Asus Vivobook 13 Slate OLED Review - This Broke My Heart
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- čas přidán 16. 06. 2024
- Vivobook 13 Slate OLED is certainly quite the interesting tablet PC / 2-in-1 / detachable laptop from Asus and the main highlight is definitely that OLED display.
General browsing, content consumption, you name it. That display is just simply gorgeous and it shows. Not to mention that you basically get all the accompanying accessories with the device itself for just about 600 USD, it really is quite commendable.
However, there's a flaw. A huge flaw. Because of that alone, we can't recommend it.
0:00 - Intro
0:46 - What I Like
1:40 - What You Get
2:27 - Design
2:57 - Webcam
3:32 - Ports
4:00 - OLED
5:09 - The One Flaw
8:45 - My Honest Suggestions
10:15 - Thoughts & Conclusion
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Editor - Hui Yee
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I didn’t know it was that weak… thx for this review. I was going to buy it but wasn’t sure about the cpu. I tough it was enough for media consumption but the lag on CZcams is unacceptable to me.
Agree with you also. And even better than Intel they should put a Ryzen processor in there. And add that HDMI input.
Thank you for this review. Looking to replace my surface pro 6, came across this Asus. On paper, this laptop is equipped with so many goodies that many can ask for. The OLED, awesome speakers, design is on point, and the fact that it comes with everything you essentially need already. Unfortunately, I was indeed bummed to see it only comes with 8GB of RAM. Powerhouse features as listed, needs a powerhouse processor to compensate, as well as to last long. If Asus can come out with a more kickass processor, this is a highly considerable laptop. As much as I love the surface, the prices are elevating every year. Even for just base models as well.
Great review! Thanks for the honesty! It's a pity because that product looks so stylish, and the display is gorgeous!
We hope that the next gen will be better!
Edited Update!
Here's the new and updated video on the actual retail unit of the Vivobook 13 Slate OLED, do check it out for a more rounded and proper overview of the device! TL:DR - Performance is indeed better.
czcams.com/video/ff0ynh68IIY/video.html
The info below is the original comment, read for context if you need to!
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We just received some news from Asus. It would seem that the unit we received on hand was an engineering sample and was loaded with older firmware and drivers, thus affecting day to day performance. Asus will send us a retail unit of the Vivobook 13 Slate OLED sometime in the near future... so let's see if it's going to be any better...? We really do hope so. We'll edit this comment with the updated link once that new video is up. But in the meantime...
Stay frosty.
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Don't kid yourself. They want people to buy this for their kids to do homework and doodle on - nothing more. It's not for you to do anything seriously creative with. I've supported ASUS for over 15 yrs, before their big box store deals, when they just made motherboards and as recently as the x570 mobo and a 2080Super. Not anymore though. Instead of using their roots to inform their design decisions, they follow suit of Apple and Microsoft and solder ram to boards and lock useful amounts behind insane upgrade paywalls. No thank you. Find ways to make products for YOUR PEOPLE Asus.. How about you stop chasing market share of Apple and Microsoft and maybe reconnect with your people? Maybe you can do both? Crazy idea. I know.
Did you try Video Input through the USB C ports? Some devices starting to support this.
This is the reason why I bought a Fujitsu laptop recently with OLED display. Because it got a HDMI input!!!!!!!!!!! I can use that beautiful screen for playing switch or whatever when I needed. And not wasting that brilliant screen when the laptop get outdated.
I think it's great for light word processing/ PDF reviewing and Neflix things...
CPU is more worse than I thought it would be. Thanks for this video! Still, I hope cpu doing better when charger plugged in.
Really liked your honest review 👌
Version 2 is on their website. There is no release date yet.
Tank you for your review.
Thanks for this
I was so hyped about getting this, but on seeing the cpu specs.. I instantly changed my mind
It's a bummer for sure.
Great review! Very through.
Thanks!
The review is very helpful. Thank you. Two thumbs up if I could. :-)
And a like and a heart for you!
This design has great potential. I hope they release a higher-spec version of this tablet this year. I agree that there should at least be an i3 version for a much better peformance.
Yeap, that’s what we think for sure! Hopefully they’ll fix it!
@@Terafied and this have gotten an i3 version, tried it and it's awesome
Thank you for the honest review, I was looking forward to this product. I was surprised why Asus still want to use such slow cpu, it should be something like what you said iCore series or ARM technology it is major leap for next generation cpu.
Anyway I will look other brands which do have tablet windows platforms.. 🙂
Word is that Asus is going to fix it soon… we’ll see about that!
Man... I was really thinking about getting this one.... Specially as all the accessories are included 😭😭
Thanks for being honest tho
We did really like it as well! But to very very honest… an iPad would serve you better…
@@Terafied ipad not.laptop haha
I was also at a loss to choose the Asus VivoBook 13 Slate OLED 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?
