Official Asus G73JH Owners Lounge

Hydeo · 02-05-2010, 09:17 AM

Great to be back

allanh · 02-05-2010, 09:30 AM

Hydeo, your desktop spec looks pretty nasty

Too bad I no longer use a desktop (all my jobs can be done on laptop and can't be bothered to walk to another room to access another computer)

Hydeo · 02-05-2010, 09:39 AM

Unfortunely I require my desktop at home for work and obviously my laptop for going around the country and such. Of course I could of went with a single card solution, but what's the fun in that if I'm not planning to buy another high end desktop for a solid 5 years or so

Oh and minus the monitors the desktop is still cheaper than this laptop LOL

0100 1010 0101 0011 · 02-05-2010, 10:10 AM

Hilarious! So, I call BTOtech just now to see if they are getting any of the A2's in stock. They only show the A1 online so I figured "what the heck". Talked to some guy (Eddy i think) who said without a doubt NO other reseller has the A2 in stock yet. In fact, that model is 3 weeks away, and not even in the country. Nice try Eddy.

evensen007 · 02-05-2010, 10:16 AM

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Originally Posted by 0100 1010 0101 0011

Hilarious! So, I call BTOtech just now to see if they are getting any of the A2's in stock. They only show the A1 online so I figured "what the heck". Talked to some guy (Eddy i think) who said without a doubt NO other reseller has the A2 in stock yet. In fact, that model is 3 weeks away, and not even in the country. Nice try Eddy.

You'd think he would take the 5 minutes to look at the forum and see that he is flat out wrong. I know they are active on this site, so there is no excuse for giving out incorrect information.

ziddy123 · 02-05-2010, 10:36 AM

I also called BTO and get the same message. But I believe my order is pushed back into middle of March so I'll probably cancel with Xotic anyways.

I placed an order with ExcaliberPC who say it's in stock and having it shipped overnight. It seems the G73 may come stock with the 1333 (hoping), if not I can just upgrade it at a later time, waiting 1.5 months is going to suck more than slightly slower ram. Once Excaliber is open and I call to confirm the order, I'll cancel the Xotic.

Too bad Asus couldn't meet the demand. I wonder if it was ATi or Asus dropped the ball on this. I just don't see a high demand for high performance gaming laptops.
- Example I play with a very large gaming community and told them I pre-ordered this. Response unanimous.
- Dude those are awesome specs. But it still sucks cause it's still a laptop, lol at you.
- On top of that it's always. You should have got an Alienware. Aren't Sager's better? Asus makes gaming laptops?
- Few who knew, dude, Asus has heating issues with their gaming series laptops. Don't get it!

So yeah even among gaming enthusiast I just don't see a huge demand for these. Considering Asus is such a large manufacturer, I'd place my bet it was ATi that dropped the ball on making HD5870 more available. I don't remember where, but remember reading AMD outsources the manufacturing of ATi chips right?

JohnnyFlash · 02-05-2010, 11:25 AM

It's good marketing, creates a buzz about the product because it's so "in demand".

ziddy123 · 02-05-2010, 11:29 AM

So they create a false sense of high demand by limiting availability. Lame.

vIGAMEIv · 02-05-2010, 11:41 AM

So we have to wait longer now?I'm going to have to take my laptop back to bestbuy in 2 weeks and exchange it for a diffrent one so I get an extra 2 weeks.

Don't judge me

0100 1010 0101 0011 · 02-05-2010, 11:42 AM

I wish I recorded the conversation I just had with Donald at PowerNotebooks.

Edit: Sorry, this isn't the place for that rant. Vic, feel free to delete this post. TIA