Is the ASUS X75VB any good?

I'm looking to buy a good-ish under 800€ laptop, and the X75VB seems to be my best choice.

Specs:
Intel® Core™ i5 processor i5-3230M (2.60 GHz)
43.9 cm (17.3") HD+ LED (1600x900) glossy
ram 6 GB DDR3, hard drive 750 GB, DVD+/-RW
NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 740M 2GB VRAM
HDMI, Bluetooth 4.0, Wlan, webcam, USB3.0
MIcrosoft Windows 8 64-bit SLO/ANG
Warranty 2 leti (battery 1 leto)

Price: 730€

Now I'm just wondering if this laptop is any good?
I have searched on Google, but I can't find anything on the X75, much less on the X75VB.

Thanks in advance

 

Good is a relative term. You need to ask yourself what you'll be doing with the laptop. What is the most strenuous thing you plan on doing with it. Regardless of how often. Even if it's once a month, you need to have something that's capable of doing what you ask of it. Where are you going to use it? If you plan on being outside with it a lot, that glossy screen is a no go. The glossy screen on my G73 is almost totally useless outside. You'll likely want a matte screen for outside.

To answer your question based solely on the specs, I'd say that's a good somewhat upper mid-range laptop. Take that for what it's worth. Nothing. ...without knowing what you expect out of it. If you want to do some casual, mid-level gaming or some minor video editing, that will probably do fine. if instead you want to compile Linux kernels in under an hour or animate highly complex fractals well...think again.

ASUS generally makes good hardware. The only complaint I have or I've seen any number of are their touchpads. They've had a real problem with extremely sensitive touchpads in the last few years.

 

Thanks for your reply.

I admit, in hindsight, I should've added more info.

Probably the most demanding thing I'll run on it is Minecraft, maybe some newer games (But I don't really care about having the graphics on ultra super duper high with AA to 64x, what matters to me is the gameplay).

I have also recently been looking into switching to Linux (current computer doesn't support it too well) and was wondering how well Asus notebooks in general perform under Linux?

Also, 90% of the usages will be indoors, the the glossy screen probably won't bother me too much.

 

Your welcome.

From what you've said, I'd venture a guess that the X75VB should do well. I took the liberty of having a look at it on the ASUS site. If it were me, I'd steer clear of it solely because of the touchpad. That particular style is notorious for not being able to right click. My wife's laptop, similar to the one you're considering, has the issue. In over 6 months of on and off tinkering with it, I've yet to come to any understanding as to why. Windows, Linux, and BSD all do it. I would look at one with similar specs but with legitimate left and right touchpad buttons. Of course, a decent mouse is a good way to get around that.

All of the ASUS laptops I've dealt with have ranged from good to excellent in Linux. My G73 with any Linux was able to thoroughly out perform Windows for the brief time I allowed 7 to be on it. ASUS themselves are very Linux and open source friendly. I own numerous ASUS products. Including a router, wireless dongle, 2 laptops, and several computer components. That's based mostly on the high quality but also somewhat on Linux friendliness.

I've found this site LinLap.com [Linux Laptop Wiki] quite useful for determining linux laptop compatibility. There is a lengthy ASUS section.

Also, if you don't find Linux support (advice) here or elsewhere to your liking, I happen to Administer a support forum. https://openlinuxforums.org/index.php You're more than welcome to join. We're something of a crowd of what I've termed Linux Rednecks. As in, we're all a little nuts. The one thing you won't find there is the elitist guru idiocy that has become so overwhelmingly common on most of the main Linux forums.