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47 of 53 people found the following review helpful.
I love this laptop. By Josh First
of all, I'm no computer genius. I wanted a laptop that could run
Reason which is a music program for producing drums and much more. I
was told by two employees from different stores that this laptop would
not be able to run it. This is bullshit. Works just fine. And for
everyone else looking for a decent computer for cheap, buy it. Is it
the fastest laptop? No but it's fast enough. I've had no issues with
the internet. I've watched videos and downloaded music with no
problems. Any customer service rep out there will tell you that you
need the "holy shit" computer to do anything. I promise you that this
isn't true. Hope this helps!
18 of 18 people found the following review helpful.
Just Buy It Already By Chunky Drummer Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R3FWZ9AUH58X1Q
I love this laptop. I work in IT, no I'm not a 20 yr veteran but I know
a good pc at a good price when I see it. A couple things I'll say about
performance. Boot times seem fast to me, but I'll admit I'm used to my
SLOW old laptop. 4g of ram is excellent, PLENTY for a web surfing email
type user. So far it is sufficient for mid grade power users in my
experience. I was able to run vmware (for those who dont know it's a
software that allows you to run multiple operating systems
simulatensously in different windows, for example Windows 7 and Windows
XP). I have ran an XP virtual machine while working off my Windows 7 pc
at the same time. It was very smooth transitioning, I was honestly
surprised by this. (Note: I wasn't running demanding applications on the
2 systems.)
I'll admit the second day I bought this I got a
shutdown error twice, but I hadn't shutdown incorrectly. This has not
happened since, over a week and a half later. For the price it has a
good sized monitor, battery life seems good to me but I plugin almost
all the time, webcam and mic are nice for skyping. I've never owned a
webcam and am very satisfied with the preinstalled software. I am not a
hardware expert but I know the processor is decent. Considering my
performance has been good I'd say the processor is doing it's job.
I
don't do a lot of pc gaming, but I have tried some decent free to play
games like Offensive Combat (a google search can find this) and the
frame rates are good enough for me. I have not tried anything graphic
intensive. I am also an avid musician. That said I have not had time to
install Pro Tools or Ableton Live yet, but I will update later with my
experience.
The ports are sufficient. I think maybe an extra usb
port would be nice but 3 gives me what I need. HDMI port is also a plus.
I bought this product from amazon
(http://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-HDMI-Adapter-Cable-Meters/dp/B001TH7T2U/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1346614854&sr=8-1&keywords=hdmi+to+dvi)
and it works great to extend to my external monitor. I use an external
hard drive so the 500gb is unnecessary for me, however it is a huge
amount of space and would be great for others.
The only other
thing I can think to mention for any rookies is that 64bit Windows 7 is
the "newest" windows operating system other than Windows 8 which will be
released soon. 64bit is "better" than 32 bit. Here's why from microsoft
themselves. "The terms 32-bit and 64-bit refer to the way a computer's
processor (also called a CPU), handles information. The 64-bit version
of Windows handles large amounts of random access memory (RAM) more
effectively than a 32-bit system." Click start, right click on Computer,
select properties: to see what operating system you currently are
using.
Have a great day everyone, remember: "Everyday you have some trouble, when you worry you make it double."
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UPDATE: I added a video of me playing bass to give an idea of what this
mic/webcam can capture. You can also see an intro fade and maybe 1 or 2
transitions between clips. This is the software I was talking about
that comes for the webcam. PLEASE NOTE I AM USING COMPUTER SPEAKERS AND
AN EXTERNAL AUDIO INTERFACE TO PLAY THE BASS THROUGH THE COMPUTER. YOU
ARE NOT HEARING THE SOUND OF THIS PC'S SPEAKERS.
13 of 14 people found the following review helpful.
The Notebook PC to buy!!! By Cire This
laptop is Amazing! It runs very fast, the speaker sound is crisp and
clear. I plugged in my external speakers and the sounds great for
playing music and videos! Easy to use laptop. Enjoy!
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Initially had problems but everything was made right by ASUS!
Expensive, but it worked!