Axcela
For my comparison, I will be using Lenovo (my previous personal laptop) and Dell (Inspiron - work laptop). My Lenovo finally died by having one of its hinges break. I know the day was coming soon when the hinges started to creak and it would have trouble closing sometimes. Now going looking for a new laptop, I wanted to avoid a 2 in 1 laptop and go for personal laptop (if you like that, go for Dell as the consensus was they only make the best hinges). I came upon this laptop as hitting all the criterias I was looking for. I am not a heavy gamer but like a laptop to have a good graphics card if I happen to use architecture CAD which is sometimes taxing on memory processing. Here is the outcome: Keyboard - The keyboard is a match made in heaven. Compared to the new Lenovo laptops which feel very light and filmsy, the keyboard have a healthy space that allows your fingers to travel and are not too light or hard when pressing. It also has a number keyboard which at first looking at the pictures, thought it looked a bit overcrowded but now having received the laptop, it allows me to type information faster. Heat and Fan - The laptop does tend to get warm (in a good way unlike my past Lenovo flex 5, which would get hot and spew hot air from time to time). The fan does not also kick on annoyingly. I have 30 tabs open right now and the fan has not even kicked on. Battery - This laptop uses a high end LCD display. The color saturation resembles very closely to AMOLED screens. I was hesitant at first but after receiving the laptop, all my doubts have been erased. The screen clarity is excellent and the physical dimensions of the laptop are meant for a 14 inch laptop while this one carries 15.6. In addition, LCD displays tend to use less energy, which is a bonus. Cons: Drivers - the drivers are a hit or a miss here. There is no central utility software you can download that will allow you to update BIOS and all sorts. You have to go to Asus website to download and install. This is cumbersome and unnecessary and I am removing a star. Realtek - This is another annoyance. The audio recording for this is amazing when I finally got to use it on Google Hangouts and Webex meetings (no background noise, no keyboarding typing as its filters would eliminate these). But sometimes, Realtek would go haywire and would not allow Mics to be used.
