I have an Asus G75VW DS72 Factory built with i7 3610 processor, 16 gigs ram an nvidia GTX67m graphics card(17 inch premium gaming laptop). Previously and still running perfectly, a Del XPS M1730 (also the premium laptop of its time in Dell's line up. The Asus has great performance; and has a great build quality. It has great specs and have had no issues at all. I have also a Asus Eeepc 1215n netbook which sees mostly around the house duty, and used to travel with it for about 2 years. Asus has pretty good quality nowadays, and their prices are excellent when compared to similarly spec'd laptops from other manufacturers.