Hi clynlyn,
Thank you for the feedback regarding the G73. Your input regarding the keyboard will be taken into consideration as we always strive to offer the best products and to continually improve our current designs.
Regarding upgrading the HDD, you can replace the 2 500GB HDD's with SSD's if you would llike, or you can replace one of the 500GB HDD's with an SSD and use the other HDD for data storage.
-ASUS Support Team