Would like to know a few things about Asus

I am an Inspiron 1720 owner-to-be, and am content with this. However, I just saw a magazing ad for the Asus G2 and see it could have easily taken the place of my 1720. Now I have made my decision and my Inspiron is already being built, however, there are a few things I'd like to know about Asus:

1. Is the 8600M GT in the G2 GDDR3?

2. How does the Asus Lambroughini compare to the Acer Ferrari?

3. How is Asus customer care?

4. How reliable are Asus notebooks in general?

5. Where does Asus rank on the scale of most popular computer companies?

 

1) Aren't all 8600M GTs GDDR3?

2) Asus Lamborghini is much better than the Acer Ferrari.

3) Asus customer service is pretty good in North America.

4) Asus notebooks are generally very reliable. Its main issue right now is battery wear.

5) Umm...in terms of actual sales? Asus is relatively unknown in the North American market right now; it is much more popular in Asia and Europe, but for now its sales in North America could be considered on the low side.

 

Great, thanks! And BTW, the vast majority of 8600M GT's are GDDR2

 

Sam, not all 8600 GTs are GDDR3. The V1S has a 512MB 8600 GT GDDR2, but yes, the G2s has a 256MB 8600GT GDDR3.

I find that Asus is popular choice among the discerning computer consumer, the same types of people who consider Apple, Thinkpads, and Sager/Clevo. I personally started looking into Asus because I have had experiences with thier mobos (all positive).

 

It's GDDR3. Only the Macbook Pro, ASUS G1s and ASUS G2s has the elusive 8600GT GDRR3.

The Ferrari model line is sponsored by Ferrari, the Lambo line is designed and created by the Lambo team(The aesthetics of it, which is why it's based off the V1 line).

They're pretty good, their CS is not outsourced IIRC, if that matters. Of course, it varies from CS rep but majority have been good. Check out the ASUS 360 and other various...umm, "nice things" about ASUS:

http://www.asus.com/awards.aspx
http://usa.asus.com/news_show.aspx?id=7257
http://usa.asus.com/event/ASUS360/index.html

Hard to describe, they have different lineups with different price tags for different customer niches. While I have to add their consumer lines are 'average' if not above, their high ends and business lines are as you expect them to be.

For motherboards/video cards, quite high internationally. For notebooks, they're big in Europe, mainstream in Asia and is slowly begining to be a force to reckon with in North America.

 

Wow, this is great, such detailed information! Thanks guys!

 

1. So we've been told

2. much better build quality and more features in the Asus, as well as better specs currently

3. It varies globally- it's pretty good in North America and Asia, but not so great in Europe

4. Time will tell. Asus is fairly new in the notebook game, but so far it seems they are overall fairly reliable.

5. Asus is the 9th best selling notebook brand worldwide, and the second fastest growing brand in the top 10 (trailing only Apple)