Any of you know about laptops/cpus?

[EqualizeIt]

So Im going to school in the fall, and was just wondering was is the best school specific computer there is. I want to stick with Asus, I hear they are the best for the price.


Amazon.com: ASUS A52F-XE5 15.6-Inch Versatile Entertainment Laptop (Black): Electronics
Is the current one I was looking at. Seems great.
I'm going in for Business Administration, so the number pad will be GREAT for me.


any recommendations?!

[Remus3]

If you are not gaming on it, yeah it's fine.

If you do plan to game on it, it might lag a bit.

[stoneharry]

Cons:
- The keyboard sucks horribly. It's the weakest point of construction and in all honesty I expect it to break with regular usage and I'm not at all a heavy handed typer. It is solid near the chassis but springy in the middle around the home keys. As a matter of consistent workflow I use an external keyboard and mouse, but if I didn't the springiness and layout would be a pain.
- The glossy HD monitor looks great, but it's glossy. No surprise there but it will reflect everything everywhere. Not really a bad thing, but something to be aware of.
- Battery life is 2.5 hours of intense usage. This is fine for me because I'm usually docked somewhere, but I wouldn't take this into the jungle or out on the streets.
- The DVD burner is of very cheap construction.
- The ASUS accidental damage warranty is a royal pain in the ass the set-up. I'm pretty sure their website is deliberately non-functional in order to deter people from following up on it. I talked to customer service and they didn't sound surprised and said to try back in a few hours. Lo and behold it still doesn't work. This is worth researching before you buy this laptop because this was one of the prime selling points for me and i still haven't been able to resolve it.

A few said about the bad keyboard it has.

Also seems to come with programs you will want to uninstall and a long startup time.

I'm only saying bad points here.

[EqualizeIt]

AWh, thanks for pointing it out though, I didnt catch that.

[Confucius]

Personally my experince with axis laptops has been nothing but horrid. I now have a toshiba qosimo and am loving it so much

[EqualizeIt]

What do you mainly use it for? Im gonna take a look at it

[2dgreengiant]

Mabey just format it and put a fresh copy of windows on it?