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ASUS VivoBook Pro 15 Laptop (Q533MJ-U73050) on sale for
$799.99.
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Best Buy has
ASUS VivoBook Pro 15 Laptop (Q533MJ-U73050) on sale for
$799.99.
Shipping is free or choose curbside pickup where stock permits.
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Specs:
- Intel Core Ultra 7 155H 16-core, 22-thread (3.8GHz Base / 4.8GHz Boost) Processor
- 15.6", FHD (1920 x 1080) 16:9, 60Hz 0.2ms, 400-nits SDR, 600-nits HDR, 100% DCI-P3, VESA CERTIFIED, PANTONE Validated, Glossy, OLED Display
- 16GB (8GB on board + 8GB SO-DIMM) DDR5 5600 MHz Memory
- 1TB M.2 NVMe PCIe 4.0 SSD Storage
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Graphics
- Wi-Fi 6E 802.11ax 2x2 MU-MIMO + Bluetooth 5.3
- 1080p Camera w/ Built-in Microphone
- Backlit Chiclet Keyboard with Num-key
- Ports:
- 1x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C support display / power delivery
- 2x USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A
- 1x Thunderbolt 4 supports display / power delivery
- 1x HDMI 2.1 TMDS
- 1x 3.5mm Combo Audio Jack
- 1x RJ45 Gigabit Ethernet
- 1x DC-in
- SD 4.0 card reader
- Windows 11 Home 64-bit
- 75 Whr 4-cell Li-ion Battery
- 14 x 9.26 x 0.79" (4.19 lbs)
Warranty: Manufacturer's 1-Year Parts & Labor
Top Comments
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This laptop has a nice looking (if lower FHD resolution) OLED monitor with 500 nits of brightness and 100% sRGB and DCI-P3 color coverage. The aspect ratio is 16:9 rather than the more modern 16:10 just as a heads up.
The Intel U7 155H CPU has plenty of power along with efficient power usage and the NPU cores for AI enabled apps. This latest generation Intel CPU also comes with improved integrated Arc graphics which is much better than the older iris graphics.
16 GB Ram is about the minimum you want to have in this machine, but the RAM is upgradeable later if you find yourself needing more.
The 3050 GPU is a bit of a head scratcher in this build, but will outperform integrated graphics for casual gaming for esports titles at the cost of battery life, especially at FHD.
Dedicated gamers should look for a laptop with a 4070/4060 GPU to avoid frustration. Something like this Acer Nitro 16: https://slickdeals.net/f/17749896-acer-nitro-16-16-fhd-165hz-ips-ryzen-7-7840hs-rtx-4060-16gb-ddr5-1tb-ssd-899-99?src=category
Speaking of battery life, when using the intel ARC integrated graphics instead of the discrete GPU, the 75WHr battery lasts 9-10 hours for web surfing and video playback.
At this price you get a modern CPU, a nice looking FHD screen, upgradeable RAM and a 1TB SSD with light gaming capabilities. This laptop will outshine all of the older intel 12x/13x CPU deals that we are seeing right now, and the screen beats many 250 nits ips panels that we see on laptops in this price range.
This one stands out as one of the better laptops in the $800 range right now. Worlds better than the HP dragonfly, Lenovo Slim or Lenovo ideapad deals with older CPUs.
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I would much rather have the hi res screen vs the discrete graphics.
Although, upgradable memory would be nice.
The silver keyboard might be the dealbreaker though.
I ran a PCMark10 benchmark on it (real-life simulation running real apps, etc.) and here are the results: https://www.3dmark.com/pcm10/112014608
It scored very well.
EDIT: One thing on this model - upgradable memory. The Walmart unit is NOT upgradable.
It has a lot going for it, for the price.
That one has a resolution of 2880x1620, the display is also OLED, but rather than 60hz, it's 120hz.
On a 15.6" laptop, the high native resolution makes text super small, but for some uses cases where you need the resolution, it's there. I run at 150% scaling most of the time, which is perfect for me.
The RAM upgradeability on this one is a very nice plus, with the one from Walmart you're limited to 16gb.
I guess it ultimately comes down to display resolution and refresh rate preferences and whether they're outweighed by having a 3050 dGPU vs the 155h's ARC graphics. I was tempted to go with this one, since it has a 3050 and I want to do video editing, but the 4GB VRAM seems limiting, so I'm going to keep the one from Walmart.
One of the best deals that I hesitated on was the ASUS G14 4060 (2023) from ASUS' website with 16GB RAM. It was selling for between $699-799, I think.
That one has a matte screen but it's high resolution, high refresh rate, 100% DCI-P3 and of course it has that 4060. You can also get about 9-10 hrs battery life on that, with GHelper.
I am planning on getting https://slickdeals.net/f/17747652-lenovo-ideapad-pro-5i-16-2-5k-ips-120hz-i5-13500h-rtx-3050-16gb-lp... for this sole reason
Thinking of returning this!