*Camera* is used to take photo and it’s great to immediately take photo of documents or whiteboard, copy paste directly without sending by phone and such
Best video. They shud have given core m processor or may be amd processor
Nice review! Can you get your hands on Lenovo Duet 5 Tablet and compare to this? It's a similar device but a Chromebook and might be a better implementation
We’ll see if we can get our hands on one!
You can just install dual boot Chrome OS Brunch or Fyde OS alongside Windows 11 on any machine. I'm currently using Chrome OS on my Surface Go and it works great
@@nad1ax2 Have you tried a Linux distro on your Go? I've tried on my Surface Pro 4 and there are driver issues with the touch screen and speakers...if the Go is easier out of the box, I might want to pick up one of those!
The CPU power you get is adequate for the price point they're selling it at. It's about equivalent to a Core i3 from the 6th or 7th gen, which is ok for a secondary device. For media consumption it's almost overkill. Good review though, thx.
It’s still lacklustre in our opinion. A secondary device is something you whip out during short breaks or when you’re away from your main device.
Time is of the essence and performance is key.
We were a little frustrated just scrolling through webpages, searing on Google and watching on CZcams. It’s the chug and lag in between bits of loading things that really irks you.
As a second device for general consumption, even an iPad would be more desirable. And if the Slate needs to be plugged for the full performance, it lessens its value as a second device.
For the price point, yes it’s adequate. But is it value and worth? We would think not.
this is too slow for x86 if i want low a power chip/low heat chip id go with arm. if i want x86 i want power!
Love the screen and form factor, the hardware (Intel Pentium CPU), plus Windows is what makes it a sluggish device. If I were to buy it I would probably wipe Windows and install Linux on it!
I'll wait for the next version with the cpu upgraded.
Seems the CPU competes more with the i3 10100y in the Go 3, which I'm looking to get.
I'm most likely gonna buy this and dual boot a Chrome OS fork alongside Windows 11. Chrome OS works way better for this processor compared to Windows
Can you tell more about performance using google classroom and all the apps involved in education (Sheet, doc, jam board, gmail, google meet). Is the N6000 up to the snuff to just run these? Many reviewers have said the N6000 is good enough for regular productivity task but it seem like you are even unable to do that.
You could do all those. But it’s the interim loading between stuff that’s slow. Like saving a file, loading a file, switching apps, etc etc.
If you’re just working on a single application or document, it’s totally fine. But it’s the ‘downtime’ in between stuff where you’ll really feel it chug. It simply doesn’t feel snappy or swift.
But it can do all those. No issues.
Wow. I am surprised because even students need to be running Google meet, and also run things like jam board, chrome, etc.
A good example is they would be in Google Meet and need to switch out to Chrome. Of course as usual they won't close Chrome go back to Meet then goto classroom & keep switching to other apps. If it is as you explained then it would be impossible even for the student to use. I am shock by how bad the cpu is since with 8GB ram it should definitely be enough to do all the basic productivity work.
Are you certain you didn't get a buggy unit?
From other reviewers, they said it was slow on battery because window defaulted to power saving mode, but if you change to best performance, it should be pretty smooth. Can you give that a try?
Check pinned comment! Will be out soon!
Regarding the R23 score, it is significantly lower than other website reviews. Is the device in power saving mode during the test? The score I see from other site is single: 679, multi: 1911.
No, it was plugged in and ran multiple times. Windows has been updated and everything. Regardless of score, it still chugs for day to day usage, which is a little underwhelming for sure.
Honestly if it were me getting this I'd be super happy cuz I'm running a amd E1 processor from like 2014 on my potato and it's doooooggggggggg slow, that, couple with 4gb of ram and a hard drive i had to literally start using Linux on it since it wouldn't even run windows 10 at that point so this would actually be a massive upgrade
This or the Lenovo Chromebook duet 5 as my usage is 99% browser and like 1% content watching which i can easily do on the browser anyways
Nice revs.. May I ask, im photographer, you can match this unit to the asus vivobook 15oled? I'm thinking if what is the better that slate or the vivobook 15oled laptop in terms of photo and video editing? Thanks 🙂
The vivobook for sure. Hands down. The Slate isn’t going to meet your performance needs.
@@Terafied thank you for the heads up 👌
Did you select "Best Performance" in power option? Does web page loading improve after that?
You can check out our updated review for a clearer picture!
ASUS must have watched your video, because they did announce a second gen of this 2 in 1 and it has a core i-3-N300. Do you think this new model will be more usable?
We don’t know yet! But we did ask if we could check it out, hopefully soon!
@@Terafied Sweet! I'm looking forward to it!
