Promo €1124 Asus Vivobook S 14 S5406MA-DRPP197W Blue Alu 9h, Multimedia Ultrabook 14″ OLED 2.8K 120Hz Ultra 9 Meteor IA Intel Arc easy to carry

Our opinion on the Asus Vivobook S 14 OLED S5406MA-DRPP197W

Suitable for studying with its 9-hour battery life, the High Definition & Fidelity multimedia laptop Asus Vivobook S 14 OLED S5406MA-DRPP197W is powerful thanks to its 32 GB of RAM and its AI-oriented hybrid Core Ultra 9 185H Meteor Lake processor with Intel Arc graphics module which accelerates processing, like the fast SSD storage with a large capacity of 1 TB which reinforces its responsiveness . This easy-to-carry blue aluminum Ultrabook benefits from a 16/10th 14-inch 2.8K OLED DCI-P3 screen whose frequency of 120Hz improves good fluidity. This compact, thin and light Windows 11 laptop is also equipped with a backlit keyboard, an Infrared webcam for biometric facial authentication and even connectivity including Wi-Fi 6E and USB-C Thunderbolt 4.

Features of the Asus Vivobook S 14 OLED S5406MA-DRPP197W

The Asus Vivobook S 14 OLED S5406MA-DRPP197W faces the competition

The Asus Vivobook S 14 OLED S5406MA-DRPP197W is currently in promotion at the house of Darty and the Fnac. It offers a configuration/price ratio attractive for its category where it is one of the cheapest to offer such a powerful and recent AI-oriented processor with such a large amount of RAM, Thunderbolt connectivity but also a screen with such high definition/frequency and such faithful colors, all in such an original color design.

If this Asus Vivobook S 14 OLED S5406MA-DRPP197W does not meet all your criteria, you will find it in our guide Gaming laptop other configurations to play with a similar budget. For the same budget, choose the model with the most powerful graphics card, it will have the greatest impact on performance.
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Chassis, connections, screen of the Asus Vivobook S 14 OLED S5406MA-DRPP197W

It is an original and yet elegant appearance that this portable PC displays, rechargeable to 60% in 49 minutes, with its thin and light compact Mist Blue CNC machined aluminum design that can be opened 180° completely flat.
IceCool technology takes care of cooling it using 2 fans, 2 heat pipes and 2 air grilles.

This Ultrabook has good connectivity consisting of 2 USB-C Thunderbolt 4, Bluetooth 5.3 and Wi-Fi 6E ax wireless modules to communicate and connect remotely, a useful HDMI video output for easy connection to a TV or monitor for example, an audio port as well as 2 USB 3.0 (USB 2.0 compatible) guaranteeing transfers up to 5 times faster than USB 2.0 if USB 3.0 devices are connected to it.

Biometric authentication is possible through the infrared functionality of the webcam allowing facial recognition, and Windows Hello technology.

The chiclet keyboard is equipped with a backlighting solution that you simply activate whenever you need to better distinguish the keys.

The screen will delight creatives with its High Fidelity DCI-P3 OLED also involving great black depth, significant vertical and horizontal viewing angles as well as low latency. This provides better fluidity than a standard 60Hz panel, as does the 120Hz refresh rate.
The screen also benefits from 2.8K High Definition while its 16/10th format displays more information on height than the classic 16/9th.
It is a glossy coating that covers the screen due to OLED technology which gives punch to the colors but is subject to reflections in bright environments (eg outdoors).

Performance, battery life of the Asus Vivobook S 14 OLED S5406MA-DRPP197W

The Asus Vivobook S 14 OLED S5406MA-DRPP197W may appeal to those who wish to acquire a versatile portable High Definition High Fidelity compact AI and multimedia oriented laptop PC equipped with recent high-performance components.

Multimedia processing using RAM, multi-core and AI will greatly benefit from the services provided by this Ultrabook.
Because it relies on a large amount of 32 GB RAM – double the average – as well as a processor Meteor Lake high-end Core Ultra 9 185H with AI capabilities, 16 hybrid cores and integrated Intel Arc graphics module.

In fact, this duo guarantees much faster processing than a PC based on 16/24 GB DDR4/5 as well as a classic Quad/Hexa Core processor.
We strongly feel the difference in work such as photo retouching or video editing.

This laptop actually delivers good overall power which will delight demanding users… with the exception of gamers since no dedicated graphics card is on board.

However, thanks to the Intel Arc – more efficient than the classic Iris Xe – we can watch HD photos and videos.
And even play light to modest games if you are ready for concessions such as a reduction in screen definition. Because playing in 2.8K requires more graphics calculations than playing in Full HD, which implies a lower number of fps.

Asus offers its AI multimedia Ultrabook a large storage capacity of 1000 GB. You can therefore install and store quantities of software and files on the SSD.

In this regard, let us recall the advantages provided by an SSD: silent operation, robust design, low energy consumption and even high speed.

As a result, the SSD provides great responsiveness and fluidity which is manifested in particular on a daily basis by rapid starts/stops, processing and launches of applications, just like the arrival on the cards of online games.

Finally some in search of a Student laptop may be seduced by the autonomy of this Ultrabook which is around 9 hours on battery in light use. Especially since it is compact, thin and light which makes it easy to transport.
However, expect this mobile computer to heat up and make noise when pushed hard (e.g. processing).
To limit its temperatures, we can associate it with a ventilated support (remember to check the dimensions carefully!).