Still looks pretty half-assed to me, but I'm sure there are plenty of geeks who want to be the first nerd on the block to get this.

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>> ^kronosposeidon:

Still looks pretty half-assed to me, but I'm sure there are plenty of geeks who want to be the first nerd on the block to get this.


Nah, man, not if you accept the implication that 'geeks' know what they're doing.

See, Asus is well known for making garbage that just barely lasts through the warranty period before total failure. I learned this the hard way many years ago as the owner of 2 Asus video cards (the second of which was the warranty replacement of the first) and an Asus motherboard which I believe died within a week of the warranty expiration. The first video card died after roughly 60 days (90 day warranty) and the replacement lived maybe another 4-5 months.

Their netbooks seem to be a recent exception, though I understand support is still useless if you do have a problem. Maybe someone else manufactures them.

The big question here is what will you do with your fancy cardboard box when the crap inside of it sizzles?

I think you just got unlucky. I've had a bad string with Samsung including phones and laptops breaking quickly and a hard drive failing but when so many people seem happy, it's hard to really draw aspersions.

Asus has been fine for me, although the last thing I bought from them was a motherboard quite a while ago.

I do give them cred for being more innovative than most of the other hardware makers. They've got a whole bunch of novel slates/tablets coming out or already released, they essentially invented the netbook, and now they came up with this which really does seem pretty nifty.>> ^xxovercastxx:

>> ^kronosposeidon:
Still looks pretty half-assed to me, but I'm sure there are plenty of geeks who want to be the first nerd on the block to get this.

Nah, man, not if you accept the implication that 'geeks' know what they're doing.
See, Asus is well known for making garbage that just barely lasts through the warranty period before total failure. I learned this the hard way many years ago as the owner of 2 Asus video cards (the second of which was the warranty replacement of the first) and an Asus motherboard which I believe died within a week of the warranty expiration. The first video card died after roughly 60 days (90 day warranty) and the replacement lived maybe another 4-5 months.
Their netbooks seem to be a recent exception, though I understand support is still useless if you do have a problem. Maybe someone else manufactures them.
The big question here is what will you do with your fancy cardboard box when the crap inside of it sizzles?

Nifty and *brief

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Fire hazard!

Put VS in it.

*engineering

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wow, that's ridiculous.. based on the apparent structural integrity of those...boxes... It would need to take up an awful lot of real-estate on a floor or desk.. Standing it upright doesn't seem to be a viable option since it would be off-balance with all the crap mounted(?) to one side. I also don't like the idea of putting all my heat-producing, electronic components inside a flammable container...

If they are concerned about waste, why not take the extra money used on manufacturing cardboard cases and instead use it to include pre-paid shipping for the box to a cardboard recycling center?