ASUS 2023 Vivobook 14 Laptop, 14” FHD (1920 x 1080) Display, Intel Core i5-1235U CPU, Intel Iris Xᵉ Graphics, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD, Windows 11 Home, Quiet Blue, F1404ZA-AS51

Got this awhile back. Will try to hit everything.Build quality is good. Even though it is totally made of plastic, it doesn't feel or look cheap. It does pick up fingerprints quite easily though. The blue color is gorgeous!Keyboard works well. Not a lot of travel to the keys, and it's not backlit, but it works well. Trackpad is plastic and can be temperamental if you have any kind of liquid on your fingers. Lots of useful shortcuts on the keyboard.Processor, which is the i5-1235u was actually nice. For the price, this machine is dang snappy! Running basic programs is a breeze and some lightweight gaming via Eternium and Legends of Runeterra was smooth and enjoyable.Built in webcam is nothing special but also not horrible.Battery life seems average though I must admit this mostly stays attached to the cord in my bedroom. Battery health is still at 98% after almost a year of ownership with it almost constantly plugged in.SSD is quick and it boots up fast. Was gonna expand the storage and RAM but one of the screws on the bottom casing just does not want to unscrew and might be tightened too much or I ended up stripping it. Not sure which it was.It's not super lightweight but it's not a behemoth. For the $400 I paid for it, can't really complain.Oh, but there is one complaint. The screen. Yes it's big and Full HD but unless you have it angled JUST right it can look rather washed out with poor contrast. At that perfect angle it does indeed look great though

I was hoping to get a processor with an Intel i7 processor, but with my budget in play, had to settle for the i5 processor on this laptop. After the fact, I cannot say 'I settled', because the processor in this laptop is much faster than I had anticipated. I mean the boot time is asymptotically i7 fantastic. At the timing of my purchase, I did not note the 'lie flat' feature of this laptop, a feature which given I primarily use the laptop with an external screen has come in really handy. Really nice feature. Highly recommend.