I could totally see my grandma being happy with this all it needs to do is run Facebook and TH-cam and that's it I think this would do fine but anything else would be to demanding
@@survivalhh2995 This is very basic laptop--good for those on a budget and serviceable enough to do basic tasks. Maybe good for some light school or office work. Nothing real fancy about it.
I use this exact computer for everything I do on the daily. Video editing, handling taxes, 4 k TH-cam videos. Of course I don’t play games on this thing I’m not a idiot ya know lol.
Same, I have now used Linux exclusively for a least 3 years. For me the pros of Linux outway the cons. Bluetooth and Gaming has came a long way on Linux since the mid/late 2010's. Gaming is almost just as good as Windows now thanks to Valve and the Linux community. Battery life has on laptops has gotten a lot better as well.
@@WhatInTheActual On that laptop I used lubuntu but I have used mint for school. There was a weird compatibility issue on my laptop which caused audio to only work sometimes but since I was doing programming and text documents it didn't matter.
@@Devontae7894 Hush about the eggs. Just because you never fertilized a woman's eggs doesn't mean you have to keep mentioning it every fucking comment smh 😡😡😡
Using it for single simple tasks and it's great. Good keyboard and the sound is OK. Great for remoting into VMs. Pull up a wiring diagram while working on something, so what if it's accidentally dropped a few times. Use it for a USB oscilloscope. Best Buy stores for open-box items, sometimes they're around $80.
I think $100 is a pretty big steal for this thing. Granted it was originally released and optimized for Windows 10, and yeah, the specs are low, but at $100 you won't find a better laptop. I think my biggest issue with the one I have is the stupid calculator keyboard, sometimes you accidentally turn it on and just start typing numbers. For $100, you get a nice little portable media player, it's great for throwing in luggage and using while on vacation, or sitting in bed and watching videos. Cheap enough to not really care what happens to it, but high quality enough to not look or feel like garbage. It's a pretty impressive little thing in that regard, and a landmark to how far we've come with budget laptops, imo. Gaming on it was kinda silly, imo.
It’s a good system for the price but it’s totally redundant now that most people have supercomputer iPhones and Samsungs that are magnitudes more powerful than this thing with beautiful OLED screens and surround sound speakers.
@@BahhBahhBrownSheep the screen is fine, youre just being a snob at that point lol. are you editing footage or streaming video? do you demand 1080p? then get a higher price laptop lol. at 100 this thing's faults arent even worth complaining about
@@oXDestroXo even at $100 it’s a bad buy when you can just search local listings for used computers that will blow this away in every single way for the same price. It’s also not snobby to think 50-60 degree viewing angles with like 40% color accuracy at 200 nits brightness is practically unusable. It’s like using 90s LCD tech all over again.
I bought this laptop for $140 purely for web browsing, emails, and youtube. But the model I have is Asus L210 which is different from the one you have. And I'm able to run Command & Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars + Serious Sam 1 & 2 with no frame rate drop and runs very smooth. Also it weighs like 2lbs and has 12 hour battery life which is really good for this price. Highly recommend this laptop over a Chromebook that's within the $150-$300 price range. I've managed to run like 6 tabs as well so it's proficient enough to use for basic tasks.
@@BahhBahhBrownSheep if you went through the effort of looking the 2 laptop models up, they're quite identical...it's basically the difference between an iphone 4 and iphone 4s.
I actually just picked that laptop up for a sudo chrome book. I threw Linux Mint (XFCE) on there and it only uses 500mb of storage. I was able to get some work, school, and even some retro gaming done on it.
I bought the laptop, the same name, same company. I paid £109 last year and it’s brilliant actually really good at mines or silver. Mine has Windows 10. 64 gig memory chip, so yeah same sort of thing. USB 2 USB 3. Works like a dream.
You can use this for emulation with Batocera. I have a similar laptop and it isn't too bad with emulators. It also is okay for casual use in Linux. The screen is horrible though.
@@Wooskii1id say Minecraft bedrock would run on this pretty good I've played that before on a potato Java always crashed but that's do to it being slightly more demanding
@@thetoythief8940 Bruh, not a high bar. Minecraft 'Bedrock' way before it was called that ran fine on my S3 Mini in late 2012. A current-day laptop should better run it, or it's completely worthless.
I got one of these similar things from Lenovo for $140, it was actually AMD based but otherwise had very similar specs and I was pretty surprised with how useable it was for normal everyday things. These low budget laptops really are for students and old people who just need to access the internet and type word documents, and for that purpose I much prefer something like this over a chromebook. They do it for as cheap as possible, and that is in no way a bad thing.
@John's Ducks Take it from someone who owns a Stream. It is VERY limited across the board. Hardly any storage, ram, and it heats up quick. Ultimately it's only good for the most basic of tasks and nothing else.
@youngmastereraqueez9558 yes, and in my opinion that really isn't a problem because it is designed for nothing more than web browsing and typing and the price reflects that. That is all a lot of people need.
This is the same laptop I have. I bought it knowing it wasn't going to be anything amazing, I only wanted it to browse the web and download while I'm at work. And it's doing a decent job. The main reason I also got it was because you can add an ssd to it for extra storage.
I had this laptop for a bit and I can say that using it with Arch linux was actually decent, and the battery life with linux would get me through a whole day. Its good for general stuff and maybe super casual indie games. I will say it was really only usable after installing an M.2 in the open slot inside and moving windows over to it.
