Asus’ huge push to reinvent its laptop computer tech has lastly come to fruition, and the Zenbook S 16 makes the corporate a severe contender within the midrange laptop computer house and past.
It’s maybe greatest to begin with essentially the most seen improve: the chassis. Relatively than counting on the standard design of steel or plastic, Asus has invented a brand new materials known as Ceraluminum, which it says is the results of 4 years of labor to mix aluminum and a kind of ceramic into a brand new compound.
The small print are advanced and never totally clear, however primarily it bonds the 2 supplies into one thing that, in concept, is stronger, lighter, and extra immune to put on and corrosion. Ceraluminum is used solely on the higher lid of the brand new Zenbook S, however you’ll discover it instantly. It seems to be like plastic however has the rigidity of steel, and it’s simple to see how skinny and light-weight it permits the display and lid to be.
The laptop computer is offered in two colours: Zumaia grey and Scandinavian white. I obtained the latter, which is extra of a silvery gentle grey, whereas the Zumaia choice may be very darkish.
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The 16-inch show gives ample room for a spacious keyboard, although there is not any numeric keypad, leaving a number of useless house on both aspect. The half-height arrow keys are offset, positioned under the Shift button, making them extra handy to entry than these on many different laptops that cram them in amongst every thing else. I did discover the keyboard motion to be a bit mushy, nonetheless. The keyboard backlighting is extraordinarily shiny, and albeit too intense at full energy. Lastly, the massive touchpad contains Sensible Gesture assist, which helps three-finger and four-finger shortcuts the person can customise. When you get the grasp of them, they’ll actually velocity up your work.
Beneath the hood, Asus has outfitted the Zenbook S 16 with the brand new AMD Ryzen AI 9 365 CPU (paired with a Radeon 880M GPU), 24 GB of RAM, and a 1-terabyte solid-state drive. The touchscreen’s decision is a stable 2,880 x 1,800 pixels. Enlargement ports are all side-mounted and embody two USB-C connectors supporting USB4 (one is required for charging), a USB-A port, HDMI output (full-size), and a full-size SD card reader.
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