Asus VivoBook S15: Big on specs, light on weight

The built-in fingerprint sensor is good for using Windows Hello

Uttaran Das Gupta 

When the box with the Asus VivoBook S15 arrived, I though it must be empty because I had never come across a 15-inch laptop that weighs so little. But this one does, and it is also very affordable. Besides, with a back-lit keyboard, it looks like a MacBook. At first sight, it is subtle, smart.  The champagne-coloured chassis is rounded off with a brushed aluminium lid and matte plastic sides. Weighing only about 1.61 kg, it is easily the most portable laptop in the market now — beating Acer, HP or Dell models in the segment. Not that the lightness takes anything ...

First Published: Fri, October 27 2017. 23:50 IST