Pros: Fast video card. plenty of storage, long battery life, good size, fits neatly in a standard Mad Men style black attache case. Nice long power cord. Optional external subwoofer adds some thump to the impressive sound card output. HDMI output is amazing.

Cons: The ASUS bloatware is substantial. The difference between a clean install and the bloated OEM one is ridiculous. There is a shell extension that replaces the metro interface making Win8 into a better version of Windows 7.