Asus Vivobook Pro 17 I7 8565u

TechRadar Verdict

The VivoBook Pro 15 is an affordable laptop that's long-lasting and packs a punch, but this notebook has one quirk (or 2) that may drive yous crazy.

Pros

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Ports for days
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Overnice mix of work and play
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Respectable battery life

Cons

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Awkward fingerprint sensor placement
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Finicky touchpad

The Asus VivoBook line of laptops spans the unabridged spectrum of users. From the slim and affordable VivoBook Southward to the VivoBook Flip that's even smaller and built for all sorts of contortions and use cases, to the VivoBook Pro, designed to combine portability with ability.

Despite the 'Pro' name tag, Asus has managed to build a robust laptop (albeit on the heavy side of portability) and toll it somewhere more than in line with what most users pay for a 2-in-1 laptop. Oh, and did we mention it has GTX 1050 graphics inside? Only in case, yous know, you desire to distract yourself from work with a few matches of PlayerUnknown'southward Battlegrounds (PUBG).

Spec Sheet

Here is the Asus VivoBook 15 configuration sent to TechRadar for review:

CPU: 2.8GHz Intel Core i7-7700HQ (6M Cache, up to three.8GHz)
Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 (4GB GDDR5 VRAM), Intel HD Graphics 630
RAM: 16GB DDR4 SDRAM (two,400Mhz)
Screen: 15.6-inch, FHD (one,920 x 1,080) with 178˚ wide-viewing bending
Storage: 512GB SSD (M.two SATA3)
Ports: 1 x USB 3.1 Type-A, 1 x USB 3.1 Type-C, 2 10 USB 2.0, 1 x RJ45, one ten HDMI, 1 x SDXC reader, 1 x headphone/mic jack
Connectivity: 802.11ac Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.ii
Camera: HD webcam (720p)
Weight: 5.05 pounds (2.29 kg)
Size: 15 x ten x 0.8 inches (380 ten 256 x 19.2 mm; W 10 D x H)

Price and availability

The VivoBook Pro 15 is currently priced at $1,169 on Amazon, mirroring the specifications of the device nosotros received for review. In the United kingdom of great britain and northern ireland and Australia, nevertheless, things are a bit more than complicated. The N580VD model is listed on the Asus website for both countries, but the Australian Asus website only reveals the product isn't currently available. Equally for the UK listing on the Asus site, well, it's missing a purchase button birthday.

As for the US version, the Asus website merely lists the specific model we tested, while Amazon adds a 4K upgrade with a smaller SSD and a bonus 1TB for HDD for a couple of hundred dollars more.

At this price, the VivoBook Pro 15 is comfortably below the Dell XPS 15 and Apple'southward MacBook Pro with Bear upon Bar. Surprisingly, a comparable 13-inch MacBook Pro isn't on the high terminate of the pricing spectrum at $1,799 (£ane,749, AU$2,699), but it lacks a dedicated graphics menu. Whereas a similarly-specced xv-inch model goes for $2,699 (most £1,920, AU$3,511). As far as the XP 15 is concerned, you're looking at $2,174 (£1,814, AU$2,634) for comparable specs to the VivoBook Pro xv.

Design

The low-cal gold stop of the VivoBook Pro 15 easily recognizable and hard to miss. With a 15.half dozen-inch display, the overall footprint of the VivoBook Pro 15 is a bit on the large side. Measuring 15 x 10 x 0.8 inches (380 x 256 x 19.2mm; Due west 10 D x H) and with a combination of metallic and plastic housing, this laptop dances the line of tradeoffs for portability over durability, weighing 5.05 pounds (2.29kg).

The VivoBook xv Pro is on the cusp of being too large for easy portability. You'll undoubtedly find a departure betwixt the MacBook Pro (3.02 pounds) and VivoBook Pro xv in your haversack when walking across campus.

As a laptop that's labeled for pro users, the VivoBook Pro doesn't disappoint when information technology comes to ports. On the left border is where you'll find the charging port, an RJ45 Ethernet port, USB 3.one, HDMI and a USB-C three.1 port. The opposite border is habitation to two USB 2.0 ports, an SD Bill of fare reader, 3.5mm headphone/microphone jack and ii indicator lights.

With more than than enough ports to connect external displays, either through HDMI or the USB-C port, forth with Ethernet and USB ports for accessories and backup drives, you should be covered no thing your setup.

A most full-sized keyboard with chiclet keys is found just below the FHD display. The keys take a slim contour and are responsive. A relatively small number pad is present, but nosotros found the keys a bit too thin to lend themselves to fast fundamental-punching.

Permit's talk touch

Embedded near the peak-right corner of the touchpad is a fingerprint sensor used to unlock the laptop. We've complained nearly touchpad with a fingerprint sensor inside the touchpad before, and nosotros'd be remiss if information technology weren't mentioned again.

Breaking upward the menses of the touchpad is frustrating and not a decent trade-off for the added biometric feature. The sensor gets in the manner, for case, when dragging text or a file beyond the display — there has to exist a better way.

While nosotros are talking well-nigh the touchpad, allow's address another upshot we have with it: in that location'due south not a clear-cut area that'southward dedicated to right-clicks. Repeatedly nosotros observe ourselves using the touchpad and clicking our way around a website or app, only to randomly — and unintentionally — right-click on something.

To exist fair, Asus has a small line on the lesser of the touchpad that splits the left and correct side of the touchpad. Simply that isn't a definitive guide, with a affect or click in the top-right quarter of the touchpad registering as a left-click most of the time. It's the other random instances of errant right-clicks that lead to frustration.

Source: https://www.techradar.com/au/reviews/asus-vivobook-pro-15

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