Asus Vivobook 13 Slate OLED Review | Convertible Laptop with Killer Flaw

[@alanhaigh9682]

Thank God I watched this review!!!!! Two things I always look for in a device are a good screen and good performance, virtually anything else wrong I can put up with. I so nearly ordered one an hour ago 😬

[@fabio9428]

but have you seen the time to open a web site ?

[@alanhaigh9682]

@@fabio9428 reread my comment and think where you went wrong brainiac

[@raed.a]

@@fabio9428 Fabio focus. He is saying he was going to buy it but didn’t.

[@fabio9428]

@@raed.a Oh ok. Happy for him! 😁 Thanks man!

[@The92Waffles]

Yea that performance is inexcusable in this age. Wow

[@raymondz595]

Yeah EZUZ is really killing it with this one

[@andiespeg1897]

😂👍

[@lutfiikbalmajid]

🤣😂🗿

[@hussainalqadhi1198]

Great review. One thing I must say, it definitely is not this slow like in the performance test of this video. It was 100% doing something else in the background, probably windows update.

[@ankit_i]

How is this not a flaw?

[@Riz_]

Hi Uncle Chris, I really enjoy your tablet and laptop reviews, more please if you can. I am using a laptop which cost just over £200 and even though it occasionally can be sluggish it's never been anywhere near that bad with loading pages.

[@superangrysnowman5869]

Hi, did you set the power management to balanced or performance? I've heard the default is on battery saving. A 4 gig version seems to be a good price but I'm wondering if that performance hit is cpu power management based or ram based.

[@CathodeRayNipplez]

WTF? Seriously? It's In The Bin. Battery is good because it doesn't do anything.

[@denshaSai]

I tried the 4g version, you have to change battery mode to high performance to not be that slow, more work less usable. But yeah I suggest get the 8g version

[@RickGillyon]

I had this on my to-buy list, so thanks for the warning. I've seen a few good reviews though, so did they get a different review machine, or did they just test media and no browsing?

[@RickGillyon]

Reading around this, it looks like you need to set the tablet to "Best Performance" - when you disconnect power, it defaults to power saving and the (already-poor) CPU ramps down. Set to best performance and things improve. No idea what impact this will have on battery though. Maybe a Surface will be safer. :)

[@cockneyse]

A full days use from the battery, to do 1/2 a day's work?

[@dudewithamood4673]

I guess the 8GB memory is much better unit than this one

[@jordantheman25]

Got it for 250 usd , I will say , it is a great secondary display for professional productivity and is a really fun way to read book and make art! I really like it as an axillary machine , that if you can get for cheap , might be considered a decent deal.

[@honantong]

As secondary screen? How? Or you mean just as a standalone device for viewing

[@konradc12]

Good review Chris. This just demostrates how rubbish Microsofts policy of not allowing older more powerful hardware, to be updated to the latest Windows, yet companies are selling hardware that can hardly perform even basic tasks. Obviously Windows is a bit heavy, since Chromebooks are better with similar specs. This is not even worth half it's price with that performance. I wonder if there are any software solutions to improve the drivers, because you cannot upgrade the hardware.

[@mithraicpriest]

I just order mine from amazon for the sole purpose of installing linux on it, performance issues should be solved once i get rid of windows

[@ArsenGaming]

Windows isn't "a bit heavy". It's absolutely massive. Not being able to run chromium on a modern Pentium is just ridiculous. My Linux laptop with a Pentium N4200 can run two separate browsers at the same time with videos playing in both. The potential of this computer is just being wasted.

[@souljastation5463]

@@mithraicpriest But is a tablet running linux actually usable? How good is the touch interface?

[@apreviousseagle836]

@@souljastation5463 If you install something like Mint Cinnamon, touchscreen is actually almost identical to Windows..................but you don't really save on resources, as Mint with Cinnamon tends to be heavy. Something like Lubuntu, or MX Linux, is far lighter on resources, at the expense that you may not get all the touchscreen features to work.

[@Chanoey333]

The best part of the video is at 11:33 when you say "...and would I recommend it?" And then there's just a zoomed in clip of you laughing😂 Also they should defo have named it the 'Asus Vivobook etcetera' as you put it at the end.

[@constanzacenturioncolman8194]

I really want it for college 🥰🥰🥰 specially for note taking. I wish it soon would be restored on Amazon.

[@thetej1098]

1:49 ay bro your music taste is absolutely top notch.

[@austJW]

Great concept. (especially with potential android apps). Appalling performance.

