Robbie
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ASUS - 15.6" Laptop - Intel Celeron - 4GB Memory - 500GB Hard Drive - Black
Asus X551MAV-RCLN06 Laptop: This lightweight laptop is ideal for home, office and student use. It is portable and offers plenty of available space to store photos, music and videos and enough RAM for multitasking.
Best $250 Laptop Hands Down!
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: Robbie
from Delaware
on July 11, 2014
Display
5.0
Performance
5.0
What's great about it: Excellent Trackpad, Keyboard is great, Surprisingly Fast, Great Screen!
I'm going to be completely honest, I did not expect much out of this computer and since I am coming from a high spec'd Retina MacBook Pro 15" I honestly expected to be borderline miserable with the functionality and speed of this computer, however, I was pleasantly surprised to find that this laptop isn't bad at all. At only $250 for a fully licensed Windows laptop it's even cheaper than the scaled down Chromebooks. I needed a cheap computer to surf the internet, type up documents, and occasionally listen to music and this thing does them all quite well. It doesn't freeze up or lag and the "chicklet" styled keyboard has a familiar MacBook feel to it with great feedback. Probably the most surprising is that the trackpad is actually very impressive considering the trackpads on several much higher spec'd and priced laptops weren't responsive and had a horrible feedback to them. The screen is actually very vivid and bright and you get very little washout from varying viewing angles.
The speed on this laptop is actually quite remarkable considering it's a very low end Intel based processor. Don't get me wrong you aren't going to win any speed tests with this computer but you aren't going to end up throwing the computer against the wall for taking 5 minutes to boot up either. I was able to download several applications and updates in a timely manner without any issues of it freezing up from doing too much at once. The trackpad supports multi-gestures (two finger scrolling, etc) and is very smooth and precise. The speakers are crisp and clear and have a good tone to them for what they are and the laptop is actually quite light for being a 15.6".
The only negatives (if you can even call it that) i can really say about it are that the casing is very cheap feeling and smudges easily which is surprising considering it is matte black with a textured finish. I honestly don't mind these small issues as it really is a cheap laptop so i expect it to be cheaply constructed. With that said though there is very little flex on the palm rest area and the screen is very secure with the hinges seeming pretty durable. I've been averaging approx 4.5 hours on each battery charge with the screen on max brightness while surfing the web, listening to music, and typing up papers with the occasional download or two.
With technology moving at a very fast pace what's current now ends up being outdated in a few years and with this if you get two years of use out of it i would say i got my money's worth and at only $250 i could go buy 4 of these for the price of one base model MacBook or mid-high end PC. Do yourself a favor, if you are looking for a cheap or economical laptop for school, home, or light business use check this laptop out, you will be surprised that you can get a well rounded decent laptop while saving a lot of money at the same time.
This product is... A touch pad that works great, easy to set up, fast, doesn't lag, can't beat the price
About me... Basic web surfing & emails, Student, Social media enthusiast, Comfortable with technology
I would recommend this to a friend!
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ASUS - 15.6" Laptop - Intel Celeron - 4GB Memory - 500GB Hard Drive - Black
Asus X551MAV-RCLN06 Laptop: This lightweight laptop is ideal for home, office and student use. It is portable and offers plenty of available space to store photos, music and videos and enough RAM for multitasking.
Will this laptop play Sims 3?
I'm sure it will, i've toyed around with a few online games that were somewhat graphics intense and it did fine, it only lagged when i had music playing and several internet tabs opened at the same time while playing a game.
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Robbie
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ASUS - 15.6" Laptop - Intel Celeron - 4GB Memory - 500GB Hard Drive - Black
Asus X551MAV-RCLN06 Laptop: This lightweight laptop is ideal for home, office and student use. It is portable and offers plenty of available space to store photos, music and videos and enough RAM for multitasking.
Mouse compatibility
Can u use this machine with a wireless mouse??
Yes you can use a wireless mouse with this computer, you cannot use a bluetooth mouse though as this laptop doesn't have bluetooth built in, you would have to purchase a separate bluetooth USB to connect a bluetooth mouse.
9 years, 10 months ago
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Robbie
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Delaware
ASUS - 15.6" Laptop - Intel Celeron - 4GB Memory - 500GB Hard Drive - Black
Asus X551MAV-RCLN06 Laptop: This lightweight laptop is ideal for home, office and student use. It is portable and offers plenty of available space to store photos, music and videos and enough RAM for multitasking.
Microsoft office?
Does this have Microsoft Office or would I need to install it/ purchase it ?
It does not have Microsoft Office pre-loaded you would have to buy it or download it.
9 years, 10 months ago
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Robbie
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Delaware
ASUS - 15.6" Laptop - Intel Celeron - 4GB Memory - 500GB Hard Drive - Black
Asus X551MAV-RCLN06 Laptop: This lightweight laptop is ideal for home, office and student use. It is portable and offers plenty of available space to store photos, music and videos and enough RAM for multitasking.
I am having trouble seeing -- is the screen a touch-screen?
The screen is not touchscreen. You can adjust the brightness by holding the "fn" key which is to the right of the "ctrl" key at the bottom left of the keyboard and then pressing the "f6" key until the brightness is the whole way up, might help.
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