Asus Vivobook X507 {Core i3 7th Gen + 1TB + 4GB + Windows 10} + Extra 10% via ICICI Card

Finally cancelled and order dell

lol swetalisa98937 I did the same thing.. Saw Dell I3 6th gen with windows and office at amazon and flipkart for 25K. And 10% discount.. Needed office so not many choices there since it costs like 7000 by itself.. Add in 8GB ram for 6K and 7K for SSD and you have a pretty good system or cheaper out with 4GB and 250GB SSD for 6K extra..I do have an asus phone which is very fast but some apps dont work with it and a laptop which which is flimpsy but very light unlike the dell. Seems intel cpu’s except for I5 8th gen are all very similar since 6th gen.. The I5 8th gen adds 2 extra cores so makes a difference but you have to be desperate to want to play games on a laptop to need such speeds.. The I3 6th gen is twice as fast as the I3 2nd gen sandy bridge but 6 to 8th gen you wont notice that much difference.

I am not sure how to post pics here.. (darn wireless keyboard wont print half the letters)

But both flipkart and amazon have offers Dell I3 6th gen inspirons and vostros. rs24999 same for all with win10/msoffice. I saw 3 each at each site.. vostro at amazon and inspirion at flipkart.. Looking at specs they seem identical but says vostro is 3kg and inspiron 2.2kg.. Not sure about that.. Even Screen is FHD in both.. I did not get the 7th gen because only 14" screen..

Dell Inspiron 14 3000 Series Core i3 7th Gen – (4 GB/1 TB HDD/Windows 10 Home) 3467 Laptop ₹25,990₹32,36719% off

Dell Inspiron 15 3000 Core i3 6th Gen – (4 GB/1 TB HDD/Windows 10 Home) 3567 Laptop ₹22,4911 Offer Applied

https://www.amazon.in/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=sear...+

On amazon the identical vostro also shows up because in the listing it has the inspiration 15 3000 user manual..

The deal is still live
Just Rs.200-300 more

Apply coupon manually

Credits @swetalisa98937

Ordered@17290 net is it worth?

Or shuld I cancel ?

When you decide to cancel, you should think of why you are buying it. A good price is not so good if you are not going to use it. You also have to look at how much the end cost is going to be. You want to expand the RAM, install an SSD and also software. You can use pirated software and save 10,000.. But I can tell you thats not a good idea for most people due to many issues. You can use linux and other free software if you have the capability and time. When I first saw Unix I was amazed how great it was but the hardware needed cost a lot since even at that time, you needed a powerful system to run the GUI and such and also lacking software. And using it now, I can do pretty much everything.. But it takes a lot of time to figure out how to use and you dont want to provide tech support for others. If you just want to use it for general use then just go for the best price.. You are not going to demand particular drivers and speed and display etc.. This is a great system for general use.. And will suit most people for every day tasks..

So unless you have something particular specific use then you need to take that into consideration.. I saw office needs like 4000 etc per year of licensing fees or like 4000 or 8000 for msoffice and hence I needed to add that price as well.. I also cant be providing tech support in the OS so I also needed windows although even win7 was fine.. The problem that comes up might be only once an year.. After going through a few of these I decided it just was not worth the aggravation.. Or just use Linux.. But that also takes time to setup. I saw acer has a price difference of 3-4000 if you dont want windows.. They add Linux for 1000 extra but you can also do it.. But you need to hunt for drivers yourself to save 1000..

Many people do not have long term experience is dealing with tech issues.. It is very important to spend time to take many factors into account and what you want to use it for.. Price itself is not the final factor..

Received mine. Manufactured in August 2018 and imported in September. Really sexy looking model.

Any heads up on MS Office? The original costs 5.5k.

https://www.amazon.in/Dell-Vostro-15-6-inch-Lap...

Had ordered this Dell for 23k. Then cancelled it cuz 18k for Asus seemed too lucrative to miss out.

Not sure what to do about MS Office.

