ASUSVivobook 15 X515JA 15.6" Full HD Laptop (Intel Core i7, 8GB RAM, 512GB PCIe SSD, Windows 11)

The laptop at £429 with an I7 10th gen (we are on 12th/13 gen now btw) 8gb ram and 512gb SSD is a fairly good deal that you would struggle to beat. The only draw backs I have found is it the build quality isn't great. Lemme explain, there is no physical damage, but the overall laptop chassis is a very cheap feeling plastic which will strain and creek if not supported and is definitely not great if you want something rugged. The trackpad and keys do the job but feel tacky but coupled with wireless peripherals and a decent monitor it will make a future proofed cheap workstation with the powerful processor. Whatever you do try and get at least an I5 even if you're on a budget. DONT TOUCH AN I3 or lower if you can and try not to get over 5 gens out of date. Edit: so far so good only downside is battery last for about 3 hours so needs plugging in semi permanently.

Part of the reason for the downgrade, to 4 stars rather than 5, is that this is described as a laptop with windows 11 installed. It is not !!!! It is windows ready.Before I could install windows 11, the laptop had to download and install every conceivable update for windows 10, which was installed.After all that, process was easy. I haven't been able to pin down what is different about the keyboard, yet, to my Dell Latitude, but something definitely is. Possible the size of the keys.Accepted my "one Drive" download perfectly, and my "Google" Cloud download also. Does seem to be fast.I have not rated battery life yet, as that seems a little unfair, and I do not game, so cannot comment. However, so far seems excellent value for money, at the price that I paid with the Prime discount.Sept update. I have now been using this laptop, on the road, for over a week. I am now used to the keyboard, and it is fine. The speed and colour clarity is amazing. Good battery life, at laest compared to my old Dell, and the charging time is fast !! Overall an excellent buy.

i bought this laptop once and i was using it for school and gaming (only valorant) and this laptop couldnt do both. Maybe it was only the one i got but when i run Word with Chrome or Edge, its fans are making a lot of noise. Also, whenever i scrolled on my document, bottom part of the laptop would start flickering in black and its disturbing as you imagine. build quality is average. screen is NOT OK. even if you look straight to the screen with proper angle, sides are getting blurry because of the screen used on this laptop.Do not expect any good gaming experience. I tried playing Minecraft, Valorant, Roblox and bluestack for emulating mobile games. It is bad. All the settings were at lowest but still getting over 60 fps was impossible with this laptop. AS I SAID BEFORE, MAYBE THE ONE I HAD THESE ISSUES, but it was a bad experience. If your budget is not high as mine and could only afford laptops at this price, use it to get refurbished but good quality laptops, which is what i did. i hope it was helpful.

I bought this laptop to replace a 6 year old laptop & I was expecting it to be faster but it’s almost instant. Good value, enough storage space & very clear screen.

Start up chip & BOIS failure - laptop deemed unrepairable. AVOID

Asus has always been reliable, this laptop is excellent, the screen is bright, not sure what others mean, it’s fast, i7 with 8gig ram, windows 11 was something I wasn’t sure of, but it’s fine, my wife uses this all the time. Superb price

Bought to replace an 8 year old Windows 10 laptop that was painfully slow to start up and was not worth upgrading. This laptop is almost ready to go instantly you switch on and was very easy to set up and transfer data from the old laptop. The battery life seems good and it charges a lot quicker than the old one. First time I have had an Asus computer and so far I am very pleased with it.

Very fast with the solid state drive. Games work well too. Boots up very fast.