ASUS Zenbook S14 is one of the first laptops with Intel's Core Ultra 7 258V processor from the company’s Lunar Lake lineup.
The Zenbook S14 delivers the best battery life – 16 hours and 8 minutes – among Intel laptops.
The laptop is built with a material ASUS calls 'Ceraluminum', which makes it sturdy and elegant.
The Zenbook S14 also features a 14-inch 3K OLED display, Thunderbolt 4 USB-C connections, a full-sized HDMI 2.1 port, a headphone jack, and a Windows Hello-compatible webcam.
However, the laptop's quad-speaker audio system may not provide depth and detail at higher volumes.
The Zenbook S14 scored almost the same as the Surface Laptop 7 for Business, which uses the last-gen Core Ultra 7 165H.
The laptop's multithreaded performance is slightly lower than AMD's Ryzen AI on heavier tasks.
The Zenbook S14 leans more on efficiency than raw power.
The laptop has a starting price of $1,500 and is still a good value for its battery life, solid design and OLED display.
Intel's Lunar Lake chip's NPU makes the Zenbook S14 ready for Copilot+ and AI features.