293 of 300 people found the following review helpful A solid business class laptop with a hidden bonus, June 27, 2017 This review is from: ASUS P-Series P2540UA-AB51 business standard Laptop, 7th Gen Intel Core i5, 2.5GHz (3M Cache, up to 3.1GHz), FHD Display, 8GB RAM, 1TB HDD, Windows 10 Home, Fingerprint, TPM, 9hrs battery life (Personal Computers) This is one of the most complete laptops, with a good form factor, that I have had the pleasure of using. Please note that this is *not* a gaming laptop, though some basic games will run fine. It is a well rounded, very competent entry into the business laptop category and should be a consideration, price wise, for those who might be thinking about dropping 2-3 times as much for a surface laptop. First, the negatives: 1) It is all plastic. When I first saw this online, I thought it was metal top at least, if not entirely metal. Nope, etched plastic made to look like brushed aluminum. F- 2) It has a DVD in it. What?!??! Did we hop in the DeLorean and ride back to 2007? Totally unnecessary today, as external DVDs are cheap and have a better form factor, plus the space could have been used for 1-2 SSD. 3) It ships with 8 gigs of ram, which also is a plus (more on that and check the attached photo). The Positives: 1) SHIPS WITH NO BLOAT... Read more Help other customers find the most helpful reviews Was this review helpful to you? 144 of 147 people found the following review helpful This is probably the best laptop you can purchase in the $500 range, June 6, 2017 This review is from: ASUS P-Series P2540UA-AB51 business standard Laptop, 7th Gen Intel Core i5, 2.5GHz (3M Cache, up to 3.1GHz), FHD Display, 8GB RAM, 1TB HDD, Windows 10 Home, Fingerprint, TPM, 9hrs battery life (Personal Computers) This is probably the best laptop you can purchase in the $500 range; with a few caveats: - The 1TB Hard drive is 5400 RPM, on the slower end of HDDs which means that programs booting up are going to be a bit slower. You can easily upgrade to a 7200 RPM HDD (which would be the baseline/standard) or if your willing to pay for a Solid State Drive obviously that would dramatically boost boot time. I purchased a Seagate 500gb 7200RPM for $40, ghost the OS and files and now use the 1TB as an external drive -Comes with 8gb of RAM but an additional slot is easily accessible on the underside. I immediately popped it open and dropped in a Crucial 8GB DDR4 2400 ($60). 16gb of RAM is plenty and can handle anything your planning on running on this machine. (If your looking to drop more than 16gb you should probably be shopping for a beefier machine overall (i7 processor, GTX 1070, etc) - Intel HD 620 integrated graphics; this model laptop cannot be upgraded with a... Read more Help other customers find the most helpful reviews Was this review helpful to you? 148 of 156 people found the following review helpful Fantastic price for what you're getting, May 24, 2017 This review is from: ASUS P-Series P2540UA-AB51 business standard Laptop, 7th Gen Intel Core i5, 2.5GHz (3M Cache, up to 3.1GHz), FHD Display, 8GB RAM, 1TB HDD, Windows 10 Home, Fingerprint, TPM, 9hrs battery life (Personal Computers) Bought this a few weeks ago. Fantastic price for what you're getting. A 7th Generation 7200u CPU and a 1080P monitor? Great deal! This Laptop has built in Bluetooth for up to 7 devices at the same time, even though this product description doesn't state it. Positives: 1. Very little bloatware (almost none, really) The ASUS utilities do NOT come pre-installed, they come on a DVD. Updated versions of the apps are also easily acquired via the support website. 2. Laptop looks and feels great considering it's a plastic shell and not aluminum. Does not show finger prints, but does show human oil left behind, so have a micro-fiber cloth around sometimes to remove it. 3. Fingerprint ID was easy to set up with "Windows Hello" and works every time. (you can download ASUS app (Business Manager) for securing USB port access and create encrypted portions of the hard drive) 4. Upgraded to Windows 10 Creators edition, took about 2 hours to install... Read more Help other customers find the most helpful reviews Was this review helpful to you? |