TheDevilsWaffle

just picked up an Asus G50V-A2 from a recent college grad (Computer Science major, like myself) through a transaction where we met on Ebay and then paid outside of Ebay with only Paypal. Got it for $550, totally worth it. This lappy rocks!

you might be able to pick up an Asus G1s the same way i did on Ebay...Solid laptop that i used to run before i decided to upgrade. I see them going on Ebay for like $200-$400 lately...

I've used HPs before, and i have nothing against them. I just think Asus gives you more bang for the buck, performance wise...

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pippolo

In my office during the last years we bought mainly Asus laptop. We never had any heat issues or other with them. Also the asus support was ok (we need it for some repairs, caused usually by damage due to stupidity of my colleagues).

The only other 5 notebook not asus that we bought (3 HP and 2 Acer) caused a lot of trouble. All of them broken (by themselves, due to MB and HD failures) several time during the 2 years of warranty. We never will buy another HP or Acer notebook.

My antipathy vs HP and Acer is mainly caused by the bad experience with the support of the 2 brands. In Italy the HP support is very poor and the Acer's is virtually absent.
Probably in US is different and the HP or Acer support is very good. I don't know.
But regarding the HP poor quality, I can confirm it.