ASUS Vivobook 15 X515JA 15.6″ Full HD Laptop (Intel Core i3
ASUS Vivobook 15 X515JA 15.6″ Full HD Laptop (Intel Core i3, 8GB RAM, 256GB PCIe SSD, Windows 11), Silver (X515JA-EJ2133W)
Powerful and portable
With an overall weight of just 1.6 kg, the extremely portable ASUS X515 is the lightweight laptop that keeps up with your fast-paced lifestyle. It looks good, too, with its Transparent Silver or Slate Grey finish.
Precision Engineered
Open up VivoBook 15 for a world of productivity and possibilities. Its precision-engineered ErgoLift hinge has a silky-smooth dual action that holds the display securely at any angle, and adds a 3° keyboard tilt to give you a perfect typing position every tie
Empower your dynamic lifestyle
Life moves fast, and you’ll need a laptop that won’t slow you down. VivoBook 15 has compact, travel-friendly dimensions and is incredibly light — simply slip it into your bag or backpack and off you go!
| Weight: | 2 kg |
| Dimensions: | 36 x 24 x 2 cm; 2 Kilograms |
| Brand: | ASUS |
| Model: | X515JA#B0B5H8DCBS |
| Colour: | Silver |
| Batteries Included: | Yes |
| Manufacture: | Asus |
| Dimensions: | 36 x 24 x 2 cm; 2 Kilograms |
I updated my 10/12 year old laptop with this fast speed. l don’t understand them, just a bit of email and eBay buying ??can not upload pictures or anything so can not sell
5 stars!!!!
Bought to replace old HP and it’s very quick compared with the outdated HP. I don’t play games or watch TV on it, so can’t comment. It’s perfect for what I want.
I bough it for my niece. It definitely has the power as specified. It was easy to set up. The battery holds for quite a while. The storage is great for pictures and the sound is amazing. The speed is good.
Very good product ,fast smooth and quality ,fast delivery helps only small drawback there is no backlit on my machine, there was a lot of options ,maybe too many ,otherwise happy with purchase . Do not use for gaming hence no rating
I don’t do any gaming so I wouldn’t know about these things. It operates as a good laptop for what I want to use it for. I don’t store anything on the machine eg photos and files – although I do load programs that I wish to use for personal finance, astrology and genealogy – they all work fine. It comes pre-loaded with Win 11 which I can cope with although I prefer the Win 10 that my other machine had. Just make sure it’s not in ‘S-mode’ so that you are not prevented from loading the programs you wish to load.
Lightweight, relatively fast processor, silent operation and quick to load programs thanks to the solid star drive. Screen display bright and clear.
Downside? Speakers.
If you wish to have music or even a video conference with a quite loud setting this laptop doesn’t appear to offer that. If your hearing is 100% it’s not an issue, nor is it for general use – but if you want louder, no.
It handles video rendering reasonably well and does everything else I need it for .Also it not full of bloatware ether .However the battery life is not very good and falls short of its claims. I would recommend it as there really is not anything else at the price poi
I would have given it five stars, but it does have an irritating habit of starting up for no apparent reason when in hibernate or sleep mode… I can live with it… Best to shut down and start up instead as it is so fas
I also purchased extra RAM for it from Crucial via Amazon. A singe 8GB module CT8G4SFRA32A.
Before I could install windows 11, the laptop had to download and install every conceivable update for windows 10, which was installed.
After all that, process was easy. I haven’t been able to pin down what is different about the keyboard, yet, to my Dell Latitude, but something definitely is. Possible the size of the keys.
Accepted my “one Drive” download perfectly, and my “Google” Cloud download also. Does seem to be fast.
I have not rated battery life yet, as that seems a little unfair, and I do not game, so cannot comment. However, so far seems excellent value for money, at the price that I paid with the Prime discount.
Very nice laptop for the price.
Very slick and fast.
It’s not gaming laptop though, Graphic card is disappointingly 1GB. Doesn’t match the requirement for most games.
Aside that, it’s better than most laptops with similar price range.
The keyboard is not ‘proper’ UK layout, it’s a modified US layout as pictured which is a bit annoying.
Comes in Win 11 Home ‘S mode’ which locks some features. There was no mention of this, but you can deactivate quickly and for free.
The Asus sticker left residue which took a while to remove – unnecessary and annoying!
Overall a good option for those with basic computer needs.