[@urfiansari9698]

Thank you for the review. You really saved me.

[@hardeepsinghb]

Chrome OS is good for this spec

[@one_step_sideways]

A 600 quid chromebook tablet

[@blue4059]

True, but tablet interface on ChromeOS is still absolutely awful.

[@ddm_807]

Thanks man! Very informative.

[@-ThePharaoh-]

Could have been a decent tablet.. If it atleast came with a corei3

[@maxinemn]

Lack of thunderbolt is what's making me wonder why bother. It's not even a replacement Vivobook T420 (Ryzen variant) that my fiancée currently has.

[@blue4059]

Core i3 (ADL-M/i3-1210U) would be too expensive unfortunately. Remember, they're not just buying the chip, but need to source LPDDR5 ram, Wi-Fi 6E module, compatible board which supports the integrated TB4, and put a higher TDP chip (9W vs Pentium's 5W) in a slim body, requiring more powerful active cooling in the same confined space, needing another custom-order assembly piece. The End-product would cost $1000 at the minimum which Asus would be better off labeling as "ZenBook Slate" than an affordable VivoBook. AMD's tablet APUs (Ryzen Dragon Crest) won't arrive until mid 2022, but Ryzen 3 probably will be cheaper and run cooler than i3, better for the next VivoBook Slate 13.

[@DSP720]

@@blue4059 I guess that explains the price of the ROG Flow z13

[@ArsenGaming]

Could still be a decent tablet if you just install Linux rather than use that joke of an OS known as Windows.

[@alvise7840]

thanks for the honest performance review

[@baskerganesh]

Thank u, cleared all my doubts.

[@mambaman2007]

Great review there as always 👍. Chris, would you be jinx enough to give this tablet, it's absolutely better than nothing. 😊

[@MrKoolmuzone]

thank you so much for your review. helps me to purchase better.

[@Sami-gs7qb]

Thanks for honesty!

[@allthenamesaretaken2]

They honestly should've added a hdmi input on this, atleast people will have a reason to buy it.

[@mac2105]

It's a decent option for developers-on-a-go if you're on a budget and willing to swap out Windows for Linux (Ubuntu) with a lightweight desktop environment.

[@ciriaconlinechannel8943]

Big thanks for your comprehensive review. Now I would rather have the Ipad.

[@robyn_southafrica]

That little laugh he gave after asking "would I recommend it" LMFAO

[@rudolfhoehler4710]

Thank you for this, really!

[@pyokent]

I love the AOT wallpaper :))

[@tjey379]

Now that's a review atleast now I know what to expect if I ever had the money and chose to get this device thanks or I would just save up for a better Asus product.

[@Paul-ry7rv]

I'd expect it to be quite slow, but not nearly that bad. Preinstalled software killing performance?

[@ArsenGaming]

Windows is killing performance. AKA malware being misrepresented as an OS.

[@rameshn1697]

Thank God I watched this!

[@theunorthodox828]

Jeez mate, that loading time. My first surface go is 10x better than that. thanks a lot for the review though!

[@Katsgezellig]

I watch your vids for a few months, just now i realize your name is Chris 🤯😂

[@ttoommxxmmoott]

the bad performance is quite bizzare, had a n6000 +4gb ram device before and for the low end hardware browsing was actually quite decent.. have you tried installing the official Intel drivers + remove background trash or you just booted and run?

[@ddr5574]

I agree, something seems off here. I have an Acer running the N5000 from a couple of years ago (also 4 Go RAM) and it loads KZbin pages in just a few seconds. It's nothing like the old Atom processors...I was pleasantly surprised at how capable the CPU was. The performance in this video seems completely out of whack.

[@ludekmalinovic436]

@@ddr5574 I actually still use an Atom n2600 netbook with 2gb of ram on Windows 7 and Firefox and Brave browser rum pretty decently on it way better than in this video. Edge is trash hell it's even worse than chrome.

[@bazanime]

So is the 8gb ram version more capable? Seems like you got a dud unit if its performing that badly in 2022.

[@GuantaiN]

Only the OLED gives an edge over the Surface Go 3. The Go 3 seems like more of a productivity device than this one.

[@ThaedDavid]

What were they smoking sending a review unit with 4gb haha

[@rocou945]

it reminds me of my first windows XP PC when i was a kid. it took a good 10 minutes to wake up and 10-20 seconds to start explorer and MSN. i thought that era was long gone lol. i might buy it for the nostalgia? 🤣

[@topfamous297]

Great Video.

