Asus G50v-1a

Well the deal to buy the used G50 fell through, but I'm kinda glad. You never know what you're getting.

Anyway, do I wait and buy this laptop in the next month or so after the bugs are worked, if there are any? I'm not in a rush to buy one and I'm curious as to what improvements they'll make on this laptop when they release the so called improved version.

Thoughts?

 

I haven't heard of any bugs myself, and have only read some good reviews by ViciousXUSMC and others. You can always wait for the next model, and it will probably be better, but if you want/need it now, I would get the G50V.
I own the X1, so I can't personally comment on the A1.

 

yo what happened? is it the one Toshiba dude was selling?

 

Yes. He was going to sell it to me by sending it to me first and then I would have sent him the money. I gave him my info home/work address so it was safe for him, however, he sold it to a guy in TO. I glad for him, but he led me on stating he would ship it today. It's kind of frustrating because I could have got the laptop from a reseller at a really good price, but it went up by $50.00 due to the exchange rate, so they tell me.

Now I'm on the fence. Just wondering if the price will come down.

 

ToshibaDude sold me the laptop.

Unfortunately, I guess he didn't know but the mini LCD above the keyboard was dead on arrival. Now I'm dealing with ASUS and hopefully getting a replacement unit in the coming days, just sent it out today. Guess we'll see.

He was a pleasure to deal with but it would have been nice if he had known ahead of time about the LCD, but hey, it's within 30 days so it's not like I can't get it replaced anyhow.

Great guy though.

 

Strange because I asked him to check it over and he said it worked perfectly.

Could be an oversight on his part.

 

As to G50 bugs, you may want to check the G50 keyboard problems thread. Some people report keyboard lag and multiple key combinations do not work.

ASUS is working on a BIOS fix. A beta has been released, which possibly has fixed the keylag issue.

 

InFeXiOn

So you had to pay to ship it to back to ASUS?

When did you get the laptop? This is what he told me last Wednesday, 3 Sept 08:
"Darryl, I'm going to wait until Monday to ship the laptop. Reason being is that it is going to have to sit somewhere during the whole weekend if I ship tomorrow, and, in my experience in working at a post office, things have gone missing from Canada Post during the weekend. I hope this is ok with you, I just want to be safe rather than sorry.

I inspected the laptop and everything was pristine. Not a single scratch on the unit. No dead pixels and everything works. I haven't installed a game yet, so I can't comment on that.

I included the invoice, along with a signed letter by me, and my dad, confirming the $1500 price tag."

The box is taped up and ready to go, on Monday that is.

 

That new bios seems to have wiped any keyboard lag that I could detect, no fix for the multi key press issue yet. However the main combo that anybody may ever use is the s+d+space and I personally have not used it yet to have a problem.

 

I received the laptop this past Friday, and it was sent on Thursday.

It was shipped CanadaPost Express (where he works) from London, ON to where I live in the Greater Toronto Area.

Everything worked great with no scratches/dead pixels of any kind, the unit looked brand new. The only exception was the dead on arrival OLED display. During a p hone call after I found out about the problem he said he'd never tested it and simply assumed it had to be turned on, which is not the case. Seemed more like an oversight than anything.

ASUS paid for overnight shipping and picked up the laptop at my house on Monday after calling in on the weekend and they said the whole process should be 3-5 business days and the new/replacement unit will be sent via Fedex overnight shipping to my house as soon as they confirm the display is dead or something.

Hoping it works out nice.

 

Glad to hear it worked out for you. It sure is nice you don't have to pay to ship it to them for repar/replacement.

I wish Toshibadude would have been up front with me about the whole thing. Totally his right as the seller to sell it to whom ever he choses, but I could of ordered one last week avoiding the $50.00 price increase.

It wasn't until Moday evening did he tell me he led me on.

Oh well.

 

Dazman,

Yea, I hear you. I too was considering buying it from Toshiba dude, even PM'd him but I waited too long and now he's sold it and the prices in Toronto have gone up.

