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ASUS - 15.6" Laptop - Intel Celeron - 4GB Memory - 500GB Hard Drive - Black
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.
 
Worth the Money for a Budget Laptop
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4.0 out of 5
4.0
Posted by: nerdorgeek
from Louisville, KY
on July 22, 2014
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4.0
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4.0
What's great about it: Easy Setup, Runs Cooler than expected, Good Value for Price
What's not so great: Nothing if you know what you're buying
Why are you buying this? What do you want your laptop to do? I will speak to my expectations. I wanted something for casual use, mostly web browsing. Chromebooks would fit this bill nicely as well but with this laptop you get a full-fledged operating system that's not focused on Cloud computing. I figure this is ASUS's entry to compete with the Chromebook market. You get a 500GB Hard Drive and 4GBs of RAM. This RAM is not expandable but 4GBs is enough for a lot of things. It's not a laptop for extensive movie editing or Photoshop but yes it could be done, albeit a lot slower. It will be great for email, surfing the internet and running various programs. I was pleasantly surprised that it played 720p and 1080p videos on Youtube very well. The screen looks great and the touchpad was very responsive. Looking at the bottom of the laptop there are no compartments to get access to the hard drive or ram, nor is there a detachable battery, it's all enclosed. The wireless connected fine and no issues with disconnecting. I haven't installed any games on it but I imagine it would run some less graphic intensive games OK, but it's definitely not made for gaming. I have to say I get tired of people ragging on Windows 8, I installed the free Classic Shell program and it gave me a normal Start Button on the traditional Desktop that we all are used to. You don't even have to use the 'Tile's' desktop. (make sure you configure it to bypass the Tile Desktop..easy) So now you basically have a XP or Windows 7 environment. Battery life is a couple of hours at least and varies depending how you are using it. I hooked it up to my 47in TV and it displayed the web and YouTube very well. Long story short, it's a very good value for the price, now 229.99. Documentation wise, it says charge for 3hrs before first use and then press the Power Button, but really, that's all you need to do. Speakers? What laptop gives really good sound? Use external speakers or earbuds. As I have a powerful desktop computer for the heavy stuff this really fits the bill for casual, on the go use. Hope you found this helpful.
This product is... A touch pad that works great, easy to set up
About me... Technology guru, familiar with pc specs, will answer your questions
I would recommend this to a friend!
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ASUS - 15.6" Laptop - Intel Celeron - 4GB Memory - 500GB Hard Drive - Black
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.
 

Windows 8.1 and Wifi problems?

I've read different reviews about laptops running Windows 8.1 unable to connect because of wifi problems.

Question is, does this Asus X551MAV-RCLN06 laptop have the wifi issues associated with Windows 8.1?

Thanks.
I have had no wi-fi issues whatsoever. My router is a Linksys N router.
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ASUS - 15.6" Laptop - Intel Celeron - 4GB Memory - 500GB Hard Drive - Black
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.
 

Problem with keyboard Volume keys

The volume keys do not work. Do I need to do any set up procedures to get the keyboard buttons to work?
They do work, you have to hold down on the fn key and either press f11 or f12 for volume down or up.
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ASUS - 15.6" Laptop - Intel Celeron - 4GB Memory - 500GB Hard Drive - Black
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.
 

is the battery replaceable

You would have to contact ASUS to know for sure. If it can be you would have to take the entire back off the laptop to access it. But if it worked properly you should get years of use without worrying about it.
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