Heya, So, in the latest, I'm considering getting one of two machines. Both are ASUS laptops - the G51JX-A1 and the G73JH-A1. Both machines use the i7-720QM. Both max out at 8GB, but the G51 comes with 6GB installed, while the G73 has the full 8GB. nVIDIA GeForce GTS 360M versus ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870. 500GB versus 1TB storage. SuperMulti versus Blu-ray ROM with DVD Burning. All that's fine. However, the G73 lacks the eSATA port, the Firewire-400 port, and the ExpressCard/54 expansion slot that the G51 has. Likewise, the G51 has several security features (BIOS booting, HDD User Password Protection, Kensington Lock Slot) that the G73 doesn't. All for a difference of about $300.
The question is whether those things are really necessary. I don't think I've ever used eSATA or Firewire on my current machine, but that may be because my older machine didn't have them. I probably could make use of the Firewire at least to transfer data from my old laptop (this machine). But, I can always use USB sticks for data transfer. Chances are, the new machine will not be moved around a lot, even though it is a laptop. Primary uses will not be gaming, though I do some occasionally, but there are some processor-intensive processes that I do fairly regularly - video editing in this case. Most of the work I do will be online (browsing, e-mail, etc), office (Word, Excel, etc), or programming (Java or, unsurprisingly, FoxPro) related. Overall, I'm looking for a machine that's going to survive a good long time. That shouldn't be too hard. This one (my HP Pavilion ze5470) is still puttering along (though it can barely handle the video editing) and I bought it, refurbished, back in January 2004. So I'm looking for comments. Comments about ASUS machines in general, about either of the two mentioned, or opinions regarding which one y'all think I should get. Thanks in advance, Joel _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/dbf45eeffe0c408b86799a449d58b...@notebook1 ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
