Sales 1299€ Asus Vivobook S 14 OLED S5406MA-DRPP182W, AI multimedia Ultrabook Black Alu 14″ OLED 2.8K 120Hz Meteor Ultra 9 Intel Arc 9h thin light

Our opinion on the Asus Vivobook S 14 OLED S5406MA-DRPP182W

Suitable for studying with its 9-hour battery life, theAsus Vivobook S 14 OLED S5406MA-DRPP182W is an easy-to-carry multimedia portable PC benefiting from a 14-inch 16/10th High Definition 2.8K High Fidelity OLED DCI-P3 screen with a frequency of 120Hz offering good fluidity. Compact, thin and light, this Windows 11 laptop benefits from a backlit keyboard, an Infrared webcam for biometric facial authentication and even connectivity with USB-C Thunderbolt 4 and Wi-Fi 6E. This aluminum Ultrabook is based on an AI-oriented Core Ultra 9 185H Meteor Lake hybrid processor with Intel Arc graphics module and 16 GB of high-performance RAM as well as fast SSD storage with a high capacity of 1 TB reinforcing responsiveness, these components speeding up treatments.

Features of the Asus Vivobook S 14 OLED S5406MA-DRPP182W

The Asus Vivobook S 14 OLED S5406MA-DRPP182W faces the competition

The Asus Vivobook S 14 OLED S5406MA-DRPP182W is out now on sale at Asus France and positions itself as one of the only ones in its category to offer such a recent and efficient processor and graphics solution with a screen with such faithful colors and such high definition/frequency but also Thunderbolt connectivity.

If this Asus Vivobook S 14 OLED S5406MA-DRPP182W 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-DRPP182W

With its Neutral Black design, compact, thin and light, robust black aluminum due to its compliance with the American military resistance standard MIL-STD-810H, this laptop PC can be opened 180° completely flat and cooled by IceCool technology using 2 fans, 2 heat pipes and 2 air grilles have a discreet, elegant look.

This laptop, which can be recharged to 60% in 49 minutes, offers good connectivity including 2 USB-C Thunderbolt 4, Bluetooth 5.3 and Wi-Fi 6E ax wireless modules for communicating and connecting remotely, an output useful HDMI video to easily connect it to a TV or monitor for example, an audio port as well as 2 USB 3.0 (USB 2.0 compatible) guaranteeing transfers made up to 5 times more faster than USB 2.0 if you connect USB 3.0 devices.

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

The chiclet keyboard obviously has a backlighting system that can be activated whenever you need to better distinguish your keys.

The screen will delight creatives with its 2.8K High Definition superior to Full HD, especially as it is associated with DCI-P3 High Fidelity. As a bonus, thanks to OLED technology, the screen ensures great black depth, significant vertical and horizontal viewing angles as well as low latency which, coupled with the 120Hz refresh rate, provides better fluidity than a 60Hz panel. classic.
Thanks to its 16/10th format, the screen displays more elements in height than the standard 16/9th while the OLED induces a shiny coating which gives punch to the colors but is subject to reflections present in a bright environment ( e.g. exterior).

Performance, battery life of the Asus Vivobook S 14 OLED S5406MA-DRPP182W

The Asus Vivobook S 14 OLED S5406MA-DRPP182W is aimed at those who wish to have a compact multipurpose portable High Definition High Fidelity multimedia-oriented portable PC equipped with AI-oriented components.

The solid overall performance provided by this Ultrabook will satisfy a maximum of users, especially creators.
Because it reveals its potential in work requiring CPU and RAM resources using multi-core, such as photo editing or video editing, especially if they take advantage of AI – Artificial Intelligence.

Because it is controlled by a processor Meteor Lake Core Ultra 9 185H with AI capabilities, 16 hybrid cores and integrated Intel Arc graphics solution, supported by 16 GB of RAM.

Creators and all users will appreciate being able to install and store quantities of applications and files on this laptop.

And this on SSD storage with a high capacity of 1000 GB which is silent, energy efficient, shock resistant and very fast.

Thanks to its high speed, the SSD improves responsiveness and fluidity.
This translates in particular on a daily basis into rapid software launches as well as processing and starts/stops.

If you can watch HD photos and videos thanks to the Intel Arc, the game is limited to light to modest titles since no dedicated graphics card is on board.
Especially since a greater number of calculations are necessary in 2.8K than in Full HD, which results in a lower number of fps. To play, it will therefore be appropriate in many games to reduce the definition.

Finally, this AI multimedia-oriented Ultrabook, easy to transport since it is compact, thin and light, is able to last around 9 hours on battery in light use, which will interest some looking for a Student laptop.
However, expect it to heat up and be heard when pushed hard (e.g. treatments).
To contain its temperatures we can associate it with a ventilated support (remember to check the dimensions carefully!).