ASUS A53 Series A53E-ES92 Notebook Intel Pentium B960(2.2GHz) 15.6" 4GB Memory 320GB HDD 5400rpm DVD±R/RW Intel HD Graphics

Pros: Good performance for 300 bucks on a Black Friday deal. Light. Decent battery life.

Cons: Left mouse button (touch pad button) was originally a little tight...but it loosened over time. The speakers are under powered, and I had a lot of feedback problems with the mic when I would close the lid to sleep the machine.

Pros: I really like Asus, they make high quality products at a very good price. I was lucky and was able to get this pc for only $320 via newegg's spotlight deal! Boot speed is very fast, screen is great, Win 7 is a great OS (coming from XP). There is a previous negative review about the glitchy touch pad, which I thought was glitcyh at first too, but the bottom and right side are for the scroll wheel. After getting used to it, I think the touch pad is great. There is more hard drive space then I know what to do wth, and coming from only 512mb of memory, having 4gb is mind blowing.

Cons: The main typing area is too far to the left, so my hands do not naturally land on the home keys (F,J), and the home key nubs do not stick up high enough, so I often loose my position on the keyboard. Battery life is not spectacular, but still pretty good. There are no ports in the back of the laptop, everything is on the sides, which can be a little annoying since at my desktop I dual screen, use a mouse, and plug in the power... just too many cords on my desk. Whish it had a docking station.

Other Thoughts: Overall, I am very pleased with this new Laptop. More then meets my expectations given the price I paid.

Pros: Build quality & materials, lots of features for the price, stronger performance than expected

Cons: None

Other Thoughts: Looks great and performs very well- far more than I expected for the price!

Pros: Asus has made me very happy with their DESKTOP internal products like motherboards and graphics cards.

The laptop software seems fine.

Cons: Hardware - cheap, flimsy. Very flexible keyboard...glitchy touchpad, glitchy space bar key...

Really, I'm returning this ONLY because it seems the hardware is weak and glitchy. sad.

However, I should have been more careful. NO ONE has posted reviews of this computer, and I cannot find it on the ASUS website. I am literally on the phone right now with ASUS just out of curiosity, to see why they discontinued it. My hunch is that they stopped making the A53 series because of hardware failure, like mine. I should have known. Also, I bought this model for $320, and I see it also for $400 or so...on Newegg. wierd.