ASUS VivoBook 15 F515 Thin and Light Laptop, 15.6” FHD Display, Intel Core i3-1005G1 Processor, 4GB DDR4 RAM, 128GB PCIe SSD, Fingerprint Reader, Windows 10 Home in S Mode, Slate Grey, F515JA-AH31

As a very affordable laptop and does everything i need it to, there is no complaints on this device, and windows s is a simple function to understand or just turn off with a few clicks.

I’m using it for college

This is my second VivoBook. My first one was ruined by my cat dumping coffee on it and it wasnt under warranty at the time. I replaced that in a pinch - like writing a graduate paper and ran to Walmart and bought a cheap HP to finish said paper pinch. The HP was terrible. I had to send it for repair twice during its two year warranty because the top of the laptop would come apart from the bottom, and just after the warranty ended the same thing occurred for the third time. I decided to come back to ASUS as it was my favorite laptop.

Bought this laptop for my wifes bday. She does email, internet search & ordering of clothes, tennis shoes, etc. and plays solitaire & word games. We have also used it for Zoom Bible study. It does all of this perfectly. I dont see any problem with the display or speakers for these activities. We use a Bluetooth speaker for the Zoom meetings in order to hear the conversation better. I bought it with 4gb memory & 128gb drive but I may add 4gb or 8gb to the memory. A really neat feature is the micro SD card reader. I found out that an SD card can be configured as internal memory. If you have a little technical ability, the instructions can be found on the web & are not that difficult to follow. Micro SD cards are now available up to 1 TB so you can add much more internal memory without opening up the case. I added a 128 gb card & configured it as storage for the pictures, music & document system files. This leaves the 128 gb internal drive for programs which is plenty for us. This PC is plenty fast enough for quick start up, windows updates & internet searches. The keyboard has a nice, solid feel & the backlighting is nice & easily adjusted to 3 brightness settings & off. Keyboard is a bit compact to accommodate the numeric keys but certainly not a problem to get used to. The conversion to Windows 10 home edition was quite easy. The only down side is the internal camera. Its not HD, only VGA which is a headscratcher but not a game changer at all. I bought a USB, HD camera that clips on to the top for $13.50. We are totally pleased with this laptop. Asus was also the top rated brand for 2020 on laptopmag.com.

Ill preface this by saying Im a more advanced user. I have been repairing computers casually for 2 decades. I think this computer could be good but 4GB of memory is way too low. Im only running a few windows of Chrome and the thing has become unusable with constant hang ups. The memory is maxed out. You will need to upgrade this laptop immediately. I would not buy this if you dont know how to make the upgrade. I wanted a backup computer with good battery life that I could casually browse the internet on, not do anything powerful. This one cant handle it. Id return it if I didnt know how to upgrade the memory, but Ill just get more.

Got it today 08-07-21 placed to charge like recommended and after the 3 hours to my surprise I press power and keyboard lights up and thats it.

This laptop is alright. Out of the box, it was very slow. After using it for a while, it did start start go faster.

value for money

I really like this brand of laptop. Its a little slower than my previous model which is why I only gave it 4 stars, but all in all it suits my needs and runs very well for my PC needs.

This is an awesome laptop for under 500 dollars. Highly recommend.