[Video Review] ASUS ExpertBook B1 B1500 – they have probably cut the right corners this time
ASUS ExpertBook B1/L1 (B1500/L1500) in-depth review
Today we have another business solution in our office. It is made from ASUS and comes to compete for the attention of enterprise users, which need security, stability, and to some extent - performance.Indeed, the ExpertBook B1 B1500 doesn't have the tradition of the ThinkPads and Latitudes out there, but it clearly has the potential. ASUS has outfitted their laptop with up to a Core i7-1165G7, and an optional GeForce MX330 graphics card.Besides the hardware, you get two display options. One of them is the safe choice - a 1080p IPS panel, while the other is so bad, that it's not worth [...]
Pros
- Capable cooling
- Privacy shutter + Fingerprint reader
- Thunderbolt 4 + MicroSD card slot
- No PWM (LM156LF-5L06 (NCP0046))
- Abundance of ports
- Decent upgrade options
Cons
- Low-quality keyboard characters
- Unimpressive battery life
- 53% of sRGB coverage (LM156LF-5L06 (NCP0046))
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce MX330 (2GB GDDR5, 25W) #239 in Top GPUs Intel UHD Graphics Xe G4 (48EU) #250 in Top GPUs Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU) #225 in Top GPUs Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (80EU) #233 in Top GPUs AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (R2000/3000, 15W) #249 in Top GPUs AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 #257 in Top GPUs
- HDD/SSD
- up to 2000GB SSD + up to 1000GB HDD
- M.2 Slot
- 1x M.2 NVMe slot See photo
- RAM
- up to 40GB
- OS
- Windows 10 Pro, Windows 11 Pro, No OS, Windows 10 Home
- Battery
- 42Wh, 3-cell
- Body material
- Plastic / Polycarbonate, Aluminum
- Dimensions
- 358 x 236.5 x 19.4 mm (14.09" x 9.31" x 0.76")
- Weight
- 1.73 kg (3.8 lbs)
- Ports and connectivity
- 1x USB Type-A
- 2x USB Type-A
- 3.2 Gen 2 (10 Gbps)
- 1x USB Type-C
- Thunderbolt 4, Power Delivery (PD), DisplayPort
- HDMI
- 1.4
- VGA
- 1
- Card reader
- MicroSD
- Ethernet LAN
- 10/100/1000 Mbit/s
- Wi-Fi
- 802.11ax
- Bluetooth
- 5.0
- Audio jack
- 3.5mm Combo Jack
- Features
- Fingerprint reader
- optional
- Web camera
- HD with Privacy Shutter
- Backlit keyboard
- optional
- Microphone
- Array microphone with Cortana voice-recognition support
- Speakers
- Optical drive