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much as I liked its build. If you’re more concerned with portability than
performance, then the above positives should be enough for you. If you’re
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is a bit of a letdown, falling short of expectations in both overall CPU
performance and integrated graphics power.
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unlike that system, the Flip S doesn’t show any major improvement over
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especially, don’t live up to the promised gains. All in all, this is far from a
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course, there’s more to Intel’s new platform than just raw benchmark
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If all of this technical talk and performance parsing is not your cup of tea—if you
ultimately just want a top-quality, highly portable laptop—the ZenBook Flip S is
appealing in its own right. Its battery life isn’t the longest, and it doesn’t swipe
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system with an uncommonly good 4K OLED display at a solid price.
MATTHEW BUZZI
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