[@al-che-ra]

Wow that's pretty sad. I really want an OLED 2in1 Windows Tablet. Are there any alternatives out there that are actually functional?

[@themadatheist1976]

Think I'll stick with getting the i3 version of the Surface Go 3 with a 3rd party KB and pen to compliment my gaming laptop. I'll be running basic apps, MP3 tagging, graphical touchups, retro gaming and GameCube emulation via the Dolphin emulator. The 8GB/128GB Slate 13 version should run around $700. I just wished the Go 3 had an 11th gen i3 CPU for the Iris graphics tho.

[@atyourservice]

My thinking as well. Did you buy it already ? And happy with it ?

[@themadatheist1976]

@@atyourservice no, discovered the Surface Pro 7+ line. The i3s are notebook class and twice as beefy. Planning on getting a 128GB 11th gen i5 one and installing a 1TB SSD. They're just a few inches bigger.

[@error4335]

I was also at a loss to choose the Asus VivoBook 13 Slate LED or to buy the Microsoft Surface Go 3 that comes with an Intel Pentium Gold processor, 128 GB storage and 8G RAM, but the problem with the Microsoft device is that each piece is sold separately. What do you think? Which device do I buy?

[@user-jk4bx6zy1g]

@@error4335 im in the same boat too, going to get one purely for web browsing (less than 10 tabs with chrome/firefox, youtube, gmail, sheets, ebay etc), and mostly video playback like youtube and vlc. pentiums on these and max 8gb are kinda putting me off. XD

[@Psicoeducazione]

As usual everything comes to the main point: the operating system. I've been using a surface pro 7 i5 for a while, but even on that I noticed a quite bad performance when multitasking and web browsing. The idea of a desktop/tablet device is great, but Windows OS is the flaw, unless you buy a very pricey surface 8. So, as far as mobility is concerned, I switched to a Macbook air m1 + a small samsung tablet and s pen for note taking. So far so good.

[@Psicoeducazione]

@B Update: the latest ipados 16 (already available in beta) is a huge jump forward as far as multitasking is concerned. I bought a ipad pro m1, it’s not a laptop yet, but it comes close…

[@dimasirfandanu]

ikr first day I installed linux+gnome+waydroid. Got linux tablet+android superb experience. This tab by far the most affordable with the gorgeous oled display, just the Windows is bloated trash.

[@kfirdrake8711]

@@Psicoeducazione I have the S8+, with Dex deployed it's basically a laptop. Of course for things like office, web browsing, simple editing. For heavy editing, gaming, programming you'll need a strong laptop.

[@steviegbcool]

thw whole point of tablets is that they are quick and easy to use like the iPad. Not fiddley awkward and slow .

[@abdullahmubarak6840]

When is the Mobile Ryzen APU going into the ultra-portable PCs? They're very good with CPU and GPU performance.

[@error4335]

I was also at a loss to choose the Asus VivoBook 13 Slate LED or to buy the Microsoft Surface Go 3 that comes with an Intel Pentium Gold processor, 128 GB storage and 8G RAM, but the problem with the Microsoft device is that each piece is sold separately. What do you think? Which device do I buy?

[@ttoommxxmmoott]

surface pro 3 will spin like crazy. suggest you look for surface pro 5. been using mine for about 2 years now, windows 11, only 4gb of ram and works really well, battery is great and no fan noise

[@northland7134]

That is awful performance, do you know if that was just on your review copy or is it the same across the board?

[@stephenbaker2987]

Looking for a decent large screen tablet or detachable device. Would love to see you review the new Lenovo 256gb duet 5 13.3" chromebook with 8gb ram. Is it worth buying?

[@tash_g]

Wanna see this too.

[@Jackofafewtrades]

It's a Chromebook, so.... No. Not worth buying unless it's less than $300.

[@blue4059]

Duet 5 runs on Snapdragon 7c Gen 2 (equal to 730G from 3 years ago), comes with slow eMMC storage, USI pen (really bad), and costs $500. Galaxy Tab S7+ has Snapdragon 870, comes with UFS 3.1 storage, EMR pen, better display, better speakers, and costs $500 (including keyboard) when you buy refurb/open box. I think the choice is obvious.

[@stephenbaker2987]

The lenovo tab p12 pro also looks like a contender. Any thoughts?

[@blue4059]

More expensive as it was recently released ($630 USD w/o keyboard), worse pen than Samsung/Apple, far worse software UI, less hardware optimizations, and zero guaranteed feature updates. Not the most competitive price wise, but certainly a lot better than the Lenovo Duet 5.

