Lunar Lake is Here and HOLY SMOKES INTEL! - ASUS Zenbook S 14

[@MaxTechOfficial]

Check out & order the ASUS Zenbook S 14 ➡ asus.click/ux5406_maxtech

[@KRESpeedGamer]

I might think about getting it for school and gaming

[@saurabhshivamverma4192]

It's really impressive ❤ laptop feels like a dream windows OS supports all software so this laptop is dream come true for many users

[@jonathanng138]

Why the advertisement bro?

[@mootsym]

It remains amazing how disrespectful Apple is to their customers. OLED screen, TWICE the storage, 4x the RAM.. for LESS money. It's insane. And we won't be getting OLED this year either. BUT AT LEAST WE HAVE A NOTCH!!!

[@rohithmekala2608]

At least we will get 16GB ram

[@mootsym]

@@rohithmekala2608 gasp what a revelation

[@PreauxGaming]

then stop being part of the we? wayyy more software on windows

[@raguel259]

When you buy an Apple product it's not because you get more in return. But absolutely.

[@Rukia_uchiha]

@mootsym But the usual with windows laptops was that battery life

[@hosseinsafaei4341]

HX 370 for Battery life chart and HX 365 for performance charts, Good job Max

[@olegaliev3818]

This is what X Elite was supposed to be.

[@Garrus-w2h]

X Elite is faster...

[@olegaliev3818]

@@Garrus-w2h in a multi-thread? And everything else was done in a dump. Especially the graphics

[@ereceeme]

@@olegaliev3818 Until full optimazion is done, meaning os, app, and firmware

[@AgentZeroNine1]

​@@Garrus-w2hand a lot less compatible

[@kartikpintu]

we do more single core tasks on a daily basis than multicore. and ppl that do use multicore are mostly content creators or hardcore gamers which these laptops are not made for

[@K77-e6r]

13 minutes ASUS advertisemt, claimed to be a normal video.

[@msnoteyirmi3331]

at least he mentionned it at the beginning

[@TheHardcard]

How does acknowledging achievement equal an ad. Intel did what they did. Asus did what they did. It is what it is. No bias in telling it like it is. Not to say Maxtech is the final word. I feel they can do a lot to make their reviews much more comprehensive and accurate. They have their specific set of things they consider and others that they ignore. But, it is a useful datapoint so long as you include others.

[@Sevenfeet0]

They've done this a few times before. It's one thing to have sponsors....that's fine. Videos that are just ads for those sponsors damages the credibility for their regular reviews.

[@remiranda]

He did say in the beginning, you were not paying attention

[@marcrodet4900]

@@remiranda I’ve watched the beginning, didn’t see mention this is an ad. Can you share the exact time they say it’s an ad?

[@BolusTube]

It took 4 years, but finally Intel beat Apple Silicon and all others. Using TSMC 3nm just like M3.

[@Epicgamer_Mac]

Definitely didn’t beat them

[@kartikpintu]

​@@Epicgamer_Maci mean, i can game on intel with same battery life and good performance, that's a win in my book. i know this is subjective. for regular users like students, you won't even notice difference

[@ArthropodSpidey]

@@kartikpintu Nothing you said was true lol

[@rohithmekala2608]

It didn’t beat it, the M3 was dragged back due to its 8GB of RAM the 16GB config should be much faster

[@msp5138]

@@Epicgamer_Mac It blows MacBooks out the water. Cheaper, faster, better battery life, more store and memory, touch screen, pen support, instant on, etc. MacBooks' 8% global laptop share is about to get even small...loll

[@albanusalain]

It's great when one industry set the bar higher and another try to reach it. Competition is great.

[@davidrivas_11]

I think there isn’t a negative review in this channel, in fact I think they are all extra positive. At least from my point of view this makes me distrust this videos, I would to see the good but also bad things about every product.

[@abz7800]

i get what you mean hes kinda of neutral or positive. be he does definitely point out flaws in products when he uses them outside of sponsers

[@RhythmGamer]

Not every single video you watch needs to be negative, bad mindset to live with. If you want negative reviews then why even watch when you can make those up in your head

[@abz7800]

@@RhythmGamer when you review hundreds of products youd expect at least one to be negative unless your bias . even mkbhd has pretty negative review on ai products . max tech brushes of bad products too much

[@RhythmGamer]

@@abz7800 this is not the early 2010s the PC has been perfected and you really can’t mess it up at this point. I’m more willing to believe this review when everyone is saying the same thing. If you don’t like AI just say it, it’s not going anywhere so I guess just don’t upgrade anything?

