1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:12,240 So today I'll be unboxing a pretty new notebook from ASUS. And this is the ASUS 2 00:00:06,759 --> 00:00:15,280 G73 JH2. So it's an Intel Core i7 720 QM 3 00:00:12,240 --> 00:00:19,439 processor, 8 gigs of RAM, two 500 gig 4 00:00:15,280 --> 00:00:21,039 hard drives, and it features an HD 5870 5 00:00:19,439 --> 00:00:26,560 mobile graphics card. So that's the fastest graphics card you can get in a 6 00:00:23,760 --> 00:00:31,199 notebook at this time. Now, just to give you some idea of the scale of this 7 00:00:29,039 --> 00:00:36,480 notebook, it's a really really heavy and b really, really big. Okay, so why don't 8 00:00:34,160 --> 00:00:41,120 we just kind of get started here. So, the difference between the G2 and the G1 9 00:00:38,879 --> 00:00:46,559 is just that the G1 has Blu-ray as far as I can tell. So, um I grabbed the G2 10 00:00:44,160 --> 00:00:50,920 since I don't have any particular use for Blu-ray on the go at the moment. And 11 00:00:49,200 --> 00:00:55,360 let's see if we can Yeah. See, this is why I need a 12 00:00:53,360 --> 00:01:01,600 knife because scissors don't quite cut it. Get it. Cut 13 00:00:58,199 --> 00:01:05,280 it. Yeah. Okay. So, the first thing we 14 00:01:01,600 --> 00:01:07,479 find inside the box is an ASUS or Oh, 15 00:01:05,280 --> 00:01:12,960 no. A Targus backpack. All right. So, watch out. This 16 00:01:10,640 --> 00:01:18,560 is a choking hazard. Do not put in reach of small children or dogs. All right. 17 00:01:16,240 --> 00:01:23,280 And uh I'm going to go ahead and assume that this notebook bag fits the notebook 18 00:01:21,439 --> 00:01:27,520 in question. So it would have to be quite large to fit a 17inch notebook. 19 00:01:25,119 --> 00:01:32,240 But as you can see, it is. And I guess I might as well do my little turn on the 20 00:01:29,680 --> 00:01:37,680 catwalk here. And we'll throw the backpack on. Yeah, there we go. So 21 00:01:36,240 --> 00:01:47,720 that's what I would look like if I wore a backpack every day. Okay, there we go. 22 00:01:41,759 --> 00:01:51,520 Next we have Oh man, that's heavy. Okay, 23 00:01:47,720 --> 00:01:54,320 this G series. It's got their Republic 24 00:01:51,520 --> 00:01:58,960 of Gamers branding all over it. Okay, Republic of Gamers. Got the color scheme 25 00:01:56,560 --> 00:02:04,920 going on here. Not really a whole lot in terms of anything there. So, let's get 26 00:02:01,119 --> 00:02:08,160 this box opened up. All 27 00:02:04,920 --> 00:02:11,000 right. Uh, let's do this first. This 28 00:02:08,160 --> 00:02:14,000 looks like an accessory sort of 29 00:02:16,520 --> 00:02:21,840 box. Okay. Well, it'll come out. There 30 00:02:19,520 --> 00:02:26,800 it goes. Even that's heavy. Wow. This must be like the battery or something. 31 00:02:23,879 --> 00:02:34,319 Okay. Open it up. So, the first thing we find in here is a power cord and then um 32 00:02:30,480 --> 00:02:40,239 the AC adapter. Wow, that is huge. So, 33 00:02:34,319 --> 00:02:42,360 this is a 1 19.5 vol 7.7 amp AC adapter. 34 00:02:40,239 --> 00:02:48,000 This thing has some real heft to it. Okay. Next thing we have is the 35 00:02:45,760 --> 00:02:52,080 battery. The battery is actually surprisingly Oh, all right. Cameraman 36 00:02:49,920 --> 00:02:56,480 wants me to do his whole iPhone for scale thing. Here, here. Here. Okay. 37 00:02:53,680 --> 00:03:01,200 Okay. So, this is the cameraman's iPhone next to the battery pack. And it doesn't 38 00:02:58,720 --> 00:03:04,560 look that big now. Oh, but look at me now. It's huge. And it's heavy. It's a 39 00:03:03,360 --> 00:03:08,720 lot heavier than an iPhone, we'll tell you that much. Okay, battery. We'll show 40 00:03:06,959 --> 00:03:13,599 you the size of the battery as well. Just you It's It's actually not It's 41 00:03:10,959 --> 00:03:17,599 surprisingly not big. I'm I'm very shocked at how small the battery is. So, 42 00:03:15,840 --> 00:03:21,599 you put it next to the phone. You can see the uh width and height of it. It's 43 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:26,400 very very deep, though. So, I'm guessing it's like double stacked inside there or 44 00:03:23,519 --> 00:03:34,440 something like that. Okay. Uh, next thing we find here is a black box which 45 00:03:31,480 --> 00:03:40,400 includes Oh, a gaming mouse. That's nice. So, this appears to be based on um 46 00:03:38,560 --> 00:03:42,640 Oh, shoot. I should recognize this, shouldn't 47 00:03:42,680 --> 00:03:47,599 I? Rats. Okay, I don't recognize the OEM 48 00:03:45,920 --> 00:03:52,159 design that this is using, but it looks like a pretty decent little gaming mouse. You got a back and forward 49 00:03:49,840 --> 