BUILD QUALITY. Excellent. The product looks and feels well-built. One has the impression that with reasonable care, this laptop will last a long time.
PERFORMANCE. Surprisingly Good. Considering the spec, I was not expecting the laptop to be particularly fast, especially when multitasking. But I have been pleasantly surprised, for everyday computing tasks it is more than able to do the job. The storage medium is superfast – impressive.
MONITOR (SCREEN). Good enough. At first I was disappointed with the screen, the factory settings were bland and uninspiring. But once you have setup the screen the results are very acceptable and the matt finish is excellent as it does not detract from brightness but removes all reflections – very good.
BATTERY LIFE. Sufficient. Don’t expect to run the laptop all day on a single charge. It is not that type of machine. But the battery will last long enough for most purposes. Battery and weight work in opposite directions, a bigger battery means longer battery life but also means a heavier laptop. I think ASUS have got the balance between battery life and weight just about right.
WEIGHT. A 15″ laptop is never going to be a lightweight option. However I am impressed with the balance that ASUS have achieved between Size; Build Quality; Battery and Weight. Just about perfect.
KEYBOARD. Outstanding. I love the keyboard. I touch-type at around 60wpm, so the keyboard is an essential item for me. I have found that I make far fewer mistakes on this keyboard. The size of keys, the spacing and the key-travel are absolutely perfect. 10 out of 10 to ASUS. Possibly the best keyboard that I have ever used.
TRACKPAD. Very good. Well worth the time spent getting to know all the actions that this trackpad can perform.
USER GUIDE. Excellent. Well written. Covers everything.
RECOMMEND. Yes. I would buy again.
The most annoying thing on is when they change software! And make you pay for 365! ! If I’d known this before, I’d still be on Office 2007! Windows / Microsoft rip off! B4stads!
Picked this up when it was on offer for a couple of hundred. Great machine for the money. Good for light office work, odd bit of coding, and classic games from about 10 years back. Fits my requirements to a tea.
Returned the laptop as “Full HD” Screen as state it was not, very grainy and colours were very poor.
Seemed to operate quickly and easily, a good buy if you are not bothered about the screen quality.
I am no expert on Laptops. So this is based purely as follows. It runs very quite. it is very lightweight to hold. It runs everything it was bought for very quickly. The Screen is crystal clear. In my limited opinion great value for money.
So I waited for Black Friday as I do my TV and Mobile requirements and this Asus laptop popped up very early on on Amazon before the sales started and I snapped it for 329. I bought a Crucial RAM 8GB DDR4 3200MHz in the sale for 20 which simply slots in, apart from undoing some screws on back of laptop it was simples, just plug and play, re-screw and done, upgraded Ram to 16GB. I am not a nerd or a techy, I don’t even know if I have done any good, but I feckin hate newspaper websites that kill my laptops and this has done the trick.
The Asus is really fast, very very quick starting, I have 3 profiles for family and it’s bullet fast. The screen is not as good as my old TJ65 but you getz what you pay for and it’s fine for what it has to do. If you need a seriously good screen then you need to dig deep right. It is light to carry, the hinges are not looking to be the strongest so will be careful and not take the Michael. But what I really love about it is it is silent, so silent I worry something is not right, I have a 1900 HP work laptop 3 months old and is noisy compared to this Asus! The battery is fine, it lasts for hours and I have never yet had to run for a charger, it is absolutely reliable and suspect that’s because it does not have an energy thirsty fan panging away..
The only downside is a real cheap keyboard, my HP is back-lit and posh, this is button press, twang and noisy as you type, but actually, for an old fart like me, it actually helps as I don’t mistype as much!
So I am sorry for the wordy review, I don’t do many, but it’s a definite yes from me and I would buy another, if I got some amazingly well paid job that meant i needed another, but I guess I have 3 laptops now so by default have a great job, unfortunately not in the pay scale department!!
super fast, a battery that works so I don’t have to plug it in all the time and very light and compact compared to my old one, also the screen is attached which is a bonus……..my last laptop was very old and very broken so this is a mega upgrade.
Purchased for my wife’s Christmas to replace her 3 year old ASUS laptop which was slowing down.
She uses it a lot for photo processing and was impressed by the speed which was probably helped along by the solid state drive. Loading photos from her camera is very fast, although I had to purchase a USB adapter as this doesn’t have an SD card slot. It doesn’t have an optical drive either but fortunately an external one isn’t too expensive.
