ASUS 2020 VivoBook 15 15.6 Inch FHD 1080P Laptop (AMD Ryzen 3 3200U up to 3.5GHz, 16GB DDR4 RAM, 256GB SSD, AMD Radeon Vega 3, Backlit Keyboard, FP Reader, WiFi, Bluetooth, HDMI, Windows 10) (Grey)

This was a Christmas present and gas not been used. Review is based on my Asus which is the same model

If you bought this with 16GB RAM, 4GB is already set for Vega3 graphics in BIOS which you can adjust to your liking. Also, your SSD comes pre-formatted with a recovery partition that stores an OEM copy of Windows10 and the recovery tools, which is usually about 10GB, plus Windows terrible NTFS formatting loss = usable space of 237.5GB< out of a 256GB SSD about.

I purchased it with 17gb of RAM but it came with 20gb. Was supposed to be a 256gb SSD but it came with a 1000gb SSD. Bonus. Paid the expedited shipping, $65, but it took almost a week so the fee was waived! Sweet. It is a lot heavier than I thought so I assume the case is much stronger than my five year old ASUS laptop.

I really liked this laptop, until the screen went totally black 15 days after purchase. It will still work with an external monitor. After 2 calls to customer service, and many hours searching the ASUS website for help, I will either return this or ship it off to be repaired. I finally had it all set up and running well. Now Im removing documents and deleting things so I can return it or send it off for repair. ASUS customer service is not much help. I am so disappointed.

Excellent

I love it

UPDATE: if you want a laptop that dies after 2 years, this is fine. I expected 5 to 8 years, so I have downgraded ASUS from 5 stars to 2. Shortly after I got it the M fell off the keypad and keys cannot be replaced even after ordering new ones. A few months later, the 2 key fell off, but I did not complain b/c it otherwise seemed robust. Typing was only minimally hindered by having to hit the white key bases where M and 2 used to be. TODAY it is officially dead, or at least many keys are now completely unresponsive and I cannot even login. I do have an external keyboard attached now (b/c of an able assistant), but my expensive ASUS is now a defacto brick: carrying an external keyboard around is a totally-sux solution. I am not likely to ever buy another ASUS.

Battery life is bad the screen is pretty good everything is good although it is really slow sometimes on startup really strange sometimes its just fine but sometimes its really glitchy brand new out of the box

Bad something -- probably GPU. Techs said it couldnt be fixed. ASUS refused to honor the warranty and gave me FOUR different, conflicting reasons why they wouldnt.

Overall satisfied, had this as a replacement for an old Dell Latitude, which, compared to this, was a battle tank. It came with more RAM than advertised, 20Gb actually, which is a huge plus. I use it for Kubuntu Linux and for the first time Ive had issued running a distro after install -- had to revert to a previous kernel to make it boot. With the right kernel, it works like a charm. The screen is OK at night or with low lights, but during the day I find myself adjusting its tilt to make it more visible. The keys feel a bit loose, but theyre comfortable enough. The trackpad is huge although Im more of a mouse person. Overall, this is a nice machine for the price. Good price-value ratio. Im treating it right to make it last. I still havent tried its graphics, but will soon. Will possible update this review. An SSD upgrade is also in the plans.