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hey there i'm josh goldman was seen it and if you're in the market for a sleek and slim Windows 8 laptop for around $1,000 here's the Asus vive book v55 1lb DB 71 T it's a 15.6 inch laptop so it's not ultra portable and it's travel weight is about 6 pounds however it is less than an inch thick so it is thin but not so light the lid and keyboard surround in palm rests are metal changing over to plastic on the bottom but the design remains clean with a nice overall solid feel opening it up you get a look at perhaps its biggest downside its screen now it's touch response is very good and the best thing about it really but the pedestrian 1366 by 768 resolution is disappointing at this price plus it doesn't get very bright and the face is so high glare it can be difficult to see in well-lit rooms or in daylight moving on below the keyboard is nice and comfortable and the multi-touch click pad is responsive without being jumpy the keyboards not backlit though which again for $1000 we kind of expect at this point now inside you'll find a 4th gen Core i7 processor 8 gigs of memory discreet mid-range nvidia graphics and a 1 terabyte hard drive not having a solid-state drive or even a hybrid drive brings down its performance um but the processor and graphics combo are solid for day-to-day tasks and gaming at reduced settings and battery life on our video playback test lasted 6 hours and 20 minutes all in all it's a very good laptop but lacks a few things that would make it excellent for the money I'm Josh Goldman and that's a look at the Asus Viva book v55 1lb