Customer Reviews

Asus UL50AG 15.6-Inch Laptop

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This computer is very nice. The computer is very sleek looking and is light. The battery life is around 8 to 10 hours. the build quality is excellent. The wide keyboard is very easy and nice to use. The computer is very fast lots of memory processor will get most anything done. The only reason not to get this laptop is if you are going to be playing high performance games. This computer does not have the graphics card for that task. There are similar models that have better graphic cards but are more expensive and you don't really need it unless you want to play games. This computer has everything needed and more for the average laptop user.

I am 36 and purchased this laptop for school. My main points of purchase were long battery, life, and portable. I am not a gamer or anything involving photo or video editing/photoshop type stuff so I cannot comment on those areas. I am an online student who does online research, classes and use microsoft office. I am very pleased with the performance of this laptop. I feel like I did not have to compromise on any of the things I was looking for. It is so light and thin and the battery life is just amazing, I never would have thought that a full size laptop would be able to achieve this, (@6-9)hrs depending on what you are doing. I also did not have to give up having an optical drive and the numeric keypad is extremely useful, especially for school work (math/statistics). I love, love, love it!!

Very well built machine. Impressed with matte soft plastic around keyboard. Keyboard itself is little odd because of numerical part, but this is a matter of habit.

Didn't try a HDMI output, but 720p mkv runs well on it. You need to uninstall most of the preloaded third-party(non-ASUS) crap to run it even better. Preloaded games from Oberon was the only third-party software, which I left. I addicted to one of them. A switch to better Microsoft Essential Security from the preloaded Trend Micro, disabling most of add-ons in the IE8 improved performance.

Sound quality is acceptable.

The quality of camera can be compared to the quality of my camcoder attached to older toshiba laptop. Which is also good.

Packaging.
Some envelopes of the enclosed DVD disks were ripped, looks like someone opened them up with shaken hands, but the box was sealed once and appeared never opened. I prefer to blink on that, considering the price after rebate.

Overall, good laptop to edit docs, surf Internet and watch videos.

This computer has done everything we have asked of it. It works well with our wi-fi. A previous ASUS computer did not have good sound but this one is plenty loud enough. Battery life is amazing. Nothing to complain about after two months of ownership.

Have had this laptop for almost a year now.

Pros:
The battery life is truly amazing. I (still, 1 year later) get about 8 hours battery life with heavy internet/application/video use in battery saving mode. Long battery life is the #1 reason I purchased the laptop, and on this account have not been disappointed. I use this laptop nearly every day, almost all day (college student).

Cons:
The laptop build quality feels cheap. One of the hinges has become loose and the plastic needs to be snapped back in to place every now and again.

There is no Windows install CD included, so you're stuck with the bloatware version of the OS that comes with the laptop. I called ASUS and they refuse to supply a Windows install CD. There is _a lot_ of useless bloatware included.
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Overall, am very happy with the laptop. The build quality and bloatware is annoying, but hasn't taken away from the laptop's utility. Would recommend it to college students/those who work in cafes who cannot always get access to a power source.

The computer is very sleek and light. The battery life is around 7 to 9 hours. This computer has everything needed and more for the average laptop user. It has excellent touchpad, good camera quality, appealing steel top, excellent operating reliability. There is nothing to complain about so far!!!

ASUS makes the most reliable PCs on the market, with great battery life. This is my second one, and I've just never had a single problem. It's too big to haul around outside the house much, but it's a good extra machine for casual home use, watching movies, etc. We plug it in about once a week.

Pros: excellent touchpad, unbelievable battery life, cool steel top and glossy plastic finish that still looks brand new after a year. Big spots for resting hands while typing so you never hit the touchpad by accident. But again, for me, the big plus is reliability. I just hate computers that freeze, break, etc. ASUS's don't. It also has an extra "fast start" startup button that I've never figured out how to configure, or really seen the point of; the regular startup/shutdown is fast enough for me.

Cons: Awkward placement of volume adjustment button requires two hands to turn up the volume (Fn key on far left, volume on far right). This is annoying if you're doing something else at the same time. Also, the speakers are fine, but they don't seem to get loud enough for some quiet movies.