Well, I bought the Asus. I'm charging the battery now. The "manuals" are very basic. The "Quick Start Guide" is a single 6" x 8" sheet of paper folded in half. The first page is just the title. There are three instructions (in 5 languages each), one on each of the remaining pages. The Instructions are:
1. Change your Notebook PC. (for 3hours before first use)
2. Lift to open the display panel.
3. Press the Start button.
There is a small diagram for each instruction.
Hopefully, there will be a canned script to set things up on first power up. I'll also look for more detailed manuals on line. The only other "manual" was about warranty information.
My current dying PC has a dual core I5-2410M @ 2.3 GHz. So I doubt that I'll notice any real change in performance.