Apple
MacBook Air (13-inch, M4, 2025)
$925.65
ASUS
Based on 81 Reddit mentions
$2399.99
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I do occasional video editing, a lot of adobe lightroom, and I did most of my computer science degree on one. I also have an Asus ROG G14 gaming laptop with a 3060 in it, which is more capable than the macbook, but for day to day stuff it feels like junk to use in comparison.
etheran123 in r/greentext
November 30, 2025 10:46 PM
183
Asus' premium laptop offerings are so disjointed. The Zephyrus G14 is prime candidate for Strix Halo. Didn't get it. The TUF A14 does get it, but is LCD only. You also need to pay for the 12-core version even if you don't need it because they're "evaluating" the 388. Then we have this thing. Fully u
...Hour_Firefighter_707 in r/hardware
February 27, 2026 8:07 AM
54
As much as its nice to see it competing with low powered 4050. The 4050 and even full powered 5050 and 5060 laptops are significantly cheaper than the B390 laptops. You can get 5070 to 5070 ti laptops for the price of of laptops using the b390 On Best Buy Dells XPS 14 is 2249 with the X9 388H with 3
...From-UoM in r/hardware
January 27, 2026 9:32 AM
34
Ai generated TLDR, after handwriting that entire post I didn’t have it left in me to summarize it as well, hopefully this gets the point across Wanted a portable gaming device to complement a high-end 5090 desktop, mainly for travel and gaming around the house Needed AAA + online games, good perform
...Normal-Loss-6776 in r/ZephyrusG14
December 24, 2025 10:04 PM
20
If you don't know, there's a goated charger setup for this device. It's the SlimQ 150W charger https://slimq.life/products/150w-usb-c-gan-charger-for-universal with the SlimQ G14 cable connector https://slimq.life/products/asus-mini-port-rog-zephyrus-g14-g16-2024 With this, you have a tiny charger t
...Supercc in r/FlowZ13
February 26, 2026 12:59 AM
20
If you are lame and don't wanna read the whole thing. An employee brought us the Zephyrus G14 on accident instead of the Asus TUF F16. It turned out to be way better for me, so I ended up buying it, good laptop 9.9 out of 10. Update: The Asus TUF 16 model was a 5060 with 32gb, It would not have been
...Stock_Brilliant2981 in r/ZephyrusG14
October 4, 2025 2:22 AM
49
Very unlikely, this is an Asus ROG zephyrus g14, not great for work and rough battery life - pretty much the most gaming performance possible built into the smallest frame possible, lots of overheating issues too. Unless this guy is an exec that got to pick their own laptop from wherever lol
RoflcopterV22 in r/mildlyinfuriating
November 8, 2025 5:45 PM
14
You can only get up to a 5080 in a 14” chassis and the Asus Zephyrus G14 with it loses to the 14” M5 Max in several of the GPU benchmarks that NotebookCheck did. They seem to be very very similar in performance outside of straight gaming where obviously PC in general has a big advantage for several
...shoneysbreakfast in r/hardware
March 16, 2026 5:53 AM
13
In pursuit of copying the MacBook Asus copied the display cable design as well (leaving the display cable connector exposed). This makes it very easy for the display cable to get damaged which is a terrible design. Some engineer in the comments yesterday “spanning decades of experience” tried to jus
...Plenty-Werewolf4025 in r/ZephyrusG14
April 20, 2026 12:06 PM
9
ASUS ROG ZEPHYRUS G14 AMD Radeon RX 6700S 8GB, 16GB, 14" WUXGA 144Hz, AMD Ryzen R7-6800HS Gaming Laptop Order Date: 26.07.2022 23:35:26 Still going strong. Zero issues thermal or otherwise. I'm starting to become quite surprised as each day passes lol. Was expecting an issue or two by now. Edit: Tha
...FranzFerdinand51 in r/ZephyrusG14
March 13, 2026 4:51 PM
10