Review Asus ROG Strix Scar 18 (2024) review: Beautiful screen, but needs refinement.

[Admin]

We like the new Mini-LED screen on Asus’s refreshed ROG Strix Scar 18, but this massive laptop needs to do more to justify its price.

Asus ROG Strix Scar 18 (2024) review: Beautiful screen, but needs refinement. : Read more

 

[razor512]

The laptop would look better with a cleaner design and no webcam, and instead just have a clean top bezel, and at most include a USB webcam if a user really needs to use one.

 

[pixelpusher220]

that left side plastic is just hideous. It's like they pre-faded the plastic.

 

[Tom Sunday]

With the cost of this particular 2024 ‘Strix Scar 18’ (including sales tax) ranging around $4,400…who would buy such a laptop this late in the season? Asus in fact did not go the extra mile as not offering a 4TB dedicated gaming SSD, a separate 2TB SSD boot drive, a Gen 5 PCIE slot and DDR5-6000 cabapilites…all naturally out of the box! Getting a more beefy WHr battery as part of the refresh would also be nice. Besides all of this…an all new 15th Gen Core and new mandatory much more capable MB’s are waiting in the wings! Long story short…this Scar 18 model touted to be a huge gaming laptop without all of the real goodies, will practically be outdated and outclassed in less than 6-7 months.

 

[Sleepy_Hollowed]

Oh boy, that's one expensive laptop.

I mean, outside of the display, which is honestly really nice, it's a bit too much, even compared to a MacBook Pro with similar specs/

Though if you do need the display on the go I guess it's a real contender, though that'd be very niche these days.

 

[subspruce]

Though if you do need the display on the go I guess it's a real contender, though that'd be very niche these days.

You need a briefcase to carry it tho

 

[Sleepy_Hollowed]

You need a briefcase to carry it tho

If you’ve flown in the last 10 years, you need a pelican case for your electronics at this point so yep, close enough.