Very impressive Windows laptopArvosana 5/5
Coming from Macbook M1 Max, I am very impressed with this Asus Vivobook with Snapdragon chip. It is very very good value for money. My main purpose of this is for full stack development, I could run node.js very well on WSL, Docker also works. Everything works well just like on my Windows PC and even faster.
Compiling code is as fast as the M1 Max mac, which is very impressive.
Battery wise, it is even better than my Mac. I could handle whole day at school with ease, no need charger.
The OLED screen is also a big big plus, making watching YouTube or Netflix more immersive.
Full aluminium body also make the device feel more premium.
It is also quite lighter at 1.4kg, barely felt it on my backpack.
Okay, now let's talk about the downside:
- This is not a real x86 machine, Steam games are just playable, randomly crash but I think MS will fix it over time.
- Speakers are meh..
- Backlight color for the keyboard is quite hard to see.
- Still some random bugs with Snapdragon like bluetooth not connecting from waking up sometimes.
To sum up, this is a very exciting Windows computer, it is fast, quiet, and has very long battery life.
willy