# Asus Zenbook A16

5 Hacker News commenters recommended Asus Zenbook A16 and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend it for fast performance and a generally good reputation for its class. One reported caveat is that it has no way to disable USB boot or change the boot priority.

## Why people recommend it

- Fast performance, beats rival laptops (2 comments): "It's super fast -- it beats a 2026 Macbook Pro rendering Blender "Classroom"." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48541034)) "It feels very fast, faster than my 24-core Xeon desktop" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48327417))
- Generally praised as quite good (2 comments): "it's at least a glass one and generally praised for being quite good in comparison" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49436101)) "nothing wrong with it! looks fine!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49825900))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Apple MacBook Pro](https://hackerapproved.com/p/macbook-pro.md): 928 recommend
- [Apple MacBook Neo](https://hackerapproved.com/p/macbook-neo.md): 707 recommend
- [MacBook Air](https://hackerapproved.com/p/macbook-air.md): 633 recommend
- [Apple MacBook](https://hackerapproved.com/p/apple-macbook.md): 499 recommend
- [Framework Laptop 12](https://hackerapproved.com/p/framework-laptop-12.md): 83 recommend

## Where to get it

- [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=ASUS+Zenbook+A16+laptop&tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)
- [Official site](https://www.asus.com/us/)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Asus Zenbook A16", https://hackerapproved.com/p/asus-zenbook-a16/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).