I'm not that huge of a fan of the G73 design for a couple of reasons: the screen doesn't tilt back far enough for me. It was something I worried about before I bought it, and has proved troublesome since. Another BIG drawback is the charger receptacle/jack. It's a VERY easily broken fixture, and VERY difficult to fix. Another thing is the placement of the CMOS battery. It will be a HUGE job to replace it. This also relates to the 4th memory card slot, which is very difficult to access. Another thing is fan filters (or lack thereof.) I believe some of the newer G series have them, but I don't know if they still have them. Nevertheless, I have 2 G73 (an SW and a JH) So their virtues do outweigh their faults. And their virtue of packing SO MUCH power with SUCH great airflow, is definitely one of them.
Asus Maximus V Extreme BIOS 1903, see specs above avatar.
Asus G73 jh A1 laptop, BIOS 213, vBIOS OD2, 8 GB Ram, 240 GB Intel SSD, 180 GB Intel SSD. Win 7 Pro. Purchased new from PowerNotebooks.com in May 2010.
(both have 1920X1080 hd screens, mine above, hers below )
Asus G73 Sw XR1 laptop 8 GB Ram, 160 GB Intel SSD, 80 GB Intel SSD. Purchased used >Ebay 1/10/13, Did clean install of Windows 7