Customer Ratings & Reviews

I bought two of these. Took them out of S-mode to install some printer software on them. Not to shabby, sometimes slower than I thought should be but all in all ok.

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.

I bought this laptop on sale without expecting too much. It was just to be used for travel but after setting it up I was really impressed with the performance. I have nothing negative to say and I'm very happy with this purchase.

For the price it’s amazing. I don’t know how to use all the features and would like a lesson but so far so good.

I've had no problems with this machine over the past year. Its not super powered, but I knew that when I got it. A year later everything works and nothing has broken (and these days that's saying a lot!)

I needed a laptop for work. To surf the Internet and just use some online applications very simple very basic has Microsoft office 365 and works great !

My mother is 75 years old and has never used a computer before. She has always looking up locations she has never heard of in atlas'. She has now learned how to get so much more information by googling the location.

I bought this for my 9 year old son for school work. Since we homeschool, he needed something he could travel with between our home and his dad's. He's enjoying it and learning a lot! I did install parental control software.

I would recommend this laptop as a starter for elementary students. It was slow and kept freezing despite owning for approximately 7 days and absent of any downloads. Not to mention, Internet explorer did not load my course work which I later learned was due to limited memory. Needless to say, it did not perform the function for which it was purchased so I had to return it.

It is a pretty good laptop for the money. Make sure you get it while it’s on sale.

this was a Christmas gift for an awesome 12 year old brat! LOL! He loves it. He’s happy and i’m happy. He might be able to review this a lot better than I; kids get this stuff a whole lot easier than we educated fools...;-)

Good laptop for browsing the net and using programs on the internet. Not usually used for heavy computer use but fine for small uses such as college class note taking.

It’s small, but durable. My son really enjoys using it as it allows for him to carry it around and not feel weighted down. It’s features are also easy to use as well.

Pretty good laptop for the low price. I got this for Office and am mainly on it for that purpose so did not want to spend a lot. So far so good :)

Its a cheap computer no touch screen no frills but with 4gb of ram if all you are doing is internet stuff and light work you can't find a better deal.

This laptop is perfect for those just needing a web surfing and dont to go with the Chromebooks. My sons find it almost as handy as their smartphones

Needed a computer to communicate with mortgage lender while on travel the ASUS 11.6 did everything required. A good product for reasonable cost.

We got it for my mom to Learn to use a computer better . Simple but gets the job done . Good first laptop

Very durable and has a space look to it. Connects very well to WiFi. Had a rough time setting up outlook but other than that it's a nice deal.

Great laptop. Once I added extra storage it’s been great. I use it for basic things, Microsoft word, using the internet. It’s perfect for that.