G701VI a replacement for G752

[winyl]

G701VI seems to be replacement for G752vy.
Looks exactcly as G752, has cd drive and better gpu,cpu.
But is it worth the money?
Why Asus ditched old nameing scheme? The VI stand for VR probably. The VR is selling verrry poorly, why not G753 then?

[Clintlgm]

In the end an external CD DVD or BR which ever you think you need is inexpensive and with USB 3.0 and up there are no bandwidth issues as we have with internal SATA 1 Optical drives

[Rares95]

Next: Get rid of touchpads on gaming laptops! >:)

I personally never use it, and you can get a wireless mouse that's small enough to use anywhere if you want. That or touch screens (please no)

Or make it blend into the chasis without having to have grooves etc where dust can get in. That'd be cool.

[MorphinePG]

winyl wrote:
G701VI seems to be replacement for G752vy.
Looks exactcly as G752, has cd drive and better gpu,cpu.
But is it worth the money?
Why Asus ditched old nameing scheme? The VI stand for VR probably. The VR is selling verrry poorly, why not G753 then?

ASUS tried to do a top 17.3" laptop,their idea - it is not a substitute for G752, it is a step above...they say that it is the thinnest laptop with GTX1080,but they do not want to talk about the comparison with AORUS X7 DT V6...G701VI does not have an optical drive - Good ... it does not have SATA3 HDD/SSD, only 2xM.2 - What !? ... I think G701VI looks worse than G752,especially the display hinges and case design of cooling system...and what else is interesting - not a word about "ROG 3D Vapor Chamber"...
For me G701VI - is not a finished product in terms of design and in terms of components!

[winyl]

Well the G701VI is almost 1,5cm slimmer than G752vs/vy, but has sticking out hinges on the bottom of the lid, probably to be slimmer. It is also shorter on depth by 24mm. Maybe it will fit in ROG Nomad backpack then. Nice comparison video by Asus Italy representative. Should be appearing in shops right about now, from what he says in the video.