The bullet is like a symbol. duno how long it will take to arrive. Calculating on the time zone, mebe this week might b arriving. But duno how long it will take for customs to clear it.
Customs Malaysia Tariff Mebe I need to do a printout of this website, computers r non taxable and non sales taxable.

This post has been edited by EvilDevil118: May 24 2010, 08:13 AM

I am prepared to self collect at sepang if they do call me. Else I might be calling them once I see the status is arrived at KLIA.

Seriously I highly recommend Gentech fast n superb service. Once my lappie arrives I will post up pics or even videos of their packaging. Hopefully everything goes smoothly.

hopefuly it will arrive this week.

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Added on May 24, 2010, 9:52 amSeeing the status change within a day, really hoping it will arrive at malaysia within a day or 2. But according to usps and gentech it might take 3-5 days, then another 2-3 days at customs. This is if there's any delay.

This post has been edited by EvilDevil118: May 24 2010, 09:52 AM

Funny thing it seems like either not many owners are takin part in the forums, or too bz playing with their new laptop ? Last week when I went shopping for lappies, one shop at sunway with big big "ASUS" logo and havin all "ASUS" laptops claim the G51J model is selling for RM 7999. Seriously I wonder how much they will sell it locally later once it is official. The guy offered me another model not sure if it's G72 or N series he mention RM 9999+ and he added, "I think u won't be buying that as well one" Forking out RM 7999 I would rather go for M17X edi,
Good news is the G73JH have been shipped out from US, bad news is the M15X I order haven't ship out yet. Hopefully by today they can ship it out as they need further verifications. One is being ship by Fedex another is By USPS. I got a feeling USPS might deliver 1st.

Btw, G73JH-A2 don't have support for Raid ?

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Added on May 24, 2010, 7:40 pmI believe this unit will be dust magnet, need to standby long soft brush, mini vacuum to keep the lappie as good as new.

This post has been edited by EvilDevil118: May 24 2010, 07:40 PM

Those cheap ones around RM 9.90 or 12.90 or more will do I guess. I got tons of them. The suction of the vacuum is not that good but it does it's job well I guess.

I got a list of games wanna try out on the Asus and also will be running on the M15X as well. Actually I believe both might have almost the same size and weight. Then it will be harder to choose. I guess might be putting either one up for sale then.

Same here, out of states not in malaysia yet. I am thinking of getting ssd since G73JH can't run raid.

Price I believe also will go up slightly.

Well it's a hybrid, i believe the hdd will move those files which frequently access to the ssd side, and those not so frequent file to the disc. Performance I expect around 50% - 80% of pure ssd. Maybe more if they can optimize the ssd and disc swapping.

I just got email from Ken Lee @ Gentech PC that they have run out of G73JH-A2.

So those who wanna get G73JH can try coralinkz if he still have stock. I will update if other sites have stocks for G73JH.

Actually having SSD the main benefit is the data won't get lost as compared to disc based hdd. Even hybrid also have the chance of hdd fail due to disc in side the hdd goes bad. Afaik SSD is quite reliable as long as there's no internal problem. Give it a year or 2 definitely ssd will drop even more. Don't forget how much a 500GB 7200rpm 2.5" cost few years back compared to a 40gb or 80gb. Btw the hdd market now is phasing out the older size, 1tb is norm edi for 3.5" while 2.5" they are phasing out those 250gb and below. 320 should be the norm and if not predicted wrongly, 500gb should be the common size and 640gb also would be replacing 500gb soon. 1tb will be the premium item 4 now.

Main concern bout hybrid again would be how efficient the data swap from nand to disc or vice versa if the swapping rate is not fast enough the data flow might be even lower compared to raid 7200rpm setup. A good way to set up these drives is to make it user customisable we can select what type of data to store on the nand and what data to be kept in the disc.

Btw not sure if anyone remembers bout the intel turbo memory thingy, it's a 1gb flash memory which can be installed on laptops. Currently my laptop has 1gb of it, 512mb for windows ready boost and 512mb for windows ready drive. With this installed it's quite fast opening firefox, games and stuff. 1st time loading is from the disc, but 2nd or 3rd all are from the flash. Benefits of these technologies usually comes when u access frequently used files. For gamers when gaming big maps if loaded from hdd might be slower compared to flash, but if our memory is at least 4gb or even 8gb then I don't think there's much of a difference.

Well the above statements are my own personal review and also sum info gathered from various sites if needed I could provide the linkies.

This post has been edited by EvilDevil118: May 26 2010, 02:34 PM

Well I'm prepared to pay max RM 500 for ssd, no matter 80gb or 120gb as currently for around RM 450 can get Intel 40GB X25-M SATA but definitely not those 16gb. In fact most of my laptop use around 20gb for OS and programs the rests are my games and files. I don't really keep more than 2 games in the hdd as usually I don't get to play even 1 sometimes.

For extra storage I got many external hdd, from 640gb to 1tb for 3.5" and for 2.5" varies from 80gb till 500gb. Not sure how others organize their hdd, usually I organize mine almost everyweek, useless files either I move to external or burn to dvd.

Not officially available, but u can try pm coralinkz if he still can get some. For future stocks I will update here.

USPS is suppose to deliver to the exact address but currently they might hold ur item at customs either at sepang or mebe other places. Then u need to assign pos malaysia or ur courier company to help u declare it out from customs.

