Hardware Analysis Community Forums http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/36499/ 2009-01-07T23:13:45-05:00 http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/36499/ http://media.hardwareanalysis.com/halogo.gif text/html 2005-01-05T20:36:09-05:00 Michael A. http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/36499/#223116 I second SuperXP and agree with Calc. I recommend you go for an eMachines' laptop. Sure, you won't have the bragging rights and you may get a few chuckles but you can always laugh right back at them with their non-64-bit processors. And as Calc said, I recommend you stay away from ASUS. text/html 2005-01-05T20:33:29-05:00 Jim Milner http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/36499/#223113 2 years &quot;part time&quot; sales? With all due respect I've been in the trenches supporting users for a decade longer. <br /> A 50%+ failure rate on a batch of 17 new laptops in the span of 7 months is the worst I've ever seen or heard about (but I'm sure there are worse ;-) and had the displeasure of trying to support.<br /> I had a drive (my second) on one fail just today. I have contacted the supplier and we are in negotiations to return all 17 systems as it is costing us thousands of dollars in downtime.<br /> I have supported/used Gateway, Dell, Toshiba, IBM, Compaq, HP and ASUS laptops. I have had the best luck with Toshiba and IBM.<br /> We will be replacing these with IBM's even though I'm a little leary considering IBM sold their PC division they have been the most trouble free laptops to date.<br /> text/html 2005-01-03T23:47:51-05:00 Robert S. http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/36499/#222218 <br /> Wow, 50%! So what brand will you get next time you have to buy? text/html 2005-01-03T18:54:44-05:00 Mathemagician http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/36499/#222076 Well ok, that's 50% of 17 laptops....I've been doin sales part time for about 2 years now, and over a 2 year period, which is a much fairer time for deviation, Asus have statistically had the lowest returns due to failure. And we've sold a lot more than 17.<br /> text/html 2005-01-03T18:47:23-05:00 Jim Milner http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/36499/#222070 Run, don't walk away from these laptops. I purchased 17 through ABS (The S1300N) in May, 2004. To date I have experienced over a 50% failure rate. I currently have 5 systems down, 4 are dead, will not even boot - one has a bad keyboard, I have had one catastrophic hard drive failure but for the most part - power supplies and motherboards that just die. 2 machines have been RMA'd twice now. I am currently in the process of purchasing new systems and will be returning every damn one of these poorly designed pieces. In my 12 years in IT I have never seen a worse piece of hardware, not to mention crappy customer service (I use that term lightly) by ABS PC. text/html 2005-01-02T17:00:01-05:00 brian pope http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/36499/#221656 Since I don't have the money to spend on a Apple Powerbook G4, I've been looking at Asus notebooks, they have some nice priced barebones whitebox one's, looking at the A2H model $725 canadian<br /> <a class="ext" href="/action/r/http://usa.asus.com/products/notebook/nbindex.htm" target="_blank">http://usa.asus.com/products/notebook/nbindex.htm</a><br /> <br /> I would prefer the one of these two but money is the main concern<br /> <a class="ext" href="/action/r/http://www.asus.com/products/notebook/a4series/a4000k/a4000k_overview.htm" target="_blank">http://www.asus.com/products/notebook/a4series/a4000k/a4000k_overview.htm</a><br /> <a class="ext" href="/action/r/http://www.asus.com/products/notebook/a2series/a2000k/a2000k_overview.htm" target="_blank">http://www.asus.com/products/notebook/a2series/a2000k/a2000k_overview.htm</a><br /> <br /> Negative comments aside from someone who owned a <a target="_blank" href="/action/r/http://www.dell.com/">Dell</a> lol, I've only heard good reviews about the Asus notebooks.<br /> text/html 2005-01-02T09:59:41-05:00 Mathemagician http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/36499/#221572 Well it can vary between models, but just recently a few have been coming back because windows wasn't booting properly....methinks there was a dodgy batch of hard drives or something, but since I'm sales and not tech support I don't get to find out too much. The most I can do is draw my own conclusions from the reports of the customers. I'm usually fairly accurate tho <img src="http://media.hardwareanalysis.com/smilies/smile4.gif" width="14" height="14" border="0" alt=";)" title=";)"><br /> text/html 2005-01-02T01:17:47-05:00 Robert S. http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/36499/#221481 <br /> <br /> Whats the most common problems with the Acers that are brought<br /> back to your store then ? text/html 2005-01-01T23:50:32-05:00 Mathemagician http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/36499/#221443 So Calc...&quot;on other people's experience I've made a valid conclusion&quot;....how valid can a conlcusion be with no experience of your own? <br /> <br /> About the laptops tho, they're superb. The electrical retailers I work in sell Asus, Acer, HP, and Fujitsu Siemens laptops, and we get very few Asus and Fujitsus back. My brother has one himself, and I think it's a damn good performer. Don't listen to this anti-Asus bandwagon, cos a lot of them just go by what they read on here. <br /> <br /> text/html 2005-01-01T17:59:11-05:00 Robert S. http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/36499/#221322 <br /> <br /> Does anyone else have experiences / opininos on Asus laptops ?<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> text/html 2004-12-26T08:21:43-05:00 Super XP http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/36499/#218640 A good company for Laptop's &amp; Notebook's is eMachines. According to a USA/Canada survay, they are #1 in customer service/support, best hardware etc. The second is IBM. <br /> <br /> I am assuming you are looking for a Athlon 64 notebook? That is if you are looking for 64-Bit support in the near future.<br /> <br /> Take Care Guys. text/html 2004-12-26T06:38:27-05:00 Owen http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/36499/#218631 No flames here. No forum without opinions. I've never had a bad experience with Asus (3 boards), but I don't get quite the exposure to them as a lot of you. Haven't run across a bad review, but maybe I'm not looking in the right place. Time will tell.<br /> <br /> Regards, O text/html 2004-12-26T01:45:03-05:00 Predator http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/36499/#218575 Ok what I meant is that Asus is arguably the crappiest company ever (its positioned w/ ECS and maybe Albatron). So, since its a laptop made by Asus, it's probably gonna be a 5uX0r. I'm probably going to get flamed in this thread for saying Asus is crappy, but from other people's experiences, I have made a valid conclusion. text/html 2004-12-26T01:04:57-05:00 Robert S. http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/36499/#218565 What do I think - I don'nt know what to think : ) - ambiguous answer there! text/html 2004-12-26T00:51:01-05:00 Predator http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/36499/#218557 Made by Asus? What do you think? <img src="http://media.hardwareanalysis.com/smilies/smile5.gif" width="14" height="14" border="0" alt=":P" title=":P">