---My question is this&gt; Does it really come with an 'enormous 1.5 TB Hard Disk Drive' as stated in the product description below. -------------------------------------... Stay productive wherever you go when you have the ASUS Notebook PC. This Notebook...
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The one I purchased only has 500g. When I purchased it, it was on clearance. Maybe it has been upgraded?
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This comes with no hard drive. You need to buy a mSATA SSD. Note it is the mSATA, not the usual size you would have for your notebook or your desktop.
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I was really surprised to find that the hard drive was not user serviceable.I eventually opened up the whole thing See pictures below.Opening it up was not that difficult. Just needed to be careful not to break some tiny keyboard connectors/cable.This is a good thin 14" laptop with DVD; the only complaint is this built-in hard drive thing.http://i41.tinypic.com/35hizhh.jpg http://i41.tinypic.com/27yoif5.jpg http://i42.tinypic.com/14l3faq.jpg
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Hello, I just finished buying an ASUS 1000HE (literally within the past hour or so), but while I wait for it to get shipped, I was wondering if I should also opt for the memory upgrade. Seems, cheap and effortless to install, I'm just curious, have you noticed a significant difference in performance? Thanks.
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Other than the advertized 16 gigs of ram, I really don't know. The hard drive is 1 terabyte. I repartitioned the hard drive, however. because Asus partitions it the opposite of other manufacturers.
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I am not totally pleased with it as it came. It varied from the description given, so suspect the ad is a close description. We did some upgrading, one being installing Windows 8, to get it working better. I still have an 'unexpected shutdown' often, so far Windows has been able to correct some of the issues causing it. I would have asked for a replacement, but it would have been more of an expense so decided to accept it as a 'used' computer. You never really know what you will get until it arrives. I will not buy another 'used' computer unless I do it locally. I have purchased a new laptop from Amazon & am very happy. I am not totally pleased with it as it came. It varied from the description given, so suspect the ad is a close description. We did some upgrading, one being installing Windows 8, to get it working better. I still have an 'unexpected shutdown' often, so far Windows has been able to correct some of the issues causing it. I would have asked for a replacement, but it would have been more of an expense so decided to accept it as a 'used' computer. You never really know what you will get until it arrives. I will not buy another 'used' computer unless I do it locally. I have purchased a new... » Read More I am not totally pleased with it as it came. It varied from the description given, so suspect the ad is a close description. We did some upgrading, one being installing Windows 8, to get it working better. I still have an 'unexpected shutdown' often, so far Windows has been able to correct some of the issues causing it. I would have asked for a replacement, but it would have been more of an expense so decided to accept it as a 'used' computer. You never really know what you will get until it arrives. I will not buy another 'used' computer unless I do it locally. I have purchased a new laptop from Amazon & am very happy. « Show Less
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I concur with what Augustin posted. As to the partition on the hard drive, the reasoning for it was supposedly to keep the Vista install pristine on its own partition. The better way to have done it would have been to make it the D partition. But go figure why they did it the way they did it without any documentation. But other than that and a few other minor issues this is a great laptop. :)
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Good question. I've been having issues with my hard drive lately. It says my memory is too low and to add memory. I've purchased an iPad to replace this product. For what I spent on this ASUS, I am not happy that it only lasted just over 1 year before major problems. I would look at an HP. Good luck.
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The one I bought did.. As far I remember that is one of things i checked, before i bought it.. I think you should check best buy. I just recently bought a couple laptops with windows 8 new and better features for 299.99. I was much happier with this one http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Asus+-+15.6%22+Laptop+-+4GB+Memory+-+500GB+Hard+Drive+-+Black/7688053.p?id=1218858193067&skuId=7688053.
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I ordered the 2TB model, and it came without a drive. I imagine that there is something incorrectly listed in the 2TB model listing.
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DO NOT BUY THIS NOTEBOOK! No it does not have DVD drive but ... it's the worst computer ever. Has a problem Asus knows about but doesn't want to fix. Shuts off randomly and you lose whatever you are working on. I sent mine back for repairs - everything was wiped out and it still cuts off. Asus says to send it back again because they only reloaded OS and did not replace faulty part. Have to resend it to CA and I am sure they will wipe out everything again. I back up but this is getting to be a total pain.
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I just popped into my Note 3. Recognized and working. It's actually magic, though. I don't think it really does anything. I mean, really, think about it. 64 GIGA-bytes on a sliver of something smaller than and same thickness as my thumbnail?!!! My first computer had 100 MB storage and I thought I was in fat city. Back then 1 GB cost $1000 IF you could even get it. I know a little about how such things are made and I just cannot believe modern tech. It is insane. If I sneezed during install (2 second job), I would have lost the thing in the carpet, perhaps never to be found.
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I have to say, is the best laptop I ever had. Nonetheless, this PC come with only 4GB. I bought 4GB more. So, it's working very well.
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Thank you for asking and all the responses, that had me confused too. It looked like a small drive but the dimensions were off. I'm also looking at getting the hard case recommended but that dimensions listed would not have fit. I'm grateful to have found my question already answered.
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I just bought the 500 Gb Version and the Fan noise immediately kicked in. I discovered that by simply placing a cloth or (mouse or rubber)pad underneath the unit, its noise is canceled out. Do you know if the 1TB drive is That much louder than the 500 Gb? Thanks.
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No, there's no drive on this laptop! To Be honest, I don't recommend you to buy it!
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I too just purchased this new and put in a brand new laptop , and only shows 29.27 gb freespace, almost 3gb less than advertised. It does say on the packaging that "a certain portion of capacity may be used for system files and maintenance, thus the actual capacity may differ from that indicated on the product label". So I'm assuming all is well with mine.