ASUS - 11.6" Laptop - Intel Celeron - 4GB Memory - 32GB eMMC Flash Memory - Star Gray

This is a great started laptop. It doesn't have much memory or hard drive space but it does what I need it to do like surf the net, get on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and read PDF's for crochet patterns. The ONLY reason I gave this computer 4 stars is that on the 2nd day I had it, the up arrow key flew off when I was at a hotel and I was never able to find it. So I'm without an up arrow key. I bought the extended warranty so I will eventually get it replaced, just don't feel like dealing with the hassle when that's the only thing wrong with it. Also, wanted to mention that I bought 3 of these. I bought 2 at first when they were on sale for $159.99. When I went back to buy another one 3 days later, the price was up to $199.99 and they would not honor the first price. I waited around 3 weeks and saw the price drop and purchased the 3rd one.

This laptop/notebook handles all the daily basic tasks I throw at it. Emails, streaming (video/music), web browsing, etc. Been using it on 10S Mode and it's not terrible other than browsing off of Microsoft Edge instead of upgrading to 10 and downloading Google Chrome. Battery life is pretty impressive around 5-6hrs, screen and brightness are good, also lots of ports. It's an all plastic build but if you're on a budget this is a steal!

Entry level lap. Excellent for kids study. Easy to carry. Good HD

Great for kids in school. Lightweight and good battery life.

This is a great laptop fast an efficient, Best Buy ever. Only issue is the storage sace

Very slow computer even on the Internet. I had a very low budget and it’s performance should be as well as a higher priced computer.

I own a PC repair shop as well as a video production business. I use very powerful computers for most of my work, but I see many advantages in keeping a cheap tiny laptop around to take with me anywhere I go. I upgraded to this from a one-year-old Dell Inspiron 11 with a Celeron N3050, a similar machine with a much bolder color and nearly identical specs. A lot has changed in one year! This laptop has a Celeron N4000 which is a true game-changer in the world of cheap laptops: its single-thread speed is more than double that of the Celeron N3050 from the Dell and its total speed is nearly double, plus it's faster at single-thread processing than the Core i3-3217U in my beloved Asus Vivobook X202E. The built-in GPU should not be underestimated; it won't play the most greedy games of today, but it's got a lot of 3D processing power behind it. This laptop can run Adobe Premiere and can be used to edit 4K 100Mbps 8-bit footage at a 1/8 resolution preview, so a Premiere proxy editing workflow is very doable. It has more USB ports than the Dell Inspiron 11, all 3.0/3.1, with one as the new Type-C connector. Having Wireless-AC in this package is simply amazing. The design is classic Asus: the touchpad is great, the keyboard is a flat Mac-style one that takes a second to get used to but is wonderful and quick once you adjust to it, and the thing just plain looks good. You can drive a 4K TV and the GPU can hardware-decode H.265 HEVC 4K video too! It's obviously no Ryzen 5 or Core i5/i7, but this little budget beast should not be underestimated. Two last tips: buy a 128GB V30-rated microSD card for extra storage since it only has 32GB and if you're handy in an admin command prompt, run "compact /compactos:always" to compress the OS and cd into Program Files and Program Files (x86) and ProgramData and run "compact /c /s /i /f /exe:lzx *" to compress all your program files; this takes full advantage of the fast CPU to further accelerate the 30 MB/sec maximum you get out of he eMMC SSD and frees up a lot of the otherwise insufficient storage. This makes a much bigger difference than you'd think. You're welcome!