There's a Toronto retailer here that will match the all-in prices of buying from out of province i.e. you save the PST and shipping while getting instant purchase gratification. But you gotta pay cash. That's about the best I've been able to find.

but still on the fence given all these keyboard/video stutter issues. Plus the new NP8660 review from Chaz has made me reconsider.

**** indecision is plaguing me!

 

I considered the Sager. Here's a quote:

Thank you for your quote request. As per your request, the system requested was as follows:

NP8660 Series
- Internal Bluetooth V2.0 + EDR Module
- 8X DVD ± R/RW/+DL Burner Drive & Softwares
- 15.4" WSXGA+ LCD with Super Glossy Surface (1680X1050)
- Fingerprint Reader
- 4GB Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM at 1066MHz - 2 X 2048MB
- Microsoft Office Ready with Free 60-Day Trial
- Intel Wi-Fi Link 5300AGN - 802.11A/B/G/N Wireless LAN Module
- Genuine MS Windows® VISTA Home Premium 32/64-Bit Edition
- 320G 5400rpm SATA 300 Disk Drive
- 45nm Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor P9500 / 6MB L2 Cache, 2.53GHz, 1066MHz FSB
- Nvidia GeForce 9800M GT Graphics with 512MB DDR3 Video Memory
- Sager 1 Year Limited Parts and Labor Warranty

Warranty Explanation

Here at AET Solutions, our goal is to make the purchase of a Sager Notebook as easy as possible for our Canadian customers; this is the reason we take on the warranty claims for all user serviceable parts in Sager Notebooks (i.e. Hard Drive, Memory etc). For all non-user serviceable parts, the unit must be returned to Sager Notebooks’ Depot. All warranty shipping costs must be incurred by the customer.

Price includes all shipping and handling charges to major cities in Canada as well as all brokerage fees.

The price is $2,536.86CAD + tax.

The price includes a cash payment rebate of 2.5% (cash/check/wire transfer).

The price for payment by credit card is $2,600.28CAD + tax.

benbronco, do you own a bronco?

 

that sounds expensive, i'd probably get only 2GB of RAM, install more RAM later with cheaper aftermarket options.

I was thinking of buying from Xoticpc by pricematching with PCTorque, maybe they will let me buy it without a HDD and just buy aftermarket which would save $50-60 cheaper for the 320GB 7200rpm drive.

From PCTorque: US$1905.31
Sager 8660 Ultimate Gaming Notebook (Built on the Clevo M860TU) Qty: 1
15.4" WSXGA+ Glossy LCD (1680x1050) Qty: 1
Intel Core 2 Duo 2.53 GHz (P9500) Qty: 1
2048MB (2GB) DDR3 1066MHz | Single SODIMM Qty: 1
[No Intel Turbo Memory] Qty: 1
NVIDIA 9800M GT with 512MB DDR3 Video Memory Qty: 1
No Hard Drive Qty: 1
8X DVD±R / RW / 4X + Dual Layer Drive with Software Qty: 1
Intel 5300 802.11 A/G/N Wi-Fi Link Qty: 1
Built in 10/100/1000 (1Gpbs) Fast Ethernet / LAN Network Card Qty: 1
Standard 8 Cell Smart Li-ion Battery Qty: 1
No Carrying Case Qty: 1
Standard Full Range Auto Switching AC Power Adapter Qty: 1
No Office Software Qty: 1
Built-In Bluetooth Module Qty: 1
3 Year Labor, 1 Yr Parts Warranty (Years 2 + 3 paid by PCT) Lifetime 24/7 Domestic Support Qty: 1
(No Accidental Protection Policy) Qty: 1


no, i don't have a bronco

 

If you buy from the USA then you pay full taxes and you'll have to have it shipped via USPS to avoid brokerage fees.

 

still cheaper.

 

You're right, but what killed it for me is that you have to send it back to the USA for warranty work. You can't beat ASUS on their warranty and that was the clincher for me.

 

InFleXiOn,

How did you make out with the laptop?

Did you have to pay to ship it to ASUS?

How was the service?