Best ASUS N61VG-A2 16-Inch Brown Versatile Entertainment Laptop (Windows Deals

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Laptop works well. Biggest problem is the keyboard and the fact that the trackpad likes to jump you all over the place. Not sure if that is a personal problem or if it is common. My battery is completely dead after 1 year. Asus is replacing but I am not happy that it will probably burn out again after a year.

***** Warranty Bait and Switch ***********

ASUS no longer offers the overnight shipping on RMA's. Amazon needs to update the description. I felt very burned by this.

Here is what ASUS Says:

ASUS RMA -Gustavo> Ok i see yes that is an old program we now onluy do Fedex express saver

ASUS RMA -Gustavo> and a one year battery warranty

Ralph> But you cannot change the terms of my warranty after I bought it can you

ASUS RMA -Gustavo> No, because some of our resellers hold units passed 6 months some times a year and usually they would let you know whats the warranty on the unit but its always best to look threw our website first

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I bought this off and I'm very satisfied with it.

The battery life is about 3 to 3.5 hours using the built-in battery saving mode with wifi on.

It can handle most video games on decent settings, but don't expect to play Crysis on anything above low settings.

The build quality is very nice, even though the touchpad could be improved; but I use a bluetooth mouse with it so it doesn't bother me much.

The speakers sound pretty well.

The Windows Performance Rating for this laptop is:

Processor 6.2

Memory 6.2

Graphics 5.2

Gaming Graphics 6.2

Primary hard disk 5.9

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Has everything I wanted and need. Screen is easy to see and read in bright sunlight--a huge deal for me as my husband and I travel via RV a lot. Getting used to the whole Windows 7 thing, but at least didn't have to hassle with getting it installed. Love the numeric keyboard, too--use it a lot and enjoy it.

Could highly recommend.

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I've never used a better laptop. I would highly recommend this to everyone. Easy to use, wonderful display, clear sound.

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This is my fist ASUS and I couldn't be happier. No negatives with the i7, 7200rpm Hard Drive, USB 3.0, virtually no bloatware (Trial of MS Office & Trend Micro Antivirus), great support, hard drive setup with 3 partitions (Express Gate, Windows 7 OS, data), runs quiet and is lighter than I expected.

Got it mainly to process audio (Ableton Live Suite 8) and was a bit concerned how everything would run on Win7 / i7, but I had no problems.

It's run everything I've thrown at it without hesitation.

ASUS X54L-BBK2 Laptop Computer / Intel Core i3-2350M 2.3GHz 2nd Reviews

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This ASUS X54L is a great laptop, but I was a little skeptical due to the cheap price. Note, I got my laptop at bestbuy for $329. As of this review Amazon does not have the best price on this product. I've had this laptop for several months now.

I wanted to replace my old laptop with one that had a faster processor and better graphic so that I could actually view HD movies on my laptop (streaming netflix and HBOgo).

Pros:

The Intel core i3 processor is awesome. It makes this computer very fast and can handle multitasking and runs HD videos fine.

The USB 3.0 is a nice addition. Transferring many gigs via this USB port is much quicker, probably by a factor of 10.

The overall build of the laptop. It's plastic, clearly, but is not flimsy nor does it feel like the keyboard will snap in two as you type.

The RAM is 4 gigs, which is enough to perform normal tasks like word processing, email, internet, and HD movies. ASUS says this laptop has a max of 4 gigs of RAM total, but that is not so as you can upgrade higher. While this laptop has only one RAM slot, I purchased a single 8 gig RAM stick (8GB 204-Pin DDR3 SO-DIMM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10600)) and it works great. The 8 gigs only cost $47, so I feel that was an easy upgrade. The memory I got was made by Patriot, and other than putting the ram in the system, I had to do nothing more, though any memory of the correct type should work.

The speakers on this laptop are surprisingly good.

The overall software suite of the laptop is smart. It is easy to go from high performance mode to battery saving mode. There are a lot of built in alerts and interfaces by ASUS that make operating the laptop very nice.

