Customer Ratings & Reviews
- Model:
- GU605MZ-XS96
- SKU:
- 6600365
- Pros mentioned:Battery life, Gaming performance
MacBook what? Get this instead.
||Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.So, I came from a M1 Pro MacBook Pro, and this is by far the closest thing to a MacBook but you can actually game and run windows software natively. I've gotten all day battery life doing homework and lite web browsing, which is impressive 10+ hours and still have %20 left. The gaming performance is very good for when I get ahead of my school work. This is nothing like the gaming/work laptops from back in 2016. Intel is catching up in efficency.
I would recommend this to a friend - Cons mentioned:Ethernet port
Stupidity at an all time high
||Posted . Owned for 1 week when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.No ethernet ports on this laptop and the wifi card was terrible. 2hr and 30 mins to download RDR2. Asus if you’re going to charge alot of money for a laptop with no Ethernet port make sure the wifi card is top tier.
No, I would not recommend this to a friendBrand response from ASUS Answers
Posted .Dear Saint,
We sincerely apologize for the wi-fi card issue you've faced with the notebook and for the inconvenience caused. This is not the kind of quality to expect from our products and it's not the norm. To further investigate the problem you're experiencing, we recommend contacting our support team at https://www.asus.com/us/support/CallUs.
We stand behind our products and continuously strive to improve our products and processes to achieve customer service excellence. For more information, email us at customerloyalty@asus.com and include the case number "N2405037624-0009" as a reference. We will do our best to resolve your case quickly. Your feedback is important to us and enables us to improve our support channels. Thank you for choosing ASUS.
Best Regards,
Chantae
ASUS Customer Loyalty US Support
- Pros mentioned:Battery life, Screen quality
Great laptop for Gaming and Creative activities.
Posted .This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.I have purchased several of these laptops for content creators and developers. I personally use mine not primarily as a gaming laptop, but for podcast audio and video production on the go. But I do fire up steam a few times a week and enjoy a few hours of quality gaming. This laptop has great battery life when operating with just the Ultra 9 embedded GPU and the RTX4080 does a fantastic job providing amazing video experiences when I want to plug in and game. I don't recommend running intense 3D apps and games while on battery alone except for sessions less than 2 hours. The screen looks amazing, the white chassis, keyboard, and body of the laptop look great and I love the minimalistic design. I think my only design complaint would be that I'd prefer a little more contrast between the white keys and the text print on the keyboard. It can sometimes be a little difficult to see them. But I don't spend much time looking at the keyboard while typing. While at home, I use this laptop with two external 30" 4K displays and they run flawlessly using the single USB-C dock that I have connected. While on the go, I use the built-in display along with a portable 2K display that I connect I did purchase two M.2 SSD (2TB) drives to upgrade my storage capabilities to handle the large media files that I work with. The upgrade was easy to do and I also enjoy the benefit of a fresh install of Windows. I don't use Armory Crate, although I have used the new version on my Asus Rog Aly and it seems to work okay. The apps I primarily use are Adobe Creative Cloud (Illustrator, Photoshop, Premier Pro, After Effects, Animate), and Ableton Live with a whole slew of VST's. Some of my team members use it with the Cintiq display and they love it too. Overall, this is a great work/play/create laptop. I don't think you will be disappointed.
I would recommend this to a friend Good laptop; wait for sale
Posted .This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Watch youtube videos about the laptop' s quirks, and see if its for you. Get this on sale.
I would recommend this to a friend
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