I mean, if you needed a cheap laptop for office work, I don't see a problem with this. When my job transitioned to work from home, a couple of my coworkers needed to get something, and this would've fit the bill nicely (most of my coworkers didn't have a 12900k/3080ti PC with 2 monitors to work from home on). Work from home most of the time uses a remote app like Citrix, and that can certainly handle this. You sure aren't going to be playing games on it, but that isn't the point of a machine like this. I would NOT judge a $109 laptop by how well it can run games. I do agree that something like a Chromebook would be a better value, but this works for the price.
I'd use it as a terminal to connect to a real PC via Remote Desktop. I just bought a refurb HP 14 for $300. It's an i5 with two upgradable ram slots, and an SSD can be added. The thing that I like the least is that it's 720P. As for this one,The number pad on the trackpad is kind of dope.
I bought an open-box item for about $80. Had no idea I'd end up liking and using so much. Yes, remoting into VMs opens up all sort of new possibilities.
I purchased the same laptop from Walmart 4 months earlier and it was $10 cheaper! And it's not a bad laptop! Unlike Rich, my experience was much better. Mine came with 128gigs of storage, which was much better. I installed Office and a 10 year old copy of Photoshop and it works just fine for lite office work or photo editing. Can also do lite gaming. And watching TH-cam videos was just fine at 1080p. I own 4 laptops and for quick use or grabbing and going due to it's size and weight, it's either this or my 4 yr old MacBook Air! My only gripe was the trackpad, some times I accidentally turn on the stupid numpad while using the trackpad. Other than that it works great for office and lite gaming. And for $100, it's a steal! I also believe this to be a great laptop for young kids and grandma and grandpa. Unlike Rich, it's a decent laptop for the money!
I have this laptop. I got it super cheap 2nd hand and with Linux Mint Cinnamon it runs great for light workloads. Also if they didn't strip it out in newer models it has a M.2 NVME slot. In which I have a 500Gb drive in (my old boot drive left over from my main rig upgrade) and even win10 runs ok off that Edit: Mine is the 14in model and it's screen is full 1920x1080 though the rest of the specs are the same
@@superspartan7709 Depends.. out if the box with win 11 even the 14in will be a dog. So if you're buying it new then for the cost of the laptop and an additional NVME drive, Not to mention the time and effort to reinstall the OS, you might as well look for a more powerful system for not much more in price. However if you find a 14in 2nd cheap then it might be worthwhile. Also if you go the extra mile and use Linux its a great student machine
I work with one of these, runs reasonably smooth, battery lasts almost all work shift, easy to carry around. Much better than the atom netbooks of the past.
I bought this exact laptop from Best Buy for $99 around July 2022. It was on sale for WEEKS and it didn’t sell out. Just keep your eyes open. It’s came back on sale multiple times since then.
At the point that I would even remotely consider something like this, I'd just buy a used business laptop. Something like a ThinkPad T430 will cost a similar price and will run circles around the Asus in almost every way
I've got one and it does indeed suck...... But it's a laptop that I needed, so my brother was kind enough to get it for my Christmas/birthday present ( 12/31 new years eve). The great thing is that it's got an empty nvme m.2 slot so I put a Sabrent 500gb ssd in it (my model had 64gb emmc storage) It works for what I needed it to do. I don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
there have been several times in my life where one of my parents by a $100-$300 windows laptop and I cringe so hard. It also ends up not even having enough storage to update windows (we legit had a windows 10 laptop with 32gb of storage, non upgradable.) cheap laptops suck
I'm currently using that laptop now. At the time I bought it for $150 last year. It's not the greatest thing out there but it gets the job done. I use it for streaming and web browsing the most. It's also great for emulation like NES, N64 and Playstation one. You can add storage but don't use it for the OS and storage because it will drain your laptops battery faster than it can charge it. I use the NVMe SSD just for storage only. Oh and you can't upgrade the RAM on it but it works fine without it. Forgot to mention, it is better to take it out of S Mode. Some GameCube games work but the emulation is not too amazing. The integrated graphics can only be pushed by its current limitations.
I have the 14" (1366x768) version. I added a 512GB NVME SSD (PCI-E 3.0x4), cloned the eMMC drive to it, and made it the boot drive. Decent for daily use. STALKER: Shadow of Chernobyl (static lighting setting) and other older games such as System Shock 2 ran okay. And no. I prefer this ASUS to any Chromebook.
A nvme expansion if available even a cheap one makes a lot of difference, faster than the eMMC and not constrained to those 64 gigs. Have one of those for work, mainly Citrix remote apps, Ms office and occasionally meetings, works like a charm.
I actually bought one for my wife to watch Netflix on I think about 6 months ago..for everyday use its quite good actually..for 109 id say its 100% worth it
I recently got a asus expertbook for 450 bucks as a mini business solution, or thats what they advertised it at. It really feels like a throwback to 2010 ish or so, but with all its ports that dont wxist anymore on modern budget laptops its a killer system.
How does one get over anxiety over sending money and money hoarding issues? Btw I have a HP Stream Laptop and I love it. It suits me as a writer doing a creative writing undergraduate. It cost me £180 in the UK (that was with a student discount)
Fun thing about these little Asus E210/E410/E510 laptops - they've actually got NVMe slots in them! Throw a cheap SSD in that and close programs if you're not using them, they're pretty OK once you do it. But a gaming powerhouse, these are not.
