ASUS Zenbook 14 OLED UM3402YA 14.0” 2.8K 400nits 90Hz OLED Laptop (AMD Ryzen 7-7730U, 16GB RAM, 512GB PCIe SSD, Backlit Keyboard, Windows 11 Home)

The laptop is fast. Really fast. Screen is amazing and when you plug it to power source HDR turns on and it's even better. I've tested some modern games and I could play all of them no issues. Obviously it's not a gaming laptop, so expect mid to lower settings, but since it's a laptop and you want to use it on the go like in hotel or something it does exactly what's needed. It's extremely thin, so it's surprising that Asus managed to pack such performance into this form factor. It's catching eyes of everyone and people ask me if it's Apple XD. It's not as loud as some people mention in their reviews. I played on it for a while and surely fans turned on, but the noise level was not annoying at all. It's light, sturdy and feels like it's made of metal (although it's not). Oh, battery life. Well, I rarely ever plug it in and it easily last me for days with me just closing the lid when I'm done with it. It is exactly what I expected.

The media could not be loaded. I am using the laptop every day since arrived. I can say it has a really good battery life and it's lightweight- which is so great as most of the time I am on the go, in coffee shops with my laptop. The sound quality is crispy and clear probably because of the Dolby audio.I have to mention the lid design which is so cool. It's inspired by traditional Japanese craftsmanship, Kintsugi, the Centuries-old art of repairing broken pottery with gold. I am in love with this design. I have my laptop in dark blue, it's the perfect color for me, it's creating an atmosphere of calm and reflective serenity, all what I need.As of now I can say it has a good power, tasks are completed fast. I am running multiple applications at the same time also working with large files without any issues.

The Asus Zenbook 14 UX3402VA i5 non-touch version is all we wanted from a light laptop for domestic duties. 14 inch is the sweet spot for size (and 1.6:1 so not too letterbox), the 2.8K OLED display is great for the money, with an i5 it runs not too hot with decent performance, good keyboard and trackpad and you can still plug in a monitor over HDMI, a USB A mouse dongle, or 3.5mm jack for headphones unlike a lot of pricey ultra portables. These ZenBook Intel i5 based machines are discounted I guess as the intel ultra and especially the imminent QUALCOMM X versions will push these a bit more downmarket - which is good for us. This is a great package. I wanted non-touch as the display is even better that way.The downsides: mine had McAfee preinstalled, I uninstalled it and I am unsure if it completely 100% uninstalled. May need to download and use the McAfee complete removal tool - isn't that so last century? PLEASE STOP preinstalling invasive stuff like this - people will just want to put on what they are used to or already have a license for if they consider Windows inbuilt AV, firewall etc is lacking (which is splitting hairs these days) - and I would steer well clear of McAfee from bitter experience. It even tried to scare me that my machine may be unprotected from viruses inviting me to cancel the uninstall. This is a blatant lie - the machine falls back on Microsoft AV which is quite capable. I read the uninstall guide which told me I should have activated my license before uninstalling. Ooops. Ah - but then that is just to make sure I am OK to reinstall later. Which I will never do. Hurdles, trip wires and rubbish.Next up is Amazon: the product info says this machine is full HD with HD pixel dimensions. The title says it is 3K. Wrong and wrong - it is 2.8K. You only know if this is touch or non-touch if "touchscreen" is nowhere in the description. I've seen other machines having a tick in a box indicating if the machine has a touchscreen or not when comparing models. Absent here. The description to pay attention to is under "From the manufacturer" Product "At a glance" panel. That seems accurate. Took a while to work this out when looking at different Zenbooks - which you need to do when spending £100s.ps - the panel doesn't wobble when you type, only the bottom edge will sit on the surface you put the machine on due to the nature of the 180 degree hinge (which is only of use for touchscreen versions). It has two tiny rubbery plastic bumpers on the screen edge for this.

Firstly. The goods, the laptop is fast, it's very well built and it's quiet, that's it!The bad. Keyboard is very spongy, speakers are worse than my iPad pro 11inch, the battery lasts for around 3-4hrs on balanced and less than an hour if doing anything difficult (fan on full, which is still quiet even with the power set to high power and fannset to full speed)The worst thing however and by a country mile, is the screen. The colours are fine, the brightness is fine, but the 'screen door effect' is unacceptable and renders this screen completely unsuitable for my needs (image production and manipulation). Basically, the touch screen is made of a mesh and where the vertical and horizontal wires overlaps a very visible (almost black) dot can be seen. This means the screen is literally covered in black dots. These dots can be seen at all times and with any colour on the screen. They can be seen clearer when the screen is white, which looks very much like an inkjet printers print when the white isn't quite white and thousands of tiny dots are visible. (Not to be confused with dead pixels. The 'screen door effect' is from the touch screen and is, or at least was a common issue with oled touch screens)I decided to head to Currys and check if this is normal. Ultimately, Currys did not have the Asus zenbook 14 on display, but they did have a few oled displays. I checked everyone (with and without a magnifying glass). I could not see anything but flat colours on any of these laptop screens apart from a lenova which had the same 'screen door' issue.I am going to be returning this laptop as despite being a good deal (£800) and being as fast as my Ryzen 7 pc. It just is not suitable for my needs and I cannot look at the screen without seeing the annoying dots.