Laptop for school

[Guest]

I'm planning on buying a new laptop and i got 2 option asus zenbook 14 or vivobook 14. both at 700$ and has 8 gb ram and 512 ssd, the only difference is zenbook use r5 3500u and vivobook use 8th gen i5. which one should i get?

[Oswin]

are you open to more opinions? if so the nitro 5 is a great deal here are some options

 

https://www.acer.com/ac/en/US/content/models/laptops/nitro5

[icovelev]

I'm using Lenovo IdeaPad S540 14' with Ryzen 5 3500U, Vega 8, 8 GB RAM, 512 GB NVME. The configuration is good for everyday tasks like word, excel, web browsing, streaming and a little bit light gaming (I like to play NFS Payback, yeah i know it's an old game, but runs pretty well /30-40fps/, on 1080 with medium settings). The Lenovo has 45 Wh battery and it depends on what you are doing, but my battery lasts for about 6 hours.

 

In conclusion I think the laptop with Ryzen 3500U will be better choice.