Customer Ratings & Reviews

This is our third Asus laptop. We have a small business that requires high end computers to run the profession-specific software (similar to gamers' needs), but also need a laptop for travel. When we buy a new laptop, we look for specs near the upper end of what's available, while also seeing significant (~1/2 or more) cost savings. This laptop was on sale when we bought it, so we were able to get a laptop that will last a few years for business travel at a very reasonable price. Like most (all?) Windows computers these days, it needs a few days to download all of the updates before it's ready to use.

awesome performance, like having a mobile desktop gaming rig.

This laptop has a really beautiful screen. The colors look fantastic and the 144hz 3ms display is nice and smooth the description here isn't to clear so to clarify this is the Hero III, I love the brushed black color of its exterior as well. The Scar III is more of a gun metal gray. This is cheaper then the Scar III as well and the only real difference is the Hero has 144hz screen which is all you really need and the scar has 240hz. On high demanding games you'll most likely never hit the 240fps needed to take advantage of the 240hz and very few people can see the difference between 240 and 144, but the difference between 144 and 60hz like on a normal screen is huge and very noticeable. Long story short I'm very happy with the purchase. The only downside is no thunderbolt 3, but that should not be a deal breaker in it's self for anyone, It's a nice to have but not necessary for the vast majority of people. Id give 4.5 if I could. The Hero III is a great machine.