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Installing SSD’s or RAM is very difficult. You have to be very careful about the cables, power, keyboard, wifi, hard drive, monitor fan and remove mother board and insert ram or M2 SSD. Replacing the HD with SSD is easier but still difficult.. You can end up with flex on the keyboard which means you need to press the keys harder because it got bent. Getting it done professionally dont mean this wont happen.. But if you are doing ti yourself take the time to learn how to do it.

Dell etc is far easier.. But you have to be careful even there as the keys pop off if you pull on the key to lift the keyboard and then no way to put the caps back on the keypad..Just take your time and calm down before doing it. Plenty of light and no one else to bother you..

I learnt about this when I plugged in a lexmark USB drive which was a bad design and shorted the port and shutdown the computer and would not power back on. Fearing I could use the ram and battery some where else I opened it and then removed the battery and lithium battery and just plugged in the power to the mother board with nothing else and the light showed up and I was surprised.. The dead motherboard came back to life.. So I reassembled it and it works.. You have to remove the backup lithium battery to reset it. Means disassembling everything!!!

ARGH!!! This is driving me nuts.. What type of M2 SSD does it need?

This review says its not a SATA M2 drive but a NVME M2 drive.. Does Asus accept V2 drives of B&M key format??? Intel allows you to cache HD onto an SSD like Optane so requires NVMe drives for speed.. But others have used Sata M2 to use just as an SSD.. You can buy an adapter to use either type inside a PC but not in a laptop.. No info from Asus on this..

https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/other/asus-vivob...

The motherboard on the X507 features a singular RAM DIMM and allowing you to upgrade to 8GB of RAM. Our review unit also had a 1TB internal drive spinning at 5400rpm, but there is an m.2 slot on the motherboard which will allow you to use an NVMe based SSD (max 256GB) to speed up the system. Asus also offers an SKU with the Nvidia MX110 with 2GB of graphics memory, but our unit did not have that.

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/S/aplus-media...

https://www.amazon.com/MyDigitalSSD-Single-Side...

I think this type of M2 works on this system. Its not a 4 lane NVMe but a 2 Lane one which seems to be a hybrid. (PCI Express Gen 3 x2)

https://www.amazon.com/MyDigitalSSD-80mm-Expres...

This is a real NVMe x4 M2 card with Mkey and will only work on a PCIe slot.. So thats easy to understand..

@Original

So, tried opening the laptop but is too delicate and did not want to take risk by removing all the cables. Have upgraded Macbook pro as well, but never found it this difficult. Too many cables between top and bottom plate and even just opening the lid was very tough without the right equipment.

Did not open fully, so cant say what type of Slot is available. Have taken pic, if anyone can make out from it, will much appreciate (Will purchase SSD and upgrade with professional help).

Also, there is opening in the back of laptop, what is it for, RAM?

https://imgur.com/a/Y...C7

So either we can add SSD or RAM..Am I right @original @cashif

Best description for M2 SSD usage.. Seems we can use both Sata and NVMe types since the hybrid drives can switch modes by reformatting the hard drive. You start off in Sata mode and when NVMe drivers come, you switch modes to use the faster speeds.. The Bios also needs support so not just hardware and drivers.. I am not sure about booting but I suppose thats the Bios support..

https://www.lifewire.com/what-is-m2-...53

That pic above is to add in RAM so thats easy.. Just insert extra RAM stick and you are done, no need to remove back cover and all the flex cables etc.. like to insert the M2 SSD.. Got Asus service center close by so maybe paying the 1000 to get it installed might be easier..

is this offer still available…

Do you have a better quality pic (higher resolution and brighter) of the insides? Cant see it clearely.. But it seems the M2 slot is taken by the Wifi module since they use the same slot.. If so then you put in SSD and then no Wifi..

Suhani you need to look for the X507 I3 7th gen offer.. Now its selling for 29900 instead of 26990 so even with 7000 off its still 22500.. But earlier they had the 27250 sale.. The difference between the 2 is the color of the lid.. Some might cancel then they put it back on sale.. keep looking for the 5000 off listing..

Deal still available but the price will be 23000 even with 7100 off..

https://paytmmall.com/asus-x507ua-ej314t-core-i...