[@mvevitsis]

No way the retail box looks like that or includes the accessories

[@saadihify]

which is best 2 in 1 laptop please, the school has instructed us to get one for daughter

[@dickyveto1164]

Tweak'it, disable background programs. They should put the window icon in the mid and able to put some apps in the respective panels.

[@yellowflash511]

Pretty sure that lag is because of 4 GB RAM, the 8 GB version works fine

[@drgeetchadha]

Hey hows the performance of your tab, now that youve had it for a few months?

[@random_number0]

I wonder who approved using an Intel pentium on a laptop in 2022, with that 4GB RAM too, seriously.

[@mkteku]

Are you sure that INDEXING (files on the ssd) was finished by the time you started doing the demos? Fresh Windows installs do that for a few days.

[@rdan721]

Would the performance improve if windows 11 S were installed?

[@narulavarun]

A use case for the rear camera can be students using it to scan documents

[@LetsBringThePain]

I thought there is no tablet mode anymore in Windows 11 🤔 either way, ASUS messed up with the CPU since outside of that it seems to be a really cool 2-in-1 BUT I actually think that performance should not be that bad since Dave2D did not mention anything about horrible performance, unless he had a better performance model 🤔

[@989stf]

But he said nothing about it. For me that was just paid commercial.

[@LetsBringThePain]

@@989stf he did talk about performance, just did not give any indication for it to be so bad and I did not expect it to be horrible in Edge which just makes the device unusable, so I doubt that performance should be that bad 🤔

[@victormarian7889]

Maybe Dave had the 8 Gb. model, he is a nice and reliable guy !

[@Kaishi_]

WIth Windows 11 Tablet/Touch mode got integrated better into the OS.

[@tatsumaru12345]

One look at the cpu, says don't expect much performance wise. This is a next gen atom cpu. Even the surface go 2 murders this. Like another said, 4gigs of ram just isn't enough. 6-8gb should be minimum. You buy this for the display, headphone jack, video out. For people like me who want to play oldddd games on a nice screen? This is perfect! For more the regular jane and joe? Probably better with a android/apple, or a surface pro.

[@user-iy8cu7ts3l]

Thanks for info.

[@user-wb4tm4yf5q]

Comrades, can anyone tell me where to find the documentation for the VivoBook 13 diagram?

[@one_step_sideways]

4 bloody gigs of RAM for 600 quid? Is Asus having a giggle?

[@DylanF]

I immediately got this confused with the Asus Flow tablet. Then you said £600 and something was a bit sus.

[@mygamehackademia2099]

Hello i love it but i want to make sure , is the tablet good for gaming ??

[@Pierre-oi9vc]

Between this and the I3 Huawei Matebook E which one would you go for? The price is similar.

[@The_Meme_Fox]

What is the link?

[@timetestedmedia4304]

I never comment…but holy hell I love this review! 😂🔥. Def not gonna buy one now. 🔥

[@michaelhall9211]

Would it have performed better if it had the ram spec that it should have had? Or is the processor too low spec? Sounds like you may have had a model for a different market or pre production, having only half the ram. My understanding is that current Microsoft software needs a minimum of 8gb to work properly. I have a 3-4 year old Asus Z500 and love it! Glorious screen, a better 5mp front camera than my Sony Xperia 5 ll and rarely have any loading issues. However it is Android. Tempted to buy an Asus Oled laptop so disappointed this item didn't do better where it counts!

[@silis_pap8473]

Anyone got a link for the wallpaper in 1:32 ? It's gorgeous 🤩

[@Bence205]

I can't believe this is so slow. I work in construction and need something for site use, this ticks all the boxes for me. I can make sketches with it when taking measurements, use basic 2d cad software, edit and create spreadsheets, has cameras on both sides, can send my emails, look at pdfs on a large screen for technical drawings, and the list goes on. I was looking for a tablet and ended on the Samsung galaxy tab s7 fe, which costs the same and does less for me than this. For the same price I have windows, but still a tablet, and all the accessories are already included. So how the hell is this so useless when I currently have an at least 6 years old Asus transformer book with an intel atom and 4 gigs of ram, which seems to work better than what I see in your demo. Somebody help me if it is Windows 11 and 4 gigs of ram, and clarify if this is actually useless or worth the upgrade for me. Thanks!

[@suptomahmud4672]

how is ur experience with s7 ? does it satisfy all pc software needs

[@bryancartagena3286]

So would I be able to use the Genki Shadowcast to play my Switch on this? Or will not be able to due to it being a “tablet” & not a portable monitor?

