Best Buy via eBay has
ASUS ROG Flow X13 Touchscreen 2-in-1 Gaming Laptop (GV302XA-X13.R9512) on sale for $749.99 >
now $699.99.
Shipping is free.
Best Buy has
ASUS ROG Flow X13 Touchscreen 2-in-1 Gaming Laptop (GV302XA-X13.R9512) on sale for $749.99 >
now $699.99.
Shipping is free.
Thanks to community member
Dr.Wajahat for sharing this deal.
Specs:
- AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS 8-core, 16-threads (4.0Ghz Base / 5.2GHz Boost) Processor
- 13.4" 1920x1200 FHD+ 120Hz 500-nits sRGB 100% NTSC 72% Touch Display
- 16GB (8GBx2) LPDDR5 Dual Channel Memory (Soldered)
- 512GB PCIe Gen4 NVMe M.2 2230 Solid State Drive SSD
- AMD Radeon 780M Integrated Graphics (12-Core 2800MHz)
- Wi-Fi 6E 802.11ax 2x2 MU-MIMO + Bluetooth 5.3
- 1080p IR Camera w/ built-in microphone
- Backlit Chiclet Keyboard
- Ports:
- 1x HDMI 2.1 FRL
- 1x USB-A 3.2
- 1x USB-C 3.2 Gen 2 Support DisplayPort / power delivery
- 1x ROG XG Mobile Interface & USB-C combo port (with USB 3.2 Gen 2, support DisplayPort 1.4)
- 1x Type C USB 4 support DisplayPort/Power delivery
- 1x MicroSD Card Reader
- 1x Headphone / microphone combo jack (3.5mm)
- Windows 11 Home (64-Bit)
- 75 Whr Li-Ion 4-Cell Battery w/ Type-C 100W AC Adapter
- 11.77 x 8.35 x 0.74" (2.87 lbs)
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I contacted Asus as to what to do, and all they could do was tell me to reboot, and hold the power button down, etc. Nothing worked. Then they quoted me like $800 to fix it as 'the motherboard must be bad'. I went on Ebay, found the exact same BIOS chip programmed from a third party. Purchased one of the BIOS readers on Amazon after reading that you can program it as long as you don't have power to the motherboard. I read the chip from the third party vendor, and flashed the bios chip in the laptop to a very old BIOS. Fired right up.
They continue to have that BIOS on Windows update. If an unsuspecting consumer who upgraded a pretty useless drive on a $1600 laptop updates it, they may brick their machine. Even after explaining all of this to Asus and doing the process over the phone with them, they failed to assist at all. They deliberately have a BIOS version out on Windows update that has the potential of bricking the laptop. I will never buy another Asus product.
Laptop still runs fine if I ignore their 'recommended' update. Planned obsolescence. Such a dirty practice.
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Is there anything inaccurate about the Gamers Nexus video? Didn't think so. Move on and stop shilling for corporations like they're the cool kids you're trying to impress at school.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pMrssI
I think i posted on the previous threads on this laptop when it was on sale that my only gripes on this laptop is mostly software related and that it weirdly boots into the bios on its own sometimes and sometimes (probably a windows thing) the search bar doesnt work. It is also slow to connect to wifi when booted into windows. Most laptops i have have instant internet connections once in windows, this one however i have to wait a min before browsing.
On the fence now since the GN video came out. I normally buy laptops used at a huge discount. If Im gonna buy new Im not sure I'd wanna get it from ASUS.
Maybe if its even lower in the future and I take a gamble.
I think best buys return window is 14 days right? Should be enough to test it out and make sure its got no problems right off the bat.
So yes, he's 1 guy with a bad RMA experience but with HUNDREDS more examples of this happening to others.
I thought you guys would like someone watching out for you and trying to get companies to change and HONOR THEIR WARRANTIES. Such a weird take from the people attacking GN for this.
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Nobody wants these companies to fail, we just want them to honor their warranties without having to fight tooth and nail to do it.
Feel free to quote them saying that....I'll wait right here
The adults were talking about bandwagon cancel culture, review bombing, etc.
On the fence now since the GN video came out. I normally buy laptops used at a huge discount. If Im gonna buy new Im not sure I'd wanna get it from ASUS.
Maybe if its even lower in the future and I take a gamble.
I think best buys return window is 14 days right? Should be enough to test it out and make sure its got no problems right off the bat.
