ASUS - VivoBook 15 15.6" Laptop - Intel Core i7 - 12GB Memory - 256GB Solid State Drive - Transparent Silver

This is a solid laptop. The build is nice, it's fairly light, and looks pretty sleek overall. I've had no issues browsing, streaming videos, running any programs, or multitasking on this computer so far! However, I will have to second what another reviewer said: the keyboard on this thing is remarkably difficult to see. If you're in anything but absolutely perfect lighting, you won't be able to see the letters or symbols on the keys, and it's not backlit. This shouldn't be a big problem if you're familiar with your keyboard and know how to type without looking, but I will say it is aggravating nonetheless. Another thing I will add is that it's hard to see the screen from any angle except straight on; I have to adjust it to just the perfect angle every time I shift or move. This also isn't a big deal but it's another thing that's just a bit aggravating. I paid $500 for this thing on a Black Friday sale and I don't know if I'd pay more than that for this machine, but for that price range it performs very well. Despite the small imperfections in design that I mentioned, I'm very happy with my purchase and I'm still glad I chose this computer over others in the $500 range.

Nice laptop for the price (got mine on sale for $550) but with the Transparent Silver color it is very hard for me to see the letters, number, symbols on the keyboard keys. Unless the lighting and your viewing angle is perfect the keys look like a glare of silver. This laptop comes in other colors but unfortunately only the Transparent Silver color was on sale (probably the reason it was on Sale)! I would recommend a Laptop color that has a Black keyboard with white lettering.

I owned this laptop for about 24 hours and it plenty enough time for me to determine that it was an extraordinary pile of junk. The video display performance is very poor, but the most egregious flaw is the keyboard which has lettering that nearly matches the exact color of the keys themselves. If you look straight down at the keyboard from about 6 inches, you can see the lettering. As soon as you sit back in your chair it all disappears and you're left gazing at a sea of gray keys which all look the same. I can't imagine what Asus was thinking when they designed this thing.

Pros: Great specs for the price. Intel I7, 256GB SSD, 12GB ram. You'll be hard pressed to find these 3 items at this price point. Fast processing and ability to run games with minimal graphic requirements. Lightweight, great for travel as long as you're careful. Cons: Speakers are on the bottom of the computer. This seems like a serious design flaw, since everything sounds muffled and far away. No problem if you use headphones. Case/Shell feels cheap. I understand they had to cut corners to get the internal specs at this price point, but the case feels incredibly cheap and fragile. Compared to most laptops I feel like I'm going to break the plastic case relatively easy. Overall: I would recommend this laptop for middle tier work/browsing laptop. You're not going to be able to play a lot of games with the Intel default graphics card. Great value in terms of specs, but it does feel cheap in comparison to some laptops at his price. Some reviews are talking about the color of the letters on the keyboard, this is a NON-ISSUE. Unless you have 20/200 vision and you're not wearing glasses or contacts I'm not sure what the issue is. I have looked at the keyboard from multiple angles/distances and the keys are clearly visible.

The laptop build quality is good. Setup went fine and Windows 10 is stable with no crashes. The touchpad is responsive and smooth performing. The screen on this particular model is not IPS so off axis view is not the best and the screen is not touch on this model. I knew these things when purchasing so consider them if you're looking at this particular model. I do believe there is a different model available with an IPS screen.

It was hard to determine how many stars to put for this review. I settled on 2 for "fair" because of the huge design flaw mentioned in the title. When looking at the keyboard, if you are not looking almost directly down at the keyboard, the labeling of the keys is terrible. And at certain angles you can't see the labeling at all so it looks like a keyboard of blank keys. All they had to do was use a very dark black for the key labels and this wouldn't be an issue at all. I only had it long enough to do the set up and do a few things. It's great value at 549,95 when you consider the SSD storage, the i7 processor, 12G of RAM and full HD (1080) screen resolution. To get that kind of power you normally have to spend 200.00+ more. I was very impressed in that regard with how it performed. However, I realized I could not live with staring at what looked like a bunch of blank keys. I would have to lean over the keyboard or tilt the computer in order to see the labeling. So I just reluctantly returned it to Best Buy. A great laptop that's brought way down by a terrible keyboard design. All ASUS had to do was use very dark labeling and this would not be an issue and I would still have it here and be smiling. If someone from ASUS reads this, it should have been obvious that this flaw was there. It will cost you many sales. And it wasn't rocket science to get it corrected.

This laptop works great so far. I use it often for school. The thing I like about it most, is that it's very light! The least thing I like about it is the keyboard, you can't really read the keys at a certain angle. But I know my keys well, but my daughter not so much.

I love the way this laptop was made I will highly recommend it to anybody but I cannot see the keyboard in the daylight because its all the letters are silver made