[@cyangalaxy]

I wonder if the performance might've been ok if it came with 8 GB RAM.

[@vashistavenkatesh1804]

No.

[@blue4059]

Nope, eMMC storage and Pentium are more likely the source of performance bottleneck

[@esilviu2000]

If they will upgrade to 16GB and latest Pentium Gold 8500 in the same price range will be a best buy windows11 tablet!!!

[@henry3871]

Does it have magnets in both sides of tablet and keypad?

[@Raul28153]

does it force you to use a legacy bios in rider to ditch the poison of Microsoft and load Linux on it?

[@wiltedsheep]

Hello, I just need this thing for microsoft word/office, web surfing, and streaming/KZbin stuffs. Is this good enough?

[@hanifalghifari21]

Love the style but the the performance :(

[@PartizanSRB]

Great concept, but anything below Ryzen 3 is subpair.

[@michal4736]

In theory, we could install Chromium OS on this device and performance shouldn't be a problem anymore. By the way, the performance is the main reason to me that I ignore any tablet or laptop working on the Windows system because the performance is a catastrophe or will be in the next years. Maybe the most expensive devices will somehow stand but I was disappointed too many times to give a change to any other Windows not PC tool

[@adnarimsc]

ugh the concept is sooo good but i want to get rid of my old lap bc of the same problem here lol 💔

[@FFfan5]

Hey Chris, I have to ask, this or the Huawei Matebook E?

[@andresguevara85]

Hello. Can you tell me where can I get the keyboard? I bought the tablet, but It doesn't have keyboard

[@nguyenminhduc6990]

What a challenger for Samsung tab 8 series

[@peachy4186]

Could you install linux on it too see if it is usable? Maybe something like Chromium OS could be fitting.

[@ArsenGaming]

Oh, it'll run fine with just Linux, considering my Pentium N4200 laptop running Linux can easily outperform this Pentium N6000 machine, easily handling two separate browsers at the same time with videos playing in both. The performance of Windows running on that thing is just ridiculous. Leave it to Microsoft to completely waste the potential of a perfectly capable machine.

[@hayleyamethyst7233]

I am not a techy person but can I download and use chrome instead for browsing? Thanks!

[@spektrumB]

Wow, who is the project manager of this tablet?

[@JeskidoYT]

Really wished Microsoft forced mandate that all computers with windows 11 has to come with 8gb ram minimum

[@victorchong1557]

It says a lot more about the state of affairs with power hungry Intel CPUs in 2022, blame the poor performance on resource hungry Windows 10, and 4GB is not cutting it. I own one, everything is great, including web browsing. The OLED screen, detachable keyboard and back means I can almost use it as a tablet for consuming content. Connecting to AC will improve the performance too but sorry, gaming is out.

[@shadownk]

nice package design! But that's all about it...

[@Jacoq]

can it run candy crush? looking to buy one for my dad this christmas

[@ieschayreiner2843]

What is the best app for using pen as a notebook

[@MicheilaFortes]

Can I do virtual assistant work here like editing videos, transcripting etc

[@rosemaryrosemary1182]

I have no idea to buy asus vivobook 13 slate; samsung galaxy pro; asus studio laptop ; microsoft surface pro or studio laptop ? Could someone recomend to me wich one i should buy? Im a industrial design student?? Help?

[@morendra.nodi421]

can we install 3rd party software in this tab ??? like we can do in laptop / desktop ??

[@ziniarae1691]

Edge browser is really slow! I think it’s best if you try other browser.

[@UnicornsPoopRainbows]

I'm having dial up PTSD flash backs...

[@AliAdam80]

wish they put an i5 in this thing.. would have bought it immediately

[@conman-bk1mj]

Where did you get it from where’d you buy it

[@mevlutunlu42]

Hi. I an looking for something like this. A laptop which can also be used as a tablet and have an oled screen. but with a powerful cpu of course. I don’t play games at all but it should be at least able to handle tens of tabs on google chrome. besides I need all things in budget

[@RaySWLui]

Found that Win 11 windows animations are quite heavy... Tried to just turn off all transparent etc. features and animations you may get better performance. Not ideal. But at least should get you through browsing. (I swear it was better and lighter with Win 10 cry)

[@MasFreestyle]

Super nice review thank you, they ruined it with performance, I guess Asus Rog Flow Z13 all the way, can't wait for that when it's out

[@dkimmortal]

Wish it had avx2, maybe a 12th Gen i3

[@saad2669]

nice video!!