I bought this ASUS FX502VM laptop black friday weekend for $899, and also received 5% back by using my Amazon card (0% interest was an option if I wanted to delay paying it off). Overall I am happy with the product and value for what I paid, but there were a couple of discrepancies in the specs that were incorrect and resulted in buyers not getting what we thought at time of purchase. I may have given this 3.5 stars if I was able, but was not comfortable giving it a 4 star rating due to the cons listed. Hopefully ASUS sees these negative reviews and tries to accomodate us with a free game or something to mitigate our frustrations.



Pros

** Getting a GTX 1060 in a laptop this thin and light is a huge plus

** Price during BF was hard to turn down, escpecially when I received 5% back as well

** Build quality is great with heavy duty casing and attention to detail that you'd expect from ASUS

** Backlit keyboard is beautiful with what I'd consider a "full-size" keyboard with number pad

** Was very easy to remove any "bloatware" that was included



Cons

** 1TB HDD is good for storage, but a SSD would've been preferred even if it was 256-512GB. I will be buying a NVME M.2 drive to run the OS and a few games off of (2280 FF), and will keep the HDD installed for mass storage of movies and files.

** As multiple people have stated, this FX502VM does NOT have a type c USB 3.1 thunderbolt port. There are only 3 USB ports, and they are the 3.0 variety.

** as of 12/01/2016 Amazon's title states that this setup is "VR Ready", but according to the NVIDIA GEFORCE experience tool the I5-6300HQ CPU does not meet the recommended spec for VR gaming. You may be able to run VR without issues, but you'll want to make 100% sure before you start thinking about spending the big bucks on games and supporting headset.

** This is a TN panel and is reported as 160 degree display. ASUS has a 170 degree version listed on the product page however, so it will potentially be an option and include the IPS display that we all would've preferred. This was most likely a cost saving measure by ASUS and could potentially cause some complaints if buyers confused the IPS reference on their product page as being included on both the 160 and 170 degree panels.

** This GTX 1060 laptop does get HOT if you're gaming and it's sitting in your lap. I'm certain manufactures would be quick to point out that these are notebooks and should not be in your lap to begin with. I would not take points off of the rating for this, you can't expect a laptop with this much horsepower to stay completely cool.



Note: I did NOT receive this product for free or for my review. This was purchased by me for home/game use.