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Written by Erik
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Sunday, 07 March 2010 23:08 |
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I just bought a new computer: an ASUS UL30Vt. It was only 29,000 NT dollars, some $900 US, and it's completely outstanding -- just as good as my old Vaio, but super-light and with 10 hours of battery time. A nice screen too and a full-size keyboard. My theory was that the competitors had caught up with ASUS by now, but that's clearly not the case. This model will sell millions and millions. You should get one!
I was pretty upset with ASUS about a laptop I bought a few years back. The hinges on the screen broke almost right away, and I immediately started cursing "cheap Taiwanese crap." But visiting the ASUS service center here in Xinzhu made me change my mind. As it turns out, the "cheap crap" was not made in Taiwan, but in China; they apologized and replaced the hinges immediately and for free, although I hadn't kept any of the paperwork. I left the service center a great ASUS fan. If my new computer breaks, I know where to take it.
A weird experience: in the large computer center where I bought the laptop, a booth was displaying projector TVs: very tall blond women were strutting around on very large screens wearing nothing but their underwear. I guess these kinds of women appeal to computer nerds. Sexy! But I must say, my first reaction was to think of my own house in the mornings. That's exactly what it's like around here -- tall, blond, women strutting around in their underwear. And actually it's not that great. Usually the strutting is accompanied by complaints about pants that can't be found and makeup that's been misplaced. Before long everybody is yelling and things don't calm down before they're all off to school.
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