DO NOT buy a laptop from ASUS.

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So much misinformation in this thread.

Myth 1: Don't buy an asus.

Asus is a well known company for making high quality netbooks and notebooks. Their quality is consistantly rated the best amongst consumers on sites like newegg and amazon, and their EeePC netbooks are the standard for high end netbooks, despite their reasonable prices.

Myth 2: Acer brand sucks.

This is an old myth still propogated by those not up to date with the industry. Acer significantly upped their QC a few years ago, and they have since offered some of the best bargins in the business on high end and low end equipment. Their desktop systems are highly upgradable compared to competiting brands. Acer is now one of the top selling PC brands worldwide, and they are generally considered the best "bang for the buck." Their biggest complaint is often customer service.

Myth 3: Low end laptops/computers/ect always suck

False. Computers are comprised of parts, and software. These parts aren't somehow magically slid into place gentler on a high end Dell, compared to an entry model. If you get any PC, the parts and the software indicate the value, not the price. You can buy a 399 acer laptop and upgrade to 4 gigs of ram, and you basically have a 1299 "high end" brand laptop without all the bloatware. You would assume there is some place they would skimp out on you, but there usually aren't. Build quality across brands, especially asus, is often universal. There will be certain models that have issues, but they aren't necessarily "low end," entry level models.

The savy comsumer in fact, will often buy a low end model and upgrade it themselves, in order to get a better computer than the "high end" models, at a much cheaper price.

One strength of asus netbooks and laptops are their hardware versatility. It's very easy to upgrade the ram in these, and even to add battery life(another asus speciality).

OP, switch models, don't switch brands.

Interestingly enough, the television market actually does increase its QC, but not with price. QC increases with size, exponentially in most companies. This is due to the inherant potential for defects across bigger screens.

(removed my example here, because it is irrelivant to the conversation)