Quote from: DavidH on July 31, 2018, 17:30:00
So I think it instead should be highlighted as a positive that even while throttled, this machine for some reason performs a lot better than all competitors.

It has been highlighted.

"However, the CPU still continues to run at a high speed level above the basic core speed. The comparison to similarly equipped competitors shows a large performance advantage of 160 points."

hello i have a question is the grafics card upgradable and can i add a ssd or ram?

Quote from: Dylan Ch'ng on February 01, 2018, 11:19:11
Why do companies still ship laptops with 940MX and 5400rpm HDD's?

My five year old Toshiba is (debatable) more usable than the Asus VivoBook 15 solely because my five year Toshiba has a SSD.

There is usually several different models to choose. Model at test is starting model , most of these ship with ssd + hdd.

"strong throttling under load"

Have you actually looked at reviews of other laptops in that price range that use i5-8250U?
Because their throttling is similar but their cinebench scores are much, much worse...
So I think it instead should be highlighted as a positive that even while throttled, this machine for some reason performs a lot better than all competitors.

"it is unfortunate that only plastic parts are used"

But this is how they make it so light (and without increasing the cost).  Some people might not like that trade off, but it is a legitimate design decision, and seems like a good one to me.

Why do companies still ship laptops with 940MX and 5400rpm HDD's?

My five year old Toshiba is (debatable) more usable than the Asus VivoBook 15 solely because my five year Toshiba has a SSD.