Note, I also have the 14" Vivobook with the 11th gen i3 for 13 months that is likely paired for sale with this 15" on the amazon page, and am comparing the two, both of which I'm keeping. I use both primarily "docked" to a desk setup using a regular mouse/keyboard/monitors. I also use these for light business travel. Pros of this laptop: 12th gen i3-1215U at the likely the lowest price you'll be able to find easily upgradeable RAM and NVME. PCI 4.0 Cons: The screen. The viewing angle is horrible top-to-bottom. Once you find the very narrow correct screen angle the left/right isn't bad. Compared with the 14" i3-1115g4 version to my eyes and my preferred screen angle, this is just awful. Keyboard, trackpad- again compared to the 14" version the placement feels wonky. I could have done without the numpad on this and I don't like its placement near the directional arrows, constantly striking the num keys instead of the arrows. No keyboard backlighting. Again, the 14" version wins here. Only upgradeable to 16gb. Again the 14" wins here, as I upgraded it to 20gb. Unless you know you have a use for, or can tell the difference between the 11th gen vs 12th gen i3, then buy the 14" while they're still around. If I wasn't keeping this docked and closed 95% of the time I would have sent it back But for my use, the 12th gen i3 and the ability to cheaply upgrade the ram to 16gb with some screw turns for about $20, it works for me. Read more

Quisiera compartir mi experiencia con este producto para ayudar a aquellos que, como yo, se enfrentaron a indecisiones al momento de adquirirlo debido a la escasez de información en español sobre lo que buscaba. Opté por comprar esta laptop con la intención de utilizarla para tareas de oficina, disfrutar de algunos juegos casuales como Dota 2, y eventualmente editar videos cortos de mi dron DJI mini 3 en Davinci Resolve (aunque aún no he tenido la oportunidad de probarlo). Antes de realizar esta compra, cabe destacar mi experiencia previa con mi antigua laptop Asus X450CA, equipada con un procesador Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3337U CPU, que ya mostraba signos de fallos. Tras una exhaustiva investigación de diferentes opciones para encontrar la mejor relación calidad-precio, mis opciones se redujeron a la Asus VivoBook15 F1504ZA (i3 1215u) y la Acer Aspire 3 A315-24P-R7VH (Ryzen 7320U). Finalmente me decidí por la Asus debido a mi experiencia previa satisfactoria con la marca. Aunque ambas computadoras contaban con solo 128GB de memoria interna SSD, lo cual consideré poco, la Asus ofrecía la posibilidad de expandir tanto la capacidad del SSD como la memoria RAM. Aunque la Acer contaba con memoria DDR5 y la Asus con DDR4, solo esta última permitía la expansión. A continuación, mencionaré algunos aspectos negativos del producto, que considero justificados dadas las características y el precio económico del equipo: En mi opinión, el principal punto débil de esta laptop es la calidad de la pantalla, que no es muy alta. La duración de la batería es de aproximadamente 4.5 horas con un uso moderado, pero al jugar se reduce a unas 2.5 horas. La tarjeta gráfica es Intel UHD, a diferencia de lo que indican las especificaciones técnicas, que mencionan Intel Iris Xe. Entre los aspectos positivos, que he podido confirmar en poco tiempo, se encuentran los siguientes: La laptop es muy rápida, el teclado tiene un tacto excelente, la ampliación de la RAM y del SSD es sencilla, el sonido es espléndido, en juegos como Dota 2 alcanza los 80fps o más, tiene un diseño sencillo y elegante, y la mayor parte del tiempo los ventiladores no emiten ruido alguno. Algunos datos adicionales que pueden resultarte útiles: Según mi investigación, es posible aumentar la capacidad del SSD a 1TB y la memoria RAM a 16GB. Basándome en mi experiencia personal, he ampliado el disco duro a 500GB con un SSD Kingston Nvme m.2. PCIe 4.0 (aunque el producto solo soporta PCIe 3.0, acepta la instalación del 4.0, aunque no alcanza su velocidad máxima, solo la permitida por el 3.0). También he aumentado la memoria RAM de 8GB (Memoria RAM soldada) a 16GB con una memoria Kingston SODIMM DDR4 de 3200MHz de 8GB (en el slot libre que ofrece el producto). Para concluir, un dato que podría ayudar en la decisión de compra de este excelente producto (al menos para mí): En algunos comentarios he visto quejas sobre el equipo que viene con Windows S. Recomiendo no perder tiempo devolviendo el equipo, ya que la gente que puede comentar es solo la que lo ha comprado. En su lugar, buscar un tutorial en Youtube.com sobre cómo cambiar de Windows S a Windows normal, lo cual tomará aproximadamente 30 segundos (ten en cuenta que si se realiza este cambio, no será posible volver a Windows S). ¡Saludos y espero haber sido de ayuda! 😄 Read more

Charger works well and battery holds a charge for a decent amount of time. Received promptly and it has worked well since. Read more

After searching and searching about tech and this is better than that, i can say that my investigation was worth it. Fyi It is not touch screen. The laptop has an average weight. Battery life is good I have been using it for a month now and if i was out of my house probably I would had get like 10-11 hours with two windows open and no music, i think is pretty good. The camara is not bad, but not good as well just average is not a iPhone doing FaceTime but it will get you through the meetings without a problem, didn’t feel any lagging or any issue in a 3 hours meeting. The material outside is good and sturdy. The keyboard has nice buttons I just wish it was the keyboard with light. But i knew that when i bought it. Overall is good. I did take my toefl test with it and their program sucks and to be honest normally affordable laptops don’t run that well programs to heavy. But guess what!! This one did, it run smoothly no crushes i have even played with it. Let me just make it clear. It is not a gamer laptop resolution of the screen is not bad but when it comes to games the processor can’t handle it that well. For the price it works better than what I expected. So if you are looking for a laptop to work or study that can handle your 8 open windows while running music and not crushing at all let me tell you this is a good choice. Also the intel core it has is the best version of the i3 which is better than the i5 Also the memory ram and the ssd both can be upgraded which means a lot!! For those that wants an smoother from 8.5 to 10 /10 you can upgrade both the ram and ssd it would probably get you to the 9.5 out of 10 😊 Read more

Just beware, this is a mode S Windows 11 laptop. I am NOT a Windows expert by any means. Prefer Linux. When I bought this, I didn't realize the complexity of Win 11 over Win 10 !! So, after I got this, I leaned that MICROSOFT had implanted something, that if the laptop felt it was being "intruded" upon, it locked up and you had to find/get the BitLocker "key" to re-open the laptop!!! After, I created a Microsoft account, I was able to get this very long number to get MY laptop back in MY control!! Then, when I tried to download an app that I wanted, Microsoft didn't like it, & blocked by saying it wasn't in the Microsoft library!! I then had to contact a Microsoft tech, whom said that my Window version was Mode "S", meaning secure/safe. He had to take control of my laptop, and download a file, in order to be able to turn Mode "S" OFF!! I prefer a Linux OS over dominating Windows any day, but, unfortunately this is how they come. Win 10 is a bit more relaxed, but Win 11 is horrible, in my opinion, not at all user friendly, except to a professional Geek. Its a great computer, with the exception of the Microsoft hurdles you may have to overcome. Read more