ASUS 14" FHD Laptop, Intel Pentium N6000 Processor, 4GB RAM, 224GB Storage(64GB eMMC+160GB Docking Station Set), Intel UHD Graphics, Webcam, Bluetooth, Win 11, Star Black

I bought the Ryzen 5/ 256GB SSD variant. At $479 in Nov of 2020, with a 15'6 screen, backlit keyboard with numeric keypad and these specs, this is a fantastic laptop for the money. The quality of the screen is great and the keyboard pretty comfortable. The sound is also remarkably good, in case you need to watch something through the built-in speakers. I installed Linux straight away, so I can't review its performance under Windows, but on Linux it works definitely great. This configuration means 8 cores, and everything got recognized and was working flawlessly from the start (at least on Arch Linux, you may get different results with more conservative distros). I haven't come around configuring and testing the fingerprint sensor yet though. My usage is mostly browsing, office tasks, watching movies and programming. I am not a gamer, but do play Minecraft with my son from time to time. It does work pretty well, once you reduce the max framerate from the default 160 or so to a more reasonable 30FPS. The video card setup is definitely not good if you plan to play other more graphics intensive video games, but for the ocassional game, this would also do. As other user reported, the looks are also great, surprisingly good at this price range. It does have some Macbook vibes, which is always nice, and definitely not expected at this price. My only negative remarks are that despite the extended keyboard, the insert key requires pressing the Function key, so there is an extra complication if you use the Ctrl+Ins, Shift+Ins for copy and paste. Also, as reported in other comments, out of the 8GB of RAM, 2 are dedicated to the video card, so you actually have 6GB for the system. Wait till you receive it, and open it to check if you have the one with a SODIMM module of 4GB. I did so and ordered an 8GB module for not much, to upgrade it to the max possible total of 12GB of RAM (10GB for the system). All in all, another perfectly rounded laptop by Asus. At this price and specs there is really no other competitor. Very satisfied with my purchase. I don't have time to write many reviews, but this laptop definitely deserved a good one.

Nothing can make you feel like a relic from the past faster than trying to learn to use these sleek new laptops after having been a "desktop model only" nerd for too many years. My fingers are too clunky, the keys are definitely not where I expected to find them, and the backspace key is my new best friend. Actually, I never thought I'd cross over to a laptop at all because they were too compressed and I am way to old to want to tackle muscle memory lessons on where to find the keys. I had it in my head that I could breeze through it. After all it was just a laptop computer and I was computer savvy. My brother was an IT guy for many years of his life, so I figured most of my issues could be resolved with a simple "call Bob". R-I-G-H-T!!! Not only had I not upgraded my old computer for many years, I hadn't upgraded the operating system and ... OMG this laptop came with Windows 10. After about my 5th call to my brother in less than an hour, he very carefully suggested that I might want to purchase a manual on how to use Windows 10. I think think he also said "for dummies", but it was kind of under his breath and garbled. So, I bought the one for dummies, and another one for senior dummies. Good thing he lives too far away for me to drive down to see him ... LOL I love this laptop. As far I know it works great ... my fingers not so much but they're slowly learning how to touch type again. This one has a nice large screen and the keyboard is very comfortable. I've always used a mouse, so the finger pad is more annoying than hard to use. I know I could attach a mouse, but I'm determined to learn how to use it as it is. My old computer system was clunky and took up the better part of a desk surface. That required me to sit in the back bedroom when I used it and I always felt shut away from everything. This laptop fits great into a roll-top desk I have in my living room and I'm learning. As you have guessed, this is less of a review of the laptop computer and more about the shortcomings of its clunky old user. To be absolutely honest, the laptop is great ... it's the user that needs and upgrade.

Got the ryzen 5 - 256 and swapped out the removable 4GB ram card with a 16GB ram card for a total of *20GB* and the computer is great. Starts up and logs in within 5 seconds, everything is responsive, and functions as advertised. The only gaming I do is Warcraft 3 Reforged and it runs flawlessly with all settings on high. The resolution is quality, however because of the Anti-Glare feature, the screen only gets "so" bright, but more than enough for daylight. Brightness isn't as powerful at say a MacBook with retina display, but that's really my only compaint. Battery lasts around 10 hours with keyboard backlight turned off and brightness mid level. This computer was on sale for $450 when I bought it, and all in all, it's an incredible price for what you get. The RAM upgrade was $20 and only took 5 minutes. Weight and ergonomics are great as well. If you're looking for a moderate preforming laptop with portability for all purpose, I would definitely suggest this one.

Great product and price

The review score is based on the 8gb model as Amazon does not separate the review scores. The 4 GB model only has 50gbs of internal storage with over half being taken up by Windows itself, it is also incredibly slow. The cpu writes at less than a mb/second with it's fastest writing speed being 100 kb/second so expect multi hour long downloads and installs. This is not helped by the storage not being on a standard SSD or HHD it's on an internal SD card and very slow. The seller tries to trick you into thinking this doesn't matter as they offer a small external SSD, but even using an external SSD for speed and storage space is horrible. I bought my own 1 TB high-speed ssd, but most installs will still try to run through the C:\ drive which does not have enough storage to hold temp files. You can try to bypass this if you have extreme technical knowledge but even still you will suffer performance issues and crashes. The limited ram on this laptop means it also struggled to do anymore than 1 chrome tab, expect to reset frequently if you do not use edge or intended to have more than 2-3 tabs open, even worse if you run multiple apps. Overall it's very difficult to use, relaying on misleading marketing and the reviews of another product to take your money. Instead you should look for a pre-owned of a better laptop or something else all together don't waste your money.

