Are there reliability issues with this laptop? The User Reviews are all over the map alleging early life component failures.
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I'm not sure if there are reliability issues with the laptop I bought or not yet. It seems to be doing very well, I've had it for about 4 months now. Sometimes my touch pad is a bit too sensitive, or not sensitive. Like I'll be typing and it'll move, ty cursor to a crazy point, or I'll try to scroll down a page but the touch pad won't register what I'm trying to do. Other than that I haven't had any problems!
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I know what you mean with the reviews, I was very worried when buying this laptop but I have not had any problems yet. Windows 8 is a little annoying to get used to but that's software and you can install any operating system that you want. My backpack was accidentally dropped with the laptop in it but there was no damage to the hardware so it's pretty sturdy. I've only had it a couple of months though but hopefully nothing goes wrong. Hope this helps!
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I've had this laptop for 6 months and haven't had a single problem. However, anecdotal evidence is hardly what you need. If people are alleging component failures, it's probably true. Then again, that's what a warranty is for.Unrelated: Cross your fingers that you don't get the Sanforce SSD. I was lucky and got the faster SSD. According to the reviews it makes a huge difference in performance. You won't know which drive you get until you open the box.
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We've had it since December, 2013 and use it pretty much daily with no reliability issues at all. Very pleased with it considering the price.
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I had too many problems with it, so I sent it back and got a Toshiba. I ended up having to completely factory reset it three times within two weeks. Could've just been a problem with my individual computer, but you might want to ask somebody else.
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I agree. The people inclined to buy this product are people who rely on credible information. For what it's worth -- I bought the 470 and the power supply died. HP does not sell them and the outside market sells power supplies which require extensive rewiring before they conform to HP's unique motherboard configuration. I am a loyal customer (I have 5 HP machines including the laptop I'm writing on) but the bad software (for the first 8 months of HP homeserver's release), equipment failure and now lack of communication are making this a trial.
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I haven't had a bit of a problem with my computer, The best one I have ever had. Send it to the Mfg and see if they can fix it.I'm sure Amazon can help you with that. Might be a bad bunch.
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Hey, I bought mine about 2 months ago and got a defective screen. (It showed white scrolling lines which sounds similar to one of the other posts) It performed great while it worked, but the HD screen going out is kind of a biggie. At least they have an awesome warranty (including both way shipping) The damn RMA repair service takes 14-16 business days plus time spent in shipping I'm looking at almost a month w/o the computer. If given the choice I would probably buy it again, because any computer risks issues like this but not all the companies have as nice return policies.
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hey , how about your laptop, Juhvario ? is there any problems like me to happen to u ? i changed a new one . I'm waiting for it
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Honestly I was disappointed to the point that I rarely use the laptop now. I use my desktop computer for everything I do on the web, and if I have time then will just uninstall Win8 and install Win7 instead. I'm hoping that it is not a hardware issue though, as it is already 3 months since I purchased mine.
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I have been using this computer as a work computer without any problems at all. The one thing I would suggest is getting a 550 watt power supply and changing it out as soon as your get the system. I have found lots of people have had problems with the incredibly wimpy one that comes with it.
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I had mine for several months and never had any problems at all, well I wish I had win 7.I use mine.for work everyday. I did put a start up menu when I got the machine, made a big difference.
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this makes me feel better as I seen a number of comments that say that it wasn't after buyers checked the asus support website for the recall "http://vip.asus.com/eservice/changeSandybridge_NB.aspx?slanguage=en-us"I also have seen a number of negative comments on the perfroamnce of the laptop.I am praying that these comments are 1 in a thousand sold. I also pray that I won't be one of those "1"'s.thanks for your response
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I would avoid it altogether, Muhammad. We've ordered five. The first was just fine. Two others had to be immediately returned as defective. Two others have had ongoing problems. Small sample size of five and all, but it's enough to convince me that Toshiba shouldn't be trusted with laptops.
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i have had no problems at all with this computer. i use it for business, web surfing and gaming. its a great gaming computer. played thru bioshock infinite without a hitch all settings on high
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Hi! I havent faced this issue I believe the laptop is fine!! Really for USD 600 this is awesome! Havent had any issues so far! Been using for a month!!
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It's a decent budget laptop, I upgraded mine with 8GB RAM and an SSD, running Windows 7 Ultimate. If it's just a cracked screen you can order one off eBay and replace it yourself, I had to replace mine and it was only about $40 IIRC.
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I did not notice this issue with mine. I have using this laptop for about 6 weeks, so far I did nit see that issue. But I am not using it everyday.
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Is the general consensus that this is going to be a good to very good machine? I like most of the specs, but you never know until you have it in your hands...would love to hear thoughts of those considering purchasing this netbook.
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Rafael, I am a total Asus fan but I had to return the first laptop I ordered because the key board wasn't lit up and the keys didn't work properly (particularly the cap key). After researching this further I found that Asus is having some quality control issues on this and similar current models and and that they had numerous people complaining about any number of items. My life update wasn't working, some of the drivers weren't working so I returned mine to Amazon (within the 30 days period) and got a replacement. No issues whatsoever with the replacement laptop. If you cannot return the laptop to Amazon I urge you to get this thing fixed by Asus under the warranty ASAP. Sorry, wish I had better news.