No problems with Windows 11 and, to date, no problems with the laptop either.
Pleased with our purchase and the price it was just before Christmas.
So here are the pros and cons. Pros: brilliant screen, backlight keyboard, really fast processor, additional thunderbolt ports, fast SSD and RAM.
Cons: RAM appears to be un-upgradable (could be wrong) and SSD is only 500GB. This is not a big issue as I will probably get an external drive someday. Battery life isn’t the worst but does drain quickly when you are actually doing something with the laptop. Fan can be quite noisy, although it isn’t on all the time. I wish there was more USB ports although I do have a separate powered hub.
Overall, it is a very quick and so far stable laptop that plays nicely with my audio interface and such. I feel like it is a little bit fragile though! Still, would definitely recommend.
This comes with windows 11 home S so if you need to run application that not in the windows store then you can opt out of the windows S mode and it will revert to the usual windows home 11.
This can be done in the windows store to switch version or even upgrade to Pro if needed too.
The laptop itself isn’t half bad, for the price you pay its pretty good value its snappy while being responsive and should be able to run most applications and deal with their needs rather well.
Its not a gaming laptop nor a system that can be used to run heavy applications, so if you need a system for anything else this is perfectly suitable.
Wouldn’t be a bad laptop if your needing something for school, college etc.
The battery is probably the only thing that i felt within the price range could have been better it still last around 3 – 4 hrs however, this will also depends on the settings and application used so will vary from person to person.
Has most connectivity that one needs so one USB-C, three USB-A one of which is a USB 3.2 a HDMI and micro SD card slot which personally could have been a normal SD card slot.
Overall is a quick, snappy laptop that prefect for school or college needs. Will run all windows application perfectly fine.
Only criticism is the battery life which i felt if aimed at the student could have been a little better.
Build quality is as expected within the price range, its still a nice simple yet sleek design from ASUS.
– the screen is vibrant, the colours pop – but contrast felt a bit too much and I think there is too much red. It’s possible I’m just not used to an OLED screen on a laptop and I’m slowly adjusting. I played a few 4k movies this morning and I’m really liking it now!
– the laptop doesn’t feel super cheap but doesn’t feel premium either, it’s..Ok
– the laptop felt slow compared to my older quad core Dell. Maybe because everything wanted to update and it is running Vista..cough cough sorry Windows 11. Also the fans were triggering fairly often, not very loud but not quiet either.
I updated to the latest Bios, made a wind recovery disk, wiped the HDD and installed Ubuntu. I had to plug in my USB-C thunderbolt docking station (with a usb keyboard) as it didn’t have laptop keyboard drivers at start. After installing the OS and running updates – the laptop keyboard works fine.
With Vista(wind 11) gone and Ubuntu on it, the laptop is snappy and the fans barely kick in.
– speakers aren’t very loud, but are ok
– I played some Darkest Dungeon last night, no problems. With an OLED screen you really appreciate the darker colours
– the battery will last about 4h
– warranty is only about 10 months for some reason, mine expires in November for some reason
For the money and after the tweaks, I’m really happy with the machine. I was looking at Dell XPS, but that would have been 200+ more, a worse screen but better build quality. Since I’ll use this for studying and a lot of youtube&twitch – the screen is important.
My main suggestion for everyone using windows would be to (if you have the skills), update Bios, make a windows recovery disk and re-install.
I have no idea what ASUS did or added to their build image but the machine felt slow compared to my older Dell (quad core). Well that is running a fresh install of Windows 10, while this is running the “new Vista” + some bloatware…
The specs are great, no issues at all. The laptop is super fast and manages a big load, it is light and the screen is just amazing! Colours are very rich and it is nice to look at. The battery is a lower side unfortunately but doable (lasts around 4 hours of full use I think, but haven’t tested it that well yet). The keyboard is fabulous, touchpad as well. Speakers are of poorer quality so I use headphones for meetings to hear well. Camera cover that is fitted in is useful so you don’t need to stick anything on it. It scans finger print for a qucik sign in and has new useful ports. No problems with overheating even on flat surface. Overall, I am super pleased with this laptop that I hope will last long.
The display is superb for work purposes but I wouldn`t class it as “ground breaking” when watching a streaming service. Its “not great – not terrible” to coin a phrase. The sound isn`t bad for a laptop but I do smile at the embossed “SonicMaster” logo on the front 🙂
I have no issues with the keyboard. Its responsive and feels just about right when typing away.
