ASUS ZenBook S 14 - INTEL Lunar Lake is AWESOME! 

I’m super excited for them and this will likely get me to upgrade once non touch devices with bright and high resolution screens come out. Great battery life in an x86 device running Windows that comes with 16GB or more RAM is all I want in a laptop

Better handheld CPU than handheld CPUs

$1500 USD for a laptop with an i3 chip in it. Ridiculous.

I was not expecting it to be this good

Intel should continue focusing on efficiency, battery, and single core performance

LOL thanks

Or maybe show more than 2 game benchmarks. I have yet to find a review of Lunar lake that actually contains some data based on which I could conclude it is better than anything. These early "reviews" are the same like Meteor Lake, a whole lot of marketing, a few nitpicked benchmarks and a lot of praise for "stuff" like sticker design :D

They’re definitely good!

You are definitely confused, no other words but obvious confusion.

What would Thunderbolt 5 offer for a thin and light laptop that a TB4 dock does not? I work at a finance firm and we run 6 monitor setups on one TB4 dock and one USB C hub

@@whenhen My lab deals with protein dynamics and folding which needs a good cpu and a GPU with a lot of vram.(Not using a super computer since that's not a viable option for our lab due to multiple reasons). Since we need to work in real time, the latency is painful when using tb4 and full fat desktops are our only choice. So I have been hoping for a higher bandwidth port like tb5.

He said dockable mobile workstation.

not much on market can take advantage of TB5 unless you want to push to the edge. even gaming on EGPU.

All that garbage is what I’m trying to avoid. Have the Dell XPS 13 from 4 years ago and I’m not buying anything that does the same nonsense it’s been doing

@@wasti6745 well I can assure you that the Slim 7x doesn't do those things. It's only downsides are 16:10 vs 3:2 aspect ratio and fringe app compatibility

@@wasti6745right, I got a great deal on the surface laptop and I needed a windows laptop for excel and tax programs (need laptop because I’m moving abroad and computers there are way more expensive), but I can’t imagine having paid sticker price for it (over 1500 dollars) and having that kind of experience.. I’ve had my MacBook for almost 4 years, last night I closed both of the laptops on 100%, when I opened them this morning the MacBook was 100% and the surface laptop was at 85%… one is four years old and the other is a couple months old. The trackpad is also no where near as good. Screen is a bit better on MacBook. Speakers are amazing though. Build quality wise, the body on the MacBook is stronger and way more solid while the surface laptop flexes easily almost as if it were plastic even though it’s aluminum? Performance wise, the surface laptop has better multi core score, though that’s to be expected on four year old difference between machines. Surprisingly single core score is almost identical. It’s an amazing laptop for what I paid but it is not worth the sticker price at all considering I got my MacBook four years ago for less. Anyways rant over…

$2199 cad

@@MatthewMoniz That should be around 1400 euros here. (usually we get the same USD number but in Euro)

Thanks for your time! I appreciate it. As for 4080 vs 4070, it really depends on what you're doing. The 4080 will render a bit faster but if you are working alot in After Effects or doing any 3D Work thats where the 4080 shines since it has more VRAM. But for general 4K video editing you won't see a massive difference.

@@MatthewMoniz many thanks for the reply. I tend to shun Adobe, having spent a fortune buying one of their CS suites and shortly after them announcing that they were going to a subscription model leaving me high & dry with regards to upgrade path from my standalone package……and nothing I’ve read about them as a company subsequently has changed my mind about them,if anything, it’s cements it further. So, quite some time ago, I switched to Blackmagic Design Resolve & Fusion, and Capture One for stills. I still occasionally use my standalone version of PS, but it’s pretty rare that I need to these days. But, playing around with Fusion & Blender is something I enjoy doing, so, I think your responses answers that question for me.

Depends I need a 16 inch screen but some are cool with 14

Incredible idle time when sleeping.

Like most windows laptops /=

Except for the Snapdragon laptops.

Master of iGPU

⁠@@MatthewMoniz For iGPU drivers I beg to differ.

I mentioned the price and I mentioned the Snapdragon X Elite getting discounts. I think i made it pretty clear that there's a pricing issue here with all the competition. Its a fantastic laptop but yes its a bit to expensive at the moment. I'm sure there will be deals on it in the next month. Thanks for watching Andy!

@@MatthewMoniz yes, I watched and noticed you mentioned these. I was just adding my context to confirm your thoughts, with examples of current pricing that I’ve seen.

