Asus Shipping ROG G751, Transformer Book T200

[exfileme]

Asus is shipping a gaming notebook and a 2-in-1 hybrid notebook.

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[DarkSable]

Do they really think that they're going to get more suckers to buy their laptop by bragging that it has "32 giggleybytes of ram"?

Even the 16GB is kinda overkill for a gaming laptop.

 

[Swagbasket]

Will the g751jt be avaliable at best buy? And the starting price is supposed to be $1499 why are websites showing higher prices such as $1800-1900?

 

[Swagbasket]

Will the g751jt be avaliable at best buy? And the starting price is supposed to be $1499 why are websites showing higher prices such as $1800-1900?

 

[EasyLover]

Price tag of $1499 or saying $1500! I believe leaving the portability aside, one should consider buying the desktop PC for this much bucks. But Assus, mouth watery specs for gaming notebooks.

 

[damianrobertjones]

@DarkSable

Some of us do more than game on these machines. I use VMWare. Point made.

 

[EasyLover]

I tend to agree with DarkSable here. 32 gigs simply means more price whereas it may not be needed at all. Even beyond gaming, 16 gigs are sufficient for any other need.

 

[amk-aka-Phantom]

Some of us do more than game on these machines. I use VMWare. Point made.

Thank you, finally someone here that thinks beyond gaming. I'm a gamer but also a sysadmin and work with VMs often, more RAM never hurts. Besides, 32 GB is the maximum config, it will also be sold with 8 and 16. And no, EasyLover, 16 GB is not always sufficient, did you not read the comment about VMWare? If you run several big VMs at once, this 16 GB will quickly become not enough.

Price tag of $1499 or saying $1500! I believe leaving the portability aside, one should consider buying the desktop PC for this much bucks.

... which means this machine is not for you, since it IS made for people who need it portable. The only reason I bought a gaming desktop instead of laptop 3 years ago is because laptops are horribly overpriced where I live ($1500 G-series becomes $3000). As much as I love my desktop, I can't take it to my frequent trips abroad or to a friend's house for a LAN party. If I could, I'd swap for a gaming-capable laptop in a heartbeat, especially with Maxwell.

 

[EasyLover]

Some of us do more than game on these machines. I use VMWare. Point made.

Thank you, finally someone here that thinks beyond gaming. I'm a gamer but also a sysadmin and work with VMs often, more RAM never hurts. Besides, 32 GB is the maximum config, it will also be sold with 8 and 16. And no, EasyLover, 16 GB is not always sufficient, did you not read the comment about VMWare? If you run several big VMs at once, this 16 GB will quickly become not enough.

Price tag of $1499 or saying $1500! I believe leaving the portability aside, one should consider buying the desktop PC for this much bucks.

... which means this machine is not for you, since it IS made for people who need it portable. The only reason I bought a gaming desktop instead of laptop 3 years ago is because laptops are horribly overpriced where I live ($1500 G-series becomes $3000). As much as I love my desktop, I can't take it to my frequent trips abroad or to a friend's house for a LAN party. If I could, I'd swap for a gaming-capable laptop in a heartbeat, especially with Maxwell.

Yeah, thanks for pointing out that it is not for me. None of notebooks are for me actually Anyhow, buying gaming laptops and then using them for something like business oriented apps certainly deem more resources but don't make sense. My contention was only from gaming perspective. Honestly, for gaming 16 gigs is more than plenty.

 

[DarkSable]

As much as I love my desktop, I can't take it to my frequent trips abroad or to a friend's house for a LAN party. If I could, I'd swap for a gaming-capable laptop in a heartbeat, especially with Maxwell.

Downsize your computer to mini-itx in a shoebox-sized case; traveling is a bit of a pain but can be done, and LAN parties are a breeze.

 

[somebodyspecial]

Baytrail instead of K1..blah...

 

[Barrett Meeker]

For game development, 3D work and photogrammetry 32 GB of ram is sometimes needed. I used to have 16 GB for the desktop but ran out and could no longer do lighting builds with the unreal engine until I upgraded. I went to 48 GB (max for my mobo)