Asus VivoBook S15 S510UN [S510UN-BQ193T] (90NB0GS5-M05100)

Slim, light, fast

Asus laptops often strive to move away from the “office machine” cliché by offering something unusual to the buyer. The Asus VivoBook S15 is a direct confirmation of this — this is a laptop in a thin and light body, almost an ultrabook. But with the price tag of a basic work laptop.

MacBook style

Nothing in the appearance of the model betrays its low-cost, outwardly it subtly resembles "Macbooks" of the previous generation with thin bezel around the screen, black keyboard and light silver base. The cover of the display unit is made of a rather thick sheet of aluminium with transverse polishing, and the case itself, although plastic, is easy to confuse with aluminium. In addition to good looks, the VivoBook S15 boasts a low weight (only 1.5 kg versus an average of 2.2 kg) and moderately thin, almost ultrabook case of just 18 mm. Such a crumb will not cause trouble during everyday transportation, even for fragile girls.

High quality IPS screen

ASUS VivoBook S15 S510UN is equipped with a 15-inch IPS display with Full HD resolution and anti-glare coating. Feelings from the screen are purely positive — it has high detail, comfortable colour reproduction, a decent level of contrast and maximum viewing angles.

For work and play

But iron lags behind the general level of "coolness". VivoBook S15 laptop is equipped with a low-cost Core i3 processor with an operating frequency of 2 GHz. This is the final figure, there is no Turbo Boost here. Although, there is support for multithreading. It also slightly limits the amount of RAM cut to 6 GB. But there is a discrete graphics card GeForce MX150 with 2 GB of video memory, which allows you to comfortably play the gaming hits of the beginning of this decade like Dead Space 3, StarCraft 2 and Diablo 3.

Not a good laptop but great

Otherwise, this is an excellent model, which also stands out from the competition with the presence of fast charging (60% in 49 minutes), a backlit keyboard and USB-C support. In this price segment, manufacturers tend to cut everything that can be cut, but these are the little things turn a good laptop into a great one. Well, with a more modern filling, the VivoBook S15 could become the king of the middle price segment.