[@AyaWetts]

ASUS paid them to do this... why would they say something bad and cut off the money?

[@vincentwong1223]

Love the HDMI sticker 😂

[@hypoluxa]

If my office can't get MBPros, this would be a nice option. I want portability (light weight) and battery life for what I do in my job. The performance with these looks very acceptable.

[@DojoOfCool]

Competition benefits the consumer.

[@robertleal7455]

I lost trust in Max over this sponsorship

[@TRS-he4hb]

Did you lose trust in just Max, or his brother Tech too?

[@mikelay5360]

Go watch other reviews. There's nothing inaccurate with this video

[@loelee8893]

@@mikelay5360 probably an apple fanboi. Don't mind him

[@AbouTheLooks]

Me liking every newly released or soon to be released Gadgets video I see anywhere without buying any one. 😢

[@osee5919]

This laptop has the same power in GPU and CPU like M1 pro........

[@josephle2381]

It’s an ultra book not a pro device

[@macdori]

qualcomm dies...

[@raguel259]

This laptop is an excellent deal. And the performance that Intel shows us is not bad at all, but I think it is not as impressive as we expected. Let's hope that Qualcomm and AMD bring us something better next year.

[@scottymagillacutty9363]

I might have missed it but does it perform the same on battery as it does plugged in?

[@frangrau3750]

Comparing this chip and a MB Pro vs an AMD 365 instead of a 370, it is done to make the intel look better. You should put both on the charts or take the price equivalent, which is the 370. You should have added the MB air to the charts too. If efficiency is what you want to show, you are missing a performance per watt chart for different workloads.

[@AllenMarkel]

They compared 2 machines at the same price point, MBpro was $100 more.

[@green_block]

You didn’t mention this is Core i7 not Core i9. Core i9 will beat the competition with a larger margin.

[@scottwilson4078]

Great Intel Lunar Lake X86 has competitive performance per watt. Shame that competition forced Intel to do what they could have done voluntarily.

[@Masterchief-q8g]

Nope. This is on TSMC. Intel's "downfall" from the start was their 10nm process. That's what was causing all of the problems at Intel.

[@orangeofmars2835]

Asus does make nice stuff. For me though I have to decide on what equipment to get based on the ecosystem. Apple has more to offer that way though not perfect by any stretch. If Microsoft, Intel and Samsung would get together and fully integrate I could see going there.

[@brandonsmith6962]

Windows still holding it back windows is a mess

[@azexy21]

windows is lfe and life is complex sometimes ;)

[@brandonsmith6962]

@@azexy21 bars !!!!!I like that

[@raguel259]

For that reason I expected Microsoft to release Windows 12 and that it would be built from 0 instead of a revision with more bloatware.

[@brandonsmith6962]

@@raguel259 bloatware are to death 😫

[@piteam89]

No charger unplugged tests? No GPU tests? Ok...

[@fakuridesne]

despite all the competitions. the price actually went up instead of low price .

[@ccchas2]

I bought but had to return an ASUS Zenbook 14 core Ultra 5 laptop. It seemed great hardware, good build quality, great looking display. Unfortunately my need is to operate with some USB connected outboard devices, which I could not get working correctly. My guess: the device drivers for those are a few years old and this new generation hardware has left them behind. Apparently this is an even larger problem for the new Snapdragon laptops.

[@bartoszplo]

Great short highlight / test video! I love the fact that you guys also look at video editing performance - specifically in Davinci. Wondering what would you say is the better choice compared to a M1 Max (double media encoders can still do wonders). If you'd have to pick one for every day use with Lightroom and Davinci mixed in - what would you go for? M1 Max or this?

[@MacA60230]

"It is so snappy, unzipping files it is flying, like I would get from an ARM laptop and I didn't think that was possible" What did you think ARM is exactly, magic? Apple silicon is good because the architecture is good not because of ARM.

[@Masterchief-q8g]

True. They are just optimizing every single instruction for their OS. And ARM running on Windows is just OK.

