\u2605<\/span> <\/span>\r I've been buying and building personal computers since 1982. I've seen them all. But, for my own computer, I too, am bound by a budget. My HP Pavilion laptop died, and I did not totally realize its flaws until I began using the Zenbook 14". It's the first time in over 20 years that I picked an AMD processor, and Wow, what blazing speed. I must confess, it was also the first time I bought a solid state drive in a personal computer. Another Wow!On the HP I expected a Win10 update to take from 30 minutes to 4 hours, and that was a Pentium from 2019. On the ASUS it takes LESS THAN A MINUTE.How about a REBOOT? Upwards to about 5 minutes on the HP before I could really begin work. 1-2 minutes MAXon the ASUS. I really enjoy going to work again!The startup process from opening the box was the quickest I've experienced. And, flawless.Why did I spend double on this PC? I read the specs on the RYZEN and it outdid the comparable INTEL. It was billed as a GAMER'S PC. Folks, the most gaming I do is Words for Friends. I wanted a Thoroughbred!!Oh, did I mentioned it came with 16GB ram? And 1TB solid state ever-so-fast drive?To be candid, when I started out decades ago it was the ASUS motherboard that went into the PC's I built. So, my confidence in them was high to begin with, but it turns out they outdid themselves.Would I recommend them? Sure 'nuff! <\/blockquote>\r <\/div>\r \r
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