ASUS ZenBook 15 Ultra-Slim Compact Laptop 15.6” FHD 4-Way Narrow Bezel, Intel Core i7-8565U Up to 4.1GHz, 16GB DDR4, 512GB PCIe SSD, GTX 1050 Max-Q, IR Camera, Windows 10 - UX533FD-DH74, Royal Blue

In such a small chassis, the fan frequently running hard even I using Chrome and Youtube. I further tested it with Diablo 3, with the default setting, the FPS starts with 100+ then gradually drops below 30, and CPU temperature hit 80+, and the fan running in a maximum speed with 60db voice by a db meter. I have to return the laptop, it has good design, looks awesome, but the heat dissipation is an issue.

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As a long-time user of ASUS components it hurts to say this, but the new zenbook is a complete mess. The laptop has a lot going for it: its light, it has extremely narrow bezels, excellent performance, and fantastic battery life. But it has three major issues that make it completely unusable: the trackpad, coil whine, and the keyboard. The zenbook trackpad constantly "seizes up", refuses to register real clicks and then mis-registers the lightest touches as clicks. Halfway through a two-finger scroll the trackpad will stop tracking movements and then suddenly accelerate. And to finish everything off, it is almost impossible to left click and highlight text. After a week trying to get work done and having to constantly fight the trackpad I just gave up. A second major issue is the coil whine. Even as I write this review, with no programs on except my browser, the fans emit a very noticeable coil whine that makes it impossible to concentrate without headphones. Both at the office and at the library I have had people complain to me about the noise and now I cant use the laptop in the two places I most needed it. Lastly, the keyboard is very poorly designed. The left ctrl key is far too small and often fails to register when clicked. Ive stopped counting the number of times I have had to re-input a shortcut. And secondly, the keyboard is far too cramped (to make space for a useless numberpad) and the keys are so light and have so little feedback that Im never sure whether Ive typed correctly or not. ASUS is a great company, and this bad experience isnt enough to put me off their products. But the zenbook is completely unusable and I will be returning it.

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To be 100% clear, this laptop is awesome in terms of performance and battery life BUT.... Lots of people here talk about the trackpad issue and I thought to myself, "How bad could it be". The answer is "Pretty Bad..." I find that it helps if you are getting the difficult trackpad issue to wipe your finger as dry as possible as that helps a bit, but essentially, if you need this laptop, plan on getting something like the microsoft slim mouse or an aftermarket track pad. Now, that out of the way, performance is excellent. Battery life is great compared to my previous Lenovo. The Windows Hello unlocks the laptop amazingly fast and in terrible light. The only other issue Ive had so far is that every vendor who says they sell a spare power brick for it has the wrong one even though the part numbers or laptop model numbers are correct. Im currently waiting on my third one.

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