Best of all, little bloatware is installed on the laptop and can be removed within minutes if you so choose.

I decided to install some video games on the laptop and see if they could work. I got Starcraft 2 and Elder Scrolls Skyrim. Both work fine, but all my graphic settings are on low. With 8 gigs or RAM, I can tweak that a bit, but the reality is to have your present day games in a playable state, graphic settings must be low. Both these games are playable though and have no issues with choppiness or poor performance.

Cons:

You only get two USB ports. One is USB 3.0 the other is 2.0.

Graphics card is integrated Intel 3000 chip set. It's ok, but clearly not the best. This was done to save on cost, which is fine, but don't expect miracles from your graphics card. Recall my video games needing graphic settings on low to run well. Though, in all fairness to this graphics card, the games do run without flaw.

Note on battery life.

With high performance on and you using the internet, playing a game, or watching a video, your battery will last about 2.5 hours from a full charge.

With battery saving mode on and you trying to do the same stuff, battery will last 4 hours. Performance suffers though, although video watching can still work.

This is about what I would expect from a product in this price range.

Overall I am happy with this laptop. I feel I got a good value at a fair price. As of July 2012, you probably cannot find a better laptop, with this solid intel core processor, at this price. I highly recommend this laptop for those on a budget.

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This is the lowest price laptop that come with Intel i3 Sandy Bridge CPU.

I bought it for my kids, and they use it for web browsing and some games. My kids love it.

The price is very very very reasonable, actually, I think it's under-priced.

The speed is more than enough, and design is good.

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I purchased this laptop for our kids. It has all the necessary features. I have used lots of high-end laptops and this one is definitely a good deal for the price. It is light for its size. The screen and keyboard feel good. The i3 processor has two cores and is hyper threaded for four effective cores. It comes with 4GB of RAM. All the memory web sites say this laptop will only take one 4GB SODIMM stick. Yes, it only has one memory slot, but as I figured (because it is an i3), it can take an 8GB SODIMM stick. I purchased an 8GB DDR3 stick and it works great. My only issues is that it doesn't have HDMI out. It does have a VGA connector however. I also had a few issues with the USB drivers when reinstalling a clean version of Windows 7. However, once I got them installed in the right order, things seems to be working. This a 5 star laptop for the price. Once of the best deals out there as of summer 2012.

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I was on a tight budget and needed a laptop that had an i3 processor and would allow me to do all I needed to do. This laptop is as nice as most 500-600 dollar laptops/ultra-books these days, but only costs 399 (no tax + free shipping). You can't go wrong here, don't hesitate on this one!

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I live out in the middle of nowhere with a terribly slow connection, but this machine makes it possible to stream and surf with wonderful quickness.

The only things lacking are a built in bluetooth and HDMI.

I am impressed. I am not a gamer, so I can't say much on the subject, but it is nimble with the social games on Zinga.

The graphics are great, and web chat is made easy.

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This laptop is very fast. The camparison between quality and price is notorius. Until this moment I have not had any problem with it. I recommend this product.

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Well, from the time I got this laptop it gave little to no problems, and very little lag and relatively fast boot up (turn on) time. It wakes up from sleep very quickly, the graphics are relatively good, so final verdict great laptop.

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I am a very busy working mother of two who is also a student and my husband works out of town. I purchased this computer and it took a very long time to arrive at my house. I was unable to open it for a couple of days because my life is VERY busy. When I did open it, I noticed that it was very creaky and it sounded like there are parts moving around inside of it. I spent extra money on Toshiba due to their recommendation. I usually buy from New Egg and Tiger Direct, I decided to try something new. I contacted the seller and they said that since it was outside of a week from purchase, I would have to pay over $100 in re-stocking fees. Instead I called TOshiba who apologized for Tech Points unfair policy. I will never buy from them again, nor will any of the thousands of people I know through work and school

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My Macbook shipped to my home much sooner than the earliest anticipated arrival date, so I was pumped from the start. When I removed the laptop from the packaging (which was very secure, by the way), I was very pleased with the like-new condition the computer was in. The battery life is excellent, and I rarely have to charge the computer even though I browse the web a lot. I am used to having a Toshiba laptop, so I'm still in the habit of dimming the screen brightness and turning off the wireless internet card to save battery power. I do that with this Macbook, and can stay productive for much longer.

