Customer Ratings & Reviews

it quit working the first month of having it did not get a fix it thing on it so its in a dresser drawer just sitting there

Bought 2 pcs of this junk, Both are not rebooting and total dead metal after 1 -day use. Not recommended to buy. Best buy should stop selling this product.

Bought this for my Granddaughter for Christmas. After about a day of use, it would not charge/power on. Returned to the store for refund.

It’s a gift, it was rather easy to wrap, the exterior packaging had clean edges and corners making Christmas wrapping very easy.

Just got the laptop and it won’t even turn on and now I have to take it back

Got it working set it up. Log into my stuff...then it died....only worked for an hour....don't buy.

Junk. Bought this for my inlaws. Was super cheap but never worked right.

Not worth the money, not enough storage and very slow. Save money for something better

Returned , randomly crashes with no use or basic browsing. 39% available memory at boot

Probably a good computer, opened it, saw it ran on Windows 10 and returned it.

For a little over 100 bucks I didn't expect a whole lot. But I was looking for a secondary light small laptop that I could pay bills, play youtube videos, online ordering and just surfing the internet. This fits the bill perfect. I know the specs may scare some but honestly it is more than I need. I charged it for 3 hours as the manual said. After booting up it wanted to upgrade windows 10s. That took a little while to do. Even after that upgrade and a restart half of the 32 gb hard drive is still free. I installed a class 10 64gb micro sd card and made the necessary changes in settings so that everything that could went to that card. I run Chrome on my other full size laptops. Before I switched out of Windows 10s which you can do for free, I elected to go ahead and use Edge for a little bit just to see how it was. I opened it up and went to my gmail account, checked mail and did the same thing with all of my other email accounts. I went to youtube and pulled up and watched video after video. Did some online browsing. No issues. Runs great I am pleasantly surprised. Windows 10s and Edge work perfect on this little PC and I will leave it configured that way. No reason for me to change it. Battery life is great. I am running about 7 to 8 hours before needing to recharge. I have nothing to complain about. Very happy.

It’s started rebooting issues ,not worth of $, os is crashes always

The screen will not stay up. It goes blank. It is fully charged.

Price does equal quality in this case. Junk dont bother

Was looking for a smaller laptop and something KI could travel with and saw this on the Best Buy website. Picked it up and took it home and did the set up and changed it from windows 10 s to windows 10 Home all in less then 20 mins. The battery life is amazing took it to a friends house and ffor over 6 hours was on line and watching Hulu still had over 4 hours battery left when I got home. For the just 119.99 this is a deal that can not be beat.

