Looking for a new ASUS laptop

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Hey there,
I'm planing to buy ASUS laptop for my studies but since I'm on my last year at university laptop is going to be part of my work later on as well. I'm a meteorologist and I do a lot of programming so I need something with strong processor like i7. I don't need some strong graphic card (I don't play games, and laptop is not going to be used in that purpose) instead I would prefer it to have SSD and 8GB of RAM. Also I don't want a touchscreen because all the work will be done under Linux, so it would be pointless to have one. And one last thing, I need it to be portable and a nice battery saver 14" display with aluminium case. Money is not a problem, I just want to have a really good laptop :D p.s. I'm planing to buy it on the USA market.
Hope you have some solutions for me.
 
Why must it be an ASUS one?

Doesn't look like ASUS have any 14" notebooks on offer, but I'd just configure a 13.3" Zenbook to your desired spec if money is not object: http://www.asus.com/uk/Notebooks_Ultrabooks/ASUS_ZENBOOK_UX301LA/

Comes with an i7 4558U as it is and can be have with two SSDs in RAID-0 if you're crazy.

Looks like you have the choice between a 1080p or 3K display, either is going to be good for programming because you're going to see a lot of lines of code (for the record, the laptop I'm buying for programming is going to have a 1080p display but can also be configured with 3K).

Looks like it has a touchscreen but most laptops with the specs you're wanting are going to come with touchscreens because you're looking at top-end stuff.

Have you considered looking at the new Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon? Should be available with an i7 and should also have an SSD. It might interest you.
 
Thank you for your answer and advice! Well, I prefer that trademark because I had ASUS and I had a good experience with it, Lenovo on the other hand I never had and I'm skeptical about it.

It is true what you say about 14" ASUS there is not many of those on the market, and also many of laptops that are new have touchscreen (which is huge dislike in my opinion). Though I found one that I think is good for me, http://www.asus.com/Commercial_Notebook/ASUSPRO_ADVANCED_BU401LG/overview/ . Can you tell me what you think about it ? :cool:

+ I'm not sure if it is going to work well under Linux? Any experience with this laptop?
 
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I've not had any experience with ASUS laptops but usually they get high praise in reviews, so I would say that they are a trustworthy brand.

The ASUS you found does look nice, but it's not quite as highly-specced as the Zenbook (but I bet it's a lot cheaper!)

I would definitely make sure that you get it with the 1600x900 HD+ display and not the 1366x768 HD display. You should aim to get the highest resolution that you can because you can't really upgrade the screen once you've bought the laptop.

I think Linux should work fine on it. There's nothing really out of the ordinary there.

But yes, looks like a good'un. Make sure you get it with the HD+ 900p display. :good:
 
I had a Asus netbook and I remember the power brick went bad within six months. Called Asus tech support which was based out of California and took care of it without any questions asked which was nice.

The only time to be careful with Linux is dealing with AMD and Radeon products in laptops as they get to hot and both open source drivers and proprietary drivers for those products are not always the best written as the community leans to Intel and Nvidia.

Asus are great and if you find a good deal on Lenovo don't pass them up. The only Lenovo I would not buy are the essentials line but those are meant to be replaced regularly. I have a Z510 and the build quality looks better then anything else I looked at and Ubuntu is 100% compatible. The only Lenovo's which are great build quality but give Linux some issues are the yoga models.
 
I'm going to buy a Lenovo ThinkPad T540p at some point this summer because I love the ThinkPad line. Used to own IBM ThinkPads.
 
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I'm going to buy a Lenovo ThinkPad T540p at some point this summer because I love the ThinkPad line. Used to own IBM ThinkPads.
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I'm not sure what they say about ThinkPad T540p, but Lenovo costumers are really noisy when it comes to new Lenovo ThinkPad x1 Carbon which you advised, if you only look at the comments at http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/X-Serie...014-X1-Carbon-owner-very-unhappy/td-p/1397621. I don't know, anyway thanks :)

I think I will stick with ASUS pro series for now and give them a chance...
 
Most ThinkPad customers are very picky people who do not like change. Believe me, I'm on the ThinkPad Forums and they all get outraged when the smallest little thing changes. Quite funny to watch but you've gotta feel sorry for them because they clearly don't like to see things moving along. ;)

Anyway, the ASUS looks good. :)
 
Ohhh the problem was, when I wanted to order it from internet I found out it is not possible with ASUS, I need to find a third person to do the purchase... :o And I can't find anyone in whole country selling that kind of laptops... Any suggestions guys ? :confused:
 
I looked every where and I could not find that notebook, the one problem I had with Asus in the past but I thought they would have fixed it by now is they show models on their website which sometimes have not been released yet, are older or sold in different countries. I really wish they would just include more information on where being sold and provide some official sellers.

Unless someone can find that model I would go back on the hunt. I would start to consider Lenovo as they have a great reputation and you can at least order directly from them. As said before Thinkpad owners are very picky but if you want some evidence on Lenovo look through this forum as you will find hp, dell, Acer, gateway and many others have more problems then Lenovo and if I am correct I read somewhere that Lenovo is one of the largest PC vendors in the world right now. You just won't find many complaining about problems with Lenovo on here from the last three years.
 
The people who tend to complain about ThinkPads are usually those who have been using them for decades upon decades. For years IBM barely changed a single thing, then they sold the line to Lenovo who have made (small) changes each time. For most people, including myself, the changes are not a good reason not to buy a ThinkPad, but those 'hardcore' ThinkPad lovers who've been using them for decades are always those who get outraged by the smallest change Lenovo makes, because IBM barely changed anything in about 15 years - if you get what I mean?

I did own two IBM ThinkPads in the past, but I've never owned (or even seen in a person!) a Lenovo one, so the T540p is going to be the first ThinkPad I've owned in a while.

I would recommend looking at Lenovo. You don't necessarily have to buy a ThinkPad - they have other laptops on sale too (their range is huge).

In my experience, HP laptops have been fine. I think you can get the Envy j105-sa over here for £800 and it has a 1920x1080 touch screen, 8GB of RAM, an i7 4700MQ and a GeForce GT 740m. That's good value considering what you are getting, so I would look and see if you can get that in the States. Seen one in person and it was OK too (bnut glossy screen = a ton of reflections, hence why I'm buying the ThinkPad with the matte display instead). You could look at their Spectre line.

Or you can have a look at some popular US vendors and see if there's an ASUS thre you like and get us to have a look at it.
 
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