Asus ZenBook 14 UX3405MA

AVOID the Asus Zenbook 14 OLED UX3405 – Using the "latest" Intel Core Ultra 7 processor, this notebook is SLOW and unreliable. Almost every Windows update causes the machine to completely freeze up and you have to shut it off by holding down the power button for 15 seconds or so. I've had to do this multiple times after each update, just to get it to a point where it will continue to… Read more

boot successfully (sometimes 5 or 6 times). My almost 10 year old Toshiba i7 Notebook leaves this new one in the dust for speed and reliability to the point where I seriously regret buying it. It's less that 12 months old and has now been returned to JB HiFi where they tell me it will take up to 6 weeks to return to the manufacturer for testing and repairs. What a nightmare. Avoid these things at all costs!