Review Asus G1S Notebook

Review Asus G1S Notebook

ASUS G Series G1S-A1 NoteBook Intel Core 2 Duo T7500(2.20GHz) 15.4" Wide SXGA+ 2GB Memory DDR2 667 160GB HDD 5400rpm DVD Super Multi NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT - Retail

G1 Gaming reloaded. The Asus G1 series, the 15 inch gaming notebooks, are offered as G1S, further improved and updated with new technology. An Intel T7500 CPU and a Geforce 8600M GT video card make it fit for current DirectX 10 games, and, furthermore, impress by an outstanding performance increase.

Pros: This laptop is beautiful, from the aesthetic design (yes, including the fingerprint-savvy carbon fiber) to the location of different physical ports/utilities. Function keys are splendid, 1680x1050 15"" display is amazing, the interals are easily accessible, built-in webcam is quite nice, included laser mouse is actually very impressive, included backpack is awesome looking as well as functional, and just the LOOK of the laptop makes me want to have babies with it. c2d 7500 + 2GB ddr2667 (and expandable!!) + 1680x1050 w/8600mGT + HDMI out + DVD burner + wireless N + GREAT WARRANTY for < 2k = wow! The ASUS ""eye"" thing below the touch pad is a little weird but not bad. Wireless a/b/g/n are all up to snuff for their respective speeds. The overall function of this machine blows away pretty much every contemporary laptop in price and performance.

Cons: well- 5400rpm hard drive + no ddr2800 = why?! just why?! As if the battery life wasn't short enough already, what would a 7200rpm HD and some faster RAM matter? The RAM isn't a huge deal, honestly, but the hard drive is obviously what's keeping this system down. Also - beware the bloatware! Gets a little hot, but it's a gaming machine. Buy a laptop cooler like the Zalman ZM-NC1000. This machine is made with a focus on gaming, which causes heat build-up due to constant load. The hard drive compartment and RAM seem to get a little too hot for my liking, but it doesn't appear to affect performance. Read the user manual. Keep this thing on a flat, hard surface. Vista seriously ticks me off, but there are a few problems with the XP drivers for this computer. It seems unable to run certain applications correctly, which I assume will be corrected in future updates.