ASUS - Vivobook Go 14" FHD Laptop - AMD Ryzen 3 7320U - 8GB Memory - 256GB SSD - Mixed Black
Model: E1404FA-BB33
SKU: 6549406
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Customers value the Vivobook Go 14" laptop for its processor speed, RAM, and HDD capacity, which are considered adequate for the price point. It is also suitable for basic tasks and entry-level gaming. However, some customers have expressed disappointment with the screen display, particularly its brightness and the lack of a backlit keyboard despite being advertised as such.
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This is a good laptop if your intention is just for watching Youtube and checking emails and light use of MS Excel and Word. Screen looks perfectly okay for a $300 ish laptop. Built quality is sturdy and not too flimsy. SSD is upgradable. But what takes two stars off from this review is that the 8GB RAM is soldered and not upgradeable and the other downside that is a deal breaker is that the maximum bandwidth this laptop supports is only PCIe 3.0 x 2 transfer speed rather than PCIe 3.0 x 4 that other competitors' brands entry level laptops support nowadays. The lower bandwidth transfer speed (859 Mb/s read) would take forever to handle large files transfer. In one instance this laptop takes 55 minutes to transfer only 78 GB worth of files from one external ssd hard drive to another external ssd hard drive. It would be helpful for Asus and Best Buy to specify the maximum PCIe bandwidth transfer speed the laptop supports on the product specification page. A strong impressive Ryzen 3 CPU mate with lower PCIe bus bandwidth motherboard is a potential deal breaker. Anyway, enough of my pet peeves I still recommend this laptop for light uses but don't expect this laptop would do intensive tasks and I would only get this laptop only when Best Buy offered it on sale.
Posted by RLRL
For home office and internet browsing this meets my expectations. Pro: Fast boot (a few seconds) Plenty of storage (250 GB) for Microsoft updates, etc. Doesn't heat up with ordinary use, no fan noise to speak of. Battery easily lasts 10 hours on a full charge. Good size, weight, and display. The mechanical design, the keyboard, etc. all feel solid Cons; Windows 11 in S mode Notes: During setup, you have to make a Microsoft account. But, after that, you can easily remove S mode. Microsoft has instructions online -- you simply push a button online using Microsoft edge as your browser. For me, the correct button was labeled "GET". (go figure) The display is very good. However, you do need to be looking directly at it (not from the side). This is much like having a privacy screen on your display The processor (amd Ryzen 3) is plenty fast for home office and browsing. The advantage of this "slower" processor is that the laptop does not heat up, there is almost no fan noise, and you can use the laptop for many hours on the battery. The function keys on the keyboard are useful for controlling sound volume, display brightness, etc. Each function key has two functions. The Fn key near the lower left corner of the keyboard selects which function is active. If you don't get the function you want, hold down the Fn key while you press the function key.
Posted by CliffC
This is an inexpensive basic laptop that works well, has good features, light weight and Linux friendly. The biggest downsides are the screen display and fan noise that is noticeable under load. Although the screen is FHD it doesn't get very bright to compensate. The fan is only noticeable under sustained load. I can live with these issues which is why I give it 5 stars because the value/performance ratio is so good. Nice overall feel including keyboard and trackpad. Camera and microphones are more than adequate, SSD and WiFi card are replaceable, RAM is fixed at 8 Gig, enough ports and is lightweight. Everything seems to work under Linux.
Posted by mmd1