The Surface Laptop is $600+ more then my new ASUS laptop.
I have 256gb ssd drive and i5 and 8gb ram and can add 32gb total and I was also able to add a 1tb hard drive in the extra drive bay. I have a dvd drive too. 1920 x 1080 screen resolution and 15.5” screen. Comfortable viewing. 3 usb ports.
The Surface Laptop has a touch screen. Higher resolution 2256 x 1504 (odd) Program buttons would be too small to use comfortably. 1 usb port, no dvd drive.
I am willing to save $600+ dollars.
That sounds ideal. What model ASUS do you have?
I have a expensive Asus laptop, it sits there collecting dust. Power adapter died and Asus does not sell a replacement. The resson they never made replacement power adapters available is, they knew they had a design problem but marketed and sold these laptops anyways. Crooks!
I bought 4 aftermarket power adapters including one that looks identical to the original Asus Power adapter. They either don’t work or in one case the mouse pointer jumps erratically all over the screen non stop making the laptop unusable.
Asus from day one of problem won’t help, they say yes we know there are design problems with power adapter, and power jack in laptop, we have no solution for you, thanks for your money now F off! They don’t have a replacement power adapter.
OK expensive lesson learned I will just get my data off the ssd drive and be done with it. NO that can’t be done, Asus has a proprietary connector on their ssd drive so data cannot be retrieved.
Also Asus power Jacks in their laptops are so prone to failure that there are businesses that exist just to replace power Jacks in Asus laptops.
Yes it looks like a sleek thin metal super-duper laptop with i7 processor and lots of ram...etc but it is a big dollar lightweight boat anchor. Also has poorly designed problematic track pad and lettering that soon disappears off non-backlit keys on keyboard.
I use to own a computer business and in the majority of the systems we built we used the top Asus motherboards. Back then Asus made high quality superior components and cheap crappy components you just had to know the difference. Today I wouldn’t use a Asus anything.
I do hope your Asus laptop remains problem free, and lives long and prospers.