Are Asus laptops any good?

Yes, they have the lowest number of repairs out of all major manufacturers

In terms of needing repair they even beat Apple (apple came in 4th by the way).

ASUS A52XI48JT-SL/82NDYXXB 15.6" Notebook Core i5 480M Windows 7 2GB DDR3 500G AMD Radeon HD 6370M Graphics Wifi 0.3 Mega Webcam Laptop

ASUS N73YI241SV-SL/64NRBXXB 17.3" Notebook Intel Core i5-2410M Windows 7 4G 640G GT540M Graphics WiFi Webcam Laptop

ASUS K52XI48JU-SL/82NDYXXR 15.6" Notebook Core i5 480M 2.66 GHz Windows 7 2GB DDR3 500G AMD Radeon HD 6370M Graphics Wifi Webcam Laptop

ASUS K52XI38JU-SL/32NDYXXB 15.6" Notebook Intel Core i3-380M DOS 2G 320G HD6370 Graphics WiFi Webcam Laptop