ASUS Vivobook Go 11.6” HD Slim Laptop, Intel Dual Core N4500, Intel Graphics, 4GB, 128GB, Windows 11 Home, SonicMaster, ErgoSense, Black, L210KA-ES04

These Laptops Are Disappearing
These small, inexpensive Windows laptops are disappearing. It looks like 95% of the market in this segment has been taken over by by Chromebooks. If you find Chromebooks even more obnoxious than Windows machines, read on.I don’t want to travel around with a $600 laptop, so this cheaper, lightweight machine is perfect for traveling, and possibly getting stolen or lost.It was no trouble to disable “S” mode. Instructions are readily available on the internet. I disabled it on the first try.Some things I like: There are LED lights for both “power” and “caps lock.” Though the keyboard is not lighted, the “enter” key is painted fluorescent green around the rim, which makes it easy to see in dim light. The response from the 128GB SSD is pretty snappy, and better than I expected. The screen is matte, which is good — not glossy. The power supply is small, about the size of a standard cell phone charging block.It took about 30 minutes to get Windows 11 going the first time.On the first charge, I ran the laptop for about 3 hours straight, always doing something, and used about 35% of the charge. This looks more than adequate for the tasks I do.There was approximately 80GB of free space on the 128GB SSD, since Windows takes up a good chunk of it. That’s still plenty, since you are unlikely to install any giant games.About the only downside I see is that it gets a little warmer than my previous laptop when doing a lot of work. Not hot – just warm. When it’s idling or under low usage, it’s nearly at room temperature. But the N4500 processor is about 3X faster, so this is not a factor to drop the score. The processor in this 2024 model is also significantly better than the one in the 2023 model.No problems encountered thus far. I am very pleased with this machine.UPDATE: After three days, I ran into a problem — but it has to do with the dreadful Windows 11, not the ASUS laptop itself. The Windows version that came installed was two years out of date (V22H2). When I attempted to update, the update downloaded, but then failed to install, giving a message that Windows had reached the end of its service life. Attempting the update again gave no relief. In short, this is a problem with TPM 2.0 and Secure Boot. This was solved by referencing the excellent article by Konstantinos Tsoukalas. Just do an internet search for “Windows has reached the end of service but not updating.”Another “problem” was that W11 was using 3.1GB of the 4GB on the machine when the machine was just sitting there idling. The CPU load was running at 20%. I used the REVO uninstaller to get rid of three-fourths of the Windows apps, and all of the ASUS bloatware (which was fairly minimal). This brought the idling memory usage down to 1.7GB and the CPU load down to 10%. Quite significant.Still very happy with the laptop, itself!

As a music player, it’s perfect
I used to have E210A when I was in London in 2021. One drawback of that old E210A was that it only had 64GB storage. There was not much space left after Windows updates and installations of apps. This 2024 model with a larger storage of 128GB has completely resolved the problem. When I saw it on Amazon, I immediately ordered one without hesitation.Sure it is slow, not a good tool for any complicated work. However, for me it is a perfect music player. It’s very cheap in price, small in size, light in weight, fanless, and with a respectable battery life. I installed a 2TB SSD and put all my music files on it. I then connected it with my Benchmark DAC3 HGC and active speakers. Running foobar2000 I am in the music heaven. I can also use it to listen to internet radios, Spotify, Apple Classical Music, and so on. It’s just BRAVO!And, hey, it still does well on basics like internet browsing and youtube videos. By paying such a small amount of money, I am completely satisfied.PS. For web browsing, use Edge instead of Chrome. Edge is faster and less demanding on ram than Chrome in this low-end laptop.

Das Ladegerät von Asus hat keinen Adapter zum Einstecken in die Steckdose. Ich finde zugleich unprofessionell und unhöflich.Ebenfalls dauerte die Lieferung lange.

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