man, imagine yourself gaming on HD5850/5870 on 17"...

If you're in the states and are updated through the forums, you can practically get the A1s and A2s from some resellers who aren't so well known but could ship them out to you ASAP. And then you have the choice of the other stripped down versions mainly the X1 and X2 and the BB version.

As for us in good ol' "boleh" land . . we have no choice but to pre-order. I ordered mine on the 31/4/2010 and as of 10AM this morning, it has arrived in "boleh" land. I am not so sure who is it that is gonna post it to my house since I took the USPS International Mail Express option . . but am praying I can unbox tomorrow

As for those who are thinking of waiting to get them from shops over here, I would say its better you don't. The word I get from resellers in Taiwan (Asus HQ) is that the G73JH line is only for export purposes to the western countries. They would not even stock it in Taiwan. Go figure 

And there ofcourse you could also take the direction of others who opt for other brands but you definitely won't be paying the same for the exact spec

oo, tats it? icic

anyway, very nice laptop and the specs can beat alienware easily.. wow factor1

I bought my Asus G73-A2 off ebay because I wanted to use paypal.

It took around 2 weeks to arrive in total, pretty fast considering it was sent via USPS.

Make sure you get your tracking, it's extremely useful when ordering such an item of high value. It allowed me to know exactly when it arrived in Malaysia and whether or not it cleared customs. It should clear customs since notebooks are free from custom duties.

Unless it's shipped via FedEx or some other specialised courier company, don't expect poslaju to deliver it to your home. If you want you can easily collect it without waiting for their notification letter. Just call them up and give them your tracking no. and they'll tell you which post office it is at. Bring your IC or passport + the tracking no. and you can go ahead and take it home.

All in all, this laptop is way cheaper than it would be in Malaysia. Got it for around 5.5k including shipping whereas I'm pretty sure when it retails locally it will be over 7k minimum. Specs are almost as good as the Alienware m17x for nearly half the price.

If you haven't seen a 17.3 inch laptop before, like me, you will be in for a HUGE suprise.

I would post some performance tests, but it seems that people have already posted plenty of that.

Good luck fellow Asus G73 owners and future owners.

guys,

i've lubang, can bring laptop around Rm5k to malaysia, do u think it'll sell here..?

if yes, i'll make a thread soon

yeah sure i've the lubang. but too order many kinda bit costly. i'll need some confirm buyers and i can try to pay behalf of it, but sure need some kind of assurance, or in simple words, deposit to secure a deal.

personally i don't mind about bag and mouse. i mean i want them, but its not a factor for me to decline from buying this pricewise gaming lappy.
sometimes people care more about something small rather, and forgot the bigger picture.

yep, thats why i said personally.

but those bag and mouse are nice actually. more like collective items for me !

Same here but because of the popularity of these things right now, getting the A1 or A2 is much more worth it. Some resellers like Newegg and Amazon has the X models which does not come with the bag and mouse but are priced the same or even more expensive than the A models because they have them in stock previously. (not forgetting the X models has less HDD ).

That being said, I am loving the bag and mouse The bag is spacious and comfortable . . even though I would have preferred an extra compartment and better inside padding heh. The mouse is also nice and it complement the laptop pretty well especially in the dark lolz.

My only "complains" so far are the chiclet keyboards. Those really suck I find myself mis-typing very often on the G73JH . . . and might just hook up an extrenal keyboard heh.

any owners here tried overclocking yet?

julchin: for me, the asus people were very nice and service was quite good. I don't blame them for the long rma time becos the model is not avail here.

If 50-55wpm should be ok kua lolz. Mine is 80-85wpm.
Yea . . but keyboards are an essential item for a PC or a Notebook regardless if its a work station or a gaming rig. If going by what you say, then gaming rigs shouldn't come with keyboards but gamepads and joysticks instead lol. ( I know many wouldn't mind this lolz)

Just for the sake of argument / debating if you want to put it nicely . . even if you hardly use it, when you use it . . you still want it to be good right?

It's like you hardly adjust you radio volume . . but by the time you want to adjust it . . it doesn't do its job well, eg: being too loud or too soft with no in between

If I were to type fast, around 80-85wpm, it does screwed up a sentence pretty badly. And the spacebar is squeaky as well lol. . . but I'll live with it . . or get an external keyboard soon for stuff other than gaming

Sidenote: Am gonna install Dirt 2 and Grid on the G73JH soon

i get my G73jh last week from sg
my  spec is :
Processor Intel® Core™ i7
Processor Speed1.6GHz (with Turbo Boost up to 2.8GHz )
Battery Type 8-cell lithium-ion
Display Type High-definition widescreen FHD (1920x1080)
Screen Size (Measured Diagonally) 17.3"
System Bus 1333MHz
Cache Memory 8MB on die Level 2
System Memory (RAM)8GB
Type of Memory (RAM)DDR3
Hard Drive Type SATA (7200 rpm)
Computer Hard Drive Size 1 TB
Optical Drive Double-layer DVD±RW/CD-RW
Optical Drive SpeedsDrive speeds not specified
Digital Media Reader or SlotsYes, digital media card reader
GraphicsATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870
Video Memory1GB GDDR5