ASUS laptop letdown
April 6th 2008 09:11
I don't know about you, but I'm a bit of a tech head. Each year I look forward to getting a new laptop and look forward to the new features that it will include. This year it's included a faster processor, more RAM and a blu-ray disc drive.
What I didn't expect though was a grainy screen that I find so off-putting, that I would prefer to hook my new laptop up to a separate monitor.
On Friday of this week I went shopping and decided on a nice fast ASUS. I've been sceptical of this brand in the past, but I was assured by the sales staff that they were a fantastic brand who has now come into a league of their own, but alas I would beg to differ.
The ASUS has most of what I expected, apart from the screen. The only thing I can liken the screen to is having a piece of white sandpaper on your screen and trying not to pretend that you can see the little grains. Not at all what you’d expect after spending a few thousand dollars.
Upon doing some extra research, I have now learnt that this a universal problem...not with just ASUS but depending on what parts they use on your system. Having said that, I have contact ASUS customer service to vent my frustrations and am awaiting their response.
From what I've heard, some people with similar problems have had great results with ASUS agreeing to replace the screen with a better part....some haven't been so lucky.
I'll keep you updated with my progress.
Has anyone else had such problems after spending many $$$ on a new laptop?
CB
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... actually, it's something I *hate* about laptops. I love the idea, the form factor, the portability. It's definitely the way that computing is going.
But I hate how laptop manufacturers use the fact that a laptop comes pre-built to load crap on it. And every laptop seems to have at least one inferior component: bad screen, underpowered graphics, sketchy wireless.
What really bothers me is that they come pre-loaded with Windows Vista these days, and then with all the other garbage software.
Argghh!