Nope 8gb is not enough, 4 minute after turn on my mac pro m2 pro 16gb it filled 12 gb already

Over 60% of MacBook Airs sold have 8GB of RAM. While this may not be sufficient for your needs, it is more than enough for the majority of users. Most people use their MacBooks as lightweight alternatives to Windows laptops, and 99% of ChromeBooks, which are popular lightweight laptops, have 8GB or less of RAM.

@@andyH_England pretty sure with only light task they filled the 8 gigs and the mac start using swap mem, which literally means 8 gigs is not enough

What are you talking about?

Why don't you like touch displays?

ikr it's the best laptop webcam i have seen

I Noticed that too... Amazing for a Webcam !

and it sounded amazing

I did show power draw ! I need you to wake up

@@MatthewMoniz In a completely different benchmark than the ones showing actual results. I don't really take you for a data based review channel but why the need to be harsh if someone doesn't know that?

Totally agree! Its fine for a thin and light

cool, you are talking about an i3, not an i7 then... why i7 prices

@@Garrus-w2h obviously it has a very capable iGPU and battery life lol...

​@Garrus-w2h it's not an i7. And also have you never heard of the U series?? And it's expensive because of the chassis, amazing screen, speakers, build quality, etc. Etc.

if it had rgb 2 fps difference!

@@MatthewMoniz6:34 and you will understand the joke 😂

My pleasure! Thank you for your support and your time out of your day to watch it!

Need to review the slim 7 I first!

I agree, no one should pay $1500 for a MacBook...

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@@wesley.zago120 haha sorry

Thank you! I really appreciate it. Also thank you for taking the time out of your day to watch some of it.

I don't want to ruin your enthusiasm, but real reviews aren't out yet. All the reviews out now only show a few nitpicked benchmarks and a lot of praise being said. So I'd wait for some real reviews, although if it's gonna be the same like Meteor lake, we'll have to wait a long time...

@@jondasek I doubt Matthew Moniz or Tech Chap would lie this much without the video being a paid ad. These results seem legit to me.

lol wtf ur asking for for 1500 ? Not even the most expensive macbook offers that

​@@igotsickieatlight WTF?? MacBooks are rip offs. Lenovo offers these port specs on their Thinkbook 14 series (Meteor Lake) for cheaper. When they upgrade to Lunar Lake and offer a better display option, I'll cop that. Lots of issues apparently with ASUS's reliability too. Not sure cause I never owned a ASUS but no one seems to complain about reliability and support issues with Lenovo. Just sayin

In Europe it’s 2100 euros

1500 you get 32gb ram, 3k oled touch, 1tb. Man, that more than enough

😂😂😂 you see this here is a broke guy

It’s on going thing with my laptop reviews. If you know you know

Well considering theres 1000 mhz in a ghz we've been using GHZ laptop ram speeds for almost two decades

LOL numbers are correct. Just forgot to move the blue bar over to match the number on the bottom of the graph

Yes the touchpad is glass

I got a macbook for work and... I cant go back to anything that's not a haptic trackpad

@@bernardogalvao4448 same here. I’ve been using MacBooks for years for that reason. I’m glad they’re finally coming to some windows laptops but honestly anything above $1000 should have one standard

Idk why they don’t include haptic feedback on these 1000+ laptops… the trackpad experience totally makes or breaks the laptop.

Thanks Marty!! I agree it will come down to pricing

I can but most people are not buying thin laptops for blender or 3D work. More important for laptops with dedicated GPU

Yes a little bit. If its most ly CPU not so much but when iGPU is activated it takes a hit

It’s easy to open with one hand. I’ll send you a 20 minute video of me opening it with one hand if needed lol

1 frame is 1 frame my guy

Thanks Bryan! What do you think of Intel's new lunar lake chips?

@@MatthewMoniz For me the jury is still out.

Premiere Pro is VERY CPU heavy

Thanks!

Probably October

October 24 for launch, delayed by two weeks.

Compared to what? Apple😂? Don't be unreasonable.

@@mikelay5360 hey you can do whatever you want with your money, if you are a sucker for Intel be my guest.

MacBook Air, how many CPU cores does it bring to the table? Who knows ?

@@kumasswan4309 definitely more threads

I did and I talked about it

It helped Matthew through a day of ultrabook work, so it should be sufficient for most people. However, if you’re using it for gaming or more demanding tasks, you may experience diminishing returns, similar to the X Elite, but for different reasons.