Oh nice. I am bummed that he didn't take the back off the thing and show us the motherboard. I expected soldered on ram and emmc but didn't know it had m.2 on it (is the ram soldered in? That's another thing I'm curious about). It makes it slightly better then my 2008 HP 2500 laptop. No joke that thing has a faster CPU in it then this thing too. :P (a Core 2 Duo at 1.5ghz. :P ) The storage solution my 2008 laptop has would have been faster then thing had it just had the emmc. But maybe it would beat it out with a m.2 SSD installed. :P
For that price I would buy it. A small laptop (glorified netbook basically) that can run TH-cam and Twitch fine, maybe do some work on it using Office and the browser, decent build quality, decent sound, and heck if W11 is too heavy for it you could probably just install Chrome OS Flex on it and save a bit more resources. With that price at least in my country you can only buy used laptops from 10 years ago that don't even hold charge anymore.
These actually arent that bad. I have an old hp stream with linux mint on it. It runs great! Emulation is even decent up to playstation also old PC games work well. I also have a slightly better acer with a 4 core celeron N2940 I believe. This is a great little kids PC and, like rich said, grandma pc. You got a lot for $100.
I bought one of these cheap ASUS laptops with the intention of putting Linux on it from the outset. I didn't even boot into windows. I just immediately wiped Windows and installed Linux and as a Linux laptop it is perfectly competent for web browsing, desktop applications, and video streaming. It is even quite quick and responsive which I doubt would have been the case if I had left Windows on it. Edit: I've been playing Tie Fighter on it in DosBox and it works very well for that also.
Hey i love your content, i was wondering if you could maybe review the pyxa diy handheld ? So youre basically have to put the handheld together yourself, and the thing thats really cool is that you programm your own games onto the console. I was thinking on buyin one myself but i dont know much about programming and dont want to waste my money on something just cause i like the idea.
I have the AMD 3020e variant of this laptop from HP. It has a touchscreen too. The 3020e performs better than N4020. I made my research before getting into these eMMC laptops. Swapped out the same 4GB ram stick and replaced it with an 8GB DDR4 2300MHz stick. The 3020e performs nice and completes daily tasks without a hassle. I've paid $119 for mine plus the 8GB ram so it costed me like $150 in total and I can't complain. If you're really thinking about getting a dual core eMMC laptop, go for the AMD 3020e processor. It won't disappoint.
I have used ROGs for 6 years and they’ve been great. One was a GTX980M and my current one is a GX501 with a GTX1080M. I’d buy another ROG once more graphically advanced games are out.
I can see the reason for this laptops creation. It's perfect for people who need a device to do emails, taxes, Microsoft office, and online videos. If this came out at the start of covid it would have sold like hotcakes. Every cheap "online school laptop/chromebook" where sold out everywhere
Actually the single-core score in CB isn't that bad, almost at the same level as X5650 which is a 1st gen chip, yet still totally usable even in some lightweight gaming.
Most people who use X5650 for gaming have it overclocked to 4GHz or higher. But I do agree that single-core score isn't that bad considering it's a cheap 6W chip
Personally I like the heaven music while benchmarking. Also these are my favorite videos you do. Reviewing cheap products that might be hidden gems or junk.
At least on most HP stream types you can upgrade ram and storage, I've bought a couple of Athlon ones on sale at BestBuy last year since I had sticks of 8GB ddr4 and 500GB Seagate barracuda m.2 nvme lying around from other sales, makes a great laptop for kids with a pretty decent battery life.
I may actually try to pick one of these up. All I ever really need it for is iTunes. As long as I can hook up a external disk drive up to her I should be fine.
Sometimes I like cheapo netbooks like this for installing Linux on and and doing light emulation/gaming among other things. I had a 200$ Asus I used for years. It had a touch screen which I discovered was great for blitz chess. When I parted with that netbook I got another one without a touch screen. It served it's purpose until one day I closed it and the zipper on my sleeping bag snagged the screen and it broke. (You could still use HDMI but I already had a desktop so I haven't used it since) Some day I might get another one for carrying around with me. I'll definitely get one with a touch screen or at least a decent screen protector though.
There's a bunch of second hand laptops like these on eBay, just look for ones in good condition and a good price. A week ago I got an A condition 14 inch Asus with Pentium silver (same arch as this Celeron but with 2 more cores) 128g storage plus m.2 slot and 4gigs ram for 70 bucks. Runs like a dream for office work.
My hp was 380. It's been a reliable machine for processing music. Best buy I have made for the bang. I upgraded to 8 gig of ram and she runs steam no problem.
The biggest surprise of this dreary winter season has been that Rich is actually entertaining when reviewing tech in the USA. And he gets to keep the chicken references in for the kiddies.
That's cheaper than a Windows 11 license on it's own. Edit: I was basing this on Rich saying that the system has Windows 11 (3:25). However, the benchmarking software @9:54 says this system is running Windows 10, which makes a lot more sense considering the price point.
Damn Rich, the $109 laptop is slow and won't play games major games? Thanks for letting us all know. I'm sure we could have never figured that one out ourselves. Thank God we have you you to review our tech items for us.
