ASUS S56CA-WH31 15.6-Inch Deals

By Steve325 - (UK)

This review is from: ASUS S56CA-DH51 15.6-Inch Ultrabook (Black) (Personal Computers)

Let's get the facts straight. There are a lot of negative reviews out there, but mainly because of Windows 8. Don't let that scare you away. This is a great laptop overall.

My only gripe is the hard drive and the difficulty it is to just simply install your own. I had a spare SSD (128 GB OCZ Vertex 4) that I swapped in here. After hours of research, I found out it was only possible to install Windows 8 on it by using a DVD-R with Windows 8 burnt on it. That worked out great. The hard drive was swapped out for an SSD and I will be putting that HDD in the optical drive slot. So now I have an ultrabook with a decent amount of storage with the speed of an SSD.

The build quality of this thing is great. It's slightly heavy for it's size, but it's the type of heavy you'd like a laptop to be. The screen is a little flimsy when you open it, but it's not effected when you are typing or moving around a little bit.

I've seen a lot of complaints about the touchpad. I'm not sure if it was updated, but it seems to work great for me. The buttons are a little difficult to push, but who uses those anyways? That's why they made gestures.

If you're on the fence about it, give it a chance. Go play with in the store. You won't regret it

 By sportsphotographer -(UK)
This review is from: ASUS S56CA-DH51 15.6-Inch Ultrabook (Black) (Personal Computers)
We had this two days and half the screen went blank on the 2nd day. After googling the problem, I discovered that this is an ongoing quality issue with ASUS, so I just decided to return it to Amazon. Amazon was great and took it back with no problems. Steer clear!

By Dawn Carlo (Aiea, Hawaii USA)
This review is from: ASUS S56CA-WH31 15.6-Inch Ultrabook (Personal Computers)
I bought this laptop for my little sister, a High School student. Although I admit that I originally intended to purchase it for myself, but seeing as I very much prefer desktop PC (I build what I use). The size of the laptop is perfect for my sister's usages, which goes between doing homework, internet shenanigans and whatnot.

I would say that if you're looking for portability, this may not be the best option. I do admit that the laptop itself is adequately light. Much lighter than the laptops of this size from a few years ago. But then again, this is a hybrid hdd-ssd laptop. The SSD is mini, the capacity might be small but I took the liberty of installing a much bigger capacity mini-SSD (128gb) I have as a spare. And dedicated the 500gb for storaging purposes.

I have little doubt that she will be able to fill the 500gb storage anytime soon but in the meantime, it's turned into a great machine that will serve her computing needs. And for the price? You can't go wrong with this choice.