to OP and everyone on this thread, I have ordered this model from newegg. I wish I could have got the same model from a reseller to support the boutique gaming laptop resellers as I think they do a great job, but they don't offer this screen, and while it might have been possible to get a reseller to swap out the screen it also is likely that would not have been something they would have wanted to do, or would have cost too much for my liking. I like newegg because of their patent troll fight so I'm happy to give them money. I hope I'm happy with the screen and keyboard. I guess at the end of the day, there will always be a better option to everything in life and you can't wait forever or dwell on it. For me, I've been researching since pascal first came to laptops in october last year. I originally was going to get the 502vs but the pointless g-sync with 60hz turned me off. Then I was going to get alienware because the 120hz on the 17 looked amazing, I saw it in person, best screen I've ever seen in person, but then the 3 screw problem came up and even though a tech could come out and potentially fix it that just turned me off. Alienware turned me off even more now based on their offerings of the 17 on their website today they offer 1050ti, two 1060 models, and only one 1070 model, and the 1080 model only to be found in refurbished. I think a 1050ti on the 17 is a joke and to me speaks volumes about the wrong direction alienware is going but that's another topic. Finally, the new 702vs looked like the winner, it had everything I wanted, except for a good keyboard. But one bad review in the nbr asus forum yesterday confirmed my worst fears: it's horribly overpriced and the body is still el cheapo 99 cent plastic same as on 702vm but just painted silver now. My other option I considered for a while as an aero 14 plus a nice 24 inch g-sync monitor, but eventually I realized that based on I'd like to keep the laptop going for at least three years, a 1060 is not going to be enough considering I plan on tripling my gaming time this year and going forward. But also back to the 702vs, I think ultimately a 17 incher is too big. Which is also why I decided against the x7 v6. Not too big for my desk at home, but too big for a table at a coffee shop where at 14 inch barely fits comfortable, depending, but on average. So anyway, thanks again to everone on all forums on nbr that helped me, and I will be posting my thoughts on details of screen and keyboard, and anything else I find noteworthy on the 120hz newegg x5 v6 model as quickly as I can after I get it.
edit: I forgot to mention how many dozens of hours I spent studying the sager 8157. the sager guys are awesome, and so is the 8157. I think the 8157 may have a better keyboard but we will see. 8157 has the same screen as this particular newegg aorus see notebookcheck shenker review of the p651 for screen details. The edge went to the aorus because of the two year warranty, the full aluminum body, the 2+ pcie m.2 slots. If the sager had more than one pcie m2 slot I would have bought the sager. My use case is gaming + work for this machine. My work requires many virtual machines in esxi that will be copied around, snapshotted, and spun up and spun down multiple times a day. As I sit here writing this I am so, so, so glad I did not get the gl702vs.... I guess it is confusing that a big name company like asus will produce something that costs the same as a used honda civic, and they can't put an alumnium case on it. If you think how much it costs to bring that machine to market, so many r&d dollars, and their abiltiy to source aluminum cases for their higher end models, it seems like it wouldn't have broken their bank to have gone with an alumnium case. my 2c and spelling errors. Edit again: I also needed something that will fit under the seat in front of my in economy class on flight, and maybe be able to open and use awkwardly on the seat tray table. I fly enough to need that, but I don't fly enough to get free business class upgrades, so an asus 752 class would be too big.
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