Tech Advisor – October 2019

OCTOBER 2019 • TECH ADVISOR 89

BUYING GUIDE

The ZenBook S13’s
almost bezel-less design
makes it look extremely
clean and tight

slick as the display almost touches the edges of

thelaptop.Thisdesignallowsfora staggering 97

percentscreen/body ratio on the 13.9in display, which

is only FHD but very pretty to look at nonetheless.

A maximum brightness of 400 nits puts it at the

upper end of most laptops we’ve tested, and contrast

and colour reproduction have impressed, too. The only

real downside is the glossy finish, which means that

even with that brightness it can still be a slight struggle

to use outside or in other bright, glare-filled conditions.

It’s what’s above the screen that matters more,

though. The webcam is held within a notch that

protrudes from the centre of the top bezel – an inverse

ofwhatyou’reprobablyusedtoseeingcuttinginto

thedisplays of most modern phones. It’s small enough