Asus VivoBook Pro 15.6", Ryzen 7 5800H, FHD OLED 600nits, 8GB, 512GB SSD $1398 (Expired $100 GC) C&C /+ Delivery @ Harvey Norman

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shabaka on 24/03/2022 - 12:21 harveynorman.com.au (316 clicks)
Last edited 13/04/2022 - 19:45 by 2 other users

long time lurker, first time poster (not), please be ruthless and uncaring

I know, I know, HARVEY let's address the elephant in the room first, but hey, maybe he loses money on this, thin comfort.

cheapest this model has been, also cheapest half-decent pro laptop on the market with a FHD OLED panel I think.

no dGPU, so whatever gaming built in Radeon graphics can do, which should be also not too shabby. not a gaming laptop obviously

also thanks to fellow members of this awesome community! RAM is soldered so you're stuck with 8GB. that's the catch

the highlight is the OLED panel which comes calibrated from the factory, and promises to cover DCI-P3. not quite Adobe RGB, so not quite fully capable of pre-print work, but more than suitable for photo/video editing (esp when online consumption is the target)

and yes of course movies will look gorgeous on this

enough words I think

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  baronorder on 24/03/2022 - 12:31

  +4

  Screaming deal for the CPU / display but do be aware that the RAM is non upgradable so you are stuck at 8GB.

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    shabaka on 24/03/2022 - 12:35

    +2

    dammit! I forgot about that. got my dumb head on today

    updated

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    xoom on 24/03/2022 - 12:41

    With laptop this powerful it is a damn shame cant upgrade the ram to at least 16GB.

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  ChickenDinner123 on 24/03/2022 - 12:34

  +2

  8gb ram, the fuk is wrong with Asus

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  BennyHe2018 on 24/03/2022 - 12:35

  +4

  Ewww $1400 for a 8GB soldered RAM laptop. My G550JK gaming laptop in 2014 already has 8GB out from factory.

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  BennyHe2018 on 24/03/2022 - 12:37

  This one is more budget friendly:

  https://www.officeworks.com.au/shop/officeworks/p/asus-15-6-…

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    shabaka on 24/03/2022 - 12:40

    solid find! probably also good for the same purpose (6C/12T) after SSD upgrade. 256GB is rather trim

    same silly 8GB soldered though. and once you factor in that you're losing both 2 cores and half SSD space, also the $100 GC by paying $200 less, it's not obviously better value, I guess

    dammit! I completely forgot it could be soldered here.. so low! bastards

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      baronorder on 24/03/2022 - 12:52

      +1

      Lots of good reasons to solder the RAM on as it makes for a cheaper unit on one hand (no DIMM slot and no extra cost of the DIMM board just the DRAM packages) but also allows for the use of much faster / tighter timed / more power efficient RAM (no so here but still…) that can be a huge benefit to the integrated GPU and system performance in general.

      A big part of Apple's secret sauce with the M1 is the tight integration of RAM / storage that allows for much better performance compared to the older approach of having modular and replacable components.

      However, yes crippling this kind of hardware with 8GB is kind of a bit of a jerk move as the rest of the hardware is pretty decent.

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        shabaka on 24/03/2022 - 12:56

        it would have made sense if it really was a faster RAM here, like LPDDR4X for example. but it isn't

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        Julzx on 24/03/2022 - 14:11

        The RAM being soldered on this device doesn't bring the same benefits as Apple Sillicon.

        All they are doing here is saving on manufacturing they ain't providing any extra performance having it soldered on.

        Apples chips are SoCs where the memory and controller is baked into the chip. On this device it's still going to be treated the same as any other laptop with a DIMM slot that allows for user replacement.

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          baronorder on 24/03/2022 - 14:25

          +1

          @Julzx: I am well aware, I was pointing out that more tightly integrating the hardware is a major drive in the industry and has been for the last 5+ years, it does bring some benefits when done correctly beside lowering costs - the M1 is an extreme example of that drive in consumer laptops at the moment.
          In this case the integrator (ASUS) is just doing it to be cost effective as it'd be much more acceptable performance wise to be using 4266 LPDDR4 on this instead.