[@hj453]

It has taken 4 years, but good to see PC back to being the value play it always was. MacBooks have been so superior for so long it made buying at the £1000+ price point easy, not anymore…

[@Mangold108]

The hardware is great, but it's a Windows machine-the UI is terrible!

[@kenlee224]

Competition is only made possible when Apple launched their M1 chip with Arm Architcture and built on TMSC better chip manufacturing technqiue. Before that, Intel only made 5-8% performance growth each year witht their new chip every year. So, it is happy to see Intel has come back with their better and competitive products to rival against Apple. Open competition is the key.

[@travismster8276]

4x more RAM and 2x more storage for 100$ less... At this point even Silicon Valley start-up employees will start looting Apple Stores if inflation goes on

[@dinithaw]

Asus & Intel great job 😍

[@jamesleetrigg]

Intel definitely needs a win

[@SeattleGenXDude]

I am not buying another PC until they all go ARM and start kicking Apples butt

[@SK-mf5jj]

I would go for it if it was fanless. We need the Windows version of Macbook Air and it doesn't matter if it is Qualcomm, Amd or Intel cpu.

[@Calibr21]

It exists. It’s called the surface laptop.

[@RhythmGamer]

Prob gonna go with Intel over the rushed and useless snapdragon. I have more confidence of being able to do more with a actual cpu vs the rushed snapdragon that was not even targeted for laptops

[@jspunk5199]

Well, expectations on this channel aren't set very high so.....

[@saminekunis8680]

I bought an Asus Zenbook 14” in late 2022 and that was already wow, especially the OLED Display compared to any Apple MacBook is worlds apart. I wonder why Apple won’t even offer this Display on their upcoming Apple MacBook Pro M 4 ? Kind of sad especially Video Editing becomes so more precise to the final project bc the Touch LED panel.

[@samay4596]

At 1500 USD, Apple offers more than what this machine offers. Should have been priced around 1000.

[@monkeyfish227]

Are the neural engine TOPS comparable like that? Aren’t there different way of measuring it depending what model one use?7:33

[@Epicgamer_Mac]

Geekbench AI is the way to go

[@PolluxChung]

Don't you love competition?

[@qwertyzxaszc6323]

Great to see Intel back in the game. Goes to show that competion is good. Without competition doubtfull Intel would have moved.

[@MatrixRoland]

I can see the media shortcuts on the trackpad being annoying since I don’t look at where I’m touching the trackpad. That’s why Apple’ trackpad was the the best. My new HP laptop finally has a trackpad that is zone independent.

[@راميامين-ت9ر]

Intel will come back strong next year and will crush everyone with 18A manufacturing technologies 💪🔥

[@SeattleGenXDude]

🤡

[@scott-richardson]

Intel looking much improved. But the stock M4 is going to put a bit of a gap on Intel, no?

[@saurabhshivamverma4192]

It's really impressive ❤ laptop feels like a dream windows OS supports all software so this laptop is dream come true for many users

[@ausejoski]

Finally Intel is catching up

[@alexsolovyov3322]

But can it run Arch Linux..? I use Arch BTW

[@stefanoiannicelli362]

yes is x86

[@tomsun3159]

Perhaps i missed it, SSD soldered on or user upgradeable? Perfomance comparison unplugged or plugged in, is there a performance difference between plugge and unplugged? The higher specced lunar lake is than in competition with the Pro Chips?

[@loelee8893]

I think it's not upgradeable since is an SOC. Go buy an external storage if 1tb isn't enough for your use cases

[@tomsun3159]

@@loelee8893 i think the SOC is having the RAM inside like apple silicon, even onapple devices the Storage isn't included in the SOC. Just had a look at the spec page. izt has an 2280 M2 Gen4 Slot. So theoretically upgradeale to 8 TB of storage .

[@loelee8893]

@@tomsun3159 yeah. I was thinking about the ram when I wrote the initial reply.

[@snrbronsted8186]

ssd is upgradable...

[@tronyo7437]

i can't believe this laptop costs $3400 Australian

[@xdarshan]

that keyboard couldn't be uglier

[@GARdotETH]

Ouch! Qualcomm must be seething 👀 $Billions in R&D and looking like they were positioned to be the next big thing in PCs and now Intel is back with a vengeance!

