I ' ve owned some Dell and Asus laptop . Both were built terribly and the batteries were useless after 2 years and the laptops broke around the 3 year mark . The MacBook pro I replaced those with lasted 5 years and I resold to someone else . Battery and performance still decent . Aside from offering more affordable laptops , has asus and Dell improved their build quality ? <| sep |> yea was just pointing out only you can decide that . <| sep |> I checked Black Friday circular and their weekly sale and the only gift cards it says are still on sale are multipacks and they ' re 20 % off <| sep |> When I was in junior high early 60 ' s one of my teachers saw the phrase thou art God written on one of my folders and accused me of blasphemy . Maybe I was just ahead of my time .