Approximately 18 months ago whilst on holiday in Taiwan, I purchased in Taiwan a high end Asus laptop. Everything worked well for 13 months and I was very pleased with the laptop. Then my motherboard died and I couldn't boot up and or even turn on the laptop. I took the Asus laptop to the Asus service center in Metro Manila and they confirmed the motherboard needed to be replaced. They said they had to have a replacement motherboard shipped in from Taiwan which will take "2-4 weeks." That was 5 months ago. Every... read full review »