ASUS ZenBook 14 Ultra-Slim Laptop 14” FHD Nano-Edge Bezel, 8th-Gen Intel Core i7-8565U Processor, 16GB LPDDR3, 512GB PCIe SSD, Backlit KB, Numberpad, Windows 10 - UX433FA-DH74, Royal Blue

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I purchased this zenbook 14" because the specs were really good for the price but was really disappointed after using it just a couple of hours. I read a couple of other reviews about the trackpad being bad but purchased anyways, thinking how bad could it really be? Turns out its really bad. The trackpad will randomly stop working every few minutes and the mouse will sometimes jump around randomly. Also, there is a pretty consistent hum of coil whine coming from the left side of the computer during simple tasks like using chrome and watching videos. Also the battery life is not great, but it charges pretty quick. Overall pretty disappointed with Asus on this laptop as Ive always been a fan of their products such as gpus and monitors. Save yourself some time and look for a different laptop.

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Screen stopped working after 6 months.

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Ive been loving this laptop since I purchased it! I have it for personal use and havent run into any huge deal-breaking issues. Great look, feel, and speed. The facial recognition for Windows seems to work really well, much better than it did on my previous laptop. The screen is nice and bright and everything on it looks crisp and colorful. The fan doesnt kick on too often and the laptop doesnt overheat. When the fan does come on, its not very loud at all. Very lightweight! The keyboard is comfortable and the keys have a good amount of give. Photoshop runs on it smoothly and Ive had no issues with video playback. Im someone who has this thing on constantly, as I have it on any time Im not at work or asleep, so Ive used it for many many hours so far and its been a great experience! The few negative things that Ive experienced are pretty minor and havent impacted usage too much, but I definitely want to share those so others are aware and can know what to expect. - The touchpad works perfectly about 99% of the time, but every now and then there will be this spurt of a few seconds where it seems to get hung up and wont move. Its almost like it lags behind. Ill just swirl my finger around the touchpad for a bit till it catches up and then its back to normal. Very annoying in those couple seconds, but its a rare enough and short-lived thing that doesnt really ruin my use of the computer. - The speakers are on the bottom of the laptop, which is a little awkward, and Ive even had the volume turned all the way up without it sounding too loud. You definitely dont want to sit it on anything too soft that can muffle the sounds if you want to watch something on it. You can still hear everything, but itd sound better if the sound was pointed upwards. - Sometimes the internet connection will mess up after the laptop falls asleep. Itll wake back up and say its connected, but itll have the little yellow triangle symbol on it and say its connected but with no internet. All you have to do to fix it is disconnect and reconnect and it works fine after that. - It attracts fingerprints super easily, if thats a concern for you!

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Wonderful computer , not so sure about build quality. worked great but just like another customer after 3 months internal display stopped working... I am trying to get it fixed at the moment, will update review when have had more experience of customer service. Before the problem occurred would have given 5 stars... Now have to wait and see how customer service responds

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As mentioned before, this laptop has two problems, 1- It has coil whine. Yeah, its disappointing, but its tolerable, I think that if I havent read the existence of coil whine, Ill just think that is a normal issue that any computer could have, and it isnt audible all the time, just sometimes when youre in a really quiet place. 2- The trackpad issue. Having owned a bunch of laptop, I think this trackpad is great.... Overall. Sometimes it jumps, but this happened with all the laptop Ive used, except on MacBooks. So, for the AMAZING build quality, EXCEPTIONAL screen, GREAT performance, I dont think there is a better quality/price ratio laptop in the market, that is, if you dont have a issue with some mild noises and a little bit of trackpad issue, like any other Windows laptop in the market.

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First off, this laptop is absolutely beautiful. I preferred it over competitors like the XPS13 because of its great design, color, finish, webcam, and overall feel. The screen opens with one hand, and the keyboard tilt is subtle and great. Unfortunately, right out of the box, it came with a whining and squeaking noise from the internals - Coil Whine. I thought it was a defective version, so I sent it back for a replacement. The second one, however, had the same problem! I now have no choice but to return it and go for a more reliable Dell XPS 13 instead, even though it has half the RAM and storage. Im quite disappointed, but for the price Im paying, I deserve a quiet experience.

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ASUS was able to peel me away from Sony, which was an incredible feat five years ago. Time for something new for my old ASUS nb. So yeah, I tried a black-friday Surface 6; hated it. The Surface is too top-heavy, too clumsy, too expensive. I read the negative reviews here, which oddly the windows-home ver has great reviews..., thought Id give it a try. Not sure if I would return this, so I paid the extra $50 for pro since MS does not transfer windows pro licenses. KB has a great touch, ASUS finally got wise and place the touchpad in the center of the chassis, not centered under the spacebar; I hated that! I terminal service into everything, although, I may load my dev tools on this nb, its quick... Five stars if it were touchscreen... Unit comes with a USB-C charger, that is rapidly charging my Pixel... One last thing, hate the charger... I gonna bust that thing off the wall by accident. WHAT was ASUS thinking cheaping-out on the charger at this pricepoint!

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hmm has one fan, and its pretty loud. overheating is a big concern

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Great design, slim and light. Crisp, clear screen. Very quiet. Would give it a 5 star rating were it not for the disaster of a track pad that jumps around after relatively little use. The number pad is a gimmick, no feedback (sound / vibration / click), misses half of the numbers you type on it despite applying more / less pressure. Works okay if you type the numbers in very slowly, looking up after carefully typing in each number, as no feedback... The power button on the top right hand side of the keyboard (that looks the same as the rest of the keyboard, with the same travel as the rest of the keys), is just senseless.

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I bought this because I needed a light, portable designated laptop that I could use for running CAD software like Solidworks and Autodesk. It fits the bill in that regard. It’s one of the slimmest laptops out there and has enough specs for me to run these programs without slowing down. Audio is meh. Graphics are alright—not horrible but also not 4K quality either. I know lots of people are mentioning how the screens on their models have gone out within the 5-6 month mark, but I haven’t run into that so far. It gets a little hot at times but it usually happens when I don’t have battery saver turned on and brightness is at 50% or higher. No huge cons, but the dock is a pain to use because you only get one hdmi, usb-3 and usb-c3.1 port. So there’s not much room for my work flow. Fortunately I have another dock that I just connect to and this lets me use as many as I need.

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