Asus X77 on Notebookcheck

I just saw this posted over on NBC - this is the first NB with the ATI 5730 that I have seen.

http://www.notebookcheck.net/Newsentry.153+M5380453d400.0.html

Sounds like a pretty hot system - hope this isn't a double-post but search didn't return anything for "X77" ... This may also be a Euro only since I think NBC originates here in Germany.

 

A 17+ inch laptop with 2 500GB drives and the power and cooling to run an i5 and the 5730 is "ultraportable?" This I've got to see! That caveat aside it seems like a slick machine at a great price.

 

This looks awesome, cant wait!

 

about time they moved away from nvida

 

erm..they have plenty of models with a 4650, and the W90 was the first with a 4870 so they've been using ATI and nvidia..

 

I hope It won't be too heavy...
Sgtarky... why ATI should be better than NVDIA?

 

He is probably elaborating to the fact that there are a lot more Nvidia options out there then ATI.

 

Or maybe because of Nvidia's mobile GPUs are juts always rebranding? If that 17" beast is a ultra-portable ...then I guess my X83 is a mini portable...netbooks are Microscopic ?

 

i think they call it portable because it's thin and light

 

I think the price is a mistake. Or else other news articles have it wrong. It was listed at 1,000 pounds or something not sure what currency sign it is but ($1400) so yeah.. doubt it's $1000 USD

 

I dunno, Asus has really impressed me lately with their pricing, I wouldn't be surprised if it was actually going for a grand. And if it is, I remain very much impressed by their pricing. Remember, the G72 with a quad core and GT260M or whatever goes on sale at BB for not much more than a grand...not much of a stretch to see an i5 update to hit a similar pricepoint.

 

2.26 ghz doesn't seem that much to me, but then again, for a price of about 1000€ its definitly worth more (in my opninion) than a 1.5-2k euro alienware/asus G which uses a 1.6 ghz corei7. I think I'l have more fun in getting one of these next year, and another one in about 2 years, instead of spending my 2k budget all at once.

Edit: @redline, ye their low prices are awesome, but lets hope its not because they use lower quality models to keep up with the great selling junk-brands like Acer and HP.

 

Hmmm - lower quality doesn't sound so good. I just received my N81Vp - and it's a pretty nice system - but its definitely an order of magnitude cheaper than my old F8Sa. Lots of flex in the keyboard - and the bottom panels are cheaper - in addition to so-so contrast on the LCD. I hope Asus doesn't cheapen the X77 in a similar manner just to meet a price point.

 

Wel the cheapening in the way of more flex wouldn't bother me because I just use my laptops as a dekstop replacement and use an external keyboard and mouse. I'm more worried about the bad cooling, the new asus G series all have very high temperatures. Anyway for al the other people who use a laptop for what its supossed to, I hope asus will continue to make sturdy laptops

 

It's 1000 euros : http://www.fudzilla.com/content/view/16954/1/

 

THanks for clearing that up. SO that translates to around $1440 according to Google conversion =) so yeah def not $1000 USD

 

Don't forget the U.S usually has lower prices as well.

 

The US prices are ridiculously low, I think Sony makes europeans pay the same amount in euros as the americans pay in dollars. So a system of 1000 dollars in the US would cost 1000 euros here as well, if not more due to the enormous 21% tax in Belgium.

 

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@dtwn
Lol...I get your point

 

lol ....that is all I have to say..