Asus laptop reliability

A beautiful OLED screen pushes Asus' Vivobook 13 Slate past Microsoft's Surface Go 3 as the low-cost Windows tablet of choice, but its Pentium Silver CPU leaves it eating many Chromebooks' dust.

An unwelcome return to a wider display tempers our enthusiasm for the refreshed Acer Swift 3, an otherwise admirable ultraportable.

It could stand a price cut, but the 14-inch, 2.3-pound Asus Chromebook CX9 is the very model of a capable business Chromebook.

The Asus ProArt Studiobook 16 is an impressive laptop made with content creators in mind, from its versatile input dial and 4K OLED screen to its high-flying AMD and Nvidia components.

No longer alone in its class, the 2021 Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 remains an attractive, compact 14-inch gaming machine, now equipped with faster GeForce RTX 30-Series and AMD Ryzen 9 components.

The Asus Laptop L410 is a super-affordable PC, even among budget notebooks, compromising on the display and processing power to deliver a serviceable Windows machine with good battery life and useful ports.

The Asus VivoBook 15s mix of performance and ports adds up to a compelling budget-laptop offering versus like-priced alternatives, though a wishy-washy screen keeps it from top marks.

The Zephyrus S17 is a highly capable 17.3-inch gaming machine with exotic touches and a supercar price.

The Asus VivoBook 17 M712 offers enough AMD Ryzen-based muscle to make light of simple tasks, and its 17-inch screen and stylish silver chassis belie a very attractive price.

Its webcam makes you look bad, but the Asus Chromebook Flip CM5 is an otherwise excellent choice among big-screen, small-price convertibles.

The Asus Chromebook Detachable CM3 is a capable 10-inch tablet with an included keyboard and cover. If only the build quality matched the asking price.

The business-focused Asus ExpertBook B9450CEA is a trim and light laptop with some pep in its step, plus nice hardware and software extras.

With stellar performance from an eight-core AMD Ryzen 7 processor, the latest Asus ZenBook 13 is an excellent blend of light weight and maximum performance in an ultraportable laptop.

A slightly dim and bland display is the only major flaw of Asus' affordable VivoBook S14 almost-ultraportable.

The 2021 edition of the Asus ZenBook Duo 14 improves on its predecessor with a slimmer build, new components, and helpful features, even though some compromises of the unique design remain.

With AMD's and Nvidia's latest components joining the party, the dual-screen Asus ROG Zephyrus Duo 15 gaming laptop is now even more powerful, and it has a lower starting price. It's a joy for early adopters and streamers.

There's no shame in having a low laptop budget, but the Windows-based, Celeron-powered Asus VivoBook 11 succeeds mainly as an argument for buying a Chromebook or tablet.

Asus' TUF Dash F15 churns out competitive frame rates without costing a fortune, thanks to all-new silicon: an Nvidia GeForce RTX 30 Series GPU, and an Intel "Tiger Lake-H" processor.

A quirky 2-in-1 convertible, the Asus ROG Flow X13 offers decent gaming performance, extraordinary speed on CPU-centric tasks [thanks to a fifth-generation AMD Ryzen 9 CPU], and as compact a chassis as youll find on any premium gaming laptop. Plus, a special RTX 3080 eGPU option can turbocharge your play.

Gamers with deep pockets will adore the eight-core horsepower, 300Hz display, and Vegas-neon keyboard of Asus' ROG Zephyrus S15.