Asus X550LB-NH52

16 reviews

May, 2024

Positive
performance (16)
portability (10)
price (9)
image quality (2)
durability (2)

Negative
keyboard (13)
usability (8)
screen (5)
sound (3)
battery (3)

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alaTest has collected and analyzed 16 reviews of Asus X550LB-NH52. The average rating for this product is 3.3/5, compared to an average rating of 4.0/5 for other products in the same category for all reviews. Comments about the image quality and portability are overall positive. The price and performance also get good opinions. Reviews about the energy efficiency and durability are different. Some have doubts about the reliability and battery.

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Waste of money

None

On paper, this laptop should be good. It's not. Save yourself the heartache. Biggest waste of money that I've invested in in a while

Mar, 2015

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Worst Service Ever

Worked for 3 months

Right after I bought this laptop, which was great for the first 3 months, I referred a friend of mine to buy an Asus as well, and he did. After having a keyboard issue with a totally different model, he immediately sent it back and bought a Toshiba. I...

Jan, 2015

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Great little laptop

If you need to update this DO NOT apply the Windows 8 service patch until you have applied ALL of the other updates. If you do you will have to wipe the machine and start over. It's a pain in the neck.

Works great. Fast and solid

Windows 8 is a difficult adjustment and the initial updates to the system were trying - to say the least

Sep, 2014

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Good performance with a few major flaws.

The pros for this laptop have been commented on by others - the integrated graphics card for example. I am not a "gamer," I just have one or two games I like to fire up every other day or so. If you're like me, this computer will completely satisfy...

Graphics, speed, performance overall ; Decently portable for a 15.6" laptop ; Quiet fans and hard drive

Horrible, unresponsive keyboard ; Horrible touchpad with integrated buttons and no driver support ; Moderate amount of ASUS bloatware ; Windows 8, of course ; Backlit keyboard would be nice ; Another USB port would be nice ; If I could return it and...

Jun, 2014

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Average Laptop

For anyone wondering, this laptop can be downgraded to Windows 7 if you look hard enough, the laptop's drivers can be found with some simple Google searching. I am a little disappointed that the quality of this laptop feels kind of cheap, the lid...

Performs well playing majority of video games ; Computer looks clean and nice ; Keyboard feels nice, good quality material ; Screen is bright and has very good color quality ; Webcam has good picture ; Sound is nice

Screen is flimsy, doesn't feel solid and bends with little to no pressure ; Microphone broke after 3 days ; Windows 8 ; Asus has little to no support of windows 7 drivers ; lack of drivers/OS discs

Jun, 2014

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Great Laptop with Respectable Gaming Performance

Got this for $630 and it was a great buy at that price. I'd pay $700 for it. One of my friends got the Open Box of this per my suggestion and the only differences were the battery was in a separate bag rather than in the laptop to begin with. His looks...

Very Thin and Light ; Excellent Battery Life 5 Hours+ easy ; Excellent Gaming Performance, I can play WoW, Skyrim, Dirt 3, and several other games on high with no trouble ; Quiet, barely hear it even under load ; Stays pretty cool ; Decent Build...

This thing was a pretty big pain to set up. The Windows updates refused to acknowledge that it was downloading them even when I manually told it to. I figured out it was downloading them in the background. Just leave it hooked up to WiFi for a while...

May, 2014

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Great computer, Lots of Issues

Final Thoughts: Buy this computer because it is a great computer for the price you are paying but know that you will definitely have to mess around on forums and tech websites to solve all of the various issues. I'm pretty convinced this HDMI audio...

Fantastic computer specs for the price point ; Runs quiet, almost silent ; Almost no noticeable heat ; Boots up in seconds ; Windows 8.1 is actually pretty decent once you upgrade out of the horrible Windows 8

Driver issues like crazy ; The computer has issues with USB 3.0 and I had to refresh the drivers to get it to work ; It has issues recognizing external harddrives occasionally ; HDMI out for audio doesn't work correctly; the display works but the sound...

May, 2014

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Quick, but not for high-end gaming

In summary, it is fast enough at every day applications, but struggles with modern high end games. If you want to play Diablo 3 at a smooth frame rate, get a budget desktop, or you will need to shell out more for a proper gaming laptop.

Boots up, wakes up quickly. Also fast shutdown and sleep. It's quick enough that I don't feel the need to install an SSD for faster loading ; Fast for office and internet tasks. Can play videos well ; It can play WoW, Hearthstone no problem ; Quiet...

Not exactly a gaming laptop. I bought this laptop expecting it to be able to play Diablo 3 (With Reaper of Souls expansion) with some competence, due to the dedicated video card. After downloading the newest drivers, I was disappointed to see that it...

May, 2014

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

big mistake

Save yourself the headache of being without a lap top after the inevitable quick breaking down of the lap top. Pay the extra money and get an Apple product for longevity purposes.

Works great for gaming, seems sturdy and a good buy if only

the battery worked. I like the reviewer before me am having the same battery issues. It says that it is plugged in but not charging. I hope I wont have to play battery tag with ASUS. I have emailed cl-rodel@asus.com twice and no response yet. I am...

May, 2014

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Notebook does not work

I bought this for my sister and it wont work. Even a replacement wont arrive before I leave. I guess this was a complete waste of money

Looks good, is light very light compared to my other laptop

It does not work!! I got it delivered yesterday by paying for express shipping as a gift for my sister because I am leaving for home in 4 days. After getting the laptop, when I tried to start it, it crashed halfway through windows installation while...

May, 2014

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