Asus ROG Flow Z13
Ranked 5 of 5 2-in-1 laptops by recommenders
Recommended as a compact machine that handles general use and gaming with strong performance for its size. The most common caveat is unreliable drivers that sometimes stop working.
Recommended as a compact machine that handles general use and gaming with strong performance for its size. The most common caveat is unreliable drivers that sometimes stop working.
9 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 7
- criticize it
- 2
- approval share
- 78%
Recommended in 6 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 7 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 3.5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 6 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Strong performance in a small body
“the Z13 is an incredible portable all-in-one device that can handle everything from general PC use to gaming”
Comment from 15 Apr 2026 in “Google Gemma 4 Runs Natively on iPhone with Full Offline AI Inference” “It's a beast; the performance is totally disproportionate to its size & form factor.”
Comment from 13 Mar 2026 in “Can I Run AI locally?” “it's shockingly capable for its compact form factor”
Comment from 23 Dec 2025 in “The post-GeForce era: What if Nvidia abandons PC gaming?”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Drivers sometimes stop working randomly
“the whole driver situation was very weird and things would randomly stop working”
Comment from 2 Jun 2026 in “Nvidia RTX Spark”
Other 2-in-1 laptops people recommend
The four most recommended other 2-in-1 laptops, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Surface | 64 | 60 | 52% | 11 | 2 yrs7 owners | — |
| Lenovo Yoga | 15 | 10 | 60% | 7 | 3 yrs4 owners | — |
| Microsoft Surface Book | 13 | 15 | 46% | 4 | — | — |
| Microsoft Surface Go | 12 | 5 | 71% | 7 | — | Approved |
| Asus ROG Flow Z13This page | 7 | 2 | 78% | 6 | — | — |
What people said
All 12 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“the z13 i more like a "Pad" with keyboard”
“Asus rog z13 is probably the only hope for that.”
“that thing was super expensive”
“the whole driver situation was very weird and things would randomly stop working”
“the Z13 is an incredible portable all-in-one device that can handle everything from general PC use to gaming”
“The Z13 is still at $2700 for 128 GB which is an incredible deal with today's RAM prices.”
“It's a beast; the performance is totally disproportionate to its size & form factor.”
“What about something like [1].”
“I am able to train nanoGPT with little effort”
“I already have the power and modularity needed with the Z13”
“it's shockingly capable for its compact form factor”
“A good chunk of (but not all) his requirements would be fulfilled”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.