[Video Review] ASUS ExpertBook B1 B1500 – they have probably cut the right corners this time
ASUS ExpertBook B1/L1 (B1500/L1500) grondige evaluatie
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
Minpunten
- Low-quality keyboard characters
- Unimpressive battery life
- 53% of sRGB coverage (LM156LF-5L06 (NCP0046))
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce MX330 (2GB GDDR5, 25W) #240 in Top GPU's Intel UHD Graphics Xe G4 (48EU) #253 in Top GPU's Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU) #226 in Top GPU's Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (80EU) #234 in Top GPU's Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4 #254 in Top GPU's AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (R2000/3000, 15W) #252 in Top GPU's AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 #260 in Top GPU's
- HDD/SSD
- tot 2000GB SSD + tot 1000GB HDD
- M.2 sleuf
- 1x M.2 NVMe slot Zie foto
- RAM
- up to 40GB
- OS
- Windows 11 Pro, No OS, Windows 10 Home, Windows 10 Pro
- Batterij
- 42Wh, 3-cell
- Lichaamsmateriaal
- Plastic / Polycarbonate, Aluminum
- Afmetingen
- 358 x 236.5 x 19.4 mm (14.09" x 9.31" x 0.76")
- Gewicht
- 1.73 kg (3.8 lbs)
- Poorten en connectiviteit
- 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
- Kaartlezer
- MicroSD
- Ethernet LAN
- 10/100/1000 Mbit/s
- Wi-Fi
- 802.11ax
- Bluetooth
- 5.0
- Audio-aansluiting
- 3.5mm Combo Jack
- Kenmerken
- Vingerafdruk lezer
- optional
- Web camera
- HD with Privacy Shutter
- Verlicht toetsenbord
- optional
- Microfoon
- Array microphone with Cortana voice-recognition support
- Sprekers
- Optische drive