Did I Make A Good Choice With This New LAPTOP Purchase?

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mark_wpduet

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My computer knowledge is not bad, but is limited when it comes to certain things. Like Intel core I7, I5, I3, and the generations. For example, I don't know what the difference is between a 2nd gen core I7 vs a 4th gen core I7.

At any rate, my current laptop is 3 years old and has a celeron processor with 4 gigs of memory and windows 8.1. It's OK for what I do. I do some video editing and it can be slow, so I usually use my desktop..

anyway, this is the one I ended up buying. It seems to have good stats, but to make myself feel better, I wanted to post what I got so that anyone who reads this can assure me this is a good laptop. LOL

 
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I know barely enough to be dangerous.

I'm not familiar with the brand, but if it's fast enough for gaming, it should be pretty fast for video editing too.

 

 
 
I'm a big fan of Asus products, and that looks like a winner.  Currently running an Asus mother board in my main computer, just upgraded my router to an Asus Rt-AC87U and am pretty impressed with it.  Asus did run afoul of the Gvt. with some of their routers and did get their hands slapped recently, but  not an issue for me.
 
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IBM doesn't make PC's anymore for anyone. The division was sold off many years ago and is now called Lenovo....and I don't believe they make computers for anyone else.
 
my opinion....stay away from ASUS.....I have had two, and learned my lesson the hard way.....current one is a Q550, was supposed the be the biggest and best they made....most expensive, and most costly!

I mainly bought them for their larger size and separate number pad.....

durability, mediocre at best....their forever in service....and count your blessings if you get past 2 years with before it fries....

I bought the kids laptops from Walmart of all places, for around 300.00, and their still running strong with never needing service, and have outlasted these two I have.....

my advice, just be cautious....and buy an extended warranty, your going to need it....that's if parts are available a year from now...
 
I've had two Asus products, an Eee box and a mini laptop. The Eee box died after less than three years and the mini laptop has been performing way worse than one might expect. No more Asus products for me, but I know some people who indeed love them.

@ vacerator:

I've seen you posting inaccurate information several times now, please check your sources before posting. Thanks
 
Louis,

I beg to differ. Perhaps the Asus brand are not the same in your country?
A computer expert told me they are IBM.
It sounds like yours was more like our Acer brand here.
They are also priced higher than most from HP, etc.
 
Regarding IBM, they sold out their share of the PC business to Lenovo back in '05 and haven't been in the business since.

In fact, IBM has been slowly switching their corporate users to Macintosh computers to cut down on operating costs and IT support starting last year.
 
 
I used an Asus motherboard in a desktop I built in 1997.  It ran without fail 24/7 for 16 years (except for shutdowns during extended power outages or a couple hurricane threats).  One hard drive (a WD I think) failed a few years in but nothing else.  It's sitting 6 ft away in my living room, likely would boot right up.  Only reason it was retired is for updating from WinNT 4.0.

 
I've read all the main

brands are pretty decent, except Acer. Currently my desktop and laptop are Lenovo. Never had problems. Before was Dell with no problems. Before that it was gateway and HP, no problems. I was more focusing on stats than brand as far as my stats knowledge goes, as long as it was one of these brands. The only laptop I've ever seen die was a Dell, but it was OLD and very used. From my experience, computers are very reliable.
I hope I didn't make a mistake with this brand. I've never had anything ASUS. I remember when I bought this current Lenovo laptop and desktop I was afraid because I had never had Lenovo before, but they have proven to be reliable for me LOL
 
Mark,

I suspect that you did fine and your choice will give you good service. The biggest concern I have with any computer company is having them continue to provide service and drivers after the purchase.

Asus has been in the computer Biz a long time and I have used a few of their motherboards over the years and they always did fine. I have no first hand experience with their computers but at least they are an established company.

I liked how your reliability link put Apple's in the top 3 spots. Even though I bashed Apple for ~30 years, I have come to the conclusion that my Mac Book Pro is easily the finest computer I have ever owned. Even if I wanted a Windows machine, I'd buy a Mac Pro and swap the drive and run Win on it (I dual boot Win 7 and Mac OS on mine currently). They list Dell high up too and in general I have had good luck with Dell's too.

Enjoy the new Asus, you pulled the trigger, no sense worrying till it gives you a reason to fret at this point. And hopefully it never does!
 

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