G73JW ROG Limited Edition

After the truly knowledgable folks at DELL kept screwing me over, I finally cancelled my order for a fully stocked XPS17. I did this after I found the ASUS G73JW-ROG Limited Edition on Amazon.

When I verified online that my DELL order was indeed cancelled, I order this from Amzon. Is this model limited solely to Amazon? I haven't seen these specs on the G73JW anywhere else.



Intel i7-740QM (1.73GHz Quad-Core with Turbo Boost up to 2.93GHz)
16GB DDR3 1333MHz , 4 SODIMM Sockets
Nvidia GTX 460M Graphics with 1.5GB GDDR5
1TB Hybrid HDD/SSD (2x 500G 7200RPM/4GB SSD)
Blue-Ray Burner
Illuminated Keyboard
1x USB 3.0 + 3x USB 2.0 Ports
802.11 b/g/n
Bluetooth
17.3-Inch Full HD (1920x1080) LED Display
2.0M Webcam
Gaming Backpack and Mouse
ASUS ROG Dogtags w/limited edition serial number
1yr Accidental Damage Warranty and 2yr Standard Warranty Included

My XPS17 was supposed to be delivered 12/20, and was delayed. DELL are very customer UNFRIENDLY and complete idiots. I find this ASUS machine to be better equipped, screenwise, and it was about $700.00 cheaper than the XPS17.

Too bad for DELL. I've been ordering from them for over 15 years, but I am DONE with Dell. Customers are just not at all important to them anymore.

I am also wondering what sort of recovery options come with the ASUS. Do they provide any disc backups at all?

I plan to wipe out everything and do a clean install of Win7 and install only what's necessary. Do they provide an option for a Win7 disc, or Do I need my own? (I do have another copy of Win7 if I need it). Also, I downloaded EVERYTHING fromthe ASUS download website for the G73JW series. Can anyone verify what I REALLY need for a fresh Win 7 install? There is an awful lot of stuff they have available. For instance, they have both Intel WiFi and Azurewave WIFI - which do I need?

I know, I guess the real answer is to wait until I get the machine and see which is actually installed, but I wanted to prepare a DVD of only what I need beforehand.

Thanks for any answers.

 

That model is not exclusive to Amazon but damn, 16GB's of memory, two hybrid 500GB HDD's, Blu-ray burner, 740QM, that's a beast.

 

Nice spec. You should get a recovery partition and a tool in Windows to burn recovery discs that will include the Asus software. It is better to burn a windows disc for the link in the Windows Legal Discs thread to do a clean install.

 

I know - when I saw this, I was glad Dell screwed up

Thanks, KimoT. I''ll look for that thread now.

 

Nothing special except 16gig ram, thats all!

 

Dogtags, man. Dogtags.

 

same with me, Dell screwed me around so much for a new XPS with their rude and unhelpful customer support I got a G73JW-A1 from Amazon, it arrived 2 days later.

 

Wow, until I saw your post, I didn't know the extra 16GB RAM and Dog Tag cost $400 more than what I have paid for my G73JW-3DE @J&R.

BTW, the G73JW-3DE has the same config with the Full HD 120hz 3D screen without the 16GB RAM (8GB RAM instead) and Dog Tag.

 

Nice one... Only if they had this when i bought my JH...

Panther214

 

I know, right? DOGTAGS. Like you just knifed Amazon on Suez Canal.

 

You can go next to any military base and make some dogtags for like 5 bux... :/

 

besides the 16GB RAM and dogtags, ROG also comes with different backpack (from W90VP) and mouse:

 

Whatever makes you happy

 

That's an odd-looking backpack. Orange and very round, like you're wearing a Thule cargo pod on your back.

 

The mouse does look nice... and it seems it has higger DPI.


I hardly doubt there is any use of having 16 gigs of memory, some people might have a use for such amount not me...

Then again you probably will be the only one having a laptop with 16 gigs of memory....