Asus Vivobook X515JA Review -- One of the best sub-$500 laptops

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Recently, my PC went out on me (taking my hard drives with it, so I lost ~2.5TB of data in total), so I needed a replacement, and fast (I have a netbook, but I do more intensive tasks). Looking at the options out there, the choices were either 2-in-1s or overpriced Celeron/Pentium-powered systems, but I found this absolute bargain of a PC, the Asus Vivobook X515JA, sitting at about $330 (at the time), with an i3, and a proper SSD.

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The specs

For the $350 this machine appears to be going for now, you get: