


Most of the ports are placed on the right side and it has a power plug, HDMI 1.4 port, USB Type-A 3.2 (Gen. The left side of the laptop has just two USB Type-A 2.0 ports (really?!). The hot air is exhausted from the back of the laptop and from the area between the base and the lid.

The touchpad is a large unit that is made of plastic but its surface offers good gliding and decent accuracy.Īt the bottom plate, you can see cutouts for the speakers as well as a big ventilation grille. Still, we like the presence of the NumberPad but its keys are narrower and the Arrow keys are too small for comfortable use. The keyboard has a backlight that can help you in a darker environment while the keycaps provide decent travel and clicky feedback. The Web camera has a hardware shutter which is a nice touch.Īs we said earlier, the base is made of plastic but luckily it’s rigid. The bezels around the panel are thin but we’ve seen thinner. The lid can be opened with a single hand and it’s a bit bouncy when you release it. You can check the prices and configurations in our Specs System: Let’s not waste more time and we’ll see if it’s worthy or not. This machine seems like a great laptop that has powerful hardware under the bonnet and is portable at the same time. Specs-wise, everything looks more than fine – powerful CPU variants, optional NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 (50W), slot for NVMe drives, Wi-Fi 6 support, backlit keyboard, Web camera with privacy shutter, fingerprint reader, etc. The notebook we’ve bought comes with an AMD Ryzen 5 5600H which should be “people’s choice”. Actually, you can configure this laptop with an AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX – a slim device with one of the most powerful mobile processors sounds tempting. Just like the abovementioned sibling, the OLED panel is optional but of course, we’ve got a configuration with it for our review.Īlright, so, what’s new? Well, the ASUS Vivobook Pro 15 OLED (M3500) can be configured with CPUs from the AMD Zen 3 platform which is a great choice when it comes to power and efficiency in one place. Not so long ago, we have reviewed another ASUS VivoVook laptop with an OLED panel ( ASUS VivoBook 15 OLED K513), and today we’re going to examine the ASUS Vivobook Pro 15 OLED (M3500).
