Asus Vivobook S14 S435EA-KC033W, Ultrabook 14" green/silver versatile 8h light and thin Windows 11 Tiger Lake Iris Xe NumPad TB4 (899€)

Our review of the Asus Vivobook S14 S435EA-KC033W

Original green/silver design for the versatile Asus Vivobook S14 S435EA-KC033W Ultrabook with 14-inch IPS Full HD anti-reflective screen which benefits from a backlit chiclet keyboard with NumPad numeric keypad module or even connectivity with 2 USB-C Thunderbolt 4 and Wi-Fi ax. This thin and light nomadic laptop PC with its 8-hour battery life benefits from increased responsiveness thanks to its fast SSD storage as well as 16 GB of RAM and a Quad Core i7-1165G7 Intel Tiger Lake processor with Iris Xe graphics solution for good performance in everyday use with the ability to run games that are not too demanding.

Features of the Asus Vivobook S14 S435EA-KC033W

The Asus Vivobook S14 S435EA-KC033W against the competition

The Asus Vivobook S14 S435EA-KC033W is currently available from Amazon and is positioned as one of the only ones in its category to benefit from Thunderbolt 4 connectivity, a numeric keypad module but also to run under Windows 11.

Chassis, connectors, screen of the Asus Vivobook S14 S435EA-KC033W

With its thin and light Deep Green design with dark green shell and silver interior, this versatile laptop that can be recharged to 60% in 49 minutes has a look that is both original and discreet.

Its cooling is ensured by 2 IceBlades fans (87 thin blades of 0.2mm in liquid-crystal polymer), an 8mm heat pipe as well as air outlets. In addition, it offers 3 operating modes between which you can switch via the combination of Fn+F keys: Performance (power), Balanced (balanced) and Whisper (silent, economical).

The connectivity integrated into this Ultrabook is good, including 2 USB 4 Type-C Thunderbolt 4 (against 1 maximum usually), Wi-Fi ax wireless modules (newer and more efficient than Wi-Fi ac) and Bluetooth 5.0 for wireless remote connections and communications, a useful HDMI video output to easily connect this PC to a TV or a monitor for example, an audio port but also 2 USB (USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 compatible), USB 3.0 guaranteeing transfers up to 10 times faster than USB 2.0 if you connect a USB 3.0 device.

The keys of the chiclet keyboard can be backlit, which is practical for better distinguishing them in the event of reduced ambient light.

As a bonus, Asus offers its NumberPad (NumPad) technology here to make it easier to enter numbers. Because it allows, when needed, to convert the touchpad into a touchpad. An appreciable feature, therefore, especially since, like all laptops in a format less than 15 inches, this Ultrabook cannot accommodate a physical numeric keypad on the right of the keyboard for lack of space.

Thanks to its IPS technology, the screen has wide viewing angles, both horizontal and vertical, and reproduces colors more faithfully than average. In addition, the screen is adorned with a 16:9 format associated with a precise Full HD definition, which makes it very well suited to displaying videos and more broadly High Definition content. In addition, as it is anti-reflective, the screen is also more readable in a bright environment (eg outside) than a shiny panel.

Performance, autonomy of the Asus Vivobook S14 S435EA-KC033W

The Asus Vivobook S14 S435EA-KC033W is a compact 14-inch High Definition laptop PC designed for everyday versatile mobile use.

Easy to transport due to its lightness, compactness and thinness, this versatile Ultrabook can last about 8 hours of battery operation in light use, enough to interest nomads.

To offer such autonomy, this computer relies on energy-efficient components such as its good amount of 16 GB RAM, which is very useful in multitasking, low consumption like the Quad Core i7-1165G7 Intel Tiger Lake processor.

This core delivers good general performance capable of satisfying many users. It also allows you to view photos and videos but also to run games that are not too greedy in 3D resources thanks to the Intel Iris Xe (tested by us), graphics part with significantly higher performance than those of the classic Intel UHD 620.

Of course, in the event that you plan to often carry out work requiring processor and/or graphics resources, it is better to turn instead to a PC equipped with a non-low power processor and/or a graphics card. appropriate dedicated.

In any case, responsiveness is essential on a daily basis with this versatile Ultrabook with an original design thanks to its heart but also its SSD storage. Because the SSD guarantees a much better fluidity on a daily basis than a simple hard drive, which implies much faster starts / stops, processing and launches of applications, or even a faster arrival on the cards of online games.

It must be said that an SSD is much faster than a hard drive while being less energy-consuming, more shock-resistant and silent. Here we find a 512 GB SSD, a capacity corresponding to what standard hard drives offer.

What if we need more space? You can then use an external storage unit. Opting for a USB-C / Thunderbolt / USB 3.0 device then represents an interesting solution to benefit from fast transfers.