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Yes, there’s a lot to like about the new and very promising ASUS Vivobook Pro 15 OLED (M3500) laptop aside from the NanoEdge FHD OLED display.
ASUS offers the Vivobook Pro 15 series in a couple of different configurations, and this here is the AMD-based Pro 15 M3500 subseries. Powered by the latest AMD Ryzen™ 9 5900HX Mobile Processor with NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX™ 3050 graphics and a dual-fan cooling system, and featuring ultrafast WiFi 6, this ultra-stylish Vivobook M3500QC-L1156TS lets you achieve your true potential, whether it’s work or play.
Quick Specs
But before diving into the performance and other features of the notebook, let’s first take a look at its design. This Vivobook Pro laptop has a sleek matte finish that feels grippy to the touch. It’s averagely sized, not the slimmest of laptops, at around 20 mm thick. It’s also built fairly well, with a thick aluminum piece used for the lid, but plastic for the main chassis, underside, and bezels. Complete with clean aesthetics and minimal branding (the refreshed Vivobook 3D logo now has an off-white-inspired design element on the side). All these add up to the unit being a fairly lightweight notebook (at 1.65 kilos in this configuration).
The layout of the keyboard is OK, with most keys properly sized and spaced. The Enter key on this laptop also shares the new design element of the ASUS logo, while the backlighting in white looks serious and professional, offering perfect contrast and readability for this dark color variant of the Vivobook Pro 15. Silky to the touch, the touchpad is enlarged by 27%, giving users a smoother and more responsive fingertip control.
Now for I/O, the Pro 15 OLED has the following ports: 1x USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A, 2x USB 2.0 Type-A, 1x Thunderbolt 4 (supports display/ power delivery), 1x HDMI 1.4, 1x 3.5mm Combo Audio Jack, and a Micro SD card reader, which most users should be served well.
ASUS has now fitted the Pro 15 OLED with a webcam shield to ensure privacy in the event your webcam gets compromised. Another good upgrade. Couple it with the built-in fingerprint sensor, Vivobook Pro 15 OLED has never been more secure.
Screen Time
The Pro 15 OLED boasts a 15.6-inch screen with a 16:9 aspect ratio and an FHD 1080p resolution OLED display. For content creators, having the extra vertical space on the display over a normal 16:9 panel allows for application controls while working on full-screen video. With these cinema-grade screen specs, this Vivobook is able to display vibrant colors and deep blacks, making it a great partner for your movie marathons and TV series binge-watching.
The punchy display, being Pantone validated, is also great for content creators, as it has good color accuracy that is important for photo and video editing, among other creative tasks (it comes with a complimentary three-month subscription to Adobe Creative Cloud full suite). As far as gaming goes, the 0.2 ms response time is excellent for such an OLED panel (it is said 50x faster than the average laptop LCD display). And with lower harmful blue-light levels, OLED offers better eye care and sleep quality.
This Vivobook also features onboard stereo speakers that are tuned by Harman/Kardon, now with noticeably louder and decent sound quality.
Daily Reliability
The Pro 15 OLED is a productivity-focused notebook. It is equipped with Windows 11 OS Home + Microsoft Office Home and Student 2021 is pre-installed so it’s ready to work right away. And while it is a great everyday performer practically for all daily tasks including web browsing and light gaming, its 16GB computing memory is plenty also for other creative task.
Intended for content creators looking to dip their feet into video editing, 3D rendering, and graphic design, the Vivobook Pro 15 OLED can handle fairly fast content creations, thatks to its high-powered CPU, a decent graphics card and, best of all, a colour calibrated, gorgeous OLED display. With these niceties, the ASUS Vivobook Pro 15 OLED is an ideal companion for aspiring content creators, the likes of social influencers, live-streamers, vloggers, and other budding artists, who create to explore their talent and express themselves.
Vivobook Pro 15 OLED is always cool, thanks to IceCool Plus thermal technology and a highly efficient dual-fan cooling system designed to ensure that the laptop stays cool to give you maximum performance, anytime and anywhere. The MyASUS app also allows you to switch profiles to provide energy for the type of work you’re doing.
Vivobook Pro 15 OLED is equipped with WiFi 6 (802.11ax), which delivers superfast networking speeds for faster large file transfers, responsive online gaming, and super-smooth video chats, whether you are just at home, in a café, or at the airport. Bluetooth, on the other hand, is solid with no issues getting the computer connected to broadcast to TV.
Also, the new Vivobook has outstanding battery life. Full charge at 100% will get you 8-9 hours.
The new Pro 15 OLED comes in calming Quiet Blue or youthful Cool Silver, perfectly bold and unique colors that will surely reflect a positive and diverse outlook.
| Computer Memory Size | Up to 16 GB |
| CPU Model Manufacturer | AMD |
| CPU Speed | 3.2 GHz |
| Display Resolution Maximum | 1920 x 1080 pixels |
| Screen Size | 15.6 inches |
| Display Technology | OLED |
| Hard Disk Size | 512 GB |
| Item Dimensions | 14.17 x 9.26 x 0.74 inches |
| Item Weight | 3.64 lbs |
| Operating System | Windows 10 Home |
| RAM Type | DDR4 SDRAM |
| Wireless Communication Standard | Bluetooth |
| Price | Php69,995 |
Well, ASUS packs in strong processor performance for a mid-range 15-inch laptop. This AMD-variant of the Vivobook Pro 15 series is one of the best-balanced mid-tier all-around laptops you can get for around Php70,000 at this point, and you may purchase it here. The design and ergonomics of this Vivobook is OK. It has an always impressive OLED display, plus a good processor and graphics card. It is supported by a capable battery that is also great for the category. And yes, this ASUS laptop is really perfectly meant for your everyday multitasking.