The computer itself is very quiet, and only gets loud when the fan kicks in to cool down the hardware. This typically happens when I'm watching a video or playing a video game, but that's to be expected. The initial configuration process was very easy as well.

I definitely recommend buying from this vendor. I'm not sure if I was "one of the lucky ones" but hopefully if YOU buy from this vendor, your product will arrive very quickly too!

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I am not a computer whiz like my kids are. But I do like a great tool when it comes to ease of use and versatility. That is what my MacBook gives me. It's easily portable, has a nice screen size, and the track pad is easy on the hands and wrists. My kids often show me more ways that my MacBook can be useful to me, such as: communication, artwork, research, and entertainment. The keyboard makes sense, and the settings are customizable for comfortable usage.

Now, I admit, to the computer techy, all this must sound like "well, duh!" But I'm over 50, I still know what a type-writer and an adding machine are. I didn't grow up with computers, so when I find something this useful I like to say so. Having worked on a couple other brands of computers, Apple compares well. Their products are designed with the user in mind technically advanced user or not.

Cheap Sony VAIO VGN-SR510G/B 13.3-Inch Black Laptop (Windows 7

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I am not a big fan of throwing "best of this and best of that" labels. There are, however, items that deserve such labels and I think the Sony SR is one of them. I bought this notebook for my media production company. I personally use it when shooting on location tethered to a camera. The quality, performance, and design aspects are very impressive and come together to serve the user very well.

The best aspect is the LED screen, which produces correct colors and perfect luminosity gradients. Furthermore, the screen resolution is 1280x800. That produces a resolution aspect ratio of 1.6 which is very close to the aspect ratio of my 35mm camera's native files resolution. This means I can view my pictures at full view with very little space going to waist in vertical bars at each side of the screen. Other ultra wide notebook screens produce a resolution around 13##x7## waisting so much screen space on each side in full picture display. Also, browsing the web at such resolution makes pages too shot, requiring constant vertical scrawling. With the SR native resolution, browsing feels natural.

Performance wise this computer was capable of handling everything I threw at it. The 4Gigs of ram and 64bit operating system for example makes starting and using Photoshop CS4 RAW for checking white balance a breeze. The laptop is also light weight and solid. Using this laptop in my work places allot of stress on the chassis. I constantly reach out for the notebook and hold it with one hand, lifting its full weight from one side but feeling no flexing or hearing cracking sounds period.

I researched allot of notebooks, many of which had very unique features this notebook did not have. Ultimately I narrowed my choice between Asus and Sony. Asus offered better value but this one won because of the better screen.

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I was very impressed with this laptop. I have been a Dell owner in the past, and this is my first Sony VAIO. It is extremely lightweight, runs Win 7 and it's Aero interface perfectly. I was dubious about the fingerprint reader and it's usefulness, but it works pretty well both to sign on the appropriate user under Windows, as well as offering a fingerprint-protected file area, which I thought was neat. The only slight issue I have, was that my girlfriend has very small fingers it took a long time to program the PC with each one, as the reader software complained that she didn't swipe long enough. After programming, it worked well though. The wireless N card picked up my dual band Linksys router with no issues at all. I have yet to see if it will do the 6.5 hours on battery as stated. All in all, I am very impressed and would certainly look at VAIOs again.

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I've been using my new Sony Vaio 510 for about three weeks now and I'm very pleased with it. I love how light and fast it is and I especially like the feel of the keyboard. Perhaps the sound could be a bit better and it would be great if the battery power lasted longer (mine lasts about 2 hours and 45 minutes), but this laptop is such a major improvement over my cruddy Toshiba that those things don't bother me at all. I'm really happy that I went with this Vaio.