Don't be scared by the 2gb of RAM, it's enough given Window's excellent management of memory. The new N4000 processor is slick compared to the slow N3060 it replaced. AFAIK only the HP Stream and this Asus E203MA have it so far; be sure to check the specs on whatever you shop. Memory on an earlier edition of the E203MA was upgradeable, this seems to be soldered in. I manage my tasks sensibly - if I want background music I don't run a music app in the background while browsing or working, I use my phone or hifi. I limit open browser tabs to 10-15. I make sure Patch Tuesday updates are done in the evening by "Check(ing) for Updates" in settings so there are no background activities. I don't install a 3rd party antivirus because the built-in Windows antivirus is highly rated and has the least impact on operations. In terms of storage, there is about 11gb available if you keep the version of Windows (1803) this ships with, and there is 15gb available if you can install the October 2018 release, 1809 (however unless you downloaded the installation files to USB already, Microsoft temporarily pulled this release. A cautionary note: Windows has failsafe after failsafe. It keeps the old version of Windows 10 (such as version 1803) when it rolls out the next version (1809 etc.). That can reduce your available storage to 4gb. In one month, Windows deletes the old installation. I usually "force" the update so it fits my own schedule by going into Settings / Updates and Security / Update and clicking until it downloads. Then I force an unused files cleanup by going into Settings / System / Storage and click on Temporary then click to delete the old Windows installation. In short you have to sort of be your own IT department to keep lower powered, lower storage netbooks like this running zippy. Most users don't take the time to learn those simple skills these days, meaning often a Chromebook is a better choice for them - unless they need a particular program that Chromebooks don't run. I've figured out how to use these entry level, sub-$200 Windows netbooks optimally, and they simply blow away the 2008 era netbooks. I can hook this Asus up to an IPS monitor through the HDMI port and run Netflix, Amazon Prime, play HEVC files, no problem. Especially with respect to 4K output and HEVC files, the N4000 chip is a quantum leap over the N3060 it replaces. It has hardware decoding, transcoding, and encoding for HEVC. I got mine on a pre-Black Friday blow out sale here at Best Buy. Cheaper than a Chromebook. I was worried about the 2gb RAM - I try to get 4gb these days since prices have come down - but it hasn't been a problem. This comes in "S" mode to restrict applications to those available on the Microsoft Store. Since Google and Microsoft are feuding and Google refuses to make an app store compatible edition of Chrome Browser, I took the Asus out of S mode in less than 5 minutes simply by going to Updates and Security / Activation, and following the simple instructions. The keyboard and trackpad are head and shoulders above Acer, and equal to the renowned HP Stream series. It is a Microsoft Precision qualifying trackpad, meaning no funky Asus Smart Gesture or Synaptics etc. "helper" programs that lack the full Windows 10 gestures. Also the Microsoft Precision standards means the trackpad has to be smooth and responsive, which it is. The screen has accurate colors and is suitable for watching Netflix in a pinch - about 74% sRGB color gamut. However, it isn't an IPS screen so the angle of the screen is critical; but at least it does have a sweet spot where neither the top or bottom are glazed over - some older TN screens had such narrow viewing angles you had to decide whether to let the strip across the top polarize out, or the strip along the bottom polarize out. No such problem here, but remember it isn't IPS so viewing angles are fussy. The speakers are good enough for casual YouTubing, but wired or Bluetooth earbuds will always be much better. Although it has a USB C port for compatibility, it can't charge off USB C power adapters; you must use the included compact wall wart style charger (single piece plugs into wall, long thin cable runs to laptop). It is a USA dual prong, not a 3 prong, which is much more compatible in overseas hotels that the 3 prong units, and the wall wart design is much more compact to stow away than the lamp cord to brick to cable units some competitors come with.

good portable use when power outage to keep in touch

I purchased this during the Black Friday 2018 sales, picked it up for $119.99 plus tax. At this price, it's an amazing option for a 2nd laptop. At the normal price of $179.99 it's still a good deal (but not AS good), but you need to decide what you want it to be. For me, it's the following: 1) Something to stream Netflix and Hulu on 2) Something to browse the internet and do emails 3) Something to watch digital videos that I own (for this, I just use a "nub" usb drive with 128GB storage, picked one up for under 20 bucks, perfect for digital copies of movies and tv shows that I own) It's not the fastest laptop in the world, but it does the trick. It DOES come with Windows 10S... BUT... it's very easy to convert it over to Windows 10 Home. So anyone who complains about that and says it's a CON for this laptop, they are wrong... it can be fixed. The screen is actually pretty decent, and the laptop opens up to 180 degrees (flat)... The sound is also just decent, but what do you expect for a laptop like this? The color is ok, but the top is that shiny plastic that is a fingerprint magnet, so if that bothers you, then you have been warned... I also own a Chromebook, which i use for the same types of things that I use this laptop for. But what I like about this Asus is that you can also install some Windows programs and do work offline (without internet), though don't expect to be running Photoshop... I've found some low impact editing programs that work well on this computer. So, there you go... Enjoy!

Really good for price, got it for my little brother so he can play around with.

I have a computerized embroidery machine that uses digitized patterns that are all sent out in a Zip file. After trying unsuccessfully to open them on my Apple computer, I decided that for the price, this would be a good option. It works perfectly with the free app to open and download the files into a thumb drive that plugs into the machine. I am going to use it as a dedicated computer for that use, so I really do not need for it to do anything else. I bought it on sale for $119 so it was well worth the Price! When I was looking for one, I did not find any reviews that referenced my needs so I thought someone else might find this useful.