ASUS S56CA-WH31 15.6-Inch Vouchers

Evan Ferwerda:
Not quite as fast as I hoped, but still performs very well. smart pad is very useful once figured out

sportsphotographer:
We had this two days and half the screen went blank on the 2nd day. After googling the problem, I discovered that this is an ongoing quality issue with ASUS, so I just decided to return it to Amazon. Amazon was great and took it back with no problems. Steer clear!

Dawn Carlo (Aiea, Hawaii USA):
I bought this laptop for my little sister, a High School student. Although I admit that I originally intended to purchase it for myself, but seeing as I very much prefer desktop PC (I build what I use). The size of the laptop is perfect for my sister's usages, which goes between doing homework, internet shenanigans and whatnot.

I would say that if you're looking for portability, this may not be the best option. I do admit that the laptop itself is adequately light. Much lighter than the laptops of this size from a few years ago. But then again, this is a hybrid hdd-ssd laptop. The SSD is mini, the capacity might be small but I took the liberty of installing a much bigger capacity mini-SSD (128gb) I have as a spare. And dedicated the 500gb for storaging purposes.

I have little doubt that she will be able to fill the 500gb storage anytime soon but in the meantime, it's turned into a great machine that will serve her computing needs. And for the price? You can't go wrong with this choice.

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Phillip M Enright:
If you 'google' this product, you will find many other purchasers have had massive problems with it. It would seem to have inherent design/manufacture problems to do with its power management system and the motherboard.
What is more concerning is that ASUS does not provide an acceptable level of 'ASUS owned' technical/service backup for their products. In California, the product has to go back to a small independent service company in LA which doesn't seem to get too much support and backing from ASUS. The same is true in Australia - only a handful of small companies providing service for the whole of the country.
I bought mine on Amazon in 2011 for around $1500 (mine is the 256GB SSHD) - it's motherboard died just outside the warranty period. That cost $600 to replace from the LA service agent. Within a few months it developed a fault which causes it to not be able to go into sleep mode and be 're-awakened', without the battery being run down; recharged then re-booted. I've read in forums this is a common problem which ASUS just doesn't want to know about. This product should have a recall it is that deficient.
Consumers should not buy ASUS products until this company fulfils at least the minimum acceptable service support obligation as does DELL, HP, Toshiba and others.

The Dymond "The Dymond" (Bend, OR):
First let me say that I'm giving this laptop 5 starts only because I un-installed Windows 8 and installed dual-boot Windows 7 & Kali Debian linux in it's place. Windows 8 is aweful and I highly recommend people purchase Windows 7 or wait until Windows 9 if at all possible. Putting that aside . . .

I have used this for about 3 weeks now, off and on. The keyboard types quite comfortably, the screen is sharp and clear. The SSD drive and 4GB of memory allow this to run significantly faster than my desktop workstation which uses a SATA disk drive. It's light-weight, sharp looking, and the battery lasts a very long time. I am extremely pleased with the product and would easily replace it with a newer model in the future.

Richard J.:
This laptop is very fast and thin, pretty much what i expected.

One thing to note: You only get about 50-60 GB of ssd storage for your personal use if you are buying the 128 GB model

ASUS R503U-RH21 Laptop Computer,4GB Memory, 500GB Hard Drive, 15.6" Vouchers

 April M., Ahing-brooks "A.Brooks" (florida) :
This computer is really great for the price. It's good on battery life with the extended battery turn on option located on the screen if your battery starts getting low. The clarity of the screen is good for viewing the sites and it's lightweight construction makes carrying easy. I'm well pleased with my purchase and the delivery time was quick. Thank you.

Giraudlaw (USA):
I decided to give a chance to Asus after Sams didn't have a Dell to sustitute my HP that broke in less than 2 years. The reviews were good, so I bought it. My first impression was how cheap the material look and feel, not like my Dell and the HP. Other problem was that is a finger print magnet, always looks dirty. But what make me change it was the poor almost inaudible sound of the speakers, I need to use headphones to hear. Didn't like neither that the hard disk is in two partitions. It runs well the programs and the screen looks good, is windows 8 fault the software problems, but I expected more for an almost $400.00 computer and that brand. Finally, I found a Dell for $40.00 more, change it and now I'm happy. Not recommended unless it cost you under $300.00.