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Just for some background: I'm a person who takes excellent care of his electronics. Of my previous two laptops before purchasing this laptop, the first was a Toshiba that lasted 4 years before mechanical wear and tear, coupled with the warranty expiration, led me to purchase a new laptop; while the second laptop, a Dell has worked for 4 years and still works today. I chose to upgrade and keep my old Dell as a backup.

I usually do not post reviews for electronics items until after at least a year of use since any manufacturer can make a product that can impress for 30 days. The trick is to build products that last, or at the very least have good Customer Service. I had heard from friend's that Sony's laptop quality and customer service had improved since the dark days of the past, so after reading this laptop's specification and price, I decided to take a chance on a new brand. Here's my list of pros and cons.

Pros:

Extremely lightweight

Beautiful screen (while it lasts)

Fingerprint reader works great

Keyboard is fantastic

Trackpad works well

Wireless card range is great

Runs most programs well (I would not recommend this laptop for watching HD movies [Slows down while playing 1080p clips on YouTube] or playing computer games at the highest graphics settings, but for most uses, this laptop performs great.)

Cons:

The battery life is nothing to write home about at best 2 hours, perhaps 3 hours if you dim the screen, turn off the wireless card, and only run Microsoft Word

The sound is pretty poor. It's not terrible, but any sort of ambient noise, and you can barely hear the video or music playing.

Customer Service Experience is pretty poor*

*10 months after buying this laptop, the left half of my screen suddenly stopped working. If you were to draw a straight line bisecting my screen, the left half would be full of vertical black lines, while the right half would work perfectly. I called Sony, and they agreed that the screen should be replaced, and they told me that they'd be shipping a new LCD screen to a local service center, and that I should expect a call within the next week to schedule an appointment to fix my laptop. Sounds fantastic, right? Over the next 5 weeks, I called 3 times, and I was repeatedly told that Sony Customer Service is having issues with their computer system, and that I should expect a call from the local Sony service center within a week. TODAY, I finally learned that my new laptop screen has been on backorder this whole time, and that delivery of the screen to service centers should begin at the end of this week, and I should expect a call (wait for it!) *next week*. I'm so frustrated that they kept telling me that the laptop screen would be ready within a week, despite it being on backorder (which they never mentioned), that I feel the need to warn people of Sony's terrible customer support. I'm not angry that my screen was on backorder. It happens, and there's nothing they can do to make the screens faster. I'm angry that it took 4 weeks for somebody to tell me that my screen was on backorder. I was very calm and reasonable for each of my 3 phone calls (more worried that my service request had been accidentally ignored or forgotten than anything), and I believed them each time they told me that they were having trouble with their computer system, and I should expect a call within a week because they were flagging my service request as a priority.

Note to Sony Customer service reps: If the replacement part is still being built, just tell me. Don't lie, say the repair will be all set in a week, then hope that when I call back I don't reach you and instead have to deal with one of you coworkers. It's pathetic.

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I've been using my new Sony Vaio for about a month. it is such a beautiful laptop, I'm very pleased with it. I bought 2 external Logiteck speakers that work on USB power only in order to get better sound, the sound could be a bit better This laptop is such a major improvement. Better than other brands such as Toshiba, HP and Acer.I'm really happy that I bought this wonderful vaio. GO FOR IT, you will never regret it.

Toshiba Satellite C655D-S5230 15.6-Inch Laptop (Black) Review

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I purchased this computer from a big box store at a price point lower than is being offered here, so I will base my review on the lower price point. If I had paid the full retail that is listed here, I may have a different take on this computer...

First off, this computer is not a powerhouse. It is however substantially faster than My old computer (an original hp mini 1030nr) First off, I am nothing but impressed with the video playback of this computer. HD youtube videos play with no loss of frames, as do local hd videos (please note that this is a new cpu and hardware video acceleration is some what limited at this time, to make full use of hardware decoding you have to use windows media player or media player classic VLC does not play nice yet) The screen is bright and crisp, and it is a decent resolution (1366x768) The back light is even across the screen and overall the picture quality is excellent. The build quality of the whole laptop is good. This does not feel like a cheep budget laptop. The processor may not be great, however, it is perfectly suited for most daily tasks. Being a duel core processor, it is up to the task of multitasking. I have yet to bog it down, though I have honestly not pushed it yet. None the less, It handles an instant messenger, music, video, and the internet all at once with out missing a beat. Another nice thing about this computer is that unlike most similarly priced computers (mostly netbooks) this computer has a built in 8x dvd burner.

