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I've used ASUS motherboards in desktop builds and have the very first Eee netbook (still have it, still works, still small) and I've always had a decent experience with their hardware. I was looking for a laptop with a good display and the processing power to handle photo editing (I am a heavy duty amateur photographer, and I found my old laptop was having increasing difficulty opening RAW files). I bought this item at Amazon, and feel mildly ashamed to admit I did the \"let's go into the local stores and see how displays compare\" before making a decision.The display is gorgeous. I think the 15.6\" on this laptop looked nicer than the 17\" on the G75. It is a matte display, and I think the G75 I saw may have been glossy, but I suspect it's more that a widescreen display starts to look off at a certain size if it's on a laptop. The only laptop I saw with a nicer display was a Samsung 7 Series 17\", but that was a substantial cost increase.I could take or leave the full size keyboard (although it does have great feedback and feels very well made), and the touchpad leaves something to be desired. It isn't horrible. I will use it in a pinch, but I usually use a wireless mouse. I wouldn't use the touchpad for gaming... but it's one of those things I guess you kind of *have* to put on a laptop, even if it is unlikely someone buying it for gaming would choose to use a touchpad.The laptop is powerful, fast, and stable. The graphics card (a GTX 660) is great (fine, I had to get a couple of games just to see how it ran). Again, I'm not a hardcore gamer by any means, but I can say that it runs smoothly for the games I've played (Portal 2, a few Steam free to play games) and whereas my old laptop (at four years old) would get hot and shut down when trying to open ten or so RAW camera images, this one... Doesn't even get hot. Not playing games, not working with images... I wouldn't sit with it on my lap, as the vents in the back do blow some hot air, but the machine itself stays really cool and actually runs quite quietly even with the fans going.I'm not a huge fan of the DVD drive. It feels flimsy putting disks in, but basically I've used it once, in order to make a recovery disk of the system (which you have to do... no one seems to supply those with a new laptop anymore. No worries really, as you do get a Windows registration key and ASUS will remind you -- constantly -- to make your recovery disks. I didn't disable the nagging because if I had, I would have neglected to do it).The speakers are workable. They aren't amazing, but again, they're better than many laptop speakers and you don't generally expect the greatest sound quality out of those sort of things. The mic works fine. The webcam is... sort of a waste, but again, I think that's something that if you want a really superlative one, you get as an add on. For general messing around, it does the job.I tend to use the laptop plugged in for the really intensive stuff, but if I do do some light photo work or internet browsing unplugged, I've found the battery life to be pretty decent. I'm sure gaming takes a toll, but I can be unplugged for more than three hours before I start to get warnings.The laptop is hefty, and the power adapter is built to match. That bad boy is huge. Really. You could knock someone out with it. What is very cool about it though is that it has a reserve... if you lose power due to... a storm, a tripped circuit, an unpaid utility bill... the brick holds some reserve power so you can safely remove or shutdown the laptop. It's a nice, solid machine with a nice, solid adapter. Indeed, the only kind of cheapy feeling part of the computer is the DVD drive.The backlighting on the keyboard is not strictly necessary, but it looks slick. I sort of think it's a little bit of a dorky looking machine, but I love the design functionally. It isn't piano black, so it doesn't get all smudgy, and if the fans are part of why it has that kind of dorky chunky appearance, I'm good with that. It works really well and that's most important.For the price, I think this was well worth it, especially hardware wise. I wish I could have gotten an SSD as one of the hard drives, but again, that would have driven the cost up on me, and it isn't that critical for me. It wasn't even loaded down with too much extra bloatware, considering how some computer manufacturers handle these things (although you definitely want to remove the ASUS update utility -- it will update your BIOS automatically whenever a new one is available and the word on the street is even if you would want/need to update it, you don't want the utility to do it for you. It doesn't work right.)Could there be improvements? Sure. But again, for the price, it is a solid machine and I don't think you could do much better. It is more than adequate for what I wanted it for (joyfully, wonderfully, entertainingly more than adequate.) I'd recommend this for a casual gamer or a sometimes gamer who needs a computer that's able to do some heavier graphical load lifting."