Considering this ASUS for work

Hi all,
I'm considering this Asus and wanted to get some feeback from Asus owners:

Asus 15.6" TouchScreen Laptop 8GB Memory 750GB Hard Drive Q500A-BHI7T05 - Best Buy

I mostly like the specs. It fits my requirements of:
- 15 inch touchscreen
- 1080 resolution
- Big hard drive

I don't care for:
- 5400 rpm hard drive.

So my questions are:
- I would be using this for work and in my situation that means this will get thrown in a bag every day for travel and be under heavy load for about 9 hours a day, 5 days a week. I've never owned an Asus, will it hold up?
- I'd like to put a 7,200 rpm hard drive in there, can I upgrade the HD on this model myself?

Thanks in advance!

 

Like just about any laptop, preventative maintenance and kid gloves will certainly help it withstand the test of time. Asus build quality is fairly good on the whole. Just avoid letting it get dirty or being exposed to excessive heat and shock.

You can, you'll just need to either clone the other hard drive or you'll need to reinstall Windows 8. If you're going to be traveling with this laptop quite a bit, I would advise using a SSD, as they hold up better against shock and heat; their overall longevity and reliability is superior by comparison. You can save your data to a USB hard drive or flash drive if you opt in for a low capacity SSD, and USB 3.0 flash drives, for example, are reasonably priced and will provide fast data transfer.