Now for some things I do not like about this laptop. First on my list is the lack of USB ports. Seriously Toshiba, only 2 usb port? This is 2011 not 1998! Another point of contention is the horrible mess of crap that comes pre-installed on this computer. Shame on you again Toshiba :( It took about 2 hours to remove all the bloatware on this computer. Yet another thing that bothers me is the flaky on screen display for the fn keys. It works about 50% of the time. Lastly, the cpu is a major bottle neck for the video card in this laptop. If paired with a faster processor, this laptop would be much much faster, and capable of moderate gaming. I get the feeling that the c-50 processor/gpu combo is intentionally crippled so as not to compete with amd's other offerings. I can only hope that the overclockers figure out how to unlock this cpu.

Overall this is a well made computer, and I would recommend it for some one who is looking for a budget computer that is capable of a full web experience including streaming hd video content. It is also more than up to the challenge of most computing except for gaming (though it will play older games often on high settings. I would also not want to use this computer for video editing or other cpu intensive applications. At nearly four hundred dollars, I feel you could do better, but at three fifty (the price I payed at a box store) you cant go wrong.

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I have had this laptop for a few weeks now, it was easy to order and was shipped very quickly! I only needed something to get access to the internet, watch movies & listen to music and this laptop handles that well my only grumble is the speaker volume, when everything is turned right up it is still fairly quiet especially for watching movies with more than one or two people. All up a great buy & has done everything I need with ease!

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I previously had a Toshiba. After several years, it finally died. With newer technology available I did a lot of comparison shopping before making a new purchase. Even with looking at more expensive laptops, I still came back to Toshiba. It is definitely a great value.

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I ordered this laptop cause i needed it for downloading movies, music, pictures etc, emails & skype & web surfing etc. the cover is a fingerprint magnet but i could care less, the keyboard is fullsize, it has built in mic & cam, it has a touchpad it plays dvds. its just good for a regular joe, for a computer guru this may not be for them because they most likely go for expensive brands such as a mac but this toshiba laptop does everything you need it to do & my wireless mouse works great with it but i use the touchpad anyway. great for the price & if you wanna save big bucks but still have an excellent laptop then this is for you but if you wanna spend a whole lot of money then it's up to you.

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Nothing fancy at all but it gets what you need done and for the price tht your paying you really cant complain. I would reccomend this to anyone who needs to do a bit of school work online and some basic web surfing. I havent used any of the video editing software and I doubt I ever will but I do however, get online and use mostly wireless connections. It picks up my wifi signals almost immediately and there have been times where other ppl cant get online but somehow Im still able to. Im currently deployed to iraq and it takes a pretty good beating and still boots up no problem. I wouldnt say its indestructable but I do bang it around sometimes and take it from one place to another in my assult pack and it still never lets me down. The down side to owning this pc is definetly the poor audio speakers but since I almost always use headphones bc I have a roomate so it really doesnt matter to me. Be sure to take out the time to remove all the crap tht comes with toshiba from the memory, I honestly dont understand why it comes with so much junk but alot of it isnt needed I love music so any free memory I can spare is a must for me. I went out and got myself an external to DL bigger files and to back up the system but Im still kinda greedy....lol. If you're greedy too then please do remove the bloatware. Overall not a bad piece of equipment, its a bargain and I dont regret buying it :)

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I wanted something affordable with a big screen that I could play games on. I upgraded the memory to 8gb and I have yet to find a game that wouldn't run. Newer games have to be set on lower settings to get a good FPS, but I don't mind. It's about the gameplay for me, not the graphics.

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