It is a great brand. Every company has it's flaws, but i've used an asus Eee Pc before, worked great. I have an ASUS dvd burner, never failed. I have an ASUS motherboard, no problem.
I've had 2 HP machines and while the first one was OK the second one (which was a dv6330ea) is rather flaky, HDD squeal, DVD burner which occasionally opens on its own plus since a BIOS update the HDD gets really hot!
i've been using an asus p5k-e/wifi for a while now and the thing has never even flinched despite all the failed overclocking attempts i have made, and all the abuse from moving from house to house. i highly recommend their products to anyone
windows vista. its what pretty much everyone uses now. Acer's are ok, i owned a laptop, but it ended up having battery troubles, as any laptop will eventually i think.
I have an Asus laptop and have had very little problems with it. My motherboard went bad but Asus replaced it at no charge to me (under warranty) and I was out of commission for about a few days. Not bad at all. I would highly reccomend Asus as a laptop brand. Top notch on all aspects, from what I've experienced anyway.
Haha I didn't realize you already made the purchase..whoops!