Hi everyone, been following not only this thread, but also several others regarding the same laptop, and i just wanna share my two cents.

I bought mine from eBay, seller was PortableOne, and was quite satisfied initially, except for a teeny dead pixel in the bottom right(in spite of their $45 all-round laptop check prior shipping). Price: er, well, better than our local offerings(at the time of purchase). my own personal opinion: get yours from the US, we have the stronger currency, singapore is the poorer choice imho. the thing arrived late May. Customs didn't bother me at all..no trips to Sepang etc. item sent straight to my front door.

My g73 is A2, with 1TB HDD and 8gb ram.

1. The video drivers are very tricky to update, for most laptops, using ATI 10.4 and above will crash every few minutes into a game. two solutions at hand: a) updating the videocard BIOS with a clevo/MSI/third-party one, risking a 'bricked' vcard, or b)updating to Asus' 10.1 drivers(not the latest by ATI though). I did the former, which disabled the HDMI and VGA(until the next legit vbios comes along).
2. for some, the main mother bios itself might be problematic(missing keyboard strokes anyone?), fortunately, a legit Asus update (BIOS 209) is already out. those of us who used bios 206 will experience disabled keyboard lights and a PowerPlay glitch which still maintains the underclock once you switch battery>plug. I upped mine with a 209 beta from a German asus site, too lazy to reupdate.
3.Only once i've browsed through the complaint sites do i realize, Asus software support is really poor...and there are many who RMA'd faulty g73jh units back, and of those who did RMA, some had to return their units twice(three times too!)..all i can say is, open your package with bated breath, friend.

The good aspects?

1.Most games are at least playable at 1920x1080.
2.Personally i like the radical design.

In spite of all that, I definitely enjoyed my new laptop(probably my last one - my pa is especially frustrated with me wasting my money on every curious gadget i come across), and hope you guys do as well. happy gaming!