 Emma Kennedy "Book Addiction" (San Jose, CA):
At first I was a bit intimidated by this laptop but as I got more familiar with the Windows 8 concept I began to see that it actually made more sense in some areas. The probs I did have were more with getting used to Windows 8 than with the laptop itself. The laptop is great - I found the numbers keypad on it to be a great help to me, and surprisingly, it's lighter than than my older one. This is definitely worth it.

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 Treyes & Covert Family:
I bought this to replace a Toshiba laptop that we'd been using for a few years. I heard a lot of great things about Asus so I gave it a try. The preformance of this laptop is great but it's the design that I had problems with. The keypad is terrible. The keys are recessed so it makes it very uncomfortable to type. I constantly had to press keys more than once to get a response. I ended up returning and purchasing a HP with the same specs and the keyboard is great!

Lindsay:
This is a very pretty machine. It has everything I needed for the perfect price. HOWEVER, The spacebar does not work 9 out of 10 times that you try to use it. If you are a person like me that has to type a lot, this is a MAJOR problem. The whole keyboard is kind of awkward, but at least the other keys actually worked. Sadly, I had to return it, because who wants a computer without a properly functioning spacebar. It's like a nightmare come true. WTF?!! I would say to take your chances and purchase this if you are the hunt and peck kind of person. Then you might be able to slam the spacebar with all your might perfectly in the middle to get it to work. This doesn't seem to just be a rare defect. I would have to think they are all functioning like this.

Anthony (Beach Park, IL, United States):
I bought this for a graduation present for my niece, and she absolutely loved it. Very powerful machine for the money.

ASUS Republic of Gamers G75VW-AH71 17.3-Inch Vouchers

Amazonaddict:
I bought this review because of the excellent specs for a fairly reasonable price. I had this laptop for no more than a month when a bright pixel appeared on the LED screen. Since the sticker on the box said "0 bright dot guarantee", I didn't really worry about it. However, after contacting customer service, I was told that the "0 Bright dot guarantee" only covered you if you hade 5 or more bright dots. I don't know how my definition of 0 managed to be different than Asus's, but being basically told to go screw myself after spending $1500 on a gaming laptop makes me sick to my stomach. So now I can just walk into dark rooms in games, and say hello to my little green dot that apparantly "Does not impact the perfomance of the machine". Just a horrible annoyance that will ensure that if I purchase another gamning laptop, it will ASBOLUTELY not come from Asus!

 Thomas Lounsbury :
The system runs great. Runs everything I throw at it like a champ. The major flaw and the reason I didn't give it 5 starts is that it has a very annoying audio problem. If I am using the computer with headphones plugged in everything works great... until I have to stop and do something else. When I come back I am blasted by not only the headphones but the speaker as well. The only way to get back to just headphones is to turn the sound off and back on. If I am using Bluetooth headphones the problem is much worse. When I get back the sound does not work.. at all. If I have a video paused I will start it and get no sound. Turning the sound on and off does not fix this problem. The only way to fix it is to disconnect the headset and re-connect it. This is a major issue and is absolutely unacceptable in a laptop at this price point. Multiple driver updates have not fixed the issue.

Yes this a great laptop with power to spare but until the sound issue is fixed I cannot recommend it to others yet.

Manny :
Well I just received my G75vw. To start off he look is amazing by far the best laptop I have decided to purchase with this price tag. Truly sleek and sexy with a little oomph in the back it is impressive. I dislike windows 8 but that isn't a killer for me. What did knock atleast a star off of the rating is when playing LoL I get massive lag spikes for a few seconds which is enough to die (which is rather annoying). I have updated some of the drivers. Mainly gpu, bios.. Next will be wireless and anything else I find when searching the web for a bit of advice ( including the lovely bloat ware from the cd). Now I gave it 3 stars for that fact. Having to do so much updating right off the box that is slightly annoying. Unless it is something with new computers that have came out in 2012 (last computer is a dell inspirion 14z) which in all honestly is alot faster with no pinging issues. This leads me to believe there is a obvious disconnect some where and a driver needs updated or something is faulty. I work full time grave yard and have school 16 credit hours so my schedule is full. Typically just want to hop online game for a hour or two to relax then get on with my day but having to research how to get a computer operating properly ( I am not computer person) is just a bit annoying. So 3 stars until said issue is fixed then will see how this baby performs once fully working!

