ASUS M580VD-EB54 VivoBook 15.6" FHD thin and light Gaming Laptop (Intel Core i5-7300HQ, GTX 1050 2GB, 8GB DDR4, 256GB SSD), backlit keyboard

This laptop is awesome for the price. I got mine with the NVIDIA GTX 1050, 8GB RAM, and 256 GB SSD. If you are looking for a windows equivalent of a Macbook, look no further! I will list the pro's and con's I have noticed while using this for the last few weeks.PROS:Amazing design does not look like a gaming laptop but is very powerfullThe fan is not super loud when under stress (ex: playing GTA V high settings)Barely gets hotCan run almost any games (Fortnite, PUBG, GTA V, CSGO, +)Awesome audio qualityLightweight and thinBattery charges super fastCONS:Screen is a tn panel with horrible viewing angles but is not the worsttrack pad can be laggy and when scrolling can be mistaken for pinch and zoomThe bezels around the screen are black although the rest of the laptop is silverBottom of the laptop is plastic, but that means it doesn't get super cold/hot when its on your lapOverall, this is an awesome laptop. I though that getting a GTX1050 would not work for me, but it is pushing through everything I throw at it so far. The keyboard is nothing special not bad, not awesome. I'm having no technical issues like random shutdowns or screen failures. I would 100% recommend this laptop to anybody looking for a great thin light gaming laptop (that doesn't look like one) for an amazing price.

Extremely happy with this product. I think the screen is beautiful! Nowhere near as bad as people are saying. They're probably used to super high end machines. I'm not, so it's an upgrade in my book. Super clear and just bright enough. The viewing angles are not an issue.I was having issues updating the graphics card driver and had to system restore, but it worked perfectly the second time around. My advice is not to set it up until you are connected to the internet as it does install critical updates immediately. Also, wait until everything is completely setup and updated before u begin deleting bloatware. Speaking of, do not delete ASUS Splendid utility!! I did and the screen instantly got washed out. I reinstalled it but it doesn't do anything now. I've played with the color settings in the Intel graphics card but it's not as beautiful as it was with the Splendid utility. Just a little warning.ALSO, I was expecting a slightly rose-goldish color based on the photos, but it's actually more of a medium silver with a slight brown/warm tint. Still a beautiful color, just not what I was expecting.It's snappy and can handle just about anything. Love it.EDIT: One star taken off because it runs quite hot. Unnecessarily. I'm talking CPU and motherboard temperatures are getting to 95 Celsius. I play Guild Wars 2 on high settings and it handles it beautifully, but the hear it generates concerns me. I know it's a laptop but that's still quite hot.EDIT: After some research, I decided to throttle the CPU down to just 98% on balanced mode and it COMPLETELY erased my temperature issues. The highest I reach now is 75c and that's when gaming (Guild Wars 2 super high settings) in open world mass PvP!!! Which is actually quite amazing. The i7's are known to run hot. And the sound is amazing!!! For a laptop this thing really packs a punch. Be sure to play around with the preinstalled ASUS SonicMaster tools. They make a huge difference in tonality.Taking rating back to 5 stars.Hope this helps someone!

I am going to rate this 2 stars for now but may change my rating depending on what happens. When I first received my package I opened the huge Amazon box and found the smaller laptop box inside. I was surprised because it looked like it would have been sliding around a lot. I opened it up and everything appeared to be okay. I spent the next couple hours performing windows updates and browsing the internet. The track pad isn't great which is okay because I normally use a mouse but it's just average at best and seems to stick a bit. Really the track pad doesn't bother me but my left speaker makes a horrible fuzzy sound! I am worried that it was damaged during transport or I got a lemon because I hear people talking about how crisp the speakers are and how good they sound. My speaker makes a vibrating/fuzzy sound no matter what volume level but when it's louder the buzzing is a lot worse. I'm going to show my girlfriend and see if she notices but if she does that's a deal breaker and I'll have to send it back to exchange for another. I'll update this in a few days.UPDATE: Amazon sent me a replacement unit and the first one did indeed have something wrong with the speaker because the new one is very clear, crisp and loud. I am having some slight issues with my second one as well though. I have 300 Mbps internet but I seem to often be getting only 15Mbps down but 90+ up. Some very small files were extremely slow to download. For now I'm sending the dud back to Amazon and I'll continue to test this one. I'll update again once I use the replacement for a day or 2 maybe my internet was just acting up.Update 2: Down to 1 Star I'm starting to lose hope and just think this computer is a piece garbage for $1000. My internet speeds are terrible. I have 300 Mbps internet and I'm getting very inconsistent speeds with this laptop. My girlfriends 6 year old Mac gets around 200Mpbs down and 100Mbps up and my Galaxy S7 gets about 250Mbps down and 90+ Mbps up. Meanwhile his laptop gets around 25 Mbps down and 5 Mbps up. I've tested the internet on multiple speed test sites and they all return the same results. I am extremely disappointed overall with this laptop. The only positive has been that Amazon has provided good customer service so far.