RMA aside, ill be back for more asus laptops like this if they continue the line up whenever in the future i want to upgrade. Unless some other manufacturer comes out with a 13in 2in1 that isnt with a lame intel + iris. So far as it stands currently, ive said it before and ill say it again its a unicorn of a laptop for the niche user like me!
To reduce the liability, this laptop has hit lower than $750 before. Id honestly wait a bit if i were in the market for such a laptop. If it makes anyone feel any better however, I got mine for $870 out the door =(. Its fine though, although a lower price would be better, i find that it has been worth the price i paid.
They did give me trouble before with warranty on Best Buy open box items (wouldn't give me full warranty when other brands like HP, Lenovo, and Dell would).
Vote with your money, return it. I've owned a bunch of Asus laptops, mobos, desktops, but I'm sick of their RMA issues which people have been experiencing. No longer buying them until they correct it and release a statement that they are making changes to improve customer experience.
Feel free to quote them saying that....I'll wait right here
Who said any of that as well? Do they hate puppies too, what about long walks on the beach and helping turtles cross the road? Really, you and other dude are just inserting words between lines...that were never even hinted at...so you can (basically) argue with your own manufactured outrage.
The adults were talking about bandwagon cancel culture, review bombing, etc.
Most of the "review bombing" is honest criticism from verified purchases.
There have been so many games that were almost really fun to play or almost really good games. Video games are essentially the service and entertainment industry. They are art and their only purpose is to be enjoyed.
The CEO's and project managers have a strangle hold on development and are scared to death of taking a risk to make a fun game. They run a skeleton crew where it really matters and work a small team of core developers to death while tying their hands behind their back and not allowing them to be creative or enjoy their work. The devs themselves hate and are often disappointed by the games they make and it shows.
Take cyber punk. COVID and some other issues really messed that game up. They forced it out because they had to and they knew it would sell well regardless because people trusted them. I don't even hold it against them. Look at Cyberpunk now, it is an amazing game and a must play. It made over 200 million dollars just in 2023 off new game sales and Phantom Liberty and has sold 30 million copies of the base game.
Compare it to Mass effect Andromeda. Mass effect, one of the most beloved video game series of all time. Mass effect Andromeda should have been fixed and turned into a masterpiece. It would have done 100's of millions of dollars in sales and been an even bigger success than Cyberpunk and we should have gotten an Andromeda 2 and 3. The difference is that the people in control of cyber punk really loved their game and it showed and the people in control of mass effect had an ego power trip tantrum and they didn't care about their game at all and just had a meltdown because they didn't make the money they expected to. They shot a goose that would have laid golden eggs in the head and acted like clowns.
There is nothing that quite lives up to the monumental foolishness that was mass effect, but that work culture and attitude is the majority and people are getting tired of these cookie cutter games that are almost exciting and almost fun to play and are just kinda meh.
Our standards have not gone up and we are not being hard to please.
The quality of the product has gone down.
There are so many games that prove that. Any game that is fun and was obviously made with love is achieving huge success and overwhelming positive reviews. A great example is Hades. That little indie game did $260,000,000 in sales in a niche genre that is saturated with lower quality games. You don't have to even point at games like Baldur's gate 3 or Eldenring to make this point.
Anything that is actually fun to play in any genre right now is showered with accolades and celebrated right now because most games are so disappointing.
If Starfield was actually more fun and satisfying to play, it would be the uncontested game of the year right now. It didn't have to have better graphics or a better game engine, it didn't have to be perfectly polished and bug free, it didn't need all of the stupid inconsistent stuff in it fixed, and it didn't need a perfect story. The only thing Starfield needed to be praised and celebrated, was some entertaining, funny, and challenging scripted random events chains running on the procedurally generated planets that were fun to engage with, some good easter eggs to give it character and some procedurally generated planet strongholds/dungeons that gave it a casual destiny'ish entertaining end game. That's it, that's all it would have taken for it to be a beloved game. That's light work, those would have been easy things to do. Modders will do it eventually but they are dragging their feet and don't want to support the game because of how their work has been treated in Skyrim and fallout 4.
The outer worlds 2 will blow Starfield away. Not because it is a perfect game and not even because it will be a fundamentally better game even... It will blow Starfield away because it will be a lot of fun to play and have a lot of character and be entertaining because Black Isles studios loves their games and they are run by cool dudes that want to make good games.
Most of the "review bombing" is entirely deserved.
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