ASUS A55A-AH51-RD 15.6-Inch Vouchers

Joshua Wibisono:
I bought this laptop on Cyber Monday Sale for a total of $545, after tax and shipping. It was a pretty good investment considering that it is i5 and 750GB hard drive. The only setback on this laptop is the sound. The sound sounds a little choppy and, but you can just buy speakers or use a headset to fix this problem. Overall, good laptop for school/gaming and I would recommend this laptop to my friends/family

McKayla Evans :
My macbook pro finally expired of old age and sadly i've been kicked off the parental gravy train so I couldn't afford a new one. I considered the sony e series but i'm happy I went with the ASUS. The size, speed, and capacity is perfect for me. I have no complaints about windows 8 and had no problem learning how to use it. I got my laptop before the estimated delivery date and the price was almost $100 dollars less than at Best Buy. Good buy. Hopefully it lasts me awhile.

 M. Klinker (Cleveland, OH):
ASUS has been a manufacturer of motherbords for about 20 years. I know because I bought them when I built PC's. I think they make the best on the market. I am not sure how long they have been making and selling computers, but Yeah!! I bought this one for my daughter to replace her PC. I am not so sure about the W8 thing, and she complained a bit at first, but she is doing very well with it now, and while she wont admit to it, I doubt she would switch back to W7 if she had the chance to do so. THis laptop has more bang for the buck with more memory and larger hard drive and better motherboard and chipset than other laptops for noticeably less $. Rest assured the quality is there. She has been using for about 3 months now and is very happy with the machine and that dad bailed her out... again.

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mike barrett :
Love the computer; no doubt about that. I like the larger hard drive space and the sound system is pretty awesome too.

Cons? Windows 8. Too bad you weren't selling this with Windows 7 OS. I would have actually paid more for that one to be put onto this. too bad, but I can live with it.

 Joseph Perez :
Very quite, very cool, blazing fast, great screen, great keyboard, very happy. After many Toshibas I think this is better quality and better design. I am buying another Asus for my brother in law. Have always uses Asus Mother Boards and now probably laptops also

 jamesleeoldham:
I hate window 8 so much , and I think older models are better than newer ones. window8 has issues problem , who ever has window 8 right now good luck to who got it .

Asus N56VM-RB71 15.6' LED Notebook Vouchers

Thomas Bell (Burleson, TX USA):
When the system arrived I had a couple of problems with blue screens. After updating video and touchpad drivers all problems are cured. This notebook is phenominal. I love everything about it. The display is bright, sharp and has great viewing angle. The system is fast, the keyboard has a good feel and I love the fact that it is backlit. If you buy this computer you won't be disappointed.

 Juddy Harris:
It was missing a few drivers, no big deal and it was evident it was made for sale in a foreign country (other than english speaking). Other than get through the set up it has been great. Thanks,

Nadia Haschart:
Considering it is refurbished and there is a little risk with such a short warranty... it is a nice laptop. Nice, as in works like it should with what it has in it. It can run 3DSMax and Skyrim without any hiccups or low frame rates. I replaced the security system with Avast and installed Windows updates and it has been working smoothly for two weeks. The backlight keys are a bit garish but much preferred to none at all. The trackpad is awful, just get a mouse and you will be fine.

ASUS K55N-DS81 15.6-Inch Vouchers

Michael Freed:
I did a lot of research before finally purchasing this laptop by ASUS. The biggest selling points for me were as follows:

ASUS 1 year "360 Notebook Warranty" including 1 year of Accidental Damage/Handling and a Limited 1 year manufacturer warranty.
The AMD A8 4500M APU is super speedy. If you're purchasing a laptop beware that the A6 4400 has a 1MB L2 cache while the A8 has a BIG 4MB L2 cache. While the dual core is rated at a higher frequency the quad core is capable of handling multiple data loads simultaneously much more efficiently.
The Radeon 7640G has 512mb dedicated memory and is capable to pull from the system resources. While this machine CANNOT run games at the highest settings it does an excellent job of being able to run MOST games at low-med settings with high FPS.
4gb ram upgradeable to 16gb.

