ASUS VivoBook 15 Thin & Light Laptop, 15.6” FHD Display, AMD Quad Core R7-3700U CPU, 8GB DDR4 RAM, 512GB PCIe SSD, AMD Radeon Vega 10 Graphics, Fingerprint, Windows 10 Home, Slate Gray, F512DA-NH77

July 2020: Bought this laptop.

When I first received my laptop I was very satisfied. However in just a few days days it wouldnt power up. I had to press the on button several times and I really thought it wasnt going to work, but it would eventually. I returned it.

Ive brought Asus laptops since 2010, and have been happy with all of them. Until this one. This $650 vivobook is just as slow as the 3.5 year old Asus laptop that I was replacing (which was $550 when I brought it). I returned the vivobook 3 days after buying it. Do yourself a favor: get an amd 4000 series APU or higher. And maybe go for 16 GB of RAM instead of 8. Dont waste your money for this laptop, its performance is shockingly slow. I wonder if its partially because out of 8 gb of RAM, only 6 is usable. I dont know, all I know is that this laptop is an outlier on terms of the amazing laptops that Asus usually made in the past.

Luckily I received it brand new and as advertised in the description, it could be better performing with a higher RAM option (I bought the 8GB one), aside from that it performs smoothly. The only downside I have experienced is that, on occasions, the fan can be too loud for no reason at all. Well worth it for the price and there are also a lot of cool accessories for this model in other stores.

This is a great laptop. I have used it for a few months now and It works well. I recommend it highly. It starts up quickly and has good battery life.

Straight out of the box and already found that the keys G H E and number 9 dont work. Tried everything including factory reset and reinstall drivers. This doesnt give me much confidence for longevity of this laptop. Returning now and finding something else.

I have a lot of experience with PCs, and this one is a great choice. I prefer the AMD processor from previous experience with it. Runs both legacy and new applications well. No Onboard Graphics problems. The display is spectacular! If you need a DVD drive, it can be purchased separately and connected with USB. Im very pleased with it - good quality.

Good performance overall w great screen but fails several musts for me:

Description offers Ryzen 7 when I received it the laptop had a Ryzen 3 in it. I could have bought that for $200 less so I sent it back.

nice quality screen