ASUS ExpertBook B1 B1502CV-BQi515X Intel® Core™ i5 i5-1335U Laptop 39.6 cm (15.6") Full HD 16 GB DDR4-SDRAM 512 GB SSD Wi-Fi 6E (802.11ax) Windows 11 Pro Black

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For £768.46 ex-VAT, the ASUS ExpertBook B1 is a sensible “workhorse” buy if you want a reliable business laptop without paying premium ThinkPad/ProBook-style prices. The i5 + 16GB RAM combo is typically smooth for day-to-day office work, lots of browser tabs, light content editing, and normal enterprise software. ASUS also tends to tune these ExpertBooks for real business use—solid keyboard feel, decent build for the price, and a sensible feature set that won’t annoy you in week two.

That said, I’d only recommend it if your workload fits that lane. If you’re doing heavy spreadsheets, lots of image/video work, or you care about very long battery life under constant load, you should double-check alternatives or step up—this isn’t positioned as a “performance-first” machine. Also, since you’re buying B2B, make sure you’re happy with the screen quality in person/online reviews for that specific panel; on budget-business models it can vary more than people expect. Overall: good value for standard office teams and admin/knowledge workers—just don’t buy it thinking it’ll feel like a higher-tier workstation.