Originally Posted by
MG23
However, one problem I've seen repeatedly mentioned with 'Ultrabooks' is that the CPU gets so hot it clocks down.
I've never seen that mentioned, and would question it if I heard it anyway, as the i-series of Intel chips is considerably better thermally than the previous ranges.
I also have an Asus Ultrabook i7 which cost me £1300, and I hate the keyboard on it, so check that.....but aside from that I have no qualms about buying Asus. However, the hooey the small computer shop owner spouted about HP laptops being 4 times more likely to fail is just that...hooey - these days most manufacturers aside from the cheap crap sold in Costco/Currys has virtually the same MTBF.
Mike.