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!

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.

this is my review of the asus X1505ZA with i5 12500H and 15.6" FHD OLED display after almost six months of daily usage as a desktop replacement. When sold at discount price the CPU, size and display makes it a decent desktop replacement though the lack of full featured USB-C ports and the HDMI 1.4 port does not allow to connect 4k or high refresh rate external displays with resolutions above 1080p pros: + gorgeous display though it is quite reflective and that can be disturbing in some environments + core i5 12500H is fast though it doesn't run at its best because of asus setting the tdp profile at 35 vs 45W + quiet though when playing videos on internet the fan often kicks in with a loud though not too disturbing "swoosh" + runs without issues so far + price (when sold with substantial discount) + keyboard is fine + various config settings for preventing OLED burnout cons: - really flimsy build, the plastic of the display frame is really thin and flimsy, I wouldn't trust putting the laptop in a backpack laptop slot without putting a protective sleeve on it as I fear if anything catches the display frame it will easily damage it - power efficiency and battery life are rather dismal, I observe a usual battery active runtime from 100% to 0% and from 80% to 20% of about 3 1/2 hrs and 2 hrs. The most efficient setting I found is to turn on windows energy saver , when using CPU intensive software like photoshop, battery depletes very quickly - good number of ports but the lack of full featured USB-C and HDMI 1.4 limits significantly the resolution and refresh rate of external monitors - the description states the laptop is rugged and complies with military grade standards, however nowhere in the package and leaflets this is mentioned so I guess it doesn't apply to this configuration - the asus splendid software is helpful if you do not have color calibration hardware but it is annoying if you do because it cannot be deactivated and conflicts with other display calibration software - the webcam is simply bad