Asus - 15.6" Laptop - Intel Celeron - 4GB Memory - 500GB Hard Drive - Black

Bought this as a birthday gift for my girlfriend and this notebook PC is good enough for basic needs such as word processing, web browsing/surfing, light-weight fun games, music (streaming too), video/movie streaming and DVD movie playback. This review is actually for a replacement (within 2 days via Best Buy) of the first one I got in which some of the keys weren't working and it failed to update. Must be one of those that slipped through ASUS' quality control stuff. Now there was at least one previous reviewer that complained he/she can't play DVD movies. I ran into the same issue (also with my HP TS-15, Win 8.1) with this ASUS computer and the problem is not with the hardware but the codec and licensing with Windows 8/8.1. I'd say it's just another one of those B.S. that came along with the so called "Metro" Windows OS... With my HP, it came with a media software to do just that but with ASUS, I'd recommend that prospective buyers download the free VLC Media Player in order to get the job done. I got both this ASUS and my HP the software and they both work fine and dandy. Note: This is not a touch screen notebook PC. Plus side: fast enough (at this time), big screen, full keyboard layout, USB 3.0, not much bloatware (compared to HP), textured finish Cons: slightly heavy (it has a non-removable battery), Win 8.1 is slightly confusing at first (glad I had practice with my HP prior)

This is an excellent laptop. My son got it for Christmas and loved it. This laptop is fast, compact, and solid. It's great for the price and you can't go wrong purchasing it.

Bought this laptop yesterday and have been using it. No issues so far but there is bloatware that needs to be removed. I will update with more points in few days when I use it for couple of days.

Great computer for web browsing and powerful enough for daily use.

I'm enjoying my new laptop, this is my first time purchasing one, & I'm in love, I would recommend this laptop to everyone

So far, this laptop seems to be good for basic use and maybe a bit more. Right now, it is being used for basic use and music making. There were two times in the time we had it where it wouldn't let you go to the start page from the desktop. One time the button didn't work and another was the on screen button. But if one option didn't work, do the other and it was okay. Another couple of times was the headphones jack, not sure if it's the headphones or the jack itself, where it wouldn't process that they were plugged in but can be fixed by going into the audio settings. These are minor problems and we're fixable so no big deal there. I'd still recommend this laptop if you are not a heavy gamer or heavy programmer, especially for the price and if you need a DVD/CD player with it.

Bought it yesterday and works well so far. Opened 5-6 tabs in chrome and was fast enough. Very thin and has a nice exterior finish. Only missing thing is Bluetooth. I would give it 5 star if it keeps working well for couple months.

Bought this laptop for my daughter to replace an Intel i5 core PC that stopped working after only 16 months. She uses it in school for some fairly intense computational applications such as Autocad and 3D simulation. Surprisingly, it has kept up and has been in use for over a year without issues. Didn't expect a Celeron based pc to perform this well and in such a heavy load environment so I am happy because I don't need to spend more to upgrade.