Tuesday, January 30, 2018

ASUS 15.6" VivoBook S15 S510UQ Core i7-8550U 8GB DDR4 GeForce 940MX 128GB SSD+1TB 5400 1.7kg US$836.68 (~AU$1034) (Bhphotovideo)

ASUS 15.6" VivoBook S15 S510UQ Core i7-8550U 8GB DDR4 GeForce 940MX 128GB SSD+1TB 5400 1.7kg US$836.68 (~AU$1034) (Bhphotovideo)

The price is just on the $1000 mark, so BHP calculates no import tax.
I have not much experience in import tax. If BHP says no tax needed to be paid, it should mean so, is it not?

This is an absolute gorgeous laptop that rival XPS 15. In fact it is lighter than XPS 15 (2kg).
Amazon claiming this to be 1.6kg (3.6lbs). However this particular model could be closer to 1.7kg.
If you remove the 2.5" 1 TB hard drive, you will shave around 150gms.

Please note that Amazon has similar model at the same price, but it has no GPU. Also Amazon calculator somehow includes import tax.

I think this is a very good laptop at very good deal, that better the popular Lenovo e580 or even e480, and the recently published Xiaomi Notebook Pro i5.

Harvey Norman is selling the old gen for $1800: https://www.harveynorman.com.au/asus-vivobook-s15-s510uq-15-...

Asus International Warranty can be found here (item 7):
https://www.asus.com/au/support/article/599/

I couldn't find review for the exact model, these are reviews for older gen.
They mostly give this 4/5 mainly due to the price that is half of its rivals.
Some of the downsides are flex keyboard, and 2x USB 2.0 ports, no touchscreen and SATA SSD.
https://www.ultrabookreview.com/16539-asus-vivobook-s510/
http://au.pcmag.com/asus-vivobook-s510/50285/review/asus-viv...
https://www.cnet.com/products/asus-vivobook-s15/review/



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