I did a review of this laptop as well. For the money it’s a totally good laptop that handles everyday task without problem and looks nice in the process
So, thanks to supply issues and price gouging, a Raspberri Pi 4b is running around $150 from most sellers. That laptop cost you a bit over $100 and has significantly higher capability. You could gut that thing, turn it into an emulation box, and still come out way ahead. RPi 4b has issues with N64 emulation. I bet that celeron could handle it though.
It looks like a good little laptop to play around on. It is not calling itself a gaming laptop. Great for stuff like watching Hulu ,reading books, read emails. Only problem is that it has windows, so no google store unless you get blue stacks.
Like mine runs 4k TH-cam perfectly no skipping, edits TikTok and TH-cam videos, handles all our taxing for our business and will play Spotify or TH-cam in the back ground with absolutely no problem. Idk man I think this one will surprise you for the price lol.
Laptops like these are awesome for folks running klipper. They cost a little more then a raspberry pi, but you get screen, keyboard, etc. Way better deal and easier to find lol
Rich you should have known. All new Cpus and gpus for that matter, wether integrated or not have hw decoding for video and other things. You should try a 2014 13” MacBook Pro, maybe with 16Gb of Ram. That would make a nice and special video.
In 2011 money adjusted for inflation this is actually an $86 laptop. Fun Fact: The Celeron N4020's Geekbench stats put it between (by performance) a 2010 15 inch Macbook Pro Unibody, and a Mid 2011 Macbook Air.
What universe did I phase into where Rich is reviewing tech?! 😱
Not to mention, in the USA 🇺🇸
@@WhyTheHellDoYouExist _BRUH_
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This is actually way better than I was expecting for $100
I was thinking the same thing.
I could totally see my grandma being happy with this all it needs to do is run Facebook and TH-cam and that's it I think this would do fine but anything else would be to demanding
@@survivalhh2995 This is very basic laptop--good for those on a budget and serviceable enough to do basic tasks. Maybe good for some light school or office work. Nothing real fancy about it.
I use this exact computer for everything I do on the daily. Video editing, handling taxes, 4 k TH-cam videos. Of course I don’t play games on this thing I’m not a idiot ya know lol.
Kind of laptop you buy when you travel to sketchy countries lol
For $109 it plays youtube and does email in a browser. That's perfect for someone on a super budget. No shame in it.
Would be better with some super lightweight linux distro for potatoes instead of w11 though, utilise the limited resources better.
I've been looking for something to leave hooked up to the work sound system and control it via my phone, this will be great!
until you realize you can get a surface 3 used for under 100
Fyde os would run great on it
@@birkneo used stuff is kinda gross ngl
I had a similar Asus laptop which got me through community college. It was miserable but made me learn how to optimize windows and got me into Linux.
Which Linux distro did you end up preferring?
My long fav is Linux Mint .. w Cinnamon
Same, I have now used Linux exclusively for a least 3 years. For me the pros of Linux outway the cons. Bluetooth and Gaming has came a long way on Linux since the mid/late 2010's. Gaming is almost just as good as Windows now thanks to Valve and the Linux community. Battery life has on laptops has gotten a lot better as well.
@@WhatInTheActual On that laptop I used lubuntu but I have used mint for school. There was a weird compatibility issue on my laptop which caused audio to only work sometimes but since I was doing programming and text documents it didn't matter.
Imagine being a nerd in the 1980s and someone told you, you could get a laptop for $100 and some change in 2023. They would not believe you
Imagine being in the 80’s and people say in 2023 guy would be spending $30 for 60 count eggs
Remember, the cost of living is higher than ever. A politician told me, so it must be true.
It’s also like 20x more powerful than a pc in 1980 lol
@@Devontae7894 Hush about the eggs. Just because you never fertilized a woman's eggs doesn't mean you have to keep mentioning it every fucking comment smh 😡😡😡
Using it for single simple tasks and it's great. Good keyboard and the sound is OK. Great for remoting into VMs. Pull up a wiring diagram while working on something, so what if it's accidentally dropped a few times. Use it for a USB oscilloscope.
Best Buy stores for open-box items, sometimes they're around $80.
My best buy “open boxes” are always listed for the exact same as retail prices at all three best buys near me
I think $100 is a pretty big steal for this thing. Granted it was originally released and optimized for Windows 10, and yeah, the specs are low, but at $100 you won't find a better laptop. I think my biggest issue with the one I have is the stupid calculator keyboard, sometimes you accidentally turn it on and just start typing numbers.
For $100, you get a nice little portable media player, it's great for throwing in luggage and using while on vacation, or sitting in bed and watching videos. Cheap enough to not really care what happens to it, but high quality enough to not look or feel like garbage. It's a pretty impressive little thing in that regard, and a landmark to how far we've come with budget laptops, imo. Gaming on it was kinda silly, imo.
Watching videos is silly too, that screen sucks so bad that it ruins anything you want to see. What’s the point?
It’s a good system for the price but it’s totally redundant now that most people have supercomputer iPhones and Samsungs that are magnitudes more powerful than this thing with beautiful OLED screens and surround sound speakers.
@@BahhBahhBrownSheep the screen is fine, youre just being a snob at that point lol. are you editing footage or streaming video? do you demand 1080p? then get a higher price laptop lol. at 100 this thing's faults arent even worth complaining about
@@oXDestroXo even at $100 it’s a bad buy when you can just search local listings for used computers that will blow this away in every single way for the same price. It’s also not snobby to think 50-60 degree viewing angles with like 40% color accuracy at 200 nits brightness is practically unusable. It’s like using 90s LCD tech all over again.
