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"2-year warranty: This item has a 2-year warranty serviced by Allstate."
SPECS:- 14" 2.8K (2880x1800) 16:10, 120Hz, 400-nits, 600-nits Peak HDR, 100% DCI-P3, Pantone validated, Glossy, OLED Display
- AMD Ryzen AI 9 365 Processor 2.0GHz (34MB Cache, up to 5.0GHz, 10 cores, 20 Threads); AMD XDNA NPU up to 50TOPS
- AMD RDNA 3.5 880M Graphics @ 2900 MHz
- 32GB LPDDR5X 7500 MHz Ram
- 1TB PCIe Gen4 NVMe SSD
- Backlit Chiclet Keyboard 1-Zone RGB, 1.7mm Key-travel, Touchpad, With Copilot key
- 1080P IR Camera with Privacy Shutter
- Wi-Fi 6E 2x2 + BT 5.3
- 90W Type-C AC Adapter
- 75WHrs, 4-cell Li-ion Battery
- 2.87 lbs. / 1.30 kg
- Ports:
- 1x USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-C support display / power delivery
- 2x USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A
- 1x USB 4.0 Gen 3 Type-C support display / power delivery
- 1x HDMI 2.1 TMDS
- 1x 3.5mm Combo Audio Jack
- 1x Micro SD card reader
https://www.ebay.com/itm/16742661...Sw1-hn7wxI
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Because the CPU/GPU are so new I had to replace my graphics drivers and kernel in Ubuntu 24.04 to get hardware acceleration working correctly. But after I did it's smooth even in power saving mode. When it's plugged in it's near the fastest laptop you can get without a dedicated GPU.
It draws about 9-10W watching YouTube on lowish brightness so it can last about 7 hours doing that. For normal desktop work in power saving mode with medium brightness it draws around 4-7W so it can last for at least 10 hours, usually more. I've never actually depleted the battery because it lasts longer than a work day.
I assume if you use Windows it already comes with the proper drivers set up but I don't have a Microsoft account to log in with so I never made it to the desktop. The Linux drivers from AMD are still a work in progress so I wouldn't be surprised if Windows is even more power efficient for the next few months.
Best thing to do is wipe and install a fresh copy of Windows. I don't want to name names, but Google "Windows LTSC Download 26100.1742" and read through the website of the first result. Using LTSC is optional but AFAIK Windows 10 will not run on hardware this new so you will need to stick with Windows 11.
TL;DR:
Launch Win11 installer while disconnected from internet
When the installer is ready for you to click to proceed, push Shift+F10 to bring up the Command Prompt
Type oobe\bypassnro, hit Enter
The installer should reload and you'll have a No Internet option to create a local account.
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Linux is better anyways now that Steam can use Proton to launch Windows games as well as a Steamdeck: less broken updates and no ads in the OS. I just wanted to check if I needed to upgrade the BIOS but it turns out ASUS computers can do that from a flash drive. So I wasn't missing much and didn't care much about using Windows for anything else.
Note though that setting up Linux on hardware like this that's more recent than whatever distribution you're using (in this case RDNA3.5 graphics are very new) is much more difficult than usual. There's some tweaking involved or you can wait a few months for a more up to date release with a newer kernel. I work full time on Linux so I don't have a problem with it but messing with internals to update an older Linux install like I did would be very confusing for new users.
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No offense to the OP, or any lucky Asus fans, but FYI / FWIW - Here's my 4/16/2025, Asus Vivobook S 15 review on Best Buy:
I kept getting the Blue Screen of Death. Averaging about 5+ per day!
The Geek Squad "FIXED it" THREE times, but shortly after I got it home, same thing, BSOD!
Sent it into the Asus service center, & when I got it back 15 days later, got BSOD twice within 4-min.
They said the warranty does NOT include any replacements or refunds.
I will never buy another Asus product.
And I will also avoid buying anything from Best Buy.
PS - This is the one I bought:
https://slickdeals.net/f/18095260-asus-vivobook-s-15-15-6-3k-oled-120hz-ryzen-ai-9-hx-370-32gb-lpddr5-1tb-ssd-1299-99?p=175604200&
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April 25 EDIT: I talked to the Best Buy store manager yesterday, hoping that they could step up & help a loyal customer out. Nope! But he did take this opportunity to tell me that I should have bought their ($180) Total membership plan (within 1 or 2 weeks of purchase), so that I **might** have been eligible to have gotten store credit or exchange.
No, I don't think I will.
PS - Asus has a D- rating at the Better Business Bureau - Failure to respond to 83 complaint(s) filed against business
https://www.bbb.org/us/ca/fremont...1116-16870