Black/15.6-Inch HD (1366*768) LED + Touch/Intel Core i5-3317U (1.7GHz) Ivy Bridge with Turbo (2.6GHz)/6GB DDR3/Intel GMA HD/500GB 5400RPM + 24G SSD/No Optical Drive/Windows 8 (64 bit)/802.11BGN/0.3MP/Bluetooth 4.0/1YR International/1YR Accidental Damage/30-Day Zero Bright Dot/2-way FREE shipping/24-7 tech support ASUS VivoBook Touch. The World at Your Fingertips. The ASUS VivoBook S500 gets even more hands on, thanks to a responsive 15.6" HD touchscreen that lets you tap, swipe and pinch to zoom just like a tablet. Designed with users in mind, the VivoBook offers an incredible mobile computing experience with a stylish and easy-to-carry slim design. ASUS VivoBook S500 and You. Incredible Together. view larger Intuitive touchscreen...
- Intel Core i5-3317U Processor (1.7 GHz)
- 6 GB DDR3 RAM
- 500 GB 5400 rpm Hard Drive, 24 GB Solid-State Drive
- 15.6-Inch Screen, Intel HD Graphics 4000
- Windows 8
This Laptops give to us some advantages, like this :
1. Great Laptop
Bought this from another retailer with the i5 processor, which was more than enough speed. I hadn't had any slowdowns even before I upgraded certain items. Windows 8 takes a bit to get used to but so far I like it. I'm getting more used to the app OS's like Android so the mixture in Windows 8 is becoming more convenient.
I still like the 15" size over the smaller sizes so this was the way to go for me. I also find it convenient to have a keypad on the laptop since it cuts some inefficiency when doing a lot of accounting work. I also felt that if I were to get a new laptop with Win 8 I'd have to go touchscreen and that, I feel, has been a great advantage - makes surfing the web and other tasks much quicker than using a mouse.
I'm used to an ASUS UL50VT so the screen was no drop off and thus I was still used to the 1366x768 resolution, some may find it lacking but for the price, you've gotta expect some shortcomings - I'm tired of seeing people posting how the screen is...
2. So far so Perfect!
Overall:
Fast, responsive, lightweight, solid.
Screen:
720p is off-putting after being used to 1080p or better. I overlook it because I knew those were the specs when I bought it.
The touchscreen aspect is solid, no lags, very responsive.
HDD:
Before I replaced the hard drive, I thought it was really fast. The use of the 24GB mSATA is key here. I don't think the ultrabook would be any use without it.
HDD upgrade to SSD:
And I thought the hybrid aspect was fast, this baby is blazing. 5 seconds or less to get this baby running, 5 seconds or less to shut down. I loaded Win 8 without all the bloatware, it's amazing. Very easy, the BIOS seems to have kept my Win8 license key, so the install of the OS was easy with a USB DVD drive.
6GB RAM:
Plenty of memory for what I need it for: browsers, word processing, pic/vid viewing, skype, eReader, etc. I might upgrade eventually, but so far so good. Windows OS handles...
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Affordable ultrabook-like traits with a 15.6" size screen
First, I didn't get this laptop at Amazon, but from another retailer (for $600).
The reason why I chose this laptop is because it's portable (it meets intel's requirement for ultrabook specification) and meet all of my specification as a school's laptop. I debated for a long time between a touchscreen laptop (portable) versus a laptop that has superior processing capability with a good video card (a dinosaur). However, I realized that I wanted something to be able to take to a café or a library and be able to do my homework and other work.
So from this point on, I'm just going to write my review based on what information that I find useful in the buying process.
LOOKS
Smooth edges all around, aluminum all around with the exception of the bottom panel, which is a smooth-rubberized finished. Screen is glossy and contained mostly glass, so it is a good idea to invest in a typical clear screen protector. There's none at the moment, but you can...
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