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ASUS VivoBook 15 Thin & Light Laptop, 15.6” FHD Display, R7-3700U CPU, 8GB DDR4 RAM, 512GB PCIe SSD, AMD Radeon Vega 10 for $549.99
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1) If you can look at the pictures in the reviews section on Amazon with the bottom cover removed, you can see the CPU heatpipe is not even connected to the fan, which I think is a pretty bad design. I suspect this will get fairly hot, or the CPU is throttled a lot, or both.
2) Though there's room for a SATA secondary drive, it seems there's no bracket or connector provided. If you want to add a secondary drive, you will have to order those parts, which I suspect would cost $30+.
3) Saw reviews that the display is a cheap IPS display with low color gamut.
I have seen better deals in recent days.
1) If you can look at the pictures in the reviews section on Amazon with the bottom cover removed, you can see the CPU heatpipe is not even connected to the fan, which I think is a pretty bad design. I suspect this will get fairly hot, or the CPU is throttled a lot, or both.
2) Though there's room for a SATA secondary drive, it seems there's no bracket or connector provided. If you want to add a secondary drive, you will have to order those parts, which I suspect would cost $30+.
3) Saw reviews that the display is a cheap IPS display with low color gamut.
I have seen better deals in recent days.
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- IPS display instead of TN
- Much faster 6-core CPU (Passmark around 11000) vs this previous-gen 4-core (Passmark 7400)
- 7nm runs cooler, better battery life
- Way bigger battery - 57 Whr vs 37 Whr; with the Ryzen 4000's better efficiency, you'll easily get double the battery life
- Better construction - aluminum lid instead of all plastic on the Asus
- Intel 802.11ax (Wifi 6)
Downsides:
- Half the SSD capacity (but easy and cheap upgrade)
- RAM is not upgradable (but note that the Asus only has one slot, it's 4GB soldered + 4GB in the slot, so you need to remove the 4GB to upgrade and you can never have more than 8GB running in dual-channel mode)
- Heavier by a tiny bit (3.66 lbs vs 3.5)
I would easily pay $200 more for the Lenovo, but it's actually $30 less!
These types of laptops are great for light usage etc. if you plan on doing anything that's cpu or gpu intensive you'll suffer with heat or throttling
These types of laptops are great for light usage etc. if you plan on doing anything that's cpu or gpu intensive you'll suffer with heat or throttling
- IPS display instead of TN
- Much faster 6-core CPU (Passmark around 11000) vs this previous-gen 4-core (Passmark 7400)
- 7nm runs cooler, better battery life
- Way bigger battery - 57 Whr vs 37 Whr; with the Ryzen 4000's better efficiency, you'll easily get double the battery life
- Better construction - aluminum lid instead of all plastic on the Asus
- Intel 802.11ax (Wifi 6)
Downsides:
- Half the SSD capacity (but easy and cheap upgrade)
- RAM is not upgradable (but note that the Asus only has 4GB soldered + 4GB installed in a slot, so you need to remove the 4GB to upgrade and you can never have more than 8GB running in dual-channel mode)
I would easily pay $200 more for the Lenovo, but it's actually $30 less!