},{"@type":"Review","reviewRating":{"@type":"Rating","ratingValue":"1.0"},"author":{"@type":"Person","name":"L***N"},"datePublished":"Reviewed in the United States on June 5, 2013","name":"1.0 out of 5 stars\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n Asus is a \"Don't buy!\"\n \n","reviewBody":"*Updated 7/5/2013*(TL;DR? There is an issue with the fan in this model. Asus customer service is a let-down. Amazon customer service is great. I'm told that Lenovo has great customer service, as well, and I intend to take my business to them, the next time I decide to buy a notebook computer.)First, my attitude before purchase: I bought this product knowing that all laptop manufacturers are basically scam artists--they sell you a laptop with a 1-year warranty, knowing that \"normal\" use will (with about 60% probability, on average) kill it within 3 years. (You could get a 2-year extended warranty--at a price that is calculated to profit them, ultimately. Actually, you can use the fact that they are able to \"correctly\" price an extended warranty for their own profit to roughly estimate the likelihood of device failure.)Nonetheless, this Asus G55VW looked like a solid choice. For its price range, the specs (including durability considerations, e.g. cooling) were superior. I \"needed\" a laptop, so I bought this one, believing it was a safe bet. The advertised warranty is 1-year and includes an accidental damage protection warranty, as well! Sounds like a good deal.But things went wrong. After 1.5 months of use, its fan emitted a loud noise and failed. That was just barely outside Amazon's return period, so I had to invoke my warranty. I called Asus and was told that the fan was probably dusty and to bring it to Best Buy for maintenance. (Incidentally, the customer service rep. was rude, especially after I told him that I doubted dust was the issue. At one point I asked to speak to a supervisor, whereupon he said \"Please hold,\" and hung up on me.)Over the next few weeks I dealt with multiple Asus customer service reps. I showed them results from SpeedFan, which showed CPU temperatures between 84-87 C and fan speeds under 2700. The fan should have been going 3200rpm at those temperatures. One of the customer service reps created an RMA and emailed me instructions on sending the laptop to them.****HERE IS THE KICKER****. That customer service rep told me that my warranty was set to expire in December 2013. I bought the laptop in March 2013, and the warranty was supposed to be 1-year, so this was a problem. Furthermore, there was no \"accidental damage protection\" included in the warranty, even though it was advertised. The guy told me to email my proof of purchase and other information to him so that they could fix it. I followed his instructions exactly. I emailed again a week later to see whether they'd at least RECEIVED my email, but received no reply. I called again (this is 2 weeks later) to find out what was going on. The new guy I talked to said he had no record of any of the above. He gave me a NEW email address to send the stuff to. I did it again, and again got no reply. Ultimately, I approached Amazon about the incorrect warranty and the near-complete lack of response from Asus on the topic. Amazon took really, really good care of me. I know they outsource their customer service. Whoever is managing that operation is really pro. The flow of communication isn't totally smooth, but it's way better than with Asus--AND the resolution of the issue was both TIMELY and SATISFYING. Thanks Amazon; shame on you, Asus.**As for the RMA instructions, when you're sending your laptop to Asus for repair. Guess what? They specify that any damage in transit is not their responsibility. At their discretion, they can say that the laptop was damaged physically and that it's not their responsibility. They can KEEP the broken laptop that you paid $1.3k for, and you would have to waste time fighting with them over it.I read a couple of consumer complaints about Asus support--customers who sent their laptops in for service and received it back with broken screen, etc. I'm not just being paranoid in the above paragraph. They don't care. I plan on perusing my state's (and CA's) lemon laws. Asus states, \"ASUS - North America (NA) is a warranty service center only. Please contact place of purchase for credit, refunds, upgrades / model changes, or new retail box replacement. ASUS does not provide these services under any circumstances.\" I sincerely hope that this statement directly contradicts laws relating to reasonable repair time & frequency in my state, in case this becomes more of a nightmare.By the way--this fan thing is a KNOWN ISSUE with the G55VW. Multiple customers complaining about it on Asus forums. They won't acknowledge it, though; if they did, they'd owe people their money back."}],"aggregateRating":{"@type":"AggregateRating","ratingValue":3,"bestRating":5,"ratingCount":2}}