Bestbuy replaced my g73 with a new laptop, is it better?

Hi, i bought my g73 , 2 years ago, and it had many problems like overheating, touch pad issues, grinding fan noise, today they replaced it completely with a new laptop i just want to ask u guys if I got a better deal in terms of performance in games aswell as other specs.

i bought the laptop back in the day for 1499.99 and it had 1tb hd space,hd 5870, first gen i7 , 8gb ram 1333mhz ram, 17.3 screen, 1600x900 display and no blueray drive



here is specs of new laptop can u guys tell mw if im better off , this laptop will be shipped in couple days.

Toshiba Qosmio 17.3" Laptop featuring Intel Core i7 2670QM Processor (PSBY5C-02P00Q) - Black / Red : 17" Laptops - Best Buy Canada

 

You're better off. A working laptop + much better graphics card + better processor + SSD

 

what does it mean by full hd 3d-ready and hybrid drive technology?

 

I would have demanded a G75 if they still have it.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Asus+-+...621250769&skuId=5176239&st=asus g75&cp=1&lp=1

 

I am not sure why they call it Hybrid, it appears to have 2 physical hard drives; one 750 GIG spinner and one 128 GIG SSD. (NICE)
PSBY5C-02P00Q - Canada : Toshiba Qosmio X770-02p Core I7-2670qm 2.2ghz 8gb/750gb + 128gb Ssd Blu-ray Dvd+/-rw Gigabit Wlan B/g/n Cam Widescreen 17.3 Inch Tft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit - Product Details
Full HD 3d ready means your video card and screen can handle the needed 120 MHz refresh rate needed to 3D. Overall seems like a fair deal!

 

Hybrid means SSD+Regular spinning drive all combined in 1. So you can install your OS on the SSD and the rest of your data can reside on the spinny drive part. Although, it's kind of pointless. I would just install everything on the SSD (Windows + A game or two) and use the spinny portion for music/movies. Unless you're doing a bunch of file copying etc... you'd probably already know what this was.


I agree, I would have demanded a G75 if they had it. Honestly, better specs and cheaper haha.

 

I'm curious as to whether the HDD in there is a momentus XT, that would explain the hybrid tech mention, it's either that or they meant the SSD to be used as a cache rather than a dedicated drive.

 

even toshiba's datasheet is very unclear as to what hybrid drive ships with that machine. it can't be a momentus, tijo, because those are 750gb and this drive is apparently 878gb. the momentus also has a 7200rpm spindle compared to the toshiba's 5400rpm. what is that thing?

op, to put your $1,500 replacement into perspective--the sager in my sig cost me ~$100 less than that. next gen cpu, next gen gpu, same ram but higher clock rate, and better wifi nic (300mb/s, dual band). however you have much more storage and a blu ray drive. did your op (original purchase ) include the black tie warranty at that price? i'm guessing yes if they're replacing the old machine...

 

Well, BB listed the drive as 750GB 7.2K RPM in the OP's link. 878GB would mean they consider the SSD + HDD as hybrid, but that's just plain stupid, especially since at 878GB it wouldn't be used as cache.

 

Performance I think it's a nice upgrade.

Terms of satisfaction and use, it's hideous. I'd be upset if I had to use that fugly thing.

 

Buy the Toshiba Qosmio 17.3 Notebook PC at TigerDirect.ca

Scroll to HD Specs:
HDD/SSD Drives Included
1x 128GB SSD
1x 750GB HDD

FURTHER to that: http://content.etilize.com/User-Manual/1021273246.pdf

Scroll to page 3-36

 

you're right. the machine would seem to have two separate drives, an HDD and a SSD. interesting. what's on 3-36 that we're looking at? what appears to be the two separate bays?

 

^ yeah, a diagram of the bottom of the laptop taken off.