You'll find way way better for 100 bucks if you are okay with a used laptop. I wish more people remembered that fact.
I bought this laptop for $140 purely for web browsing, emails, and youtube. But the model I have is Asus L210 which is different from the one you have. And I'm able to run Command & Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars + Serious Sam 1 & 2 with no frame rate drop and runs very smooth. Also it weighs like 2lbs and has 12 hour battery life which is really good for this price. Highly recommend this laptop over a Chromebook that's within the $150-$300 price range. I've managed to run like 6 tabs as well so it's proficient enough to use for basic tasks.
“I bought this laptop, except it isn’t this laptop” - you, 2023
@@BahhBahhBrownSheep if you went through the effort of looking the 2 laptop models up, they're quite identical...it's basically the difference between an iphone 4 and iphone 4s.
I actually just picked that laptop up for a sudo chrome book. I threw Linux Mint (XFCE) on there and it only uses 500mb of storage. I was able to get some work, school, and even some retro gaming done on it.
I bought the laptop, the same name, same company. I paid £109 last year and it’s brilliant actually really good at mines or silver. Mine has Windows 10. 64 gig memory chip, so yeah same sort of thing. USB 2 USB 3. Works like a dream.
This thing would have been a beast in 2004!
if it runs csgo at single digits. i feel like it would also struggle at half-life 2
@@skiez7430 Prob would run stable at 800x600
Not with a intel celeron processor. Even back then.
You can use this for emulation with Batocera. I have a similar laptop and it isn't too bad with emulators. It also is okay for casual use in Linux. The screen is horrible though.
Yea, exactly! Emulation is what you test on these super cheap potato laptops, maybe Minecraft.
@@Wooskii1id say Minecraft bedrock would run on this pretty good I've played that before on a potato Java always crashed but that's do to it being slightly more demanding
@@thetoythief8940 Bruh, not a high bar. Minecraft 'Bedrock' way before it was called that ran fine on my S3 Mini in late 2012. A current-day laptop should better run it, or it's completely worthless.
I got one of these similar things from Lenovo for $140, it was actually AMD based but otherwise had very similar specs and I was pretty surprised with how useable it was for normal everyday things. These low budget laptops really are for students and old people who just need to access the internet and type word documents, and for that purpose I much prefer something like this over a chromebook. They do it for as cheap as possible, and that is in no way a bad thing.
Are HP Stream Laptops actually bad? I have one and I thought it was decent enough. At least it has a nice enough design
@@unicorntomboy9736 I don't think they're bad at all this video is rly just complaining about a problem that doesn't exist.
@John's Ducks Take it from someone who owns a Stream. It is VERY limited across the board. Hardly any storage, ram, and it heats up quick. Ultimately it's only good for the most basic of tasks and nothing else.
@@youngmastereraqueez9558 What about just using Microsoft Office Suite?
Also at least it has a pretty design
@youngmastereraqueez9558 yes, and in my opinion that really isn't a problem because it is designed for nothing more than web browsing and typing and the price reflects that. That is all a lot of people need.
$109 plus change for a brand new laptop? Sounds like a perfect lightweight linux machine. I would buy at that price
This is the same laptop I have. I bought it knowing it wasn't going to be anything amazing, I only wanted it to browse the web and download while I'm at work. And it's doing a decent job. The main reason I also got it was because you can add an ssd to it for extra storage.
More than half the time the employees i ask at best buy know nothing about the product or make stuff up 😂
I had this laptop for a bit and I can say that using it with Arch linux was actually decent, and the battery life with linux would get me through a whole day. Its good for general stuff and maybe super casual indie games. I will say it was really only usable after installing an M.2 in the open slot inside and moving windows over to it.
I mean, if you needed a cheap laptop for office work, I don't see a problem with this. When my job transitioned to work from home, a couple of my coworkers needed to get something, and this would've fit the bill nicely (most of my coworkers didn't have a 12900k/3080ti PC with 2 monitors to work from home on). Work from home most of the time uses a remote app like Citrix, and that can certainly handle this. You sure aren't going to be playing games on it, but that isn't the point of a machine like this. I would NOT judge a $109 laptop by how well it can run games. I do agree that something like a Chromebook would be a better value, but this works for the price.
I'd use it as a terminal to connect to a real PC via Remote Desktop.
I just bought a refurb HP 14 for $300. It's an i5 with two upgradable ram slots, and an SSD can be added.
The thing that I like the least is that it's 720P.
As for this one,The number pad on the trackpad is kind of dope.
I bought an open-box item for about $80. Had no idea I'd end up liking and using so much.
Yes, remoting into VMs opens up all sort of new possibilities.
quite impressed with this for $109. I'd buy it.
I purchased the same laptop from Walmart 4 months earlier and it was $10 cheaper! And it's not a bad laptop! Unlike Rich, my experience was much better. Mine came with 128gigs of storage, which was much better. I installed Office and a 10 year old copy of Photoshop and it works just fine for lite office work or photo editing. Can also do lite gaming. And watching TH-cam videos was just fine at 1080p. I own 4 laptops and for quick use or grabbing and going due to it's size and weight, it's either this or my 4 yr old MacBook Air!