[@alexyorku]

After 2 years, the CPU might be burned? Let me check who reviewed Intel 13 14 gen before.

[@ALPHA-EDITZ017]

This chip is overall preety good. One other use for this is due to it being x86, putting it on gaming laptops would significantly increase thier poor battery life.

[@axiomaticclarity324]

That trackpad is a loser.

[@Games_and_Tech]

A good V4 here, now Intel has to price it properly for a 4 real cores 4 threads CPU, maybe starting from $600... A honda civic doesn't cost as much as an Honda Pilot 🤡

[@TanaseLiviu]

I was upset and gave you a thumbs down because the no consistency about the results presented . The AMD started with the HX370 in the first benchmarks , and continued with HX365 later on and dissapeared after that .

[@dinithaw]

Thank you intel for protecting x86 architecture before ARM chips taking over the world!

[@cjeelde]

We don't even know if ARM will beat x86 for PCs just because of X Elite...

[@conradbo1]

Good and informative video, I only think that 32 GB of RAM is overkill for me.

[@piotrd.4850]

How about thermals, battery life, base ram?

[@151mcx]

32 gigs base Apple 8, but m4 will be 16.... apple base is 256 storage, while Asus is 1 TB. Looks pretty solid and cheaper, lighter, with Oled....what's not to like?

[@GlobalWave1]

@@151mcxI seriously hope Apple has a base of 1tb for any MacBook Pro or why would you have pro in the name? Also we are waiting for the Tandem OLED screens to come to the MacBook. They are so slow. 😅 Now the competition is getting fierce let’s see what they do.

[@mootsym]

@@151mcx what's not to like is it runs Windows instead of Mac OS. Other than that, this is miles above what Apple gives, and gives it for LESS money than Mac.

[@djayjp]

Didn't compare to the 890m of the HX 370....

[@tresderan10]

but what about termos??? the pc are useless...... so bad i bought one 4 years ago and i regret it so much.. unbearable..

[@futurerealmstech]

But the real question is, how wrong were they?

[@xsparky0168]

keep in mind this is a core 7… only…

[@seanvideoediting]

Wow that performance in resolve is amazing. (Regretted buying macbook!)

[@baselnhhas3468]

Intel and AMD try to destroy Qualcom and try to kick out of the market. More battery, gaming and better compatibility

[@Jackyskan]

Consumption? Watt per hours ?

[@josephfrye7342]

Jeez cpu wars?

[@BlackMan614]

And Intel losing bigly, despite this ad.

[@josephfrye7342]

@@BlackMan614 yeah I’m going for m2 or m3 Apple silicon arm cpu instead due to intel’s demise of lack there of.

[@micks4522]

me watching this on the very laptop he's reviewing

[@MarekPlacek-be3lp]

Does it come with free oxidation?

[@mariuspuiu9555]

Those charts and what he's saying don't really match up. And who does just synthetic tests for "gaming"? TL;DR slightly longer battery live for this laptop, but lower performance compared to AMD.

[@davidruedeman9990]

Took Intel long enough. Maybe if Intel kept their power utilization promises to Apple, Apple would have stayed with them. (Probably not). Maybe Intel shouldn’t use their public subsidy $$ to buy back stock. But that’s just wishful thinking.

[@regalblack1503]

Need Direct Comparison with ouy sponsorships 😕

[@zrnewf]

Wow max, telling it like it is. The macbook advantage is now decimated. Way to go intel. Now OEMS, make a macbook pro caliber chassis with this intel ultra 9 chip! thanks.

[@zaidyounas1602]

x86 The Redemption

[@brucesyvertsen2147]

Hmmmm, only took what, 3 years for the competition to catch up to Apple? And M4's are just on the horizon?

[@TimAZ-ih7yb]

This product’s low price is suspicious, I think intel is subsidizing Asus big-time to get this CPU out in the market.