There's no reason it shouldn't be possible to install a linux distro on the tablet right? I'm strongly considering getting this and I'm a daily linux power user, I also think that would help a lot with the day to day perfomance (I don't need it for "heavy" tasks like photoshop etc, just server maintenance, coding and watching shows and stuff)
We'll, drivers could be an issue...there are lots of slates/detachables out there but few can run Linux out of the box.
I want this thing for Linux too but I'm gunshy at this point until I see some people have done it without issue.
@@jeremyjohnson8703 I ordered it yesterday, figured it was worth a shot.
9:39 Not so sure the panel will last longer than the laptop, using OLED for a computer with many static images is a huge gamble.
Thanks for your honest review you saved me from buying it.
That flaw that it has really is a shame because I would really want a tablet laptop convertible that can run windows in this price range.. so would you recommend me buying the surface go 2 which is a little bit more expensive or just try to stick with this asus one.?
what is your use case?
@@nad1ax2 I am a student that has an old iPad Air 1 and a higher end laptop that isn’t that portable and I want to have something that I can take notes with, be able to program on it and use it for media consumption.
@@juanbuilt8963 I actually own a Surface Go and funnily enough, I'm dual booting Chrome OS alongside Windows and I almost never use Windows because of how much smoother Chrome OS feels on it, and also how much of a better touch screen experience it provides
Do you think if they've made it with AMD, this would be good?
Perhaps? But this is a fanless design, so there will still be a physical thermal limit.
I think the next should use a snapdragon arm cpu for good battery life and performance
Agree with that. For me I think this would just work as a third device use only for watching and downloading(stuffs 😏)
😏
Did they release an updated version?
yes there's a n300 with 8 e cores
Very reasonable, performance is very important nowadays due to multitasking, yes it has complete accessories, great screen, too many features, but if the performance is not good enough, then that device is kinda useless after all, maybe 6 months is good enough to use it but after that, you will not feel to use it anymore, due to its slowness. How sad that this is an awesome and something new "2in1 PC-Tablet" but the processor is the main problem,
wich one do you recomend with this aspects
i7 or i5 (12th or 11th)
1T or T/2 ROM
16 GB RAM
some RTX with 4-6 Gb
Spanish keyboard
and camara jaja
i maybe had the opportunity to someone buy one for cogalle in EUA (but i'm from mexico )
that performance felt weird, I have a n5100 latop and it doesn't even that bad for daily work, my guess is the fanless design throttle the cpu more than what it could do. If that is the case then even if you slap the i5 on this it would still throttle and unable to ultilize the whole CPU
We would think so as well. The fanless design and aggressive thermal limit really causes performance to drop drastically.
@@Terafied If you think the thermal design is an issue, how much more would a i3 w/ higher TDP fare? I really think this is adequate for the price, if you think performance is an issues, why not look at the Surface Pro? However that comes in almost twice the price. Surface Go? More expensive (does not include pen+keyboard) for the equivalent performance (i3-10100Y). Although I agree an external monitor feature would have been nice.
nice . tnx
Thanks for the review! Looking forward to the release of this. I still want to give it a try since my purpose is for light work only and not cpu intensive.
Is it possible to install windows 10 on this instead? I feel like the windows 11 might be one of the reasons for the lag. Latest windows os paired with an old processor does not seem to match.
That might not be possible… unless… hmm… nah.
@@Terafied cant you get into the bios? just change boot options and boot to a usb drive with an adaptor
question??? so the processor is not that powerful, but for me I'm worried about my eyes and want OLED at an affordable price and as big a screen as possible. because I'm a writer. so I process mostly only black and white print. and maybe insert a few pictures to go along with the stories. no gaming or video. So is this then good tablet for me just for writing. is it powerful enough??? Steve
CPU and GPU isn’t there yet for particle use at all.
Oh well, just purchased it for drawing 🤦🏽♀️. Hope it works out
Are you still happy with it? With all the updates, is the web browsing as laggy as in this review?
@@JasonDevadason It’s doing good for the most part.
Honestly i could live with a Pentium n6000, as long as people dont expect to do too much and just wants to use it as a giant media consumption device with that OLED display❤❤❤
I've been living with a Intel Celeron N4100, 8GB ram (single channel mind you) and a 512gb SSD, so far I've been able to do my tasks quite quickly with minimal lag....
Hi i am a university student , can i run vs code or similar on this machine?
We would... highly suggest to refrain from getting this.
I wish the processor was ryzen 5000 low wattage processor ....
That's gonna be good for both performance and battery life 🔥🔥🔥
True, that would’ve been amazing!
What about video out over USB Type C? Can you connect an external monitor to this?
You can, sure.
@@Terafied Thanks for the quick reply. Have you tried it? I have a DisplayLink dock and it works out of the box with Windows but in Linux I need a driver...I wonder if it's the same with this device.