The laptop10000 also working but now price is 44990 instead of 37990 so not worth it..

https://paytmmall.com/asus-x507ua-ej483t-x507ua...

In description they have written 1 main unit user mannual that’s it so will charger be available with it

Those who have purchased take extended warranty from asuspromo.in …got extension email confirmation from them

Hello,

Received and looks good but it’s battery was totally discharged. It was Manufactured in August and Imported in September, BIOS is also set @ August. Now, I have a doubt whether this is brand new or User returned! Although, it does appear brand new, sealed product other than the reason I mentioned. Any idea? Thanks.

Also, the Esc key is a bit notchy, it gets struck sometimes.

can we install any graphic card in this laptop?
which one is recommended?
i need a laptop for 3d graphic work but my budget is too limited.

Has anybody tried activating office by purchasing activation codes available on ebay.com and Snapdeal? Prices are very reasonable though

Unboxed mine too. Impressed with the looks, features and performance.
Trully a worthy one at 17400. Looking forward to get more experience

Take screenshot back of laptop using camera for serial number and upload it

Look wise it is good but dont understand you guys praising its performance.

Have formatted and clean installed windows 10 by removing McAfee and other Asus bloatware but its performance is damn sloooooooow & buggy and had to restart twice to get the programs going (Maybe am comparing with my macbook). Or is Office 2019 which is hogging RAM?

serial number copy can be made by taking a photo of serial number available in the black label in the cardboard box.

BTW i am not able to complete the registration in asuspromo.in as it always fails

I have an I3 6th gen with SSD and 16GB ram for desktop and other than running out of memory and closing stuff, its as fast as I need it for anything.. Its twice as fast as my sandy bridge for video conversions and large file copying.. I am just saying.. Speed is relative but you need enough memory so it dont keep swapping and these days unless you are a heavy gamer, almost anything will do since the difference is not much between CPU’s unlike on phones where CPU performance is dependent on the java stuff running on it which needs a really fast CPU and lots of memory. 4GB memory is very easy to add to this..

The SSD is great for loading 10000 small files like reopening browsers etc.. Even a very fast hard drive has trouble here and slow hard drives will just die. More memory wont help much here..But more memory will help later on during heavy use. Ofcourse if you just sleep the system then this loading is a one time thing and wont happen until you reboot. Any SSD will speed up loading here by a big fraction. Just because an SSD has slow transfers dont matter all that much because it is the access times that causes delays because of a large number of small files. A few seconds to load large files is not noticeable unless you were like my old boss who bought an IBM PS2 for like $22K in 1990 which would be like $100K now and it loaded word perfect in 1 second flat.. . Wonder if he sleeps on it these days..

Appreciate the review. I almost bought it as a backup laptop considering the offer even though my budget was 45-50k.

Speed chahiye to ssd lo

Ah you could have just removed the active partition flag where windows is installed so it wont boot from it.. That way you could always set the partition active again to boot off it..

Just saying.. Dont delete the partitions because when you get an error it comes in useful to recover.. With UEFI it is a little different than the old bios way to boot.. All this is stored in flash memory including the windows key.. and you need a UEFI editor to fix things.

PS Seagate SSD is cheaper and the fastest hard drive currently off all those.. I saw it on amazon for 8099 and the 10% discount but I was not sure what kind of M2 card this thing took or I would have bought it .. Although dogfish using MLC is going for like 7000 for 480GB.. This is 10x better than all the current SSD’s.. It might not be the fastest but it will out last all of them by like 5 years..

friends I am not in technology but for my office I am using a I5 desktop from last 5 years with SSD. My system boots with in count of 5secs. I bought this laptop and paid my electricity bill with cashback. so dont want to cancel my order now. Please advise what to do to run this laptop fast. Should I change the OS to windows 7. Can I Add 4gb DDR4 Ram ? Please advise with link which 240GB SSD can be installed on this machine for efficient working.

Can anybody suggest how is this in comparison
https://www.flipkart.com/lenovo-ideapad-320e-co...