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Added on May 26, 2010, 7:50 pmYep got 2 slot that's why waitin for ssd to go lower in price, now it's around rm 450 for 40gb ssd.

Latest update :
Arrived Abroad, May 26, 2010, 5:51 pm, MALAYSIA
International Dispatch, May 22, 2010, 11:03 pm, ISC LOS ANGELES CA (USPS)
Arrival
Acceptance, May 21, 2010, 5:41 pm, COVINA, CA 91722
Electronic Shipping Info Received, May 21, 2010

Yesh item arrive at malaysia edi. Now mebe waitin for customs to clear it then can take edi.

This post has been edited by EvilDevil118: May 26 2010, 08:35 PM

Yeah for that price, but the reliability for disc based hdd is questionable, ssd is very rugged as there's no moving parts. And look at the spec of the momentus XT it's only 4GB flash, and performance wise suppose to be 80% according to seagate. If their technology is really that efficient then really worth to consider.

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Added on May 26, 2010, 9:38 pmWell this i dunno as I haven't get any calls yet. If not mistaken usually they will call up and ask if we wanna assign them to be our agent or not. Then later will collect money or will ask us to bank in i suppose. My usual forwarder will bill us later once they kautim the customs. I think tek got more info as he passed his 1st.

Mebe tomorrow morning I might drop by sepang, not sure what time they will open if they run 24 hours then morning 6am i will be there to collect.

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Added on May 26, 2010, 9:39 pm Hopefully our Malaysian customs and postal service is better than last time thus my parcel will arrive by tomorrow. Sadly the M15X still no progress, I duno wuts holding up the item from being shipped, I edi done verifications and stuff. Tot the M15x might arrive sooner I guess usps beats fedex now.

This post has been edited by EvilDevil118: May 26 2010, 09:40 PM

New update :
Your item is being processed by customs in MALAYSIA. Information, if available, is updated periodically throughout the day. Please check again later.
Track and Confirm
Enter Label/Receipt Number.
Detailed Results:
Into Foreign Customs, May 26, 2010, 7:54 pm, MALAYSIA
Arrived Abroad, May 26, 2010, 5:51 pm, MALAYSIA
International Dispatch, May 22, 2010, 11:03 pm, ISC LOS ANGELES CA (USPS)
Arrival
Acceptance, May 21, 2010, 5:41 pm, COVINA, CA 91722
Electronic Shipping Info Received, May 21, 2010

Mebe I will call customs tomoro.

Thanks for the tip bro, actually I just got a call around 11am from Pos Malaysia my item is at customs and gave me a reference no. so now I can head to sepang right ? Wut other items I need to bring along ?

Just back from Sepang Pos Office Customs, had to pay RM 18 coz the price is above RM 2000 for them to value the item. I had to open it in front of them to show them it's a laptop. Everyone was looking coz it's damn big. I told them Alienware M17X is even bigger.

Took around 2 hours to return. Now turning on the babe and checking setting up the os. Thanks tek for info bout the customs, it's slightly troublesome compared to goin to port klang customs for shipping pallets or container. But less sleazy agents around, maybe it's timing as usually at Port Klang customs u can spot those sleazy people everywhere trying to earn quick bucks by tellin us they can handle our cargo and with lower rates.

Well just done 3dMark06 got around 12.5k and vantage 8k+ abit. Temps r all below 60 in air con room. GPU got around 70 I think I didn't really log the temps with gpuz. The quality of the product is really good, imagine it went thru the whole throwing, dumping and stuff. The packaging came in double box, the outside is quite ok not much damage internal looks like new fully sealed.

Not sure wut u guys wanna know bout the laptop, sound is very impressive, same or better than the Acer 6920G i used to own and compare to Dell XPS Studio 16 it's almost same or better. Coz didn't put the Studio XPS 16 and G73Jh side by side compare yet.

Any questions I will try to answer but too bad stocks are limited now, but I think some other sites start to have them instock. If can get the price below 6k include shipping it's really worth it, I am assuming local will be selling it for more than 7999 as their G51J also asking for that price with a discount of around rm 500 totalling for RM 7499 for a I7, 260GTX is not really worth it mebe unless it's an Alienware.

Forgot to update :
nickname | model | supplier, country | order date | owned date
1. stalkie | G73JH-A2 | CubeHub, SG | 19 May 2010 |
2. Jeffrey1987 | G73Jh-A2 | GenTechPC (Ken Lee), US | 20 May 2010 |
3. kenling | G73Jh-A2 | XoticPC, US | 15 Jan 2010 (preorder) | 15 March 2010 |
4. hatshepsut | G73JH-A1 | Powernotebook (Donald), US | 6 May 2010 (Shipped on 27th May)
5. EvilDevil118 | G73JH-A2 | GenTechPC (Ken Lee), US | 21 May 2010 | Arrived 27th May 2010

This post has been edited by EvilDevil118: May 28 2010, 05:36 AM

Gratz bro, so it means that either u need to pick up from customs or they will deliver to u. Try to check after 5 hours see if there's progress if there's none means the item is held at customs edi.

I see, hope u dun get taxed and will be getting ur laptop soon.

Btw, did everyone get the same mouse ? Mine comes with Asus ROG mouse same as the pics in Asus website. While others I see they get the Razer actually doesn't matter to me coz i'm using my logitech wireless. Also at the bios there's a setting can set to turbo mode, from 133 to 142 i think. Small overclock