La uso principalmente para trabajar, pero siempre fui Gamer de corazón y quería una laptop en la que pudiera jugar MMOs sin problemas de tarjeta gráfica, y oh sorpresa esta lap perfectamente corre juegos como Final Fantasy XIV, Guild Wars 2, Sims 4, etc. etc.Tengo una computadora de escritorio que me costó $50,000 armada hace 5 años con una tarjeta GTX 770 Ti, uno de los mejores procesadores, enfriamiento líquido, buena memoria, SSD, etc. parece una papa en comparación al poder de esta laptop, me encanta.Aparte tiene un sistema de carga rápida y la puedes configurar dependiendo el uso que le vas a estar dando, por ejemplo si siempre la tienes conectada hay una función para que no sobrecargue la batería y se queda entre 55-60% y así se la pasa, deja de cargar, se descarga, la carga de nuevo, etc. esto prolonga la vida de la batería :)También es genial que tiene teclado numérico, para aquellos que usan excel.La pantalla tiene buen color (no es el super ultra mejor, pero es bueno)Inicia en menos de 5 segundos y se reinicia igual, de hecho rara vez la apago o reinicio a menos de que windows lo pida por una actualización.Cero quejas, 100% recomendada, la compré en oferta una SUPER compra.

It's quite impressive by a used product from amazon warehouse. the only disadvantage is probably the computer speed. It's quite slow for a new computer (I mean it's new for me)

Desde que la recibí y hasta ahora me ha funcionado perfectamente. Muy buen desempeño. Enciende en solo 4 segundos y tiene muy buen sonido. Le tengo habilitado el modo para extender el tiempo de vida de la bateria con el que carga solo hasta 79% y con ello puedo trabajar hasta 2 horas con office utilizando un brillo de pantalla de 40%. No he probado hasta ahora cuanto tiempo me puede durar una carga del 100% pero le estimo aproximadamente de 2.5 a 3 horas con un plan equilibrado. Me ha funcionado muy bien con programas de cálculo y diseño CAD. Es la primera vez que compro la marca ASUS, por lo que espero no me decepcione.Como punto malo es el espacio limitado de almacenamiento por lo que es necesario instalar una segunda unidad de disco duro para poder disponer de ello. Lo bueno es que si cuenta con el puerto de conexión SATA para unidades de disco duro convencionales o de estado sólido según se prefiera. Solo que la unidad deberá ser slim (de los modelos más delgados) puesto que el espacio es reducido.

Best laptop ever for the price

*Actualizado. Aun pienso que es muy buen equipo, muy veloz en el arranque y el audio genial, además de una apariencia simple pero agradable. Excelente para remplazar una computadora de escritorio, si estará conectada la mayor parte del tiempo, ya que la duración de la batería es media (con un uso que considero "de oficina", la batería parece durar entre 3 y 4 horas). El ruido de los ventiladores no es molesto cuando no hay calentamiento interno de las tarjetas, pero con juegos, además de que se calienta demasiado (la probé con Civilization VI), los ventiladores encienden a su máximo y da la sensación de que se fundirá el procesador o la tarjeta gráfica. La pantalla es buena, se trabaja muy bien con el teclado y el touchpad exelente.