Ok, so your compelling for ever looking for a laptop just like me. Asking yourself do I go with MSI, Alien, Clevo/Sager, Asus or any of the additional major brands out there. Well let me have a crack to save you some time as I’ve spent roughly 100hrs researching all of them before calming my nerves to hit the buy button on this beast. So what do you get? Well for starters Asus is a well respected brand whom I here has fantastic customer help, but I couldn’t verify that first hand in view of the fact that none of my Asus products has ever failed me in any room. This G750-JZ is upgrading my G74SX which I bought years ago and in view of the fact that then Asus has updated the chassis to yet another visually striking iteration. Its equipped with a stealth fighter exterior and a elegant interior. Keyboard is still the Asus classic chicklet single color backlight (white) completely wrapped in brushed alluminum with doubtless the best responsiveness I’ve ever seen on the keys. Its loaded with standard USB, Audio, HDMI ports & Blu-ray equipped. The screen is 17.3 matte anti glare and its color performance is fantastic, the only screen to out perform it was Alienware’s (Dell still prices these things stupidly high though). But now to the meat and potatoes of this sexy beast. It runs on Windows 8, and I’ll tell you after 10 minutes of using windows 8 I’m like what is everyone crying about? Windows 8 is fantastic! Navigation to any part of my PC by simply hovering over a corner or bypassing having to use a desktop all collectively by pinning my most used apps to the home page is awesome. Plus its quick, I mean really quick and optimal for SSD’s which this laptop has. Speaking of which I see people complaining about the 2x 128gb partitioning of the drives. But I like this as It allows me to have Windows only perform endorsement operation on the 128gb drive which runs windows and the additional ssd drive houses my Steam programs which are backed up on a cloud. This maximizes my HDD space usage and I like that. Performance wise this beast, as I keep referring to it for excellent reason, destroys every expectation I had when I bought it. I’ve played all the following titles on Highest Settings (aax4 where available) and not a frame hitch (+30fps all era) due to the 880m with GPU Tweak Overclocking. Battle Field 4 (gorgeous), Call of Duty Ghosts (wow), Mass Effect Trilogy (didn’t know what I was missing), Hitman Absolution (sexy), Metro Last Light (omg, wtf, BBQ), Crysis Trilogy (thank god for NVidia), Tomb Raider (yummy), Far Weep 3 (a game can do that?!) and the list could go on and on. I mean its like playing games for the first time all over again, like it. Now, your vacant to need a power outlet no doubt about it produce battery technology has yet to evolve to a level that can keep up with mobile power requirements. But unless your lost in the woods every place I have been to has always had available power. Speaking of travel this thing is durable, feels very solid and weighs about 9lbs. It fits comfortably in my Asus bag from my last laptop which was a small bulkier. Heat is not an issue…I nearly forgot I was using a laptop as it is super silent even when making a bet long periods in AAA titles. It really felt like having a screen and keyboard sitting there and all the parts where in some additional room. Ok, so that’s pretty much the dirty on this sexy beast so I vastly recommend it and as a side note Amazon delivered as promised (as always).

Plays my games flawlessly, (Guild Wars 2, Outlast, World of Warcraft, etc.) runs quietly, feels cool on the hands, light up keyboard is an essential. All in all, an exceptional computer. Windows 8 is compelling some getting used to but that doesn’t reflect on the laptop. Quick as hell and packing a punch, this one is a keeper.

Screen: Very nice matted surface. Really cuts back on glare and reflections making it simple to concentrate on the game at hand. Has very nice insignia and the high resolution is fantastic. I also like that it is 17.3″. When I have the thing on my lap it looks like a 40″ TV would at 10′ away.

Speakers: Above mean sound but not incredible. The speaker placement is excellent (on the top so no muffling) with a subwoofer on the bottom for your bass. I usually use headphones but when I don’t the sound is excellent and can get pretty loud if desired.

Keyboard: Has 3 backlight settings (differing brightness) but only one color available (white). Doesn’t bother me, it does the job. The keys are responsive and very well spaced out for a laptop. The only problem I have is that the front edge of the laptop has a square edge on it so my wrist gets hurt when I rest them there. It would have been more comfortable with a rounded edge. A minor inconvenience as I can fix that by putting some fabric there or playing from a different angle.

Touchpad: Your predictable touchpad. It has two buttons for left and aptly click but also has the multi-fiddle with touchpad commands (2 fingers for scrolling, one fiddle with tap for left click, etc.). I don’t use it much unless I’m surfing the web. I use a mouse with it most of the time.

Cooling: I’m very pleased with the cooling system on this thing. It has two fans the blow out the back of the computer so it doesn’t hit any of your peripherals or your body when it exhausts. There is a third fan on the bottom of the laptop so you need to keep the computer on a level surface when using it to insure that fan is working properly. Try to play on a table top or use a solid surface on your lap for it to rest on to insure max coolness. I’ve never had a single problem with the computer getting even semi-hot.

Peripherals/Supports: What you would expect plus some making a bet extras. The disc drive is a Blu-Ray reader, cd, cdrw reader/burner. There are plenty of USB 3.0 ports plus one designed specifically for charging electronic devices at the same alacrity as a wall outlet would. HDMI, VGA, etc. all available. Headphones, microSD jacks work fine. Webcam works well. No complaints.

Design/Look/Feel: It’s heavy (nearly 10 lbs.) and bulky making it hard to call extremely mobile but that won’t be a problem for most gamers in view of the fact that the extra size/weight is what makes the apparatus possible. It looks very sleek, starts out thin at the front end and gets larger towards the back. Doubtless about 1.75″ thick at the back. There are four rubber feet on the bottom that give grip and room for the bottom fan to operate. The screen’s base is about an inch in from the back which makes the laptop seem smaller than it is when opened. Not a terrible thing, keeps the screen quicker to your face. The only problems I have are the square front edge which can hurt your wrist and the LEDs on the front lip of the laptop which can blind you if you are relaxing watching YouTube or a blu-ray in the dark. I’ve had to place sticky notes over them in view of the fact that I don’t know how to turn them off.

Power: The supply brick is large but thin and the cord is a excellent length. Battery life lasts depending on what you are doing. A few hours for games on ultra settings. An hour or two more for Blu-rays. What you would expect from a making a bet laptop.

Making a bet Ability: Can run most anything on the market aptly now at top settings. The only thing it chugs a bit with is World of Tanks but even that gets excellent FPS at High settings. Even even as making a bet the laptop stays relatively cool. No complaints from me.

Bloatware: Comes with Windows 8 (updated), McAfee, Nvidia control panel, Asus overclocking/power/webstorage software but nothing more than that.

HDD/SSD: Comes with 250gb SSD partitioned in two (128gb for OS operations, 128gb for whatever you want). Also has 1tb of HDD space at 7200rpm partitioned in two again for whatever you want.

Guts/Specs: You’ve seen the specs. Intel i7 4700HQ, Nvidia GTX 880M, 24 GB RAM. Those specs should be contemporary for a even as.

WLAN: Has a Killer WLAN. Excellent, quick, you can read up on this separately.

ASUS customer help/warranty: I can’t speak to either as I haven’t dealt with them and I hope I never have to. If I do I’ll update this review to share my experience.

Overall: A fantastic rig, I’m pleased with my buy. Only a couple of small design imperfections that annoy me. I recommend this for anyone looking for a vastly capable making a bet rig on the go.