Amazon.com: ASUS ZenBook 14 Ultra-Slim Laptop 14” Full HD NanoEdge Bezel, Intel Core i7-1065G7, 8GB RAM, 512GB PCIe SSD, NumberPad, Thunderbolt 3, Windows 10 Home, Pine Grey, UX425JA-EB71 : Everything

I have been using this laptop for just over 30 days and here is my feedback:

PRO’s:
GREAT battery life (12+ hours consistently in normal use with power bar at max)
GREAT build quality
VERY thin and light
GREAT Price to Performance ratio
Hinge Lift on screen definitely improves cooling
It is a really premium looking laptop in person and definitely looks high end for the price

CON’s
Fan noise is a bit too much compared to a surface or xps 13 (there is a silent mode but drops boost clock to 2.8)
No touch screen (if you are into that sort of thing, I am not personally)
Boost clock is a bit low when on battery (3.9g) compared to chip performance (underclocked to save power)
Screen does not go full 90 degrees open which I like for laying in bed or on the sofa (but it works just fine, I am just being picky because it is a review)

User Case:
I am a computer hardware enthusiast. I much prefer desktop PC’s to laptops so when I set out to purchase a laptop for myself I did quite a bit of research. For me a laptop is not for gaming but for doing work, browsing the internet, watching video and updating social media. I wanted a machine that was lightweight, powerful enough to open large excel spreadsheets, had enough memory to manage a massive outlook .dat file had a good screen for watching video and had great battery life so I did not need to carry a charger with me. Also, I wanted a machine that would charge using USB-C vs a barrel plug and power brick. I also wanted thunderbolt in order to doc into my station in my office (at some point when we ever go back). I found all of these things in this machine for under 1k.

I was fully expecting to pay 1700 or more to find a machine that I liked and I was very surprised to find an intel ice lake powered machine for this price point. I was concerned that only having 8g of ram was going to be an issue as 16g would be what I consider minimum acceptable levels. So far this has not been an problem, even on larger excel files but then bear in mind I do not have a bunch of apps installed on this machine, mostly just MS office and Minecraft (which the iris graphics runs just fine btw). This machine performs great, runs everything I need it to and I feel I am getting a dell XPS build quality and user experience for a lot less money. I like the larger XPS-ish track pad and the integrated num pad is also nice. While you are not going to do any AAA gaming on this machine that is not what you buy a thin and light to do (or really any laptop at all regardless of the marketing). All in all I would highly recommend this unit to anyone looking to buy a good performing thin and light laptop in 2020 even with the upcoming tiger lake releases.