Question about Asus upgrade

Hi, I've been watching the flood of laptops with variant 8600s on the market, and have been trying to pick which one to go with. I've always been a staunch supporter of Asus, and have been thinking of going with an Asus G2S.

I currently have a Z96Js, with 2.0 Ghz C2D, x1600 256 MB, 2 gigs of ram, and 100 gig 7200 RPM hard drive, which I put together myself purchasing as a barebones and getting the parts I needed.

My question is, will the G2S be a great upgrade for me, or will it be so-so? I'm looking at ordering one from Best Buy, as I can finance it, and think the only difference going from them and not a reseller is I lose out on the backpack and mouse? I was also wondering if their is any possibility of buying this as a barebones from someplace, as I prefer putting my own systems together, even though I would lose out on the warranty.

Thank you.

 

Quite a bit of an upgrade, as far as graphics are concerned.. G2S is an ensemble system- Every reseller will carry the same models, withe perhaps a little difference here and there. They'll at most change the HDD and RAM for you...

 

you sound like the kind of person that may be intrested in a Asus C90S. Barebones do it yourself with alot of power for the money.

The G2S will be a nice upgrade tho.

 

Heh, after doing some quick research on the c90s, I am indeed interested in it. Only downside is that it's a 15.4/1680x1050. I like how it's customizable to the extent it is, and the fact that I can fit a desktop processor into it, but I was looking more for a midrange 17 incher with a 1920x1200 resolution.

Sadly, after looking at other choices and options, I might wait till they can bring the 8800 to a 17 inch platform, hopefully a variant of the c90s line, as that idea is something I think is great, especially being able to choose my own MXM card.