In my review of the ASUS Vivobook Pro 14 OLED, you can tell that I really liked my experience. But having the device with me for a while longer, there are still quite a few more things I’ve come to realize about it.

You see, content creators and creative professionals have very specific requirements when choosing a laptop. Settle for less and you’re sure to get nightmares. That’s either with not being able to deliver the task at hand on time or doubtful of your creative output.

That’s why ASUS came up with the Vivobook Pro 14 OLED. It’s designed for creators with everything one would need to unleash creativity.

And I think it might just be the perfect option for every creator out there.

Suitable design for creators with quality that matches it

It’s evident that laptop designs have become pretty unoriginal in recent years with brands merely copying whichever is in the mainstream spotlight.

ASUS goes against this by truly designing their own from the ground up. With their approach on the Vivobook Pro 14 OLED, they seem to be going for a more serious and less playful design. I think it’s a welcome decision for professionals.

I believe in the saying that “first impressions lasts.” For people who do creative work professionally, the last thing you want is for your client to think you’re not taking your job seriously.

With this one, you can flex your stylish laptop in meeting rooms or briefings without feeling awkward. The design isn’t flashy but it isn’t generic either with subtle hints of the device being tailor-made for creators.

Having said that, the Vivobook Pro is not only serious with its looks but also it build quality. Despite being the more affordable line from ASUS, the Vivobook Pro’s build quality says otherwise. It’s so similar to the higher end ZenBook line that I honestly couldn’t tell the difference.

So portable you won’t even realize it’s in your luggage 

If you’ve seen a photographer arrive on set, chances are you’ve also seen how much gear they lug around. So, just imagine the convenience the Vivobook Pro 14 OLED brings with its ultraportable size and weight. At only 1.45kg, it greatly reduces the whole package one needs to carry for on-site editing.

It’s so light that I personally wouldn’t mind carrying this with me in my bag wherever I go. And with the thickness being only 17.9mm at its thickest point, this would probably fit most bags you already have laying around.

It may not sound as exciting as the next item in this list, but if we consider the hardware that is packed in this device, it’s just mind-blowing how everything fits in it.

Specs that can handle anything 

In most creative softwares like the Adobe Creative Cloud apps, the CPU mostly carries the bulk of the task for running these software unhampered. With the Vivobook Pro 14 OLED, you won’t have to worry about the capability of this device to handle the most demanding software. Powering this laptop is a top-tier CPU — the Ryzen 9 5900HX. This is a seriously powerful processor that is already even considered as an enthusiast level of a CPU that you’ll only mostly see running on other top-of-the-line gaming laptops.

But if that isn’t impressive enough, this CPU is even paired with another commendable performer — the very capable Nvidia RTX 3050 GPU.

So, you bet this laptop can take on anything you throw at it. Especially the ones that are designed to take advantage of hardware encoding like Adobe Premiere Pro. 

To further validate my claim, I was able to export a five-minute 4K timeline in Premiere Pro in under seven minutes. It’s not the fastest I’ve used but that is exceptional performance especially coming from a laptop this small.

And of course, this machine is very much capable of handling games as well for the casual work break that you very much deserve.

Performance that gets more things done at the same time

Complementing the eight cores and 16  threads that are running inside this CPU are 16GB of DDR4 RAM. 

Sure, 16GB of RAM may not sound like a lot nowadays but that doesn’t mean it’s not enough either. To give you an idea how capable and sufficient this mix of hardware is, I was editing on Lightroom, Premiere Pro and Photoshop all at the same time. I was even browsing multiple tabs on Google Chrome and I barely felt them running in the background.

Even running the heaviest apps, I never had the urge to close any of it just to make room for another. As a result, it got me finishing everything I had to do ahead of time.

Very cool, yet very silent operations

With a lot of distractions around us, it’s easy to lose focus of what we’re doing. Even the simplest things can get in the way. And if you’ve used a gaming laptop, you probably know that fan noise can get pretty loud when doing demanding tasks.

However, despite having similarly powerful specs as you would on gaming laptops, the Vivobook Pro 14 OLED still runs very quietly. You can hardly hear it running which is quite impressive since I’ve had significantly lower specced laptops that are far noisier than this.

Thankfully, the quiet performance also doesn’t trade off its cooling as I barely see the temps go higher than 80 degrees celsius.

You don’t even need that much power all the time. So, we can adjust the hardware performance to make it run even cooler and quieter than it already is. This is done through the preloaded ASUS ProArt Creator Hub. This is ASUS’ control hub for their content creator products, allowing you to monitor the performance and tune the settings of your creator laptop.

Surprisingly good sound quality

I’ve used quite a number of laptops already and to be honest, I barely use the built-in speakers. I would always have a headset or an external speaker connected. Poor sound quality really ruins the experience for me.

To my surprise, this isn’t the case with the Vivobook Pro 14 OLED. It’s loud, crisp and clear and it actually sounds pretty good. I guess this is thanks to the collaboration with Harman Kardon that’s going on here.

It managed to fill up our tiny condo and I was even holding back from maxing out the volume. It didn’t sound distorted or annoying to listen to.

One of the best displays you could get — OLED Display

Saving the best for last, I think one of the main highlights of this device is this stunning display panel. It’s a 14-inch, OLED display with a 2.8K max resolution, a 16:10 aspect ratio and a 90Hz refresh rate.

In case you’re not familiar with different display technologies, OLED displays are among the best in terms of image quality. It doesn’t really get much better than this, and on the Vivobook Pro 14, it looks amazing.

The 2.8K resolution paired with the 16:10 aspect ratio didn’t make me feel that the 14-inch size was actually smaller than what I personally use. 

It’s so good that using this display made me wonder how I was editing with my old laptop. I feel like my eyes have just gotten used to trying to compensate for inaccurate colors and poor dynamic range.

It kind of makes me feel like going back to an IPS display is like going back to an old CRT TV. LOL Okay, a bit of an exaggeration, but you get the point.

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Without a shadow of a doubt, the ASUS Vivobook Pro 14 OLED is definitely an outstanding device. It has a lot of aspects that would make any creator including myself drool over it with admiration.

I think ASUS may have, once again, set a higher standard for other players in the market. Packing so much power in the quietest and one of the most portable bodies we could find with the breathtaking and quite possibly best looking display I’ve experienced.

And being offered at a relatively attainable price point is truly icing on the cake.

The Vivobook Pro 14 OLED comes in three available variations — the one we reviewed being the highest varian. It has the R9 5900HX, RTX 3050, 16GB with 512GB SSD priced at PhP 74,995. The R5 5600H, RTX 3050, 8GB RAM with 512GB SSD is priced at PhP 59,995. And the R5 5600H, 8GB RAM, 512GB SSD with the AMD integrated graphics variant is priced at PhP 47,995.

Sure, it’s not perfect for everyone. But for creators who are starting in content creation or a well experienced creative professional, the Vivobook Pro 14 OLED definitely comes close.

This feature is collaboration between GadgetMatch and ASUS Philippines.