A:AnswerThis laptop has solid build quality being all aluminum. Its decently thin and light too. Its also very fast while still being efficient. At $650 on sale there is no better school laptop in my opinion.
A:AnswerA 3rd party Hardcase can be bought separately. the best protection would be to purchase a case with padding to absorb any shock from most types of damage.
A:AnswerHaven't used the Vivobook but this laptop has a Ryzen 7 4700U. So it should be marginally faster than the 4500U. It also has the NVIDIA MX350. This laptop has a 1920x1080 IPS touch screen display. The display is glossy and covered in glass which does increase the weight of the computer. The colors are very good and the AMD Radeon app has lots of room for color customization.