expiredDr.W posted Nov 20, 2023 12:45 PM
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Item 1 of 4
expiredDr.W posted Nov 20, 2023 12:45 PM
ASUS Vivobook 15 Laptop: Ryzen 5 7530U, 15.6" FHD OLED, 8GB DDR4, 512GB SSD
w/ Zip Checkout + Free S&H$406
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- Backlit chicklet keyboard
- Barrel connector charging
- Memory seems soldered in, but has 1 additional available slot
This chip is faster than the 12th gen i5, but slower than the 13th gen, while being better on power. I really wish this had USB C charging.
RAM: ASUS official page even says 1 available SDRAM slot. Maybe it's on the hidden side of the mainboard. I've come across that design a couple of times in the past.
HDMI: 1.4 is a bit disappointing, but if you're not light gaming, you won't hit this wall.
Weight: 3.7 lbs,... just a tad heavy, but not
Display: ...and 600 nits OLED?! <drool... .> on-battery duration will suffer but imho, well worth the trade-off.
Ports: 3.1 is insufferable if accustomed to 3.2 or faster. However, in my experience, substantial dependency on attached storage is not typical use.
CPU & Storage: both reasonably snappy. Combine with 16GB, you're good for 3+ years easy for typical use.
Charge Method: Imho, the barrel connector charge is just not that big of a liability given this price-for-performance. That's what we're accustomed to anyway.
All that said, I remain baffled: why so little love?
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This seems like a nice basic laptop with a decent screen. (although only 1080p)
This seems like a nice basic laptop with a decent screen. (although only 1080p)
I don't plan to game, but a nice screen and the ability to load sometimes large video files to be able to edit a wedding or Christmas video together would be nice.
I don't upgrade laptops often, but am fine swapping parts out once I know they're compatible.
Still, $400 is a steal.
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This seems like a nice basic laptop with a decent screen. (although only 1080p)
consumers really need to pay more attention to 3rd party sellers...
We compromise in our mixed marriage (JW/Mormon), but we prefer - and we're also instructed to do so by our Watchtower Governing Body (WGB) – a large laptop taped to a brick when I wear my Council of the Twelve Apostles (LSD Church) certified magical underwear while watching our WGB jump-humping instructions.
Conversely, we're instructing to always brick it, for the male to use as much ram as possible, but never use a free ram slut – that's reserved for the WGB.
My husband really likes these open box compromises!
Thank You Jesus!
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* Good chassis stiffness, adequate screen stiffness
* Light for this size class
* Easily accessible DDR4 SO-DIMM slot (10 visible Phillips screws, then pry from the corner with a plastic pick, use 3200 RAM)
* Excellent tactility to the keyboard, three backlighting levels
* Annoyingly offset touchpad that rattles a bit with taps
* Lots of Asus crapware to disable-- 8 or 10 services and various notifications
* Speakers are mediocre, but get quite loud
* Case picks up fingerprints immediately
* 50 Wh battery
* 850 Mb/s on my wifi
This is UserBenchmark with the "Balanced" Windows power profile and "Balanced" Asus fan profile:
http://www.userbenchma
The screen is a monster. Before you do anything, turn on Windows HDR (including when on battery; it's a separate section in Settings) and run the Windows HDR Calibration app (settings: 0 dark, 520 peak, 520 fullscreen, 0% oversaturation). That brings the Windows desktop from over-saturated native gamut to a well-calibrated sRGB and allows Chrome to set HDR automatically.
Compared with my Macbook Pro 14 on YT HDR videos, it's almost a tossup. This OLED has slightly better color gamut, a bit more shadow detail, and a slight contrast edge in small bright highlights on pure black. The MBP is noticeably sharper and has much brighter peak highlights for content mastered to use them (but only for those isolated highlights; the rest of the content has the same brightness) and better contrast in those scenes. For most content most of the time, they look the same with very similar contrast and color-rendering. Both are miles and miles beyond any other non-OLED laptop screen.
Pure office use would favor a 1440p or 4K screen. While this OLED doesn't have the weird cross-hatching I've seen on a lot of other OLED laptops, text on webpages at the standard 125% Windows scaling is a touch grainy. It's acceptable, you won't hate it, but if you're spoiled by 4K IPS, it's a noticeable step down.
Subpixel layout:
https://i.imgur.com/CH2oMN3.jpg
For $400, if you don't need to game (or can stream the games over Steam), it's a steal.
* Good chassis stiffness, adequate screen stiffness
* Light for this size class
* Easily accessible DDR4 SO-DIMM slot (10 visible Phillips screws, then pry from the corner with a plastic pick, use 3200 RAM)
* Excellent tactility to the keyboard, three backlighting levels
* Annoyingly offset touchpad that rattles a bit with taps
* Lots of Asus crapware to disable-- 8 or 10 services and various notifications
* Speakers are mediocre, but get quite loud
* Case picks up fingerprints immediately
* 50 Wh battery
* 850 Mb/s on my wifi
This is UserBenchmark with the "Balanced" Windows power profile and "Balanced" Asus fan profile:
http://www.userbenchma
The screen is a monster. Before you do anything, turn on Windows HDR (including when on battery; it's a separate section in Settings) and run the Windows HDR Calibration app (settings: 0 dark, 520 peak, 520 fullscreen, 0% oversaturation). That brings the Windows desktop from over-saturated native gamut to a well-calibrated sRGB and allows Chrome to set HDR automatically.
Compared with my Macbook Pro 14 on YT HDR videos, it's almost a tossup. This OLED has slightly better color gamut, a bit more shadow detail, and a slight contrast edge in small bright highlights on pure black. The MBP is noticeably sharper and has much brighter peak highlights for content mastered to use them (but only for those isolated highlights; the rest of the content has the same brightness) and better contrast in those scense. For most content most of the time, they look the same. Contrast and color-rendering are very close. Both are miles and miles beyond any other non-OLED laptop screen.
For $400, if you don't need to game (or can stream the games over Steam), it's a steal.
Awesome feedback regarding this unit and a good summary. Would you be able to confirm whether the usb-c port supports power delivery (as stated in the specs), and DP alt-mode (was not stated in specs). TY!
No worries, appreciate it. That's good news on the charging.
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consumers really need to pay more attention to 3rd party sellers...
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