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    Buying a G73JW-QA1-CBL in toronto, ON. My story then questions.

    Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by ghettoyellow, Nov 4, 2010.

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    I've done my homework. I am gonna be a part of the ROG family soon. The laptop I am gonna get based on my research and budget is the G73JW-QA1-CBL. I've found a bunch of deals and compare it here.

    Now for my story.
    I started my mission for a new laptop after generating 1 fps playing sc2 on lowest settings. I could not micro a single unit and saw units moving 2cm at a time across my screen every 1 second. Frustrated and pissed off I turned off the game and started a google marathon of gaming laptops (4 hours of googling for the best possible laptop, and then downgrading toward my budget. I first came across the g73jh. Then after going to the asus web site and watching the videos, I fell in love. g73jw was her name. But which model do i get?

    Since I live in Toronto I wanted to avoid shipping andhandling charges and pick it up at the store. and these were the models I found and some are on special right now. These are the lowest prices I found. (all prices are in canadian currency)


    A1, blueray, 8gb ram, 1tb HD...the most common one $1,699.99
    ASUS G73JW-A1, Gaming Notebook (Black) - Intel Core i7-740QM, 17.3" FHD 1920x1080 LED, 8GB RAM, 1TB (2x500GB) HDD, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M 1.5GB, Blu-ray Combo Drive, 802.11bgn, Bluetooth, 2.0M Webcam, USB 3.0, Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit w/ Gaming

    XT1, blueray, 8gb ram, 500gb HD $1555.97
    Buy the ASUS G73JW-XT1 17.3 Laptop Computer at TigerDirect.ca

    XR1, DVD, 6gb ram, 500gb HD $1499.99
    NCIX.com - Buy ASUS G73JW-XR1 17.3IN FHD Core i7 740QM 6GB 500GB GeForce 460M WIN7 Prem Notebook 1 Year Wrty - G73JW-XR1 In Canada.

    The one I am gonna get is this one...
    G73JW-QA1-CBL, blueray, 4gb ram, 750gb HD $1524.99
    http://www.lucomputers.com/site/product_parts_detail.asp?class=1&cid=350&id=17860

    *All X models are missing the mouse and backpack*

    The reasons for this are because of...
    First is the price, the lower the better.
    Second, I may want to upgrade with a SSD, when the price comes down
    Third, I must have a blueray.
    Forth, I like the 6 button mouse and backpack
    Finally, I only need 4gb of ram to run sc2 and can buy more later down the road when the price comes down, or when i can afford it.

    Here is what I would like to know.
    I've seen posts here talking about amazon and how there great customer experience they had with lemons or bad products and how they exchange them.
    But I want to know if anyone has experience with lucomputers. if anyone have purchased anything from them and how they are with there customers.
    I also want to know if I found a good price for the model that I want??
     
    ghettoyellow, Nov 4, 2010
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