenbook 14 OLED UX3405 series. The reviewed configuration is the new Zenbook 14 UX3405MA variant, with an Intel Core Ultra processor and Intel Arc graphics, the latest Meteor Lake hardware platform available from Intel. For...
More and more OLED laptops are available in stores these days, of all sizes and kinds. In this article, I’m going to explain the particularities of the OLED displays available on modern laptops, with their main selling points such as their beautiful image quality...