ASUS - Vivobook 17.3" Laptop - AMD Ryzen 7 - 12GB Memory - AMD Radeon Vega 10 - 512GB SSD - Silver

This is the first laptop that I have purchased in a while and actually the first one that I have technically purchased for myself. In the past, have built my own desktops and am used to using my company's Dell and Macbooks for mostly work and some personal use. HP was the main brand that I have purchased for my family members but, as I have used ASUS components in my past desktop builds, I thought I would take a chance on this laptop given it's specs. Very impressed with this system. It's very powerful and robust. Although, it's not really a gaming laptop, I wanted to see what this thing could do. Ran through Titanfall 2's campaign and this system handled it pretty well with little to no slowdown. But, connected a keyboard and mouse for ease of use while playing. Going to try to run some other games on it to put it to further put it to the test. I am hoping for this system to last me for many years to come.

After doing due diligence to replace my VERY OLD laptop, I decided to go with the Asus VivoBook [17.3] Laptop and I LOVE it... It's fast with enough storage to handle a GENERAL workload. I have seen complaints about the silver keys on a silver keyboard, but it's not a problem with me. Especially, if you are already familiar with the keypad... I was able to purchase it at a sale price and thus far have NO regrets.

I really like the performance of this computer but the keyboard has silver background with light grey keyboard letters and there always seems to have a glare making it hard for me to them and therefore making me hit the correct keys. The geek squad thought it had lighted letters on the keys when I picked up the computer but it did not have them.

The mouse, on the computer will NOT work! I have tried, turned it off, left it off, and still nothing!

I couldn't have asked for a better laptop. The screen is massive, the silver metal is cool to the touch and appears both professional and aesthetic. The camera quality is insane compared to my last ASUS, and the sound quality is out of this world! I mainly use my ASUS VivoBook for internet browsing, YouTube streaming, writing, and playing the Sims 4. It takes everything I ask of it in stride. Tl;dr: I love this laptop! (My roommate is going to buy the same laptop.)

I didn't realize it doesn't have a hookup for a network cable of which i needed to hook up my wifi AP. Thank goodness I still gave my old laptop to accomplish it. Not sure what to do in the future if my old laptop dies. I also didnt realize there was no cd drive which i also still use. I could have lived with the cd player but when my wifi died there is no getting around that missing in this laptop. Other than that I kinda wish I opted for the backlit keyboard. That one is on me totally. Otherwise I really like the speed and graphics and all on it

Great computer! A few drawbacks, however. I lover the screen size, aesthetics and function of this PC. It is very fast and user friendly most of the time. I had difficulty, however trying to set up Chrome and my gmail. The computer is geared towards Microsoft, of course, so it guides you towards Microsoft Edge for a browser which does not work with a lot of applications I use. The keyboard is a little difficult as well. The number row is slight offset compared to most keyboard layouts and the silver letters on the silver keys make it difficult to read the keyboard. I do wish the the Micro SD port was a multi-card reader or at least an SD card reader. This was insignificant, however, as an adapter is easily obtained and usually cost less than $10. Battery life is respectable, but I would like to see a little more life. I would definitely make this purchase again and would have no problems recommending it.

I liked this laptop very much, but sadly will be returning it because I didn't realize it didn't have a backlit keyboard. I use it on my lap while sitting in my Lazyboy and although I don't look at the keys when typing, if I NEED to see a specific key in the evenings, I would have to move the laptop around or adjust the angle to see it. Otherwise, it was very good.