Asus ZenBook S13 UM530 (13.3-inch, 2022)

Thin and light Excellent build quality Solid productivity performance Good battery life Great keyboard and touchpad

Slightly expensive Touchpad buttons are too stiff

“The Asus ZenBook S 13 Flip puts an OLED display in a well-built, superlight 2-in-1.”

Fast performance for a thin and light laptop Excellent OLED display Comfortable keyboard and touchpad Very thin and light Attractive price

A tiny bit of bending and flexing Average battery life

“The Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED packs a ton of power into a thin and light frame, with a display that will please creators and productivity workers alike.”

Thin bezels alongside a gorgeous 13.9-inch screen ; Dedicated NVIDIA GPU allows for some gaming ; Thin and light 2.5-pound design ; Excellent keyboard and trackpad

Fingerprint sensor gets in the way of the trackpad ; Low quality webcam

While the Zenbook S13 might seem like just another ultraportable on the surface, its dedicated graphics and glorious thin bezel screen help it stand out. ASUS is known for experimenting with new designs in its laptops, like with last year's ZenBook...

Beautiful OLED touch screen ; Magnesium-aluminum alloy chassis ; Included pen ; Touchpad doubles as number pad ; Excellent ports and security features ; Effective performance ; Long lasting, quick-charging battery

No pen storage ; No HDMI or Type-A USB ports

The Asus Zenbook S 13 Flip OLED is a slick ultraportable 2-in-1 laptop, with a great OLED touch screen, solid port selection, stellar performance, and long battery life. But in this price range, "great" components are table stakes.

Strong CPU and integrated graphics ; Light and portable ; Touchpad becomes a numpad ; High-resolution OLED screen

Not many ports ; CPU can run hot ; Looks a bit boring

The Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED is a thin and light OLED laptop with the power of AMD’s Ryzen 6000 chips. I tested a $1,299 configuration that includes the Ryzen 7 6800U, 16GB of RAM, 1TB of storage, and a 2800 x 1800 OLED screen.

compact and high-quality case;high CPU/GPU performance;very good system performance;great OLED screen;software solution against PWM;USB 4 via BIOS update;good battery life

unnecessarily difficult access to components;720p webcam;slight performance reduction in battery mode

The Asus Zenbook S 13 is a very successful compact notebook that combines many modern technological features with the brand-new

The Zenbook S13 OLED by Asus is a compact and efficient laptop that gives a desirable performance in day-to-day life. The laptop is slim, lightweight, and shiny with a good design language. The laptop performs well and is a good companion for office...

+ Amazing OLED display ; + Ultra-lightweight chassis ; + USB-A port is back ; + Decent thermals ; + Silent keyboard

- Multi-core performance isn't up to par ; - Onboard SSD lacks sequential I/O performance ; - ASUS NumberPad is gone ; - Speaker lacks bass ; - Charging ports are only one-sided ; - Fans create high-pitched whine ; - No touchscreen

ASUS's reboot of the Zenbook S 13 OLED is off to a rough start here - given the high bar set by its predecessors.

But if you want a slim, light OLED-equipped Windows ultraportable with enough power to get you through the day for under $1,500, the Zenbook S 13 OLED is a great choice.