Pros: Quick wakeup, fast, Ivy Bridge 3rd-gen quad core i5, Intel HD 4000 graphics, (2) USB 3.0 & (1) USB 2, minimal bloatware, great warranty & workmanship. WiFi & touchpad work great, sound is good. Great battery life. I Spend lots of time shopping & comparing when I buy stuff on the net. Thankfully this time it didn't take much time to decide that this was the best deal, and has a few hard to find features. That was 4 months ago and I am not one bit disappointed. Multitouch touchpad is nice... larger than most, about the size of my android phone's screen, and I like pinch zooming from there better than a touchscreen with fingerprints. I've had no probs with the touchpad as others have said here, and there is a link on one of them for a fix. From what I've heard about Win8, I'm glad this has Win7, and I've chosen not to use my free upgrade to Win8.

Cons: It supports Bluetooth 4 but doesn't seem to have it onboard. No biggie, dongles are small and cheap.

Overall Review: Be careful when comparing... ASUS makes other models that look the same and seem to have the same specs (Intel Core i5, 6GB Memory, 750GB HDD), until you look closer... This CPU is 3rd Gen core i5 (Ivy Bridge), and also has Intel HD Graphics 4000, aluminum palmrest & USB 3. Never could find all these on one ASUS machine, at this price. Some will have 2nd Gen (Sandy Bridge, do a search) CPUs and most will have standard graphics and all-plastic cases.