Almost Perfect
4/5
I'm in love with this laptop! To make it clear, the lack of 5 stars is entirely down to the weight when using it in tablet mode and the lack of a stylus, while last years model came with one bundled.
This design is spot-on. We have the Midnight Black version but in reality its the deepest, deepest aubergine colour on the outside and a little lighter on the inside. Its all metal with stiff rubber bolsters to protect the base on a table and the screen when closed
The screen is touted as bezel-less and it nearly is, the visible space is almost maximised, while they've left enough border so you can hold onto the product in tablet mode, which you can toggle manually and makes everything on screen much "obvious" to access as its very phone(tablet)-like. It basically recognises the removal of keyboard inputs so everything on screen works as such, the on-screen keyboard pops up etc. Id recommend buying a stylus to use for that too and it is very compact. The keyboard has generous keys and all the shortcuts of a full keyboard, lacking the number-pad in order to maximise the rest. These keys are flat and backlit. Its very comfortable to use and set far back enough that your wrists can be rested either side of the touchpad for prolonged typing.
Windows 10 is exactly what you'd expect for 2020. Simple and intuitive. The refinements of the most recent update have given us what is basically XP with a much more modern skin and newer features. Its finally what users have been waiting for.
I think the pricing is amazing for what you get.
The Ryzen 5 processor has grunt! I've already done a few renders in AfterEffects than ran H.265 and even 4K in a very respectable time - when doing heavy work, do be aware that the usually silent fans will kick up a notch but still aren't annoyingly loud.
I would have preferred for the 8GB DDR4 RAM to be upgrade-able just for future-proofing, but this laptop is fully capable of all the video, design work and photography that me and my girlfriend do. Of course, you could pay more for even better, but on a conservative budget, this is the perfect laptop for you. Its not *cheap, but for a little less, you'd do a LOT worse.