ASUS VivoBook F412DA 14" Laptop - AMD Ryzen 5-1080p 8GB DDR4 RAM 256GB SATA Solid State Drive Backlit Chiclet Keyboard

I bought this laptop at just a little over $450. My Vaio finally bit the dust, and I was looking for something in the $500 range that could potentially serve as my primary PC as my desktop has also been nearing the end of its life.This computer has far exceeded my expectations. I'm actually using it as my primary PC now, with all my peripherals plugged in via USB hub.The hardest I generally push it is playing Classic WoW (on med/high settings) with maybe a Twitch stream or a YouTube video playing in the background, and it's handled that so far very well.I'm not going to ding the rating due to bloatware, Windows 10, etc. because these are known factors when buying a computer, so I won't fault Asus for that.The fingerprint reader does the job well, and I really like the form-factor. It's very slim, portable, but I'm not sure this computer will stand up to too much abuse. I suspect part of the reason for the great price is that the laptop is probably a little fragile. I'm also not a huge fan of the location of the power button, so be careful when you need to use the delete button-it's one button to the left of where it normally is. But again, this isn't a huge inconvenience.From pressing the power button to being fully immersed in Classic Wow, or a video, or surfing the web, takes less than 20s. The SSD in this thing makes a HUGE difference.Even with 3-5 USBs connected, and using HDMI to connect to my monitor, etc., the temp has stayed very cool. My Vaio would get incredibly hot toward the end of its life, even with a cooling fan underneath, but this ASUS barely gets warm to the touch.I was able to squeeze nearly 10 years out of my Vaio, so hopefully this one has the same lasting power.All-in-all, I'm super pleased with this purchase. I'd recommend it to anyone in the $500 range.Edit: I wanted to check in at the (almost) year mark from when I purchased this just to say that it's running just as well as the day I bought it. I've treated it very well, kept it clean, and it's in great shape. What really impressed me so far has been the graphics-for a mobile device, the Radeon Vega graphics. I never had a major preference toward Radeon/nVidia, so when I bought this laptop, I just wanted something that could do some light gaming and handle any other daily tasks, and I've continued using it as my primary PC and it's still trucking. Easily worth 400-500 still, IMO.Edit 2: Thanksgiving 2021 and this baby is still going! I hope I'm not testing my luck by updating, but so far, this laptop has stood the test of time. I still use it every day as my primary PC for every day browsing, Youtube/Twitch viewing, and light, low resource gaming (WoW Classics/light LoL, old PC games). I've treated it very well, don't travel with it super frequently, but protect it well when I do) and it's held up very well.

Good value for money, I’ve been using for a week and it’s what I expected to obtain for my money

This is a perfect laptop for a college student and with the specs it has + backlit keyboard and fingerprint scanner, it's amazing for the price. The screen isn't IPS but it's still very good and anti-glare. The build quality doesn't seem cheap at all. Keep in mind this laptop is not a gaming laptop so it won't handle games like Overwatch and Fornite in high settings. Some people complain about the power button being next to delete key, but that's a extremely small issue and you shouldn't pay attention to that. This is a great laptop for a college student who needs it for everyday personal and business use!

Good laptop for the money. I am pleased with the performance and it does what I need it to at least for the next 5 years when I will need to buy another one because it will be so slow that I chuck it out the window.

Great laptop. Fast and light. Easy to get setup. I like everything about it.

It's awesome. But, before you buy a laptop look up the specs yourself. This says Ryzen 5, but it's a Ryzen 3. Also, I was expecting black and got silver. However, these are small issues. Great laptop nonetheless.

RAM is incorporated into the motherboard. No way to upgrade it.

En la descripcion del producto indican el modelo F412Da, sin embargo al recibir me llego la M413D. me preocupe. como es normal. pero al revisar que eran de las mismas caracteristicas y de un modelo mas "nuevo" me siento satisfecho. en materiales tambien es mejor que la F412da.Procesador mucho mejor que un i5 de 10ma. y en graficos ni hablar. la vega 8 te deja hacer maravillas sin gastar mucho.la Pantalla es decente. buenos angulos de vision. es 1080pConsidero, que este es el equipo Calidad/Precio del momento.