As for the body. Cheap, thin plastic. I wasn`t expecting much at this price but it really lets the whole thing down and makes me wince every time I close the laptop and put it in the bag as I`m worried I will damage it.
Battery life isn`t great. I`m getting about 4 hours.
If you are considering this laptop be aware that it does not have an ethernet port so its wi-fi or nothing 🙂
Its an okay entry-level laptop for basic office work, low level casual gaming and the odd movie or two. Just be gentle with it!
Decent specs for price @600 but misinformation regarding special feature: backlit keyboard (there is none other than the caps key) f7 which is usually reserved for backlit ctrl is blank & fn+f4/5 does nothing.
personally disappointed as the backlit functionality was one of the main reasons for the purchase!
However this was bought as a present & the recipient is still thrilled with the gift so item won’t be returned as it ticks all the other requirements.
Additionally, other reviews mention reduced battery & loud fans these can be fine tuned to personal preference in the myAsus app, (easily missed) depending on model* there is a whisper mode to substantially reduce fan noise. Initial boot & updates do activate the fans to an audible level but again this can be adjusted in the app.
It is quite bulky but no worry to me. This was to replace my 6 yr old Acer s13 with WIN10. Having tried to put my own configuration and programmes on this laptop I have found Microsoft are making it much harder to change what they want you to have in Win 11.. For instance trying to use Firefox browser that I like instead of MS Edge was not easy. You have to disable their S system. The same goes for other non MS programmes so putting obstacles in your way if you are trying to make individual choices.Also the new layout I am trying to come to terms with. So don’t expect it to be all plain sailing as they make you believe. Has a decent sized screen. The loss of backlit keys is a pain. The price seems decent generally though. Only really bought this due to increased storage from my Acer plus the screen section was coming away from the keyboard section so meant an expensive repair. On reflection just about justifying buying this laptop – so far !
My main gripe is that I didn’t check properly the port availability before I purchased this.
1) There’s no Ethernet port, so it can only connect to the internet via Wi-Fi or Bluetooth (via a mobile or tablet hotspot).
2) Whilst I could connect a single additional monitor via the onboard HDMI port, I have a multi-screen setup, patched through a USB-C hub. However, the USB-C port on the laptop does not allow video output, or Ethernet traffic.
These two were showstoppers for me.
In conclusion, this’ll be perfect for just going about as an entry level laptop, but if you need additional connectivity, this may not be for you; it certainly wasn’t for me; I returned it same day that I received i
The quality of the case, keyboard and OLED screen together with thunderbolt outputs are excellent.
The combination of the i5-12500h and 16GB of 3200mhz means that this is a laptop capable of more than just web browsing. I use Ableton Live 11, and one of the main reasons for purchasing a laptop in the first place was to allow me to take my music with me to the studio or on long journeys, so a capable, powerful laptop was essential. The Vivobook does brilliant in this regard, handling multiple tracks with numerous plugins all at once without slowing down too much. Of course, compared to more powerful desktop pc’s and other higher end laptops, it struggles with larger projects, but for throwing down ideas and editing existing projects, the Vivobook is great. I tried playing a few titles from my Steam library as well, and, whilst you certainly won’t be doing any heavy gaming due to it’s discrete graphics, the laptop handled smaller titles well and was enjoyable to play. In fact, the display is so beautiful that I sacrificed higher frame rates for higher settings in some titles just to experience that OLED panel.
However, all these components need powering at the end of the day, and this is where, in my opinion, the weakest factor of the Vivobook lies – battery life. With a full charge, I was only able to make it to 8pm with light use throughout the day before the battery reached 10%, and this didn’t include any heavy-load programs like Ableton or games. To be fair, the incldued charger does charge relatively quickly, but I would definitely suggest taking it with you if you expect to be out the house for more than a few hours. It’s to be expected in a laptop of such a low profile with mid-high end specs, but it’s still frustrating to be constantly watching the battery icon as soon as you turn the brightness up or open a few different windows at once.
Overall though, this is definitely a laptop I would recommend, especially if you’re particular to a good display. It really is that beautiful, and is usually only found on laptops far more pricey. It’s got a clicky and satisfying keyboard, a big, responsive touchpad, and a display that makes even the most mundane tasks enjoyable. The battery life isn’t the best, but as long as you don’t mind carrying your charger in your bag, this isn’t too big of an issue. A sleek, fast laptop that you should seriously consider.