<p>Hello!</p>
<p>I am upcoming college freshman and I intend to major in microbiology.
For some time, I had researched some laptops and narrowed my choice down to ASUS and Samsung. Which brand is good for the software? </p>
<p>Are so-called ultrabooks really good as the name suggests? Do you think it is a good idea to invest to ASUS Zenbook, ASUS Taichi, or Samsung Series 7?</p>
<p>Thank you very much in advance!</p>
<p>My response is very opinionated I suppose. I honestly hate ASUS. I have had about 3 laptops from them and they all broke. Mind you, I am a freak about my electronics, I keep them running like new. So, them breaking, especially in a 2 month span…not good?</p>
<p>Therefore, due to my bad experience with them, I definitely say the Samsung Series 7. Also, my dad is a huge Samsung freak and has had tons of Samsung products and loved them all. He also agrees with me on the laptop choice.</p>
<p>Good luck! I hope you get what is right for you!</p>
<p>ASUS is considered the highest quality laptop outside of custom built. As for the type of laptop in that category? There are over 400 laptops through the ASUS name because they aren’t all from ASUS.</p>
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Do you mean to ask which is the best at running the software you want to run? Except for ThinkPads, software that comes with a laptop is generally useless bloatware regardless of the manufacturer.</p>
<p>I have an ASUS G75VW. It’s a 17.3", 4.5 kg gaming laptop, so it doesn’t have much in common with ultrabooks other than the brand. But it does its job beautifully; I dual-boot Windows for games and Ubuntu for everything else. It handles games like a champ and the only problem I’ve encountered with Linux is inability to change the screen brightness. ASUS’s Republic of Gamers and Alienware are the only brands that seem to take laptop cooling seriously. Mine has two giant vents in the back, one for intake and the other for output, which can get very loud. Heat never becomes a problem or even a discomfort no matter how demanding the application.</p>
<p>I’ve had to make some adjustments like getting a bigger backpack and relying more on my iPad, but it’s “worth the weight” as Valve fans like to say.</p>
<p>The one fatal flaw is its touchpad. It freezes, jitters, scrolls to random spots, and suffers from just about every glitch imaginable that can render a touchpad unusable.</p>