58 of 58 people found the following review helpful Great performance, bad screen bleed, October 16, 2018 This review is from: ASUS ROG Zephyrus S Ultra Slim Gaming PC Laptop, 15.6" 144Hz IPS-Type, Intel i7-8750H Processor, GeForce GTX 1070, 16GB DDR4, 512GB NVMe SSD, Military-grade Metal Chassis, Win 10 Home- GX531GS-AH76 (Personal Computers) I have had my Zephyrus S for a few days now and really like the performance. I chose this laptop over the MSI GS65 Stealth due to the specs bejng better slightly better and the cooling system having better reviews. This laptop does not disappoint performance wise and cooling. I play the provided Call of Duty at max setting for a few hours at a time and the cpu and GPU temp average about 65 degrees. The battery is not as great as the stealth, but that does not bother me because I mainly have the laptop plugged in . So far my only complaint, which is why I am only giving 4/5 stars, is that the screen bleed which started after a couple days of having it, is the worst I have ever expierenced. I will be contacting support this see how this can be fixed because it is quite distracting. Also, note that this laptop does not come with a Ethernet port or a Thunderbolt port, the wireless card does work great though. Some boxes came with a USB to Ethernet cords, but mine did not so I had to go... Read more 36 of 36 people found the following review helpful Too Many Compromises, October 5, 2018 This review is from: ASUS ROG Zephyrus S Ultra Slim Gaming PC Laptop, 15.6" 144Hz IPS-Type, Intel i7-8750H Processor, GeForce GTX 1070, 16GB DDR4, 512GB NVMe SSD, Military-grade Metal Chassis, Win 10 Home- GX531GS-AH76 (Personal Computers) You'll get used to the keyboard placement. You really will. Plus, it actually feels nice to type on. But, you'll quickly start to notice all the little things add up. Screen bleeding has hit a handful of early units (including mine). The screen itself can't be tipped back far enough with the hinge design. You'll place the laptop on a kitchen counter and it is okay, but just a 5/10 degrees off from being able to open the hinge and bend the screen back nicely. Asus and Windows have a horrible time updating together (this includes Nvidia drivers too). Ventilation is the best around... but the bottom panel is flimsy, even with the newly minted S version.
I like the forward thinking design. It's for gamers. But, you'll start to see how the battery life, build quality, placement of keyboard/trackpad, no Ethernet jack, screen tilt... all add up. The GS65 Stealth is almost the same laptop with fewer compromises (albeit, runs hot). Had to return the Zerphyrus S. 34 of 34 people found the following review helpful Raw product, terrible support, October 16, 2018 By Dmitrijs (Balozi, Latvia) This review is from: ASUS ROG Zephyrus S Ultra Slim Gaming PC Laptop, 15.6" 144Hz IPS-Type, Intel i7-8750H Processor, GeForce GTX 1070, 16GB DDR4, 512GB NVMe SSD, Military-grade Metal Chassis, Win 10 Home- GX531GS-AH76 (Personal Computers) Moderate light bleed from all the corners and bottom of the screen. Laptop comes with Win 10 HOME, not PRO. This laptop is not eligible for black ops promo. Half of the ASUS apps are not launching or crashing or giving errors when you try to restart or shut it down. Terrible and arrogant support. Be prepared to wait for almost a week till you get a reply and when you do, the only thing what you will get (except severe headache) will be standard fixing guide (that will never work for you) or redirection to another support team (that will never reply to you). Generally product feels raw and unfortunately I cannot recommend it to anyone. |