ASUS Vivobook Go 15.6” FHD Slim Laptop, AMD Ryzen 3 7320U Quad Core Processor, 8GB DDR5 RAM, 128GB SSD, Windows 11 Home, Fast Charging, Webcam Sheild, Military Grade Durability,… by ASUS

Solid laptop for the price. It can handle basic school and work tasks. Great storage and fast processor speed.

When sitting on your lap this laptop can easily flex causing the track pad to not function. Have to slightly bend it left to right to get it to work again. Highly recommend getting a 1TB flash drive or external HD. Runs out of space very quickly. Other than those two issues it works great. For the price its good. If you use this heavily the vent on the bottom needs free air flow can over heat causing the screen to flicker. Battery life between charging is decent.

What I wanted to purchase was a budget computer because my needs are simple: I like to read and program. What I have received demands much personal information and an active internet connection to phone home to windows without any options to opt out. I have received two requests from Windows and Asus to advertise to me. I feel like I purchased spyware by accident. I have purchased Windows and Asus products in the past, and they were adequate, but I do not believe I will do so again.

You don’t get this hassle with Linux or Apple, nor Android (at least when I had one).

EDIT: You cannot make a local account with Windows 11 Home S, your quickest bypass will be making a new account using a temporary email address (I like temp-mail.org) so that you can check codes they send you. From there you can use the windows store to find the ‘disable s mode’ (not called exactly that but literally on the windows store). If you want to go for a Linux OS you’ll need a thumb drive to put the new OS on, you’ll want to follow a guide but the gist is that you’ll boot from the thumb drive and install the OS from there. I went for Linux Mint, I don’t think you’d need a lot of technical skill but some comfort with googling will be required as there are some small hitches you can encounter. For this device particularly the built in driver manager will recommend a new driver for the wireless card – don’t do it, it is mistaken.

Utilizo la laptop como auxiliar en ediciones cuando se me va la luz, o salgo de viaje, y saca el trabajo, utilizo Ps y Lr las licencias originales y las ha sacado sin problemas. Por el precio, está muy bien. Claramente si noto la diferencia porque mi trabajo lo realizo en una pc gamer, pero para auxiliar me ha funcionado.

I bought this computer solely to write with it for work: and for that it’s been excellent. I had no problem getting it out of S mode so that I could install apps such as Chrome. It’s a little annoying that there is that step you have to take but it wasn’t hard to do it. I’ve had no trouble running Slack on it, hooking up to my cloud account, running various word processors and google drive docs at the same time. I’ve had music running on it and even watched a movie once. It’s a nice, basic computer that I’ve had no speed issues with or crashes. I’ve also been pleased with how long the battery has lasted, while using it for regular surfing. My one complaint is that it doesn’t have a disc reader.

It’s pretty light as well, which has made it easy to transport and travel with, which was another big thing I was looking for.

A disclaimer: I did get it on sale on Prime Day, so I’m quite pleased with it based on what I paid for it, but I did get it for a bit less than its regular price. Still: if you want a nice, regular easy to set up laptop without a lot of extra bells and whistles, I’ve been quite happy with this one.