[@Garrus-w2h]

it is $1500, that is not a low price, $800 is a low price and what it should be for this laptop

[@guyarnaultmfoumbi8876]

How about performance on battery 🤔🤔🤔

[@leech1219]

I was waiting like Reindeer

[@d3xmeister]

The worst laptop I had in the past was the previous gen of Zenbook S. Beautiful and sleek, poor battery that after a year barely hold to watch a movie, an ssd so bad it was writing with 80MBps max after less than a year, sleep never worked and the admitedly 3K screen stared to delaminate the day after the warranty expired. The sound was also worse than my iPhone 4S

[@dcpowered]

RIP. This channel turned out to just be another sell-out. I better go sub to Asus channel.

[@TimelyAdventure]

They're apple fan boys but also for sale to the highest bidder

[@sirjohn2924]

I like your way of testing especially real-world test such as Figma and Web browsing. Thank a lot.

[@chikstarws]

Wheres the TUF F15 version?

[@Beatles4Sale.]

Too bad the M4 on the Apple laptops comes out next month.

[@mootsym]

and STILL somehow won't have OLED, comparable storage, or comparable ram.. but at least it'll have a notch!

[@kartikpintu]

M4 is expensive youtube machine

[@ArthropodSpidey]

@@kartikpintu Yes, Kartik. It's expensive in India where most people like you can't afford Macs. Doesn't mean its expensive for everyone though.

[@abz7800]

i get the feeling you wont make a comparison with apple computer in your upcoming videos because this poor laptop will get destroyed

[@bilalahsan678]

Finally windows on top of mac

[@mraei]

Pretty good, but very impressive

[@Epicgamer_Mac]

I think the PC is in trouble when M4 MacBooks show up in a few weeks. They’re going to smash the benchmark again. But looking at it now, and just for what it is, really impressive that Intel Is finally doing what Apple silicon on Mac started after four years.

[@jadenamber8378]

A couple weeks before the M4 MBA and MBP...

[@RampartDistric213]

Engineers: now that we have the perfect laptop let's add a bunch of fruity gay lines on the cover to show them we still have a wild side 😂 🙄😮‍💨

[@songoku9094]

HX 370 has 50TOPS not 48

[@Garrus-w2h]

It's an i3 chip. 4 x P cores. It is great for $800 laptops, not this $1500 one. Come on Maxtech. I really find this video ridiculous.

[@AgentZeroNine1]

Please point to a i3 CPU with this level of computational and battery performance that also stays cool and silent with this level of standby time. Hint: You won't.

[@Garrus-w2h]

@@AgentZeroNine1 it’s the same speed as the snapdragon plus and it’s going to be the same speed as the reduced core count ryzen zen 5. My point was if it has low multicore performance then it’s a low-level chip.

[@Garrus-w2h]

@@AgentZeroNine1 new CPUs are supposed to be better than old ones in fact if you look at the i3 12100 it did many things better than the old i7

[@Jabarulla882]

alot of hate from Mac fanboys

[@Evan_Rodgers]

Everyone else agrees that lunar lake is completely DOA. But whatever dude.

[@abz7800]

lol intel is a laughingstock in the industry every product catagory their chips are worse we already knew nothing can be apple chips

[@Elfig2011]

international measurements please !

[@fshtank]

I have an ASUS Zenbook 14x (intel 13 gen) for work. I really like it except … it runs Windows. Thankfully I work remote and can choose between the work provided Windows machine or use my MacBook Pro or iPad. I use the latter 2 far more. Windows is meh.

[@daves_not_h3r3_man44]

Why would ANYONE trust intel at this point?

[@JuicyJohnEV]

The price of the base laptop is $1499 and the unit you’re using isn’t listed but based on specs I am guessing closer to $2799. No thanks.

[@loelee8893]

It's asus, not apple. Almost the same pricing with their previous models, and also with their acer rivals

[@Masterchief-q8g]

Source: Trust me bro.

[@StudyWithNika]

place MacBook and Asus displays side by side so that we can all see MacBook having better blacks vs led Asus

[@Epicgamer_Mac]

Frfr

[@azexy21]

macbook = lcd asus = OLED do you know how stupid to think lcd have blacks? it gray at best let me explain more in an apple fanboy languge macbook = iphone 7 like screen asus iphone x and above like screen

[@josephle2381]

Nothing has better blacks than oled. LCD or mini led doesn’t beat it out in this department

[@federicogrunwald6751]

MPB 14" M3 has 14274 in Geekbench multicore...

[@kn7x802]

Apple M1 is good enough for an old fart like me, no complaint.