Asus laptops?

**Spuds1234** · 27th February 2012, 13:14

Originally Posted by SMOKEU

Would using a VM for "dodgy" sites prevent the host from getting any malware?

Just use Sandboxie for shit like this. It will be a lot easier to setup (takes a few seconds) and it is very good at what it does (allows a program to run and read files it would normally read, but if it tries to write a file it stores the new file in a temporary location -the sandbox- which can later be accessed to pull files out of or just deleted altogether).

Great for surfing dodgy sites on the internet as any malware gets stuck in the sandbox which is easy to delete.

You can also run any program inside sandboxie.

**Madmax** · 29th March 2012, 22:22

ASUS G74SX-TZ358V 17.3" GAMING NOTEBOOK

this is my next laptop

have had my current ASUS one for 5 years have never had a problem

**Madmax** · 10th May 2012, 11:36

new model

ASUS G75VW-DS71

**scracha** · 13th May 2012, 20:43

FWIW, I think Asus have lost the plot over the past 12 months. Their higher end stuff is good quality but very overpriced. Sold quite a few in the past but I barely look at them these days. They're trying to compete with *shit* brands and as such you'll notice their warranty has dropped from 2 years to 12 months (their website doesn't even state this). NZ support is a joke and Asus do not supply parts for their notebooks. They HAVE to go back to their authorised (read overpriced) service center. I've ended up getting parts stateside (far cheaper and often quicker) for Asus notebooks (official, non parallel ones...bought through their official distributor) I've sold as Asus wouldn't send me parts. I'm not even sure it's legal for Asus to take this stand. The last straw was when they tried this malarky with a $14 cooling fan that was noisy on an 18 month old notebook.

I'd go Toshiba or Samsung these days. Even consumer grade Toshiba are reliable and when $hit does hit the fan their support is exceptional. Free courier pickup/delivery, 2 or 3 day turnaround being the norm once Toshiba get it and unless the hard drive is farked they normally come back working (unlike HP who's first course of action always seems to be factory reset or just replace whole laptop and not bother to transfer data).

Motherboards and video cards...yeah....I try and stick with Asus stuff.

**SMOKEU** · 13th May 2012, 20:47

Originally Posted by scracha

Motherboards and video cards...yeah....I try and stick with Asus stuff.

In my current SB build which I've had for about a year I've had to have 2 Asus motherboards replaced under warranty.

**Brian d marge** · 13th May 2012, 21:46

well I just bought an asus , for work , cheap as 40 k yen can handle most of the stuff I throw at it , 4 ram 1.8 chip , battery actually does last 4 hours , and its so cheap it doesnt matter , I save to ubuntu cloud .

right price right product ,
if I get a year Im happy
Stephen

ps I tried for my windows rebate , as Im not paying for window as I wont use it .....not a hope in hell

**Madmax** · 14th May 2012, 11:50

my new one has just arrived more later

ASUS G75VW-DS71 GAMING NOTEBOOK

**SMOKEU** · 14th May 2012, 12:06

Originally Posted by Madmax

my new one has just arrived more later

ASUS G75VW-DS71 GAMING NOTEBOOK

lol at "gaming notebook". Post up some benchmarks.

**Madmax** · 14th May 2012, 12:40

check the stats online
Its the latest Republic of gamers laptop

http://rog.asus.com/notebook/17-inch/g75vw/

**SMOKEU** · 14th May 2012, 15:52

Originally Posted by Madmax

check the stats online
Its the latest Republic of gamers laptop

http://rog.asus.com/notebook/17-inch/g75vw/

Did you get it with a SSD?

**jasonu** · 14th May 2012, 15:56

Originally Posted by SMOKEU

Thinking about buying one. Have any of you got one, and what's the quality of it like? Does ASUS have decent support in NZ?

Over here they are a 'budget' brand. I would be sure there is some sort of after sales service and or warrenty before buying one. You get what you pay for...

**scracha** · 14th May 2012, 20:29

Originally Posted by SMOKEU

In my current SB build which I've had for about a year I've had to have 2 Asus motherboards replaced under warranty.

That's very unusual. I've had about 4 Asus boards RMA'd in systems over the past 4 years...that's less than 1% (all my systems have 3 year warranty). Are you using shitty power supplies, overclocking it or running it in an airtight cupboard?

**SMOKEU** · 14th May 2012, 21:34

Originally Posted by scracha

That's very unusual. I've had about 4 Asus boards RMA'd in systems over the past 4 years...that's less than 1% (all my systems have 3 year warranty). Are you using shitty power supplies, overclocking it or running it in an airtight cupboard?

PSU is a Corsair TX950, i7 has been running at stock clocks for the past few months and temperatures are not a problem. I have had the i7 overclocked in the past on that board, but that has nothing to do with the motherboard failures.