Hello everyone! Is it ok for programming?
No, we will definitely not recommend that.
I wish the new version will run ryzen 5, I don't mind if they charge $100 more
We sure hope so as well.
IF Asus make AMD soc version CPU for this model it will cost more than s7 plus tablet which is the best alternative right now! especially s7 plus often show up on the flash sale list!
id take the s7+ over this any day of the week. the s7+'s soc is more efficient and probably faster aswell.
Why manufacturers still go for intel? They should have installed Ryzen 3 to it.
That would’ve been awesome.
can we install 3rd party software in it ?? ( what i mean is our daily need software that we download from torrent )))
Erm... sure...?
How is Photoshop performance on the tablet?
It’s good enough for a decent graphic art or concept art. But once you start adding heavy layers and effects, it’ll chug.
For simple stuff, it’ll do fine. Barely.
They should charge 700$ and give a better CPU
Please tell me can I do coding on it
I wouldn’t suggest it, but you can take a look at our updated review in the pinned comment to make a clearer decision!
How’s that fan noise though ?
It’s fanless.
Maybe Windows is too heavy for it. It should have been running Android. The aesthetics and form factor alone make me want to get one, but I've been trying to avoid Windows on any kind of mobile platform. I already have to put up with it on my gaming PC, and I think that's more than enough.
Hehehe I do have one of this in my studio too. My review is coming soon.
I generally think the same - though I don't think the Intel Pentium Silver N6000 is the main issue - it's both the processor and Windows - both Windows 11 and Windows 10.
I formatted it to Chrome OS and it worked great. Even Linux works better than Windows by a lot.
Also, I'm not sure if it should get a Core i3 🤔 will definitely need to add a fan in the device though.
You've had experience running linux on it? Does everything work? With my Surface Pro 4 the touch screen and speakers don't work out of the box when I run a deb distro like Ubuntu or Kali. I haven't the time or energy to fight with drivers...if this thing works with Linux out of the box I want Asus to just take my money now!
@@jeremyjohnson8703 Wonky support, to say the least. I tried a multitude of different distros and seems like it's always the usual case - brightness and WiFi doesn't work.
Even if I got it working through some other means, it's not optimized and lags badly - especially CZcams. For some reason, hardware decoding is turned off and there's no easy way to enable it back.
Bummer, even my iPad Air 3 will run rings around this thing
Why wouldn't they use an AMD CPU? A Ryzen 4000 or 5000 series CPU with integrated graphics would make this a must buy. No Intel CPUs please Asus.
can we just us it as a portable monitor？
it has battery, hdr, 10bit, usb c, 4 speakers.
and the price like a portable monitor.
Unfortunately at the time of review, no.
@@Terafied T_T
no trustful brand good quality portable screen, now
Can we install linux on this laptop
You probably could.
They will probably make an Asus Zenbook 13 slate. This seems to be a beta...
I'll still get it... The OLED screen is good enough. Plus I only want it for office work and media consumption.
That OLED is honestly really good! That’s for sure.
This might fit perfectly with what I need: a tablet that I can connect to my home pc through Parsec. All I need is for it to run Parsec smoothly and have 4G.
Edit: it doesn't have 4G but there must be some good dongle out there, maybe even 5G.
It Will be better using ryzen 3
Thanks I won’t buy this. It would be good as a external monitor
The low end processor and poor memory, that's what you get at a price of US$650 in average.
This product is aiming user who only wants to watch video, web surfing and perhaps some messaging apps.
We may expect Asus releaae upgraded model in short future as far as their "tooth paste squeezing" philosophy support my predict.
when i saw that pentium cpu i was like naaaah not worth it
😂
They should swap the Intel with AMD processor, lower price, faster
yeah, its kinda stupid. I think its better using more powerful ryzen processor and using ips lcd with that price. Buy this only for OLED? nope.
It looked buyable til i saw the underwhelming cpu. Sigh. All those pluses turn into overall dud. Still desperate to find a daily affordable detachable Windows machine. Fanless I5 would be nice.
Sigh… we agree…
A big 👎 for this review. Before you want to tell something, you should know something. Otherwise you can talk nonsense too... You have that freedom....
I'm using it since a week. I choose it, because I know that I do not have tedious tasks. My previous laptop is of i3 processor, and I can confidently say Intel Silver 6000 in this Vivobook 13 is far better than a i3 processor. The desktop in my house too is of i3.
I even read some articles on the net, which rated after some study, that silver 6000 performance is superior than that of i3.
So, your this review is just your imagination, but not actual experience.
Your title of this CZcams video itself is wrong. 'You liked it', means it was working fine. 'But, it flawed' means there was a problem after using it for some time. Did the processor changed from i3 to Silver 6000, after using it for some time?🤣🤣🤣 What you are talking?