My laptop is an Asus, and I have never ever had a problem with it. I took the whole thing completely apart, disconnected the monitor and everything, put it back together, and the only thing I broke was the WiFi switch(Hated that thing anyway)
I burnt the touchpad with a mini torch, twice, scratched it to hell with a metal thing, and it still works just fine.
and I've had it since June of... last year? Not a whole lot of time, But time enough to say, while it is pretty banged up in some places mostly due to my own fault, it still runs beautifully.
Mine is a G60JX, I can't really speak for the newer ones, but this thing has not let me down yet, and i'm still able to play a lot of the newer games(albeit some of them on medium-low)
Plus I also bought a tablet from Asus and that thing is a trooper. I've bricked it at least twice, and it just keeps resurecting itself lol. Basically: Can't go wrong with Asus.