Lenovo X9 15 vs Zenbook S16

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Hello everyone,

I am looking for a laptop mainly for daily use such as watching movies, studying, and rarely gaming (I don’t really play AAA games). I’m looking for a laptop with good performance, at least a 2–3K resolution display, 15+ inches, good battery life (at least 6+ hours), and no bulky adapter (so probably a laptop without a dedicated GPU).

I am trying to choose between the Lenovo X9 15 (258V) and the Zenbook S16 (HX370 or 465) , but I’m open to other suggestions as well. MSI Prestige 16 386H is an option too but the previous version overheats a lot so I am not really sure if this one is good or not. I can also wait for the X9 15p if its gonna be out soon.

Since I like watching movies and TV series a lot, I think OLED would be more suitable for me. I have never used a Mac before. My main preference is to stay with Windows, but if the MacBook Pro is good enough, I could consider it as well.

I don’t really have a strict price limit. Thanks in advance for any suggestions!

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Both options are great. If you don’t mind, you could wait for the new Panther Lake laptops, especially the new Lenovo Yoga 9i

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The Lenovo model has better battery life, and the ZenBook performs better in single and multicore workloads.

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I’m curious what others say. I’m also interested in these types of laptops. Thinkpad X9, Zenbook S16, XPS 16, Prestige 16, maybe one of the LG grams. I feel like there are lots of options. Also the M5 MBA 15, with the recent price changes the M5 16/512GB at $1300 seems very competitive in pricing now compared to the Windows options. I wonder if there is enough here for Josh to do a round up and comparison video.

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X9 15 is perfect, it only lacks raw power. X9 15p would be a perfect laptop for me. I prefer 16 inch but I guess it would be my choice. Zenbook on the other hand looks very nice I prefer bigger screen size but overheating is a thing so I am very close to Lenovo.

Are there any information about the release date of X9 15p?

I have no information about MSI Prestige 386H tho. If they fixed the overhating problem it would be very nice too.

I also would like to see comparison videos more often.

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Notebookcheck just went over the 2026 Zenbook S16 and it seems ASUS managed to get temperatures under control… by revving up the fans.

That and the 1000-nit OLED make it a lot more desirable.

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Yes! I watched the video and checked the review yesterday. I think I wil choose S16 in this case. Because where I live Lenovo laptops are not available right away. I don’t really use HDR but 500 nits should be more than enough.