G73JH-X1/G73JH-A2 Available now on Newegg.com

Try this website: www.iship.com they have much better real time tracking of UPS packages than the UPS site itself which is pretty sad.

 

You're right! Status says "in the hands of UPS driver playing Borderlands".

 

FOR those having the x1 and wanted a cheap very good ssd with more than 30gb,, newegg is running a promotion on the ocz agility 60gb today, you can get it for $129 after casback, it is trim and garage collection enabled

 

Which controller does the agility series have?

 

Looks like Newegg will be getting more of the A2 Monday--

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834220704&Tpk=asus g73

 

So sad-- I just got my Sandforce based OWC Mercury Extreme 50Gb for $230.

Oh, well--

 

indilinx, specs really close to the vertex , as an os drive, difference will be barely noticeable compared to intel or vertex, i assume

 

Mine is finally shipped chose ups next day saver they shipped via fedex next day.

I live in va btw

 

They sent it fedex due to the ups delays in VA.

Be thankful they did that.

 

I just got a call from UPS and they blamed weather even though there is a scan at the local UPS hub and the ups truck made it to my neighborhood.

 

heh....FedEx hasn't done much of a better job getting it to VA. I did priority overnight 2 days ago and it still isn't here. Last scan was leaving Memphis, TN at 4:30 this morning. Hopefully you'll have better luck though.

 

My other package from newegg via UPS now says:
02/11/2010 08:30:00 ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS[X] CHICAGO, IL, US

Lesson learned...again.

 

My HD just got delivered from Tennessee directly to Milwaukee. I'm sorry about your luck dude. Gotta find a good caddy since I didn't go with SSD (too expensive for me right now).

 

My status is still at charged!

 

Electric buck: I ordered Tuesday night non-rush and had a status change FINALLY this morning directly from charged to shipped. So it hopefully won't be long for you.

My separate order placed that night for the SSD is still at charged.

 

Call them and check. That doesn't make sense. I ordered mine at 3pm pacific time on tuesday and just checked the tracking number and it is out for delivery. I didn't do rush shipping or rush processing.

New Egg come through for me again.

 

mine finally got shipped!!!
now, waiting for the SSD!

 

Ordered my X1 from Newegg on Tuesday morning and received it today!! This thing is SWEET!!

 

If it went through Memphis (their main hub) it was definitely delayed.

 

Yup, it did. It finally left Memphis about 2 hours ago. After sitting there for over a day. Ugh. :-( Hopefully i'll get it tomorrow. My SSD has been in Newark, NJ since the 9th and hasn't moved...not sure what thats about either. Probably also snow related.

 

Isn't VA under 55" of snow or some such natural disaster? My mother's sister's son heard the entire east coast was closed, with no power and the military was distributing food.

I don't think FedEX will make it.

Cheers,

 

Wait wait wait the X1 and A2 are the same price on Newegg now?

 

yea, these were selling real fast so newegg increased the price.

 

Yeah, they'll bump the price down most likely when they get more stock.

 

Sad that you get an objectively better deal by getting the A2. You get a 2nd HDD, backpack and mouse with 100% same components on everything else for the same price.

 

Well, realize that they didn't start that way. The A2 was out of stock by then and the X1's stock was going fast, so it continued to climb up using fuzzy Newegg math. I got mine at $1429.

 

Well, I got my X1 from the egg for $1429.

Compared to $1549 or $1599. Didn't need the backpack or mouse and will use my own 2nd drive

 

you got a heck of a deal, sleey0.
A2 is not bad deal for me either since I need a spare mouse and a laptop backpack.

 

hahahaha...no. I think everyone in VA THINKS that this is a natural disaster. People are so dramatic about snow here, it's ridiculous. We did get a lot of snow, but the roads, at least most of them were fine today.

 

My wife just sent me a picture of my laptop delivered to the house!! Now I have to find a way to work 2 more hours before I can try this baby out!

 

I have no experience with them, but in reviews for comparison, the V series does show up and play ball. Since it supports TRIM, go for it if it is a good price/GB. Shouldn't be any issue working with the X1.

Q

 

And now you can just buy the 2x BR burner/8x BR/CDRW Super Milti Drive for $359 and have a much better lappy than the A1.

Of course, you said you don't keep your notebooks longer than 6 months, so that might not be a cost-effective strategy for you.

 

My X1 shipped and is supposed to show up tomorrow. See anything wrong with this picture?



I didn't order an SSD (yet)... and I know the X1 doesn't weigh 1 pound.

 

http://www.amazon.com/Sony-BD-5730S...1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1265933961&sr=8-1

This Sony's even cheaper- it's the one I picked up. They're a little scarce right now but it's a good drive and works out of the box.

 

Very nice, indeed. I would have opted for that one too, even if the write speed is 6x. That's a hell of a deal. Again, Well Played! Have you already installed it in the G73?

 

My SSD is stuck in Newark also since the 9th. Got the G73 today via UPS, was one day late. No biggy for me on the SSD, as I have to figure out the caddy part.

 

I received my X-1 today from newegg via ups. It has 1066MHz memory speed. I ordered the $70.00 extended warranty because of the website saying only one year. It is stamped on the top and bottom 24 months warranty so I cancelled the extra warranty with newegg. They had no problem doing so. Thanks for all the info. on this forum. It really helped me in getting this computer. So far I am very pleased with it. It is one beautiful computer. Thanks to Dell for delaying my M17x order several times. Otherwise I would have that and been wishing I had this one.

 

Sku'd up an A1 at work today and paying tomorrow. Will cost me $1566, plus shipping, and should be on it's way on the 15 th if all is well!

 

Interesting that your X1 has 1066MHz RAM. What day did your order it and which warehouse did it ship from?

 

Did you actually LOOK at the RAM? Or are you going by what the box says?

I bet it is 1333.

 

I ordered 2 nights ago and pretty sure mine is still sitting in the NJ warehouse. Looks like newegg has finally forsaken me! Why newegg why?

 

I have something that just left the fedex Newark hub.

So it isn't the weather....

 

I looked at the ram.

I ordered it on the 9th and it shipped from RMA Wharehouse in Whittier CA. It must of been an early purchase because I paid $1429.00 for it.

 

Well, my SSD has shown "Departed FedEx Location, Newark NJ" since the 9th...so I mean, it seems like it left...but yet, it didn't...haha.

 

In all fairness, it old man winter, but Newegg did close the NJ warehouse on Wednesday. My X1 shows Shipped now, but no tracking number yet. I have looked at the NJ zip codes the UPS site says they are having delays with and none are Secaucus, NJ 07094 & 07096 (but the 077xx are screwed) where the warehouse is. So I'm still hoping to see a tracking number go up tonight.
Good luck.

Q

 

I live about 80 miles from where the laptop ships...no reason why it shouldn't be here by now.

 

I and many others have wondered how the price could be this low for the G73JH's. I think all of the bloatware might have something to do with that. It's more than I'm use to. Not complaining. It will take a little time and effort to clean up. Hope I don't uninstall something important. lol

 

LOL
are you being serious or sarcastic?

 

Yay my X1's tracking number posted. For once I am praying it DOESN'T snow in GA so there are no delays

 

Serious about could the bloat being a reason the price is so low. Humorous about uninstalling something important.