This is a long review, so here’s the summary for those who don’t want to read much – I would highly recommend this computer if you’re willing to do a little bit of work to ensure the best experience. It’s a great deal for the price and makes a fantastic travel computer or second computer. I actually own two of these. Both are the versions with the Celeron N4000 and 4GB ram, but one has 32GB eMMC memory, and the other has 64GB eMMC memory (I don’t believe that configuration is sold at Best Buy). I have the 32GB one running Linux Mint 19.1 without any issues. It’s mostly an unmodified install, though I’ve add a couple of things like Pithos, Bleachbit, Steam and a few games. All hardware was recognized by the OS and everything is running smoothly. But I realize many (most?) people reading this are not interested in changing the OS from Windows to Linux, so I will write mostly about the other one I have, which is running a fully up-to-date version of Windows 10 Pro Build 1809 (the computer comes in Windows S mode, so you’ll want to activate regular Windows 10, which is free to do). The first thing I do with any Windows computer is to do a fresh installation of Windows using Microsoft’s Media Creation Tool to get rid of any bloatware. This tends to free up around 10 GB. Then, I perform any needed updates (to Windows, to Windows store apps, BIOS, etc.) and then uninstall those things that come with Windows itself for which I have no interest (Candy Crush, Office Apps, etc.). I also use Revo Uninstaller and CCleaner to keep the “drive” and registry tidy and to prevent unwanted things running at startup. I’m also using Windows 10 built-in antivirus software. Finally, I put a 200GB micro SD card in there to load up on programs/games. (The micro-SD card slot is spring loaded, and cards fit entirely within the laptop itself. This is extremely useful.) My thoughts so far are below. Positives: *Bang for the buck* - I managed to pick up each of these laptops for $110.00 on sale (the 64 GB one was an open box in like-new shape going for more, but I was able to talk the price down to the $109.99 sale price of the 32 GB, 2GB RAM version) and for the price, I think they are fantastic. They perform well enough to stream music in the background while I’m, say, browsing the web with a few tabs open. They can stream HD video without a problem also and can even be used for gaming (yes, it CAN run Crysis - more to say about gaming later). Thanks to the eMMC memory “drive”, boot up is very quick on my Windows machine (<10 seconds). *Display* - the screen is “only” 1366 x 768 HD resolution, but that is exactly right in my opinion for an 11.6” computer. Anything more would just decrease battery life for no real gain on such a small screen. The display itself is matte (which I prefer), very bright and I have no complaints. Also, the lid folds flat (180 degrees) which can occasionally be very useful when sharing your screen with others. *Battery Life* - excellent. I always go into Windows’ settings to tweak my laptops for maximum performance on battery power and despite this, battery life is excellent. Windows estimates over 10 hrs on a full charge, and while I haven’t pushed it that far before plugging in, I can easily get through an entire day of use. Not having to bring a charger along is really quite nice. *Weight* - this laptop barely weighs two pounds. Incredibly light. *Wi-Fi* - dual-band 802.11ac Wi-Fi is fine. No issues at all. (There are computers for sale now at 3-4X the price of this one that still don’t have dual-band.) *Ports* - surprisingly good for the price – USB-C, 2 USB 3.1, full-size HDMI, and micro SD. (spring-loaded, and micro SD card fits entirely within the laptop. This is incredibly useful). *Audio* - sound is very good on this laptop as long as you’re not expecting much bass. Max volume is surprisingly loud, and acoustic music sounds great. Acoustic steel-strung guitars sound particularly good, with nice detail and clarity. For the type of music I tend to listen to, this is good enough that I no longer travel with a Bluetooth speaker – I have a 200GB micro SD card onto which I load all of my programs and quite a bit of music, so I just play tunes off this laptop instead. There is one downside that made me briefly consider placing audio in the “neutral” category and that is speaker placement. This is one of the many laptops that has the speakers fire down instead of up. This is not the greatest choice for sound quality. Lifting the front of the laptop up shows just how much more detail you can get our of the speakers when they are not being muffled by the surface upon which they’re sitting. Still, overall the positives definitely outweigh this negative and I consider the audio a positive item. *Keyboard* - chicklet style keyboard with decent travel depth and no issues. Neutral: Build quality – there’s nothing actually wrong with the build quality, and it feels quite sturdy; it’s just plastic rather than metal. That’s not surprising given the price, but I’d always prefer metal builds. The lid is also a fingerprint magnet. Negatives: None. This is a fantastic laptop for the money, and has exceeded my initial expectations. A word about gaming: yes you can! So many times I read reviews of laptops where someone then asks “can it run game X?”, only to be told that “no, it’s not a gaming laptop.” While it’s definitely true that you're not going to run the latest AAA titles on something like an N4000 that lacks a discrete video card, I think people would be surprised at just how much you can do without one. As I like to say, any laptop is a gaming laptop if you choose the right games. :) There are many many great titles from that past that are more than capable of being on perfectly on this hardware, including things like first-person shooters running at over 60 fps. I am personally running the following games without incident: Unreal Gold Unreal Tournament 1999 Unreal Tournament 2004 Half-Life Half-Life 2 Far Cry Silent Hunter III Counter-strike Source Counter-strike Condition Zero Painkiller-Black Painkiller – Overdose Pinball Arcade Clive Barker’s Undying F.E.A.R. No One Lives Forever No One Lives Forever 2 Freespace 2 Medieval II: Total War Civilization IV Age of Wonders Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic Crysis (this one is on low settings and in Win 8 compatibility mode, but it plays just fine and quite frankly, it amazes me that I can run this at all.) Nox Android Emulator (to enable me to run some classic games I love, including Chess, Backgammon, Go, Gin Rummy and others.) Other software I am running on this computer without any problems includes: LibraOffice 6.1 (a free alternative to Microsoft’s Office Suite) Pandora Spotify Amazon Music TablEdit (a great program for creating sheet music or tablature) Firefox Chrome Overdrive Cloud Library Amazon Kindle Final thoughts: I love this thing, and it’s become my favorite travel laptop. The combination of performance, light weight, good audio, bright screen, and excellent battery life makes this an easy choice for traveling, or as a second computer. I would highly recommend it.