For a limited time, you can get the Asus VivoBook 17 (opens in new tab) for $599.99 at Best Buy. That’s $200 off its $800 list price and the lowest price we’ve ever seen for this Asus laptop. In fact, it’s one of the best cheap laptop deals we’ve spotted all year.
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Asus VivoBook 17 deal
If you don’t want to spend a small fortune on a 17-inch laptop, the Asus VivoBook 17 is one of the best laptops to buy. The laptop in this deal features a 17.3-inch (1600 x 900) display, 2.3-GHz AMD Ryzen 7 3700U quad-core CPU, 12GB of RAM, 512GB SSD, and Radeon Vega 10 graphics. Performance-wise, the laptop’s hardware get you more than enough power for day-to-day tasks, content streaming, and light gaming. Although we didn’t review this 17-inch display version, in our Asus VivoBook 15 review (opens in new tab), we liked its handsome design, comfortable keyboard, and great audio. The laptop we tested had the same Ryzen 7 CPU and 12GB of RAM combo as the VivoBook 17 in this deal. In one test, we had 15 to 25 Google Chrome tabs open with a few of them running videos while editing documents and the VivoBook’s performance remained solid. At 5 pounds and 16.00 x 10.00 x 0.8 inches, the VivoBook 17 is lighter than the Dell XPS 17 (5.5 pounds, 14.7 x 9.8 x 0.8 inches) and the HP Envy 17t (6 pounds, 15.7 x 10.2 x 0.8 inches). Connectivity-wise, the Asus VivoBook 17 comes with an array of ports. You get two USB 2.0 Type-A ports, a USB Type-C port, USB 3.1 port, an HDMI port. The laptop also has a built-in microSD reader slot and a 3.5mm audio jack. Great for creating docs, writing term papers, and streaming movies on Netflix, the Asus VivoBook 17 is suitable for work, school and everything in between.
