Asus G60VX Lauching on Oct 22, 09 at Bestbuy

look at page 13 kind sir.

 

in store order for thu pkup was kind of whacked, they take you through order online but somehow it bypass shippingn to you and you will just have one reserved for you.......though I really hope they mess up and send me one as well

what sucks is with CA tax, I paid $1113 today

 

Yikes on the taxes! I will be picking mine up Thursday as well. Didn't pre-order it though since I am not sure where I will be on Thursday...Could be Chicago, could be southern Indiana, or could be back at home.....LoL. My job requires that I travel worldwide for a living. But I checked and the highest I will have to pay in tax is about $69. Course if my schedule changes who knows.

 

I checked out the G60 and I didn't see much of an advantage over the G51 unless DDR3 RAM is a big difference (Which I still don't know if it's been confirmed or not. I prefer the clean design of the white lid, and for the new clearance price I rather overclock the processor and install Windows 7 myself. I'm currently contemplating whether I should buy the G51 (with the 25/mo payment plan) now or wait until I can afford the new G51J (which will probably be in a few years). I don't need monstrous power but I do want something I can play Borderlands comfortably in.

 

Yeah Memico no real difference from what I can tell. My main reason for the G60 is that I was never fond of the white lid. All being said, I would have bought the G51 last Friday if the local store had one.

 

Took another picture before I placed my pre order today. I made this mistake of playing HD trailer of modern warfare 2 infamy.....then I started to imagine that game on this machine...whipped out my credit card and it all went downhill from there

 

Any word on if the G60VX has a backlit keyboard yet?

 

G60VX HAS backlit keyboard. White light just like G51, very nice.

 

Thanks! That's the one thing I was wondering about.

I'm definitely interested in getting a G60VX. I've just gotta find the money somewhere!

 

dammit...I love the G60 but ever since I got back from BB, I could not put this out of my mind

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=9556394&type=product&id=1218123849552

 

LOL Yes very smexy but here is what can help you put it out of your mind....$1999.99

Well at least that worked for me.

 

problem is I got that money

damned if I don't..

Damned if I do....

ok forget it.. with 1999, I can get the Asus G60 and

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=9556358&type=product&id=1218123847359

thenI'll have gaming desktop with 5870, gaming laptop with GTX 260M and a carry around if I feel lazy and still has money left compare to if i were to buy that ENVY 15.

 

...up to 16GB of ram

 

Bestbuy pre order is weird....I put money down...ordered online... and he said there will be one in store for me to pick up...but of course as u can see in store pick up is not available so on the receipt, order status page, shows shipping to my address. I called BB online help, they said it shows in process, set to ship UPS next day???????????????????


BUt then I explained the situation to her i pay now and pick up in store thursday she said maybe there is some special arrangement then that she's not aware of. So I asked her please don't touch or modify my order in anyway just in case messing with it mess up the arrangement and I end up getting nada.

Secretly I'm seeing if I have the luck of picking it up in store and they also send me one next day via UPS j/k

I did talk to store sales rep, they said not many people are pre ordering the G60..most people order HP...Dell..Sony CW series what not..gaming laptop is a specialized niche market that I dont thinik ill have trouble finding one even if i did not pre order..

 

LoL I have the money for that too but...Well Umm scratch that...My wife says she gets new kitchen cabinets and flooring sooooo, Nope I don't have the money...

 

Yeah I actually had that experience when WoTLK came out. I pre-ordered and had to go through the same routine.

 

Holy crap, i cant even imagine what that looked like in person.

That 4830 looks to be gold as well. If it can get at least 9000 then that thing is nice.

I like that laptop a lot as well but i just can see myself leaving 17 after being here for a while.

 

Hm according to Angelic some of the prices for these windows 7 machines are fake. I think she mentioned that they cant put the real price until the release date. So maybe the Envy is cheaper?

 

I'm pretty sure GTX 260 performs better than ATI 4830 but one thing funny was windows 7 index rated 260 at 6.8 but 4830 at 7.3 . because gtx 260 is 256 bits whereas 4830 is 128 bits.

However I do wonder if this applies. Nvidia gtx 285 (desktop ) is 512 bits and 5870 (desktop) is 256 bits but 5870 beats 285 easy....but I don't know if this applies to the laptop cards. Guess we will have to wait for empirical evidences.....

 

Anybody know if these two Asus Best Buy online only models will be available this week? They just say coming soon. They can't be preordered yet.

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SECOND

I am really interested in the G60Vx-RBBX09 for the extra hard drive and faster cpu.

 

Great finds. No I7 yet. The Q9000 is dated and at 1299 is a bit of a put off.

 

unless it was a typo that X09 model also comes with a 9cell battery instead of the 6cell most commonly found in the G51 series.

