★★★★★ The specifications of this laptop are off the charts for the price. I really wanted a fast laptop for work, with gaming capabilities as a bonus. It was hard to find a modern processor such as a 9th generation core i7 matched with a minimum of 8 GB ram and a competent graphics card. This laptop was the one I could find for a really affordable price. Most laptops that I found that were matched with fast working processors and competent graphics card had bad thermal issues, but this laptop’s cooling capabilities are insane. It also has a really strong screen hinge, although it seems unlike it. Its brushed aluminum feel and robust touch pad are also attractive. Its only cons would be the lack of sd card reader and thunderbolt 3 ports, and of course, a webcam. But honestly, most laptops have terrible webcam quality. I find it more prudent to purchase a quality webcam separately.Edit: it is true that the laptop’s keyboard is not functional at times. There has been many times for me the keyboard stopped working until one day it completely stopped. I sent it to ASUS and their customer service is EXTREMELY poor, but regardless, it’s fixed. This is largely because this is a new unit, so the hardware is not fully functional in many of the units, so gladly its not a software issue, rather a hardware. Given a warantee, I highly suggest getting it fixed ASAP if you’re an owner of this laptop already

★★★★★ Quality top notch, plastic very satisfying, build quality over all very impressive. At first experienced keyboard issue, to solve that you have to open pre installed "My Asus" app, and install hot fix for keyboard. So far no issues detected. Very good product, impressive value.

★★★★★ Why the 5 stars?Ok, the speakers suck, plain a simple, they are terrible, to the point where you would do something great by just removing them all together. So, there's that.Now, the good: This is a monster CPU, seriously, monstrous. I bought it with 8GB RAM and bought 32GB for $70 at crucial, this thing is the most powerful machine I've had. Just because of this I'll give the 5 stars.I do not use the graphic card at all for gaming, I mostly do programming and that's it.Mine is running Ubuntu 18.04 and the thing is just plug and play, everything gets recognized by the system.Gorgeous. Thanks Asus.