Sale €949 Asus Vivobook S 14 S5406-29W, AI Ultrabook 14″ OLED High Fidelity Blue 9h easy to carry Lunar Core Ultra Intel Arc SSD 1 TB Wi-Fi 7

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Our opinion on the Asus Vivobook S 14 OLED S5406-29W

AI and multimedia oriented, the versatile laptop PCAsus Vivobook S 14 OLED S5406-29W easy to transport with a battery life of 9 hours suitable for studying benefits from a 14-inch Full HD DCI-P3 High Fidelity OLED screen. This thin and light compact laptop is equipped with a backlit keyboard, an Infrared webcam for facial biometric authentication as well as Wi-Fi 7 and USB-C Thunderbolt 4 connectivity. This Windows 11 Ultrabook with an elegant blue design original is based on 16 GB of RAM as well as a latest generation Lunar Lake Core Ultra 5 226V hybrid processor with Intel Arc 130V graphics solution which accelerate multimedia processing and provide good general performance while by showing themselves suitable for playing modest games.

Asus Vivobook S 14 OLED S5406-29W

Features of the Asus Vivobook S 14 OLED S5406-29W

Screen(s) 14.5″ Full HD OLED 16/10th 0.2ms 400cd/m² Display HDR True Black 600 100% DCI-P3 low blue light emission (1920×1200, glossy)
Processor Intel Core Ultra 5 226V Lunar Lake (18 cores: 4P 2.1 GHz / 4E 3.5 GHz)
Installed RAM (max) 16 GB (soldered) LPDDR5x 7467 MHz
Graphics card Intel Arc 130V integrated into the processor
Storage 1TB M.2 SSD (NVMe PCIe 4.0 x4)
Connections 2 USB 3.2 (Gen1) + 2 USB-C Thunderbolt 4, HDMI 2.1, microSD card reader
Network Wi-Fi 7 b (2×2), Bluetooth 5.4
Backlit keyboard Yes, RGB 1 zone (travel 1.7mm)
Numeric keypad
Windows Hello Yes, via Full HD Infrared webcam
Audio system 2 speakers (2 x 2W) Harman Kardon Smart Amp
Operating system Windows 11 64-bit
Announced autonomy / Battery 9 hours / Li-Ion 4 cells 75Whr
Weight / Dimensions (mm) 1.3 Kg / 310.5x 221.9 x 13.9-15.9

The Asus Vivobook S 14 OLED S5406-29W faces the competition

The Asus Vivobook S 14 OLED S5406-29W is currently sold by Amazon and positions itself as one of the only ones in its category to adopt in such an original color design such a recent and efficient processor and graphics solution with a screen with such faithful colors as well as Thunderbolt connectivity but encounters cheaper competitors.

If this Asus Vivobook S 14 OLED S5406-29W 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.
Need a student laptop? Check out our guide.

Chassis, connections, screen of the Asus Vivobook S 14 OLED S5406-29W

This AI and multimedia-oriented laptop PC has a sober, elegant and original appearance with its thin and light compact Mist Blue design certified to the American military robustness standard MIL-STD-810H.
Its cooling is entrusted to IceCool technology which uses 2 fans, 2 heat pipes and 2 air vents.

Opening 180° completely flat, this CNC machined laptop is rechargeable to 60% in 49 minutes and includes good connectivity with its 2 USB-C Thunderbolt 4, Bluetooth 5.4 and Wi-Fi 7 be wireless modules to communicate and connect remotely, its practical HDMI video output to easily connect it to a TV or a monitor for example, its audio port or its 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.

Through the Infrared features of the webcam and Windows Hello, you can authenticate biometrically using facial recognition.

When the keys are difficult to discern, you can activate the backlighting of the chiclet keyboard to better distinguish them.

Asus Vivobook S 14 OLED S5406-29W

The screen will delight those looking for a High Fidelity display with much more faithful colorimetry than average and very deep blacks thanks to its OLED DCI-P3 specifications. They also induce minimal latency for good fluidity as well as significant viewing angles, both horizontal and vertical.
The Full HD screen has an anti-reflective treatment due to its OLED technology. Thus the colors are bright and sensitivity to reflections is present in a bright environment (e.g. outdoors).
Also note the adoption here of a 16/10th format which displays more elements due to its greater height than the classic 16/9th.

Performance, battery life of the Asus Vivobook S 14 OLED S5406-29W

The Asus Vivobook S 14 OLED S5406-29W targets those who are looking for a compact portable High Fidelity versatile laptop computer focused on AI and multimedia equipped with recent components.

Its autonomy which is around 9 hours on battery in light use may interest some wishing to equip themselves with a Student laptopespecially since this Ultrabook is easy to transport because it is compact, thin and light.

However, we benefit here from good general performance that a maximum of users will appreciate, particularly creators who use software using multicore and AI, such as photo editing or video editing.

Because it is driven by a latest generation processor Lunar Lake Core Ultra 5 226V with 8 hybrid cores, AI services and integrated Intel Arc 130V graphics solution, supported by 16 GB of RAM.

Thanks to the Intel Arc 130V, you can watch HD photos and videos of course.
But also play light to modest games which some will appreciate even though this laptop does not have a dedicated graphics card.

You can store personal creations and more generally quantities of files and software on the large capacity of 1000 GB offered by the integrated SSD.

Asus Vivobook S 14 OLED S5406-29W

Remember that SSD storage is silent, energy efficient, shock resistant and fast.
It provides great responsiveness and fluidity which translates on a daily basis into rapid processing, as well as starting/stopping and launching applications, or even by the fact that we can quickly access online game cards.

Finally, in the event of heavy loads (e.g. processing), expect this AI-oriented multimedia Ultrabook to heat up and make itself heard.
We can add a ventilated support to limit its temperatures (remember to check the dimensions carefully!).

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