My only gripe was the trackpad, some times I accidentally turn on the stupid numpad while using the trackpad. Other than that it works great for office and lite gaming. And for $100, it's a steal! I also believe this to be a great laptop for young kids and grandma and grandpa. Unlike Rich, it's a decent laptop for the money!
I have this laptop. I got it super cheap 2nd hand and with Linux Mint Cinnamon it runs great for light workloads. Also if they didn't strip it out in newer models it has a M.2 NVME slot. In which I have a 500Gb drive in (my old boot drive left over from my main rig upgrade) and even win10 runs ok off that
Edit: Mine is the 14in model and it's screen is full 1920x1080 though the rest of the specs are the same
Would you recommend it to a student? The extent of my work is reading pdf files, emails and occasional video conferencing
@@superspartan7709 Depends.. out if the box with win 11 even the 14in will be a dog. So if you're buying it new then for the cost of the laptop and an additional NVME drive, Not to mention the time and effort to reinstall the OS, you might as well look for a more powerful system for not much more in price. However if you find a 14in 2nd cheap then it might be worthwhile. Also if you go the extra mile and use Linux its a great student machine
@@luciandragos8556 thanks for the info!
@@superspartan7709 You should just get a used Dell Latitude, HP Elitebook, or Thinkpad.
@@mistrotech8894 thanks. I'll note these down
This thing reminds me of the budget laptop I've had since 2011. That thing would have an aneurysm if you tried to watch 1080p 60fps youtube videos.
I had an ASUS netbook given to me by a family friend. It served me well for a decade.
I work with one of these, runs reasonably smooth, battery lasts almost all work shift, easy to carry around. Much better than the atom netbooks of the past.
This is definitely something I would get for my mom if it was still on sale. I imagine it wouldn't last long at all though.
I bought this exact laptop from Best Buy for $99 around July 2022. It was on sale for WEEKS and it didn’t sell out. Just keep your eyes open. It’s came back on sale multiple times since then.
At the point that I would even remotely consider something like this, I'd just buy a used business laptop. Something like a ThinkPad T430 will cost a similar price and will run circles around the Asus in almost every way
It’s still on sale on the app.
I have been working with one since 2 years ago, lugging it around constantly, still working fine. Slapped in a cheap Adata nvme to get more storage.
It's always fun when the sales rep tells you that the product in their store, sucks.
Also it's amusing how he named it potato ( 7:00 ).
No, it's not, it's pure cringe.
@@thorham1346 well I guess comedy is subjective.
@@AgentE1Games It is, but what's so funny about a simple low end laptop anyway?
@@thorham1346 because it’s funny and entertaining to point out how crappy it is?
@@thorham1346 you seem to be fun at parties
I've got one and it does indeed suck......
But it's a laptop that I needed,
so my brother was kind enough to get it for my Christmas/birthday present ( 12/31 new years eve).
The great thing is that it's got an empty nvme m.2 slot so I put a Sabrent 500gb ssd in it (my model had 64gb emmc storage)
It works for what I needed it to do.
I don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
Love your reviews. Subscribed
I love these Jenk computer product reviews, I honestly hope this continues as a series.
You could play DOS games on that machine using variants of DOSBox. BTW, is it a good idea to show the device ID and product ID on a TH-cam video?
don't worry about it kidboy that doesn't concern you. The only people noticing are the creeps like you
He doesn't care if he did or not. Lol He isn't going to be using it at all. True about the DOSBox thing.
there have been several times in my life where one of my parents by a $100-$300 windows laptop and I cringe so hard. It also ends up not even having enough storage to update windows (we legit had a windows 10 laptop with 32gb of storage, non upgradable.) cheap laptops suck
I'm currently using that laptop now. At the time I bought it for $150 last year. It's not the greatest thing out there but it gets the job done. I use it for streaming and web browsing the most. It's also great for emulation like NES, N64 and Playstation one. You can add storage but don't use it for the OS and storage because it will drain your laptops battery faster than it can charge it. I use the NVMe SSD just for storage only. Oh and you can't upgrade the RAM on it but it works fine without it. Forgot to mention, it is better to take it out of S Mode. Some GameCube games work but the emulation is not too amazing. The integrated graphics can only be pushed by its current limitations.
I have the 14" (1366x768) version. I added a 512GB NVME SSD (PCI-E 3.0x4), cloned the eMMC drive to it, and made it the boot drive. Decent for daily use. STALKER: Shadow of Chernobyl (static lighting setting) and other older games such as System Shock 2 ran okay. And no. I prefer this ASUS to any Chromebook.
A nvme expansion if available even a cheap one makes a lot of difference, faster than the eMMC and not constrained to those 64 gigs. Have one of those for work, mainly Citrix remote apps, Ms office and occasionally meetings, works like a charm.
I actually bought one for my wife to watch Netflix on I think about 6 months ago..for everyday use its quite good actually..for 109 id say its 100% worth it
I recently got a asus expertbook for 450 bucks as a mini business solution, or thats what they advertised it at. It really feels like a throwback to 2010 ish or so, but with all its ports that dont wxist anymore on modern budget laptops its a killer system.
I like this rich, which reviews tech, the corny stuff he does make it way better, tyvm I'm finally watching full videos now
Loving your channel's refocus to your tech review roots Rich.
How does one get over anxiety over sending money and money hoarding issues?
