TN panel basically is not an bad idea. From my point of view, Gamer better stick to a fine grade TN panel rather than using IPS panels

wanna ask sifus do u think asus g56jr or lenovo y510p is better?

wanna get it for designing purposes.

pls dont flame me

i see. forumer at lenovo thread told me wait for the lenovo y50.
is it really overkill to get a a gaming laptop for software like illustrator n photoshop?

any info on the release date of asus nx500 & gx500? these 2 looks super sexy 

If like more on portable one better choose 15", 17" quite big hehe 

yea looking for 15" n hopefully below 2.5kg. 

I saw this fella's thread in ROG Forum about his G750JX problems and Malaysia Asus Service Center worst service   

Disturbed G750JX Owner!!

I wonder if i bought Asus ROG and got the same situation like this fella.....  

that is a decent review.

.. and about optimus, asus should make something like aw's igpu/dgpu switch (you can do permanent switch if you prefer to run high performance gpu all the times, instead of igpu, or vise versa). better yet, like g55, disable optimus entirely.

come on. it's a 'gaming laptop'.

Asus seems to be rather slow in updating...
The upcoming 15.6" successors, G551 and GX500 were announced in Computex and the rumoured release date will be around late July / early August (for Malaysia it'll be much longer I guess)...
G550jk with GTX850M (ddr3) has no news in Malaysia too.

maybe they thought all g-series users are very good at oc'ing
looking that the trends, it's normal for asus to bring them in at their own pace. although i don't understand the actual reasons behind, it should be related to the up take rate of these machines in local market.

Of course i meant oc with stock bios. There is no need to attempt beyond that.

I need the laptop by August though so Y50 is pretty much my only choice. If they released it ealier I can compare between Y50 and G551 mah (Gx500 sure too expensive).

G550jk is in Singapore ready. Since G551 is coming soon so I guess Malaysia most likely will skip it.

G551 probably is to compete against Y50, GE60, Clevo etc while GX500 is to compete against GS60, Razer Blade, Gigabyte etc. One is entry level one is slim design.

hi, wanna ask how does this UX302LG-C4002H stack up to rMBP in graphics rendering program? is ultrabook suitable for this kind of task?

Currently im comparing it to the rMBP 13 base model with 8gb ram. The one with only intel iris graphics.
So hard to find any powerful ultrabook that is not too expensive.

right. it's business, so tapping into the market by fulfilling demands is common sense. however doing things against the law of physics without compatible technologies are nightmare.
after so many years with its presence in Malaysia, that's the weakest link that asus has never paid attention and efforts to fix. seriously.

in asus, i see so much about smart minds doing stupid stuff.

they can spend so much money decorating the whole lyp with asus this and that, yet they neglect the importance of improving their after sales and tech supports (which definitely affects the confidence level of consumers, and eventually sales in the long run).

to me, one of the keys to provide good service time lie in the internal design of a device (that can provide convenience to access internal parts). it is not because i want customizations. it relates to how easy it can be to service that device. if you looked at brands that can deliver excellent service time, their devices usually have such designs. and that does help. a lot. this is one of the known secrets of how, for instance, dell can do so well in servicing their machines, via outsourced service providers (ok i put aside availability of parts, logistics and what not, because those should be dealt with first)

what asus does (i.e. design their laptops to become close to unserviceable) actually affects their own service time. (it will take the service staff more time and patience to do just simple tasks). the outcomes? there is a special thread just for your reading pleasure :/

asus is well established. they have good technical and marketing teams, and they build good machines. to become better, they must fix these fundamental issues first. it's killing them. (and there is no need to tell us the various 'problems' if they have to fix it. people are doing it right. why can't asus?)

IMHO, it's not really the ads that sell Asus products, but rather their products themselves.

In the PC motherboard and graphics card industry, they make the BEST looking and almost BEST-performance ones.

For mainstream laptops, their market lead is not really there due to mediocre laptops, but then again they do sell pretty well.

For gaming laptops, the ROG series is a true hot seller, such as the G750JZ. The price itself makes other brands look expensive.

Personally, I don't find Asus ads good in anyway, poorly done but luckily for Asus, some of their products easily sell themselves.

hehe what i meant to say was that they wasted a lot of money and efforts in something not practical in their business. at least not until they have fixed the fundamental issues.

these days ads have no effects on me. i feel nothing. they are full of lies.
asus builds good stuff. (i have some of them, other than laptops. they are good) however establishing competitive advantages based on products alone is not enough.
this is true. people do like asus. i was asked about asus laptops just a few days ago, because they saw how well my g55 can run. (they just didn't realize how much i have spent to make it like that) i told them there will be problems when they need services, since they are not exactly IT savvy. however they still insisted to go for it. it's these people, who believe in what they saw in asus ads, that i think it's the sole responsibility of asus to serve them better. do not take them for granted.

oh. that's sad. i think they should just fork out these laptops from rog g-series :/ it looks like only g7xx are qualified for the name.