ASUS VivoBook Pro 16X OLED Slim Laptop, 16" WQUXGA 16:10 Display, AMD Ryzen 7 5800H CPU, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD, Windows 11 Home, 0°Black, M7600QE-DB74

Pros:The screen is awesome. I really can make use of the extra 240 lines in height.Quiet - I put the fans on the low noise option and it's wonderfulFast! Both computationally and moving stuff off of external SSD.Supports extending to external 4K monitor, and GPU's work there.Cons:[These are really minor, but I wanted to put them here hoping that ASUS will read them, and for some it may be useful]1) I am right handed. My mouse lives on the right side of my laptop. I wish the power and HDMI cables, and high speed USB-C, could be on the left side, away from my right hand and mouse. See picture. But if you are left handed - this layout is a winner. [I've ordered a right angle HDMI cable to help]Update: I found a great video cable, look for Flexible HDMI to HDMI Cable Left Angled 90°, it made a big difference.2) The touch pad is a full inch below the space bar. For those of us who have trained on using the touchpad, we want to be able to use it with your thumb, while keeping our palms and fingers in typing position. On my previous laptop, it was only 3/8". I'm still able to work the pad, so I'm not subtracting from the stars, but if you have smaller hands, you might want to check this, if you want to use it this way. Also -- I think this is one of those things with the visual appeal took precedence over the user comfort. I really want the designers to consider this use case.

I have had this laptop for about 8 months now and I feel like I can give this a fair review: As others have said, the speed of this laptop is phenomenal. I wanted this level of ram and processor for my design work and medium gaming capabilities. I would not recommend this laptop for absolute heavy gamers because it does lag a bit with large games such as BG3. But if you are running sims with mods, it’ll work just fine and run everything smooth. The screen is also super crisp and bright which is just what I needed to see my art pieces in their prime.I would give this laptop a 4.5 star for some of the minor difficulties I’ve had with it. For one, the fingerprint unlock is awful. I would just opt for the PIN code, the fact this does not have Face ID on it as a feature, that is beyond me. I have not had the mouse troubles like others in reviews have stated, but after the first month of having it the speaker started to crackle, which has been a theme of mine with laptops so I’m not sure. I was able to get that fixed through a technician and haven’t had any troubles since, but something to look out for. I have also not had any troubles with Bluetooth which leads me to believe it might have just been a software issue that was cleared up with an update.At the end of the day, I don’t feel like it is fair to rate this 4 stars, with 5 being generous, but all the problems I stated above were minor to me and just notes of what I will want in the future. Now, I’m not a computer person. This is not my forte and I had to ask about the specs relevant to the price with people that actually build PCs and know VASTLY more than I do. But the conclusion was, it is definitely worth the price for the specs that you do get, with the exception that now it has a bit of an outdated graphics card in the world of technology (to my understanding).