Pros: Low Price point, 1 year ADH warranty, fast quad core cpu, 4mb L2 cache, fast HDD, fast boot option, instant on resume function- 2 second wake-up from sleep mode.

Cons: Poor viewing angles on screen, plastic shell/case,

Jeff Bloom (Norfolk, VA) :
I doubted this laptop would perform that well given its $399 price tag. Incredibly I continue to be blown away by its superb performance, it has quickly become my favorite (of six) computers to use! Even though it's comprised of plastic, it's light weight and superior performance leave me wanting little. Even with 3D games, the performance continues to astound me given the low price I paid.

I bought a 16GB memory upgrade for $85 a week later and it has solidly placed this laptop at the top of my techy toys list. I am dumbfounded by the sheer performance of this low cost laptop.

Pros: low price, above average performance, memory up-gradable to 16GB and out performs my MacBook that cost $1300.

Cons: Made of plastic and does not have superman powers..

Ms Milk:
I bought this laptop for $379 and it is definitely a great deal. My only dislikes are that there's a number pad squeezed in which makes it harder to type, the battery saving mode negatively affects the wireless (this can be turned off under the advanced power options), you need two fingers to scroll, and the speakers are really tinny. I use it for internet and mild gaming. It can run the Sims 3 at 50FPS, Minecraft, Skyrim, and Cube World beautifully. The Max RAM is 16GBs not 8 like the details say. I loved that it did not come with bloatware. Norton and a few pointless Windows 8 games were the only things I had to remove.

ASUS S46CA-XH51 14.1-Inch Vouchers

 David Mccann :
With a shrinking number of ultrabooks with Windows 7 on them as shipped, this system offers a really good mix of hard-to-find features including VGA and HDMI port, an RJ45 network jack, and throw in a DVDRW drive and 1 USB 3.0 and 2 USB 2.0 ports. The traditional hard drive with small SSD cache is a good compromise on a low-cost system. Very thin yet feels solid with aluminum casing. Really the only negatives are lack of backlit keyboard and trackpad a little tricky to get used to (left/right buttons are integrated into pad), and no recovery media and no way to make them, a poor trend for most vendors.

amateur wrench:
ASUS was recommended to me as a good brand, this seems to be the best 14" with Win 7, Amazon had the best price through another seller Technology Galaxy. However, return policy for TG is once the box is open it's yours, no exceptions, my bad for not reading the fine print. Right out of the box the cooling fan ran fast and loud, you could hear it in the next room. When typing in Word, email or in a web text box, the cursor would jump around causing you to manually set it back to the end of a sentence to continue typing. That's enough for me to return it, but as stated above, the return policy won't allow it. I spent hours with ASUS tech support via chat (tech support was good) to download a chipset to solve the cooling fan problem and some other software upgrade to stop the cursor jumping. Fan is solved, it runs quiet now, the cursor is still problematic, but we finally figured out how to disable the touchpad, the laptop is primarily used with a mouse. Another review talked about the touchpad being the deal killer too, take note. Other than that, the unit works fine (now) for word processing, web surfing, and some simple psychology testing software. If you want to buy this brand/model, go find one that you can demo before you commit. Buy direct from Amazon so you can return it if you don't like it. Beware of sellers selling through Amazon, they might not let you return it if you open the box.

sushi "xdancer" (New York) :
this was by far the easiest setup of my 10? laptops -- based on reviews i read here i chose this model (with win 7) over a new vaio with win 8 (my last 5 computers have all been vaios) -- seamless, fast setup, speedy, lots of RAM -- only caveat is no numeric keypad but i only used it to type accents, so --

downloaded browsers, software, printer drivers & updated versions of this n' that -- no problem whatsoever. so far so good -- it's only tweaking & transferring files now -- from the previous laptop whose touchpad i drowned --