The VivoBook F512 feels super light and easy to carry around, perfect for students or anyone on the go. The 15.6-inch FHD screen has great color and wide viewing angles thanks to the NanoEdge design. It runs smoothly with the AMD Ryzen 5 CPU and 8GB of RAM, handling multitasking and everyday apps without lag. The backlit keyboard is comfortable, and the fingerprint reader speeds up logging in. The 256GB SSD provides plenty of fast storage, though I wish it was a bit bigger for more files. Windows 10 comes pre-installed and works well. Overall, this laptop combines style and performance in a budget-friendly package, the battery lasts around 6-7 hours for me with light use, I don't do gaming.

I originally bought this computer with the intentions of programming on the go. Let's get the bad out of the way first. This laptop is not designed, nor advertised for gaming by any stretch. You'll be able to get away with some older games but forget about getting reasonable performance at reasonable graphics levels on anything more modern. We're talking just barely getting 60fps on Spyro: Reignited Trilogy at 720p, lowest graphic preset. But that's impressive for not being a gaming laptop. Just keep your expectations in line. The good: This thing is blitzing fast in practically every other regard. This is where the SSD and CPU really take center stage. Everything is incredibly responsive and installs are very painless. Overall usage had me forgetting I wasn't on my desktop at times, so I give this a laptop a solid A+ in that regard. Boot times are damn near instant and restarting to finish installing applications happens in under 10 seconds. Battery life has yet to be tested very well so I can't comment too much on that just yet. I'll update when I get more usage out of the battery but from the get go, it seems pretty standard. Screen quality is again very standard. It's not winning any beauty contests compared to a decent ISP panel but again, it's not advertising itself as being anything spectacular in that regard. You get what you pay for and with this laptop, you're paying for the SSD/CPU performance which it absolutely nails. Style: I absolutely love the way this laptop looks. It's clean, sleek, and professional. Nothing over the top but doesn't look or feel cheap. Build quality is very solid. Obviously it's no MacBook in terms of build quality but it's also less than half the price of a MacBook so again, you get what you pay for. Sidenotes: My first unit had an odd manufacture defect on the screen; A white blotch that was only visible under certain conditions, namely over more muddy colors like off shades of white, dark blues, etc. It was incredibly distracting but I contacted Amazon who stayed on the line with me while we discussed possible solutions with ASUS and ultimately resulted in Amazon sending me a replacement unit in less than two days. The new unit has none of these issues and looks to be exactly what I was looking for in the first place. So good on both ASUS for making a decent laptop and Amazon for honoring the exchange.

Honestly, the laptop is great! I did buy a 1x8GB kit of ddr4 sodimm 2400mhz cl16 ram to upgrade the memory on the laptop from the original 8GB, and I made a quick discovery that the laptop comes with 4GB of RAM soldered onto the motherboard, thus you can only replace the other stick of RAM in the populated RAM slot that has a 4GB stick in it. So I now have 12GB of RAM on my f512d ryzen model. Furthermore, the SSD that came included with my model used a Kingston 256GB SSD, leaving one open slot for a 2.5 inch Sata SSD or HDD. The battery life lasts about 2-3 hours on a near-full charge, and since my college classes require atleast a 1.5 hours of charge per class, I could dim down the display for less battery usage and possibly the keyboard backlights, but I'd say it's a win either way. Overall, the screen is IPS and beautiful, the entire system feels snappy and responsive, and I can actually run 3D applications on it without it bugging out like my last Samsung i3 laptop from 2013. Love AMD's new product lineup and I hope this helps anyone else looking to buy this laptop. UPDATE: Sadly, my unit didn't last long. I just began using my 3-d softwares and new code IDE's for C++ and this thing blue-screened every 5 minutes or so. Sometimes I was lucky and it'd work nicely but just today, the drive slowed down to a near halt and as windows tried to repair or reset it, it just died. I now boot into the bios everytime with no storage or boot-detection of the ssd. What a brilliant time for it to die. Also for battery life, turning off the keyboard backlighting litterally gave me 9+ hours of battery-life. Sad to see it go. UPDATE #2: Please check comments to this review for more. With all due respect, I won't be updating anything in this review or responding to any of the comments published beyond this date. I hope I was able to help anyone with their purchase. UPDATE #3: 4/13/2022 I realize Amazon removed the comment feature from reviews and felt that I needed to fill in those people who don't know what was listed in the comments section: The laptop was brand new, the storage drive failed, and ultimately I was refunded the price of the laptop. Asus did reach out to me to help get a replacement, but I was knees-deep in projects and assignments and couldn't afford to wait longer than two days, therefore I bought a Lenovo Ideapad 330s-15ARR that was on sale at the time and was pre-occupied with work from then on. For those still debating whether or not to give this laptop model a try (the Asus one), please don't take my experience as the be-all end-all. Everyone has different experiences and my unit was just one faulty unit out of the many possible working ones that you may purchase. Asus was kind, their customer support was trying to reach out to me but I didn't read their message until I had bought a replacement. At the same time, I want to thank them as well for looking after customer experiences as this was a new product at the time and apologize to that agent for not responding to them as I felt that the situation was already concluded.