• I Cast Fist@programming.dev
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    1 year ago

    Eh, I’ll very thoroughly look up customer reviews outside amazon before buying anything from Asus. I have a GL702 laptop that heats up like a fucking stove, has the flimsiest cooling system and, to top it off, causes intense screen tearing when running hot. I keep expecting the screen to die from excessive heat exposure any time I’m playing.

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      1 year ago

      My dad and aunt have used Zenbooks and Vivobooks for years without issue. Maybe the ROG lineup aren’t as durable?

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        1 year ago

        It’s possible. I have an older S46C ultrabook from 2012 and the fella still runs good. The downside is that the GPU sits on the left of the mouse touchpad, so your left wrist will feel the heat if you play certain games

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      1 year ago

      I have the same model. It crashes all the time due to some kind of cpu bug. Also sleep mode stopped working after linux kernel 5.10. Asus, never again.

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        1 year ago

        Oh yeah, reminds me that you can’t spin the fans to the max (~10kRPM) under linux. I had to download a package off github, asus-fan-control, to make it stop frying itself

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          1 year ago

          I use NBFC for that and never had any problem with the fans. They’re probably the best working part of that system - at least you can always reliably hear them! This thing is loud af.

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        1 year ago

        I recently bought an Asus router that just stops working for no good reason. Looked up the issue and apparently they’ve known about it for a while but have not fixed it.

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          1 year ago

          The default software is kind of shitty and buggy. I flashed my Asus with Tomato. See if your router is supported by FreshTomato for example, it can really make a huge difference in stability and features.

          https://freshtomato.org/

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      1 year ago

      Everything I’ve purchased from Asus for the last 10 years has been absolute garbage. HP and Dell are better.

      That’s right, I said it.