 

I talked to BB yesterday , the G60 with faster CPU and 9 cell battery is online only. so ull just have to wait and order online.

 

I'm really diggin the G72, I can't wait to pick one up.

 

refurbished g71 for $939.95 to add even more confusion to those that are looking to buy
http://www.techbargains.com/news_displayItem.cfm/181691

 

I've almost made my decision, I'm heavily leaning towards the discounted G51, but seeing the G72 with the quad core has really thrown a wrench into the whole operation. I'm now torn, do I want price and compact-ability, or do I want quad core and preinstalled windows 7. Looks I'll have to decide on a coin toss come thursday.

 

OK NOW! THIS IS VERY BIZARRE..

Remember how I went to store yesterday to pre order my G60 for pick up on Thursday and the guy said there is one reserved for me?

I just got an email from bestbuy says YOUR SHIPMENT'S ON ITS WAY! !!!!!! and gave me a ups tracking number too?????

 

Oooo....What is the est. delivery date?

 

im starting to not like the new lid design...

 

Wait I'm confused, which is better, the G60Vx with the 9 cell and 2.53GHz, or the G72Gx with the quad core and only 2.0GHz/8 cell? It's so close that I can't figure out which is one with better specs. The G60Vx SOUNDS better, but I just wanted to make sure before I jumped the gun.

 

It depends on what you're going to use it for. the G72Gx will have a fair bit lower battery life but will bench more and be futureproof in CPU intensive games, but the G60VX will do better in games with only 2 threads, and can be OC'd further. and should also have a bit higher battery life

 

not in UPS system yet...so can't say but I'll let you know as soon as it shows up in ups tracking. Supposedly its next day shipping.

At first I was thiniking ok they ship it to store for me to pick up thursday. Seemed like a sensible assumption then the shipping address was to my house. It's all messed up. Maybe they ship to me by mistake and still saved one for me at store sell one!

 

http://www.techbargains.com/news_displayItem.cfm/181931

all kinda laptop and discount with quad are coming out of the woodworks now...

 

All hell what the hell are you trying to do to me....That looks nice but not sure about the 230m gpu.

 

If i'm spending, I'm taking someone down with me

U know how base ALienware m15x has GT 240m as video card. has 48 stream processor. So does 230m, only difference is 230m might be slightly slower clocked. You can play game at slightly lower resolution.

Depend on what you want to do, if for game GTX 260M with 112 gpu slaughters the 230m but if you want a fast machin that can play some game, this would be good.

 

Yep that's what I am looking for Howard...I just would love the thought of a i7...sticking with the G60...damnt why can I not get it now and stop standing on the fence...lol

 

Hmm..I'm kind of at a crossroad here. Would the 72GX-RBBX05 with Core2 Duo P8700 be better for gaming compared to the G72Gx-RBBX09 with the Q9000? From my understanding the Q9000 is a lower-end quad core cpu..eh?

 

Quads beat dual cores in multi-threaded apps. Both are good for gaming, but cpu dependent games will benefit from the quad.

 

Yep it's a lower end Quad but it's still a Quad core as apposed to dual core. Gaming atm mainly only utilizes dual core but some are taking advantage of quad cores such as Crysis...More will follow I am sure of that.

Edit: Damn Chicnoob beat me to it.

 

BEER! PROBLEM SOLVED FOR YOU!

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834220605

 

AHAHAHA yeah but my wife gave me $1100 to buy soooo......yeah I am still screwed...lol

 

For the Windows Experience index thing. You cannot take those things serious.

sometimes you have to update that area to get a good response so i could see why the 4830 would show as a high GPU.

 

Put your foot down! Say i am the man of the house then at the end go RAWR!!

That normally works

 

my UPS still not updated.........almost bed time... worked all day...had double homicide 2 days ago and all kinda drama and stuff at work.busy as hell + school + remodel new house...tired to death now. Will report back tomorrow.

PS: We are getting priority swine flu shots next week cause of my job...think I should take it or not?

 

Yep it sure did in the past....Second marriage and counting.... ....lol

 

I'd say take it. The worst of the side effects are practically never quite as bad as the flu symptoms.

 

Would say, a game that only utilizes 2 cores run better on the P8700 compared to the Q9000?

 

P8700...I ran into this same decision making process when I bought my desktop (2 years ago I went with the Q6600). I always look towards upward progression. I am going dual core atm but mainly do to the fact that I can only spen $1100. If I could spend more I would definitely go with the I7.

 

Good to hear BB has them out for show gonna have to go and check them out in person.
Even though this has no bearing on this thread the HP sure looks nice but at twice the price not sure if it's worth the extra $$$. also external optical drive not good.
And I'm sure for gaming anyway the 260GTX is better then the ATI 4830 not much better I don't think but still more capable.
Isn't that why we are interested in these laptops in the first place.
Gaming

 

Hahaha, funny