Btw I have a HP Stream Laptop and I love it. It suits me as a writer doing a creative writing undergraduate. It cost me £180 in the UK (that was with a student discount)
I'm giggling like an idiot at you and the bird browsing the laptops at 0:34. A round of applause for the editor!
Holy moly the intro caught me hella off guard 😂😂😂😂 Haven’t watched the channel fr in years man
bought this for my mom not too long ago. not bad for just watching youtube.
Fun thing about these little Asus E210/E410/E510 laptops - they've actually got NVMe slots in them! Throw a cheap SSD in that and close programs if you're not using them, they're pretty OK once you do it. But a gaming powerhouse, these are not.
Oh nice. I am bummed that he didn't take the back off the thing and show us the motherboard. I expected soldered on ram and emmc but didn't know it had m.2 on it (is the ram soldered in? That's another thing I'm curious about). It makes it slightly better then my 2008 HP 2500 laptop. No joke that thing has a faster CPU in it then this thing too. :P (a Core 2 Duo at 1.5ghz. :P )
The storage solution my 2008 laptop has would have been faster then thing had it just had the emmc. But maybe it would beat it out with a m.2 SSD installed. :P
Yeah it actually runs pretty smooth with nvme. I work with several open tabs and a TH-cam tab blaring on the background and it doesn't stutter at all.
@@MagnumForce51 yes ram is soldered on a lot of machines of this class. The game changer is to look for one with a m.2 slot, makes them more useful.
actually loved the intro, good progress without much change
This is the kind of content I subbed for! 👌
Now THAT'S a PC! Welcome to the master race Richie! 💪
ASUS makes good products. I have a gaming laptop from them with a 2060 and it's a good machine.
For that price I would buy it. A small laptop (glorified netbook basically) that can run TH-cam and Twitch fine, maybe do some work on it using Office and the browser, decent build quality, decent sound, and heck if W11 is too heavy for it you could probably just install Chrome OS Flex on it and save a bit more resources.
With that price at least in my country you can only buy used laptops from 10 years ago that don't even hold charge anymore.
Love the flossy carter reference! 😂
These actually arent that bad. I have an old hp stream with linux mint on it. It runs great! Emulation is even decent up to playstation also old PC games work well. I also have a slightly better acer with a 4 core celeron N2940 I believe.
This is a great little kids PC and, like rich said, grandma pc.
You got a lot for $100.
I bought one of these cheap ASUS laptops with the intention of putting Linux on it from the outset. I didn't even boot into windows. I just immediately wiped Windows and installed Linux and as a Linux laptop it is perfectly competent for web browsing, desktop applications, and video streaming. It is even quite quick and responsive which I doubt would have been the case if I had left Windows on it.
Edit: I've been playing Tie Fighter on it in DosBox and it works very well for that also.
tbh at that sale price would be a solid linux basic af laptop
Hey i love your content, i was wondering if you could maybe review the pyxa diy handheld ? So youre basically have to put the handheld together yourself, and the thing thats really cool is that you programm your own games onto the console. I was thinking on buyin one myself but i dont know much about programming and dont want to waste my money on something just cause i like the idea.
I have the AMD 3020e variant of this laptop from HP. It has a touchscreen too. The 3020e performs better than N4020. I made my research before getting into these eMMC laptops. Swapped out the same 4GB ram stick and replaced it with an 8GB DDR4 2300MHz stick. The 3020e performs nice and completes daily tasks without a hassle. I've paid $119 for mine plus the 8GB ram so it costed me like $150 in total and I can't complain. If you're really thinking about getting a dual core eMMC laptop, go for the AMD 3020e processor. It won't disappoint.
Ahhh so nice to see an actual tech review. Gotta do more of these videos rich.
The obligatory comment after everyone of his reviews.
He's too busy riding DSP's meat
@@edy1361 you are a weirdo asking that
I bought a ROG, and it roughly lasted me 2 years before it got stuck in boot loop.
I'm certain it can be fixed, but I haven't got any luck so far.
I have used ROGs for 6 years and they’ve been great. One was a GTX980M and my current one is a GX501 with a GTX1080M. I’d buy another ROG once more graphically advanced games are out.
I got the 14 inch version of this as one of best buy's deals of the day back in august for only $99.99. For the price, I couldn't resist.
I can see the reason for this laptops creation. It's perfect for people who need a device to do emails, taxes, Microsoft office, and online videos. If this came out at the start of covid it would have sold like hotcakes. Every cheap "online school laptop/chromebook" where sold out everywhere
Yessss an actual Tech review!!!! Keep this trend coming and go back to basics that brought us all to subscribe
Actually the single-core score in CB isn't that bad, almost at the same level as X5650 which is a 1st gen chip, yet still totally usable even in some lightweight gaming.
Most people who use X5650 for gaming have it overclocked to 4GHz or higher. But I do agree that single-core score isn't that bad considering it's a cheap 6W chip
I been waiting for this as soon as he mentioned it the first time.
I love it when you Review Tech in the USA 😅👍
More tech reviews in the usa
Personally I like the heaven music while benchmarking. Also these are my favorite videos you do. Reviewing cheap products that might be hidden gems or junk.
At least on most HP stream types you can upgrade ram and storage, I've bought a couple of Athlon ones on sale at BestBuy last year since I had sticks of 8GB ddr4 and 500GB Seagate barracuda m.2 nvme lying around from other sales, makes a great laptop for kids with a pretty decent battery life.