ASUS External 12X Blu-Ray Burner with USB 3.0 BW-12D1S Vouchers

 OzarkMark:
I bought this based on the excellent trade magazine expert reviews, primarily to use as backing up bluray & dvd movies onto my laptop hard drive to watch later as I travel a lot. I own the hp DV6 laptop available from Best Buy right now. The built in drive on the laptop isnt all that fast, but this Asus, with its included USB 3.0 cable, is insanely fast at ripping DVDs! And burning them.back to disk, too. Finding blank bluray media is still a challenge locally, dont know how well it burns blurays yet, but it does take a LONG time to rip a full bluray to HDD. Count on an hour or two, maybe more! I havent had occasion to use all the included software, but the installation is quick & easy.
Im very happy with this unit, integrates well wiith Windows 7& my laptop. Burns DVD disk movie only copies in about 15 minutes. DL DVD full movies in about 20+ minutes with all menus & special features. Would definitely recommend & buy again!

Eric Esterle :
I have burned two 25GB Blu-ray discs with the USB 3.0 Asus BW-12D1S-U on a Thunderbolt capable 15.4" MacBook Pro Retina. Using this configuration to backup from a 6TB Western Digital Thunderbolt drive, I can burn a 25GB BD in about 10 min. Only hangup is using Toast 11 Titanium the drive will hang at 99%. Disabling "write verfication" doesn't resolve this issue, but killing the burn at 99% leaves a validly burned and readable disc. I plan to test this more with the 50GB discs in a few minutes. The Asus software is pretty horrid though and only supports Windows. So if you want to update the firmware when/if Asus releases a firmware update you have to have a Windows box, which I tested on my sons computer and Asus still had no firmware updates available. Apple should have a Blu-ray solution included, but until they do we the consumer have to jump through hoops like this so I guess I can't complain. It's less work than using a Linux box and more reliable and less annoying than using a Windows box. All things considered, until a Thunderbolt Blu-ray solution arises this is as good or equivalent than any other USB 3.0 or SATA solution on the market currently--read, good, but can be better.

Suswyn :
The external USB 3.0 drive is really fast and quiet. The only quirk with it is the included software did not autorun, and the Asus Firmware update link did not work.....maybe this drive is too new to need a firmware update but the software takes you straight there when you finally get it installed and the the Asus site cannot find the drive unless you type in the serial number then the page freezes. The actaul cyberlink (asus bundled) software looks great but the music player does not recognize mp3 files and you have to convert you audio files from mp3 to wma or wav in order to play them in this software (PowerDVD/Cyberlink Media suite).

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M. Russell (Barbados):
I am a mac user but wanted a windows computer to run certain programs. Therefore I needed the computer to be as easy to use and efficient as a mac. This is one of the best investments I have ever made. Its top of the line software and speed make it a joy to use. I certainly don't regret this purchase.

 Enhance :
I have owned this computer for over a year now and am overall happy with the purchase. However, it is slower than I thought it would be. The biggest bottle neck seems to be the processors according to the Windows experience application. It does have a great battery life, and sleek look to it. The problem is, it lags during normal operation in super performance mode plugged in just using Word; just trying to type a word can result in waiting 1-2 seconds for the new letters to appear. Also, it is very difficult to swap out the hard drive. I found a French forum (written in French) that outlines a detailed method of removing and replacing the hard drive, but this requires taking the netbook apart completely. The ram was easy to upgrade although 32 bit windows does not recognize all 4 gigs and when I tried to install 64-windows last summer, and Asus does have drivers for 64-bit it was not stable enough for me and went back to the 32-bit. With that said, I still am a huge fan of Asus and these products.

 Andrew :
I found this netbook to be great! For the dollar value there are netbooks for a little better money, but i love the way this looks alot and it's very functional. The netbook comes installed with a 64bit version of windows 7 also which is nice. I'd recommend this to anyone that is interested in having a netbook that's a little more premium and functional. If you're not worried just get one a little cheaper. I rated it 4 stars simply because it's not the most cost effective netbook option but it's a great netbook either way. I'd recommend adding 4gb of RAM also. Makes it even better!