One other 12 months, one other Vivobook launch from ASUS. This isn’t their top-of-line laptop collection, but it surely has a fame for being a dependable system for college students and dealing professionals who want the necessities.

So, what does the Vivobook 16 deliver to the desk?

I’ve spent a few month utilizing it as my work laptop, and right here’s my expertise to this point.

Massive however light-weight

You get a pleasant giant 16” show with skinny bezels for optimum display screen utilization, however the laptop itself may be very skinny.

It weighs 1.88kg, but it surely doesn’t fairly really feel prefer it in my backpack. The benefit of transporting it makes it splendid for digital nomads or those that do hybrid work.

I’ve seen some critiques on-line speaking in regards to the show being a bit of low-res and uninteresting for his or her liking, however I don’t have a difficulty with it. 

In case your work hinges on color accuracy, then maybe the ASUS Vivobook 16 OLED is perhaps a better option, since that one has been Pantone validated for professional-grade color accuracy.

I take pleasure in working with a mouse, however once I’m on the go, I don’t often prefer to deliver the additional bulk round. Fortunately, the big touchpad on the Vivobook 16 may be very purposeful, supporting your regular single click on gestures as much as 4-finger gestures.

The massive touchpad has one other plus: it provides you a whole lot of actual property to relaxation your palms once you’re utilizing the built-in keyboard. 

The keyboard itself is comfy to make use of too, it feels responsive without having me to faucet on the keys too exhausting. 

ASUS calls this their ErgoSense keyboard, which has “optimum key bounce and journey calculated with fine-tuned precision”. I imagine them. 

One other function geared in direction of working professionals (maybe extra for these within the inventive trade) is the 180-degree hinge, permitting the laptop to put nearly flat when opened.

ASUS states that this is able to be helpful for many who usually have roundtable discussions on initiatives, because it simply permits everybody on the desk to view the display screen. 

Productiveness-focused efficiency

On the efficiency aspect of issues, I’ve not skilled any lag or stutters throughout work, even when operating a number of programmes without delay.

Granted, I’m not often operating any heavy-duty apps, however I often have Chrome (with minimal 15 tabs), Lark (our work communications platform), and Edge (sure, I take pleasure in utilizing Edge, sue me!) open on the similar time.

Regardless of all that, the laptop has by no means heated up uncomfortably nor has its fan whirred too loudly in our workplace. When on efficiency mode with a recreation operating, you do hear the fan kick up, however that’s to be anticipated.

I’ve admittedly not gamed a lot on this laptop as a result of, ahem, this can be a work laptop for the workplace. 

The few occasions I’ve opened up Genshin Impression on it for purely testing functions although, the sport booted up at an honest pace and the framerate does get a bit uneven when on most settings. Nonetheless playable, simply not most well-liked.

The Vivobook 16 has 8GB RAM however you’ll be able to add an 8GB SO-DIMM reminiscence module on prime of that to get a complete 16GB of RAM. For storage, you get a 512GB SSD. Relying in your wants, you’ll be able to select between two processors: the AMD Ryzen 5 7530U or AMD Ryzen 7 7730U.

The battery life on the Vivobook 16 has actually been fairly superb in my view. I’m capable of get a full day’s value of labor performed on a full cost of the 42WHr battery, and this has been a constant efficiency to this point.

This lets me take the laptop to day-long occasions to work on the go with out the fear of my duties getting disrupted midway by the laptop immediately shutting down.

ASUS presents a set of settings you could toggle between on the MyASUS app if you wish to get probably the most out of your Vivobook 16 too. It’s nice for personalising the laptop to your use.

For many who usually do video conferencing or calls, you may additionally respect these different options:

• AI noise-canceling audio know-how that filters out undesirable noise out of your microphone
• Constructed-in webcam defend for privateness
• ASUS 3D Noise Discount (3DNR) know-how within the 720p HD webcam which upgrades the video readability

Verdict

I couldn’t discover a lot to dislike in regards to the Vivobook 16, but when I actually needed to complain about one thing, it will be that the matte materials of the laptop is tremendous vulnerable to fingerprint smudges.

The Vivobook 16 additionally feels a tad extra plasticky in comparison with different laptops I’ve tried, but it surely’s in all probability why it’s capable of stay fairly light-weight regardless of its measurement. Apart from, it nonetheless handed ASUS’ military-grade laptop sturdiness checks, in order that places me relaxed.

General, relatively than attempting to impress with jargony options, the ASUS Vivobook 16 retains issues easy. It’s dependable and constant, and it’s actually all {that a} working particular person like me actually wants.

ASUS has been identified to push the boundaries of laptops and different units, however in relation to productivity-focused tech, they know their priorities too.

The ASUS Vivobook 16 comes within the modest colourways of Indie Black and Cool Silver, and is accessible from a beginning worth of RM2,599.

• Be taught extra in regards to the ASUS Vivobook 16 right here.
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