forum threadDr.W posted May 25, 2025 04:05 AM
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forum threadDr.W posted May 25, 2025 04:05 AM
ASUS Vivobook S 14: Intel Ultra 5 226V, 14" FHD+ OLED, 16GB LPDDR5, 512GB SSD $568.95
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The lowest was $450 in March 2025, but that's the lowest I've seen. It typically goes down into the $5xx.
In the few months I've used it, I've had no problems. Battery literally lasts me all day. Personally, I like the glossy screen. Makes the colors pop. I just watched the Dodgers game on it today.
Compared to that, for just $20 more, this is still a good price.
CPU is mediocre. 9500 cinebench r23. 5500/5600G level.
Battery life is not that good. Half a world away from my m1/m2 devices. Still decent windows laptop but don't expect it to be excellent.
GPU is very good. 4000+ timespy. This chassis is one of the best portable laptop that I have ever owned. The screen however put it into the mid to budget class.
One very weird issue with this specific model. The laptop has something wrong with its video out. I still have like 5 of them. We bought over 10 and sold some. All of these laptops regardless of driver bios or system all can't reliably drive external monitors.
We linked these to 4k 120hz initially. The cursor was super lag despite everything else is good and smooth. We thought it was the bandwidth limitation and replace with qhd 120hz. A lot better but still occasionally have this issue. We tried 1080p with 120hz and it still, occasionally lags. This lag is extremely bad especially having the build in screen on. While its off the external monitor works better, but still occasionally lag.
Overall its a crap deal for over $500. Lunar Lake has been way overrated by the community who never own them. In reality it sucks. The battery is good but its lagging and the performance, especially without plugging in is toooo bad. It's to a level that you absolutely can feel it in everyday use, while any CPU including the slowest Ryzen AI 340 after 2024 can be fast enough that nobody can notice any difference in everyday life. I would call the system remind me of our i3-1220p devices - decent for everyday work, but you can't call it smooth.
BTW, if you love posting crap deals and want to earn that commission, you need to accept criticism. By all means, a regular $450 device posted at over $500 while the device itself is not that great is NOT a good deal. A down vote for you and all your crap deals.
Battery was great, I could use it the entire evening and still be in the 90% battery range. But I was just going through pdfs.
Laptop feels cheap, the build quality with asus is awful. I tested out 2 or 3 of these and they all had some fatal issue. Eg. Trackpad doesn't click properly, fans stuck on 100%. All were returns. I got one for 450 but even that was a return.
I got the HP omnibook X and it's been so much better. It just works. Now Best Buy has some omnibooks on sale. I bet they are a much better device. IMO cpu performance is mostly irrelevant for most people. Just get the newest gen laptop and don't get an arm chip if you don't have comparable software.
Not sure I would call an OLED display, even a 60 hz low end one "budget", especially considering there are still a few laptops being sold this day in this price range that have only a TN display and many others with a 60% sRGB 1:800 contrast IPS displays, those I would consider "budget" (and yes, TN displays should not exist anymore, even in the lowest end categories, but they still do)
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