* 1.6GHz Intel i7-720QM Core i7 Processor * 4GB of DDR3 RAM, 2 slots, 4GB Max * 640GB SATA Hard Drive (7200 RPM), DVD SuperMulti Drive * 15.6-Inch Widescreen Full HD LCD Display, NVidia GTX 260M Graphics with 1GB DDR3 VRAM * Windows 7 Home Premium (64 bit), Gaming Backpack and Gaming Mouse Included
Processor, Memory, and Motherboard
* Hardware Platform: PC * Processor: 2.8 GHz Intel Core Duo * Number of Processors: 1 * RAM: 4 MB * RAM Type: SODIMM
Hard Drive
* Size: 640 GB * Type: Serial ATA
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For those that care, this model has 2x320gb HDs = 640gb in HD space. Might even be RAIDable - not sure on that. Combine that with the 260GTX and i7 CPU and you have a pretty nice gaming rig. I was pricing a similar model (Studio XPS 16) with less features, GPU (only an ATI 4670) and only 1x HD and it was waaay more.
This is a deal in my book. Not sure about ASUS quality when it comes to laptops but their motherboards are top notch.
Am I the only one seeing $1470 on the night of 10/26? To the other posters, this is much better than the i7 Dell and HP offerings for the price. The 260GTX GPU is very powerful for a portable. Dell and HP are ATI 4670 or 4650-ish level (about 2/3 the speed graphically, here). Having 1920x1080 on a 15.6" screen is great too, and rare. 2x HDDs in a 15.6" chassis is very hard to come by, usually that's a 17" chassis spec. Spec-wise, therefore, this is superior.
Message edited by: dsr70 on 2009-10-27 01:08:45 CDT
shonuff66 said:can pick this up at Dell.com or HP for the same or cheaper. Toshiba's are also close in price neither Dell nor HP makes anything close to this for the price. The GPU is better than anything except Alienware's highest processor, but even the M15x to get close to that config is going to run about $1950. THe Dell XPS 16 is going to run you a bit under $1700, but you get stuck with an inferior GPU. HP doesn't have much comparable at all, the dv6t quad series is probably about $200 cheaper but again an inferior card and even worse the screen is 1366x768 which is pretty awful for a laptop at that price. The envy15 is a bit closer, screen is good, actually slightly better but the GPU while better than the dv6t is still a decent amount behind the ASUS. THis is still around on sites other than Amazon for low 1400s
If your Buy Dot Com purchase (via zipzoomfly) was cancelled (it happened to my buddy) and you are still interested in buying - I've found another deal.
J&R now has it for $1,349 and you can Bing CB for 5% on top of that. Plus free shipping on orders over $100 (which this of course qualifies).
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