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IT GOLD (Tempe, AZ United States):
Upgrade to Win 8 pro went smoothly. Didn't have too much garbage to uninstall prior to using (although, there is always some). Windows 8 is performing fine in an enterprise environment (70-person domain). This comp, in conjunction with Win 8, found all printers without downloading drivers, which was nice. Laptop boots fast and the touchscreen works well.

Two negatives: the touchscreen adds a little weight and thickness; the battery appears to be built in (non-removable).

NB:
Laptop is good, boots up very fast. Screen response to touch is excellent. Keyboard is not the best, but its not too bad either. Had initial hiccup with HD streaming videos being choppy (on both Netflix and YouTube). Removed Asus Power4Gear battery saver software, and now everything runs perfectly fine (This program throttled the CPU to conserve battery, the lower CPU speed caused HD streaming to be choppy). Also McAfee antivirus is unnecessary. I miss the dedicated volume keys, wish there was a function lock key.

azalea1984:
I had read a lot of positive reviews so after some intensive research and talking to some sales reps at Best Buy I decided to buy this ultrabook by Asus. It's my first hours of usage, but I am simply impressed. This ultrabook is beautiful, unbelievably light, very fast even with the installed 4Gb RAM (such that I'm thinking of sending back the additional 4Gb RAM I ordered with this package) and the overall performance is just great.

The sound quality and graphics are perfect for me cause I'm a PhD student and don't need a heavy gaming thing. It doesn't get warm while charging. It's very quiet too. In addition, there are some horror stories here about the touch pad and the key board, both are just really good. The touch screen works great too.

Also what's wrong with you people? Windows 8 is no big deal to get used to. I really like the new interface. It's very modern and compatible with other devices we use in today's world.

All in all, I love this cute little thing and like it way more than the MacBook my friend got for 1500 something. Enjoy this and keep your money in your pocket, use the money somewhere else if you are tight on budget.

ASUS X201E-DS02 11.6-Inch Vouchers

Kailua Papio:
I waited a long time for this one. I wanted portability, great battery life, a disk drive and small size. It has blue tooth, HDMI, USB 3.0 has 4 gb ram Windows 8 and it is small enough to carry for travel, but big enough so you can read the screen. Any way the build quality is very high and it is very light. I downloaded classic shell so the laptop is looking like a classic windows laptop. The touch pad is responsive and I have also used the unit with a wireless mouse and big monitor and keyboard and it worked flawlessly. Having HDMI means I can show pictures on our big TV and the resolution was great. Battery life is about 5 hours--I know because used it for 5 hours straight. I could not be happier!

Emily Carpenter :
I've had the ASUS 11.6 " for about a month now and everything is working well. I bought this primarily for the size/weight and was interested in a lower price computer with enough hard drive size and speed. I'm really happy with all these functions and Windows 8 hasn't even annoyed me too much yet, but I primarily use all functions from the desktop not Start Screen.
Pros: Screen is nice and clear, and font size adjustment makes it easy to read. Keyboard is a little small, but not uneasy to use. No complaints with the speed yet.
Cons: Only main complaint is the touchpad, which is a little large for the size of the computer and my palm sometimes drags against it when typing and moves the cursor without me wanting it to. The touchpad is also a little under-sensitive when scrolling. #2 Battery life seems good, about 3-4 hours, but the battery only recharges when the computer is off/sleeping.

Upul Doluweera :
Pros : Good design and portability, Great display and good for average user
Cons : Power adapter died within a week. Relatively low processor speed.

Tip : Go for a core i3 processor.