Vivobook 15 OLED X1505ZA - 15.6" Full HD Laptop (Intel i5-12500H, 16GB RAM, 1TB PCIe SSD, 400nits OLED Screen, Windows 11 Home)

I highly recommend the Asus Vivobook (ASUS Vivobook 15 OLED X1505ZA 15.6" Full HD OLED Laptop (Intel i5-12500H, 16GB RAM). I can't really talk about its biggest selling point, the OLED screen, because I HDMI the laptop to an external monitor, but for what it's worth, the OLED screen is very impressive with bright deep colours. Related to using the external monitor, I like that the Asus has a 180 degree "lay flat" screen hinge, so it doesn't obscure the external monitor. The Asus laptop has quick start up time; yes, that'll probably slow down over the next five years as most laptops do, but we'll enjoy the good times while they're here. The intel i5 12th gen H series handles multiple processes like Adobe Photoshop, Cap Cut and multiple streaming Internet Explorer tabs effortlessly and I've hardly noticed the fan at all; in fact my external hard drives are louder in operation than the Asus. There's no ethernet port; I believe you can get an adaptor that allows ethernet use. There's a USB C port, which I've never had on a laptop before, so that's handy. Lack of lights on the keyboard is annoying but not a deal breaker. Also a lack of SD card reader, but again no deal breaker Slight negative is the keyboard area around the 'enter' button... when you press the 'enter' button, the surrounding keyboard plastic presses downwards, giving it a 'cheap' feel. It's my first ASUS and so far after three weeks I have no regrets. UPDATE: 27 Dec 2024: touchpad no longer works, which for a laptop is important. All the steps followed on Asus website and still not working. Avoid this product!

Great laptop for the price and the screen is amazing Performance is great no issues when developing with IDE or doing large transfers Size and weight is very thin and light Just wish my work laptop was like it

My laptop features the intel i5 12500H processor, oled monitor at 60hz and 16gb ram. I have so far used this laptop to watch Netflix in bed and do some light gaming, so I haven't gotten around to using it for coding. The processor is good and the integrated graphics are fine enough. I have played some League of Legends on medium-low graphics settings and obviously the FPS is locked to 60. It runs fine (the game runs on potatos anyways). I wouldn't dare install any newer more demanding games to be honest, but you are welcome to try! I don't own and have not owned any other OLED displays so I can't comment if this is a good one or not comparitively but it looks good to me. The colours are definitely nicer than my old 1080p monitor. The laptop's build quality is nice enough, it is no Macbook or anything but it feels decently sturdy, the hinge could be a better but just pay attention to how to handle it. The material used is definitely a fingerprint magnet. The keyboard is a regular old membrane keyboard and this model features no backlighting sadly. The keys feel fine to me but yeah it could be better. The weakest link in this machine is the battery for sure. I have gone through all the settings and kill background processes but this thing likes to drain pretty fast from activities as simple as just watching Netflix (while it is the only program running in the forefront too). It is quite disappointing and I actively leave Battery Saver mode on with lower brightness so it lasts a bit longer. All in all, I was looking for a more budget friendly laptop I can take to college for notes and to do my coding assignments and this will do just fine. If you are like me in that sense, then I think you might be just about satisfied with this laptop, though if you will take it to a place with-out many power outlets, good luck.

Two of my family members own Asus Vivobook laptops which impressed me enough to order one for myself. The laptop arrived on schedule. Having sccessfully set up several new laptops including one of the family's Vivobooks I did not expect to have any problems. I pressed the on button and followed the onscreen instructions. I was surprised at the extreme length of time it took to download the updates. When the initial instal procedure was part way through the touchpad stopped working so I had to complete the rest of the process using the keyboard alone hoping that the final reboot would restore the touchpad. It didn't. Noting that some online reviews have commented the loss of the touchpad I searched online for advice to solve the issue. None of the suggestions I found worked for me. So I contacted Amazon helpline who refered me to Asus for help, also Amazon said they would call me the next day to check on the situation. Unfortunately Asus help line had just closed for the weekend. Amazon did not call back as promised. After more searching the internet I decided to do a recovery from within the BIOS, the cloud recovery was slow but did work and restored the laptop to the new out of box condition. So back to the initial install setup. Once completed I had a working laptop with a working touckpad. Great! Next step was start downloading my favourite programs, and I noticed that the downloads were much slower than I would expect compared with other devices in the same location. Using the onboard diagnostic program It showed the signal was weak and suggested I move the computer closed to the router. Download speed got so slow I moved the computer next to the router and ran the diagnostic again, the advice was still the signal was weak and move the computer closer to the router. Having put in a lot of time and effort trying to sort this and getting nowhere I said something like "oh dear" and requested a return for refund which Amazon processed very easily.

I bought this at £499, in a few days the price has increased by £80! ( tariff knock on maybe). Even so this is an excellent spec for the price, super sharp oled screen, i5 processor, 16gb ram, 1tb ssd drive. I knew it was a bargain when I saw it for a local committee i am part of, and now kicking myself I didn’t buy one for myself as well. Out of the box it needed the usual time wasting windows updates so spent about an hour doing that, then discovered that the trackpad was not working. Did some online research and found it needed an Asus firmware update which fixed the problem. I still give it 5 stars because this was a steal at the price and out of the box updates are a necessity. The oled screen is just beautiful, its fast and im sure for the general day to day use it will receive it will be perfect. Not bought as a gaming machine so not sure of the graphics capabilities.

Superb laptop for the price. Fast, with a great display for photographers processing as it calibrates to 99% Adobe RGB. Spec says it has an illuminated keyboard but it doesn't! I found this frustrating as it is a feature I really wanted. Still great value. I bought one for my wife the following week as I was so impressed with the performance.

First I ordered a USED one. It arrived on time, looked really great but the power button did not start up the Laptop. So I had to send it back. After two weeks of waiting for my refund, It got stacked in the Amazon mail centre, so I called Amazon support line, and got my refund within 3 days. I really liked the design and the price of the Laptop, so I bought again, but a New one. It Arrived even before the day it supposed to. But not a silver colour as it is advertised, but black colour. This time the Laptop start up. Finally I am satisfied. The Laptop has excellent smooth and fast performance for a mid budget laptop, due to the Intel I5 -12500H, fast SSDi drive and 16 gb RAM. The Processor is extremely fast. On benchmark site , it has one of the highest rating of all mid class processors. The laptop has very good display and sound. I like the camera cover. In general I am very satisfied, due to its performance. So far the fastest and smoothest Laptop I have ever had. It can do lot of tasks at the same time, which is what I need .

It's a great laptop for the price and the screen is brilliant. Just be aware - Charger is not USB C and the laptop does not support USB C charging. It also does not support Display via USB C so you can only connect 1 monitor to the HDMI. A normal USB C docking station doesn't work either. Really frustrating for a modern laptop.