I may actually try to pick one of these up. All I ever really need it for is iTunes. As long as I can hook up a external disk drive up to her I should be fine.
Now if you just watching TH-cam and such it's a great buy..
You might even call it a *Best Buy* LOL
Rich this was hilarious. You had good flow. Be more like this.
Sometimes I like cheapo netbooks like this for installing Linux on and and doing light emulation/gaming among other things. I had a 200$ Asus I used for years. It had a touch screen which I discovered was great for blitz chess. When I parted with that netbook I got another one without a touch screen. It served it's purpose until one day I closed it and the zipper on my sleeping bag snagged the screen and it broke. (You could still use HDMI but I already had a desktop so I haven't used it since)
Some day I might get another one for carrying around with me. I'll definitely get one with a touch screen or at least a decent screen protector though.
There's a bunch of second hand laptops like these on eBay, just look for ones in good condition and a good price. A week ago I got an A condition 14 inch Asus with Pentium silver (same arch as this Celeron but with 2 more cores) 128g storage plus m.2 slot and 4gigs ram for 70 bucks. Runs like a dream for office work.
You should get a similar price Chromebook and compare it to this as a follow up
how did this video get 228 likes in 27 minutes
cause its a channel with 1 million subscribers. 228 likes is nothing to that
Can someone explain why beat em ups is in the thumbnail?
yeah, its in bad taste I think. That was from a video where that guy was saying he's not doing well in a mental state.
@@VirtualRobotsRevolt no way. I wonder how that ties in with this.
@@richardsanchez5444 got us to click. No shame.
My hp was 380. It's been a reliable machine for processing music. Best buy I have made for the bang. I upgraded to 8 gig of ram and she runs steam no problem.
I love it when you review tech in the usa even when its irrelevent. Do more
The biggest surprise of this dreary winter season has been that Rich is actually entertaining when reviewing tech in the USA. And he gets to keep the chicken references in for the kiddies.
That's cheaper than a Windows 11 license on it's own.
Edit: I was basing this on Rich saying that the system has Windows 11 (3:25). However, the benchmarking software @9:54 says this system is running Windows 10, which makes a lot more sense considering the price point.
It's W11, you can tell from the taskbar and he even shows the system information (Windows 11 Home).
@@txcforever Hmmm...weird that the two benchmarking tools labeled it as Windows 10.
Dude my mom has been rocking this for a year it’s been great
I love how the guy who works there is just like, "well ya! It sucks! Lol
Damn Rich, the $109 laptop is slow and won't play games major games? Thanks for letting us all know. I'm sure we could have never figured that one out ourselves. Thank God we have you you to review our tech items for us.
I was hoping for Witcher 3 Max graphics, but oh well.
This is the kind of laptop that DSP would use. Lol
I did a review of this laptop as well.
For the money it’s a totally good laptop that handles everyday task without problem and looks nice in the process
You and Jay are doing great!
It runs linux nicely. And that M.2 slot supports a 2TB drive with no issue.
The most amazing part of this story is you actually found and talked to an employee in the PC dept at 5p on a Friday. Thanks for the donation! 🙂
I'd try some very lightweight linux distribution on this thing just for fun
So, thanks to supply issues and price gouging, a Raspberri Pi 4b is running around $150 from most sellers.
That laptop cost you a bit over $100 and has significantly higher capability. You could gut that thing, turn it into an emulation box, and still come out way ahead.
RPi 4b has issues with N64 emulation.
I bet that celeron could handle it though.
It’s 2023, tech has come very far. This is a great laptop for a 7th thru 12th grader. Even a freshman in college.
It looks like a good little laptop to play around on. It is not calling itself a gaming laptop. Great for stuff like watching Hulu ,reading books, read emails. Only problem is that it has windows, so no google store unless you get blue stacks.
Best Buy employee here! This laptop is actually very popular! Many people on a budget go for this laptop for basic needs. It’s regularly sold out.
Awesome video rich I really enjoyed it
LOL I love this. You look great rich, excellent video xD
I was given a HP Stream (same concept) and simply put Linux on it, runs like a champion now.
Rich: "I was walking through bestbuy"
Rich tomorrow: "I lied, do I look like I walk anywhere"
Like mine runs 4k TH-cam perfectly no skipping, edits TikTok and TH-cam videos, handles all our taxing for our business and will play Spotify or TH-cam in the back ground with absolutely no problem. Idk man I think this one will surprise you for the price lol.
Many students in my school had these laptops and the numerical system thing sometimes confuses me
i have this exact model going strong for 2 years now
This computer is pretty good for the price. Especialy if youre working remote using remote desktop. Its been a life saver for my job
Laptops like these are awesome for folks running klipper. They cost a little more then a raspberry pi, but you get screen, keyboard, etc. Way better deal and easier to find lol
Rich you should have known. All new Cpus and gpus for that matter, wether integrated or not have hw decoding for video and other things.
You should try a 2014 13” MacBook Pro, maybe with 16Gb of Ram. That would make a nice and special video.
In 2011 money adjusted for inflation this is actually an $86 laptop.
Fun Fact: The Celeron N4020's Geekbench stats put it between (by performance) a 2010 15 inch Macbook Pro Unibody, and a Mid 2011 Macbook Air.
love how the bestbuy employee was like "you know this thing sucks, right?" legendary.
so for someone doing school work, watching youtube and perhaps movies, this is a great device