Premium portable laptop with good performance, display, and battery?

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Hi everyone!

I’ll be using the laptop for programming, browsing, light gaming, maybe digital art sometimes.

I do not want a Mac or a snapdragon processor. Don’t want a thinkpad. I’d prefer not to get another Lenovo Laptop because I tend to not like their designs. I don’t want a laptop with a dedicated GPU because their battery life is always bad.

I want a laptop with good cpu performance as I want to compile and run code on it, and I plan on having a pretty flashy riced linux setup on it.

I want a high resolution OLED display with at least a 100hz refresh rate. Preferably with good color accuracy.

I want to be able to take the laptop places and use it almost all day so I need a good real world battery life.

And I want it to be at least able to handle some light games, like… uh… osu!.

If it looks premium and aesthetic that’s a huge plus for me.

I currently own and daily drive a Lenovo Legion Slim 7i. It’s very fast, but quite heavy and the battery life since I got it nearly 2 years ago has dropped to under 2 hours of use. I’m constantly stressed about the battery, dimming the brightness, closing stuff, and can’t focus on my work. This is why I decided to give up on a dedicated gpu, I don’t play intensive games anyway and when I do I’ll just buy a desktop pc.

I was looking at the Asus Zenbook S16 (UM5606), and it seems to fit my criteria really well, but I want to know if there are more options or even better options.

Price range under $2000 CAD, hoping sales and discounts can drop some of the prices. If there’s something good but more expensive still let me know, I want to know what’s out there.

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Asus - Zenbook S 16 - 2024 - Review, Deals, Sales, Price History and Coupons | Best Laptop Deals Are you referring to this one?

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Oh yeah never mind, they did review it. I guess if it’s noticeably warm that’s one real downside. If there’s another laptop like this without that issue that would be awesome.

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Oh I was confused because I had found the UX5606 model which is new and I think it isn’t commercially available yet. That is the new one that hasn’t been reviewed. I am confused on what the difference is.

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When I think about laptops with good display i always think about lenovos. The Zenbook S14 is the only laptop i find fitting in your criteria, although Josh reviewed it and found it to be noticeably warm on touch- But I do think you should try that out since some people might find it uncomfortable, some may don’t.

Dell laptops tend to be heavier, I don’t trust acer laptops moreover thier thin and light laptop line is not good like the zenbook or yoga lines from Asus and Lenovo. The expensive HP models can be considered, other than these I seriously think your only options are the zenbook or Lenovo models, if you want good screen and CPU performance in your laptop