I've spent over 3 weeks trying to decide what my next laptop should be. This will be the first computer I've bought in over 8 years, and almost every specification I came across in my searches meant almost nothing to me at first, but after many hours getting myself up to date on the latest in cpu's, gpu's, ssd's, displays, etc. , and looking through everything from Lenovo to Alienware and MSI to Origin and Falcon Northwest, I decided upon the Asus ROG g751, based on a combination of the components, the price, and the very positive reviews it got from every tech website I could find. It seemed to me like I had been very thorough in my research and I was confident I had made the right decision and ready to find a retailer and give them my money. That's when the trouble started.
I started at the official ASUS ROG g751 page, which had several online retailers listed alphabetically. Being the thorough guy I am I opened up a tab from each one, so I could see how they differed if at all. Well, after reading through every site's options and prices and every comment on every site that actually had any (Sears.com still does not have any comments, in fact I think they may actually just be selling a low-res .jpg image of a g751) I found my way here, to the belly of the beast, where the more I read the less inclined I am to spend a significant amount of money on this machine. My biggest concerns are:
-Seemingly high occurrence of as yet unresolved sub-woofer/speaker issues
-Inability to order mounting bracket for PCIe upgrade if SSD not bought from retailer
-Conflicting reports on success of cloning retailer HDD's onto user-installed PCIe SSD's
-Uncertainty about ability to replace battery if it became necessary
I love the idea of what the g751 is supposed to be, but this lot seems to have some serious warts, and I am considering looking elsewhere at this point. Is this an anomaly for Asus? Will they get it sorted out?