00:03:57,120 button, nice rubberized grip here. You got your DPI adjustment. uh mouse wheel, 50 00:03:54,879 --> 00:04:00,080 left and right click. Not too bad. All right. It's nice of them to include that 51 00:03:58,720 --> 00:04:03,120 as part of the package. I mean, you're buying an expensive notebook. You know, 52 00:04:02,000 --> 00:04:06,879 you might as well throw in some accessories for their customers. Much 53 00:04:05,280 --> 00:04:11,560 appreciated, ASUS. If I could just get this back inside there. Okay. And then 54 00:04:09,120 --> 00:04:16,400 we finally have a cable tie. How very random. Actually, it's not 55 00:04:14,640 --> 00:04:21,040 that random. Normally, a cable tie would be attached to the power adapter, but it 56 00:04:19,359 --> 00:04:26,560 isn't. So, they provide you with an extra one. Okay. And then that is it for 57 00:04:24,720 --> 00:04:31,120 accessories. We are down to the notebook itself. I'm surprised at the lack of any 58 00:04:29,040 --> 00:04:36,040 documentation inside here. There's there's nothing in terms of instructions 59 00:04:33,120 --> 00:04:41,280 or uh CDs. So I guess the OS is probably on a uh on a partition on here. And then 60 00:04:39,600 --> 00:04:45,759 I'm guessing all of your drivers are also on that partition. So why don't we 61 00:04:43,759 --> 00:04:50,680 just first of all install the battery. So you can see that it just kind of 62 00:04:47,840 --> 00:04:56,320 slides in right like that and then just locks in place. Okay. 63 00:04:53,680 --> 00:04:59,360 So the battery is in and that is a pretty sleek looking machine. Let's get 64 00:04:58,240 --> 00:05:03,600 this box out of the way. Thank you, cameraman. And then we'll just kind of 65 00:05:01,360 --> 00:05:09,360 put this down here. So it's a matte black slightly rubberized finish to the 66 00:05:06,240 --> 00:05:11,520 back of it. You've got a silver shiny 67 00:05:09,360 --> 00:05:15,680 ASUS logo on the back as well as their Republic of Gamers Shield. Okay. The 68 00:05:13,840 --> 00:05:20,560 hinge design I'll comment on once I actually get it open, but it looks 69 00:05:17,600 --> 00:05:25,840 fairly beefy and solid at the moment. On the back, we've got huge ventilation. 70 00:05:23,360 --> 00:05:30,479 So, you've got a heat sink here, and that's normally about all you would find 71 00:05:28,240 --> 00:05:34,880 on a typical notebook. But then over on the other side, past the Kensington lock 72 00:05:32,400 --> 00:05:39,360 and the antenna hole, you've got another huge ventilation hole. All right, let's 73 00:05:37,520 --> 00:05:45,120 go around to this side where we will find power in, VGA, HDMI out, so you can 74 00:05:42,960 --> 00:05:49,919 do both analog or digital out. Then you've got a couple of USB ports as well 75 00:05:46,880 --> 00:05:52,639 as an SD card slot. Around the front, 76 00:05:49,919 --> 00:05:58,479 you've just got uh indicator lights, so you got your wireless hard drive, 77 00:05:54,479 --> 00:06:02,400 battery, and a light bulb. And then you 78 00:05:58,479 --> 00:06:05,199 have gigabit LAN, another USB port, DVD 79 00:06:02,400 --> 00:06:10,160 multi or in the case of the uh of the other version of this laptop, you would 80 00:06:06,800 --> 00:06:12,319 have a Blu-ray drive, USB mic in and 81 00:06:10,160 --> 00:06:17,720 headphone out. Let's go around to the bottom here. So you can see the bottom 82 00:06:14,319 --> 00:06:21,440 is where all of that 83 00:06:17,720 --> 00:06:23,759 um oh yeah, whatever. Okay. Where all of 84 00:06:21,440 --> 00:06:27,919 that air is going to be coming from. So, these there are probably blower fans 85 00:06:26,160 --> 00:06:32,720 right around here and then they're sucking air into these vents and then 86 00:06:30,240 --> 00:06:35,520 out the back of the unit is my assumption. Either that or one of them 87 00:06:34,080 --> 00:06:38,560 is an intake and one of them is an exhaust. I have no way of knowing 88 00:06:37,440 --> 00:06:44,160 without opening it and I don't particularly want to do that though. So, anyway, there's the bottom. You can see 89 00:06:41,680 --> 00:06:48,400 you've got easy access for upgrades to uh what appears to be the RAM here and 90 00:06:46,080 --> 00:06:52,400 probably wireless hard drive and all of that good stuff. So, let's flip this 91 00:06:50,000 --> 00:06:56,560 back over. And uh now I've gotten it all dirty. Oh, well, there we go. Okay, so 92 00:06:54,720 --> 00:06:59,599 we'll open up the front. Okay, there's no uh there's no unlock or anything like 93 00:06:58,319 --> 00:07:05,039 that. You just kind of lift it. It's heavy enough I doubt it's going to come out on its own. Okay, we'll remove the 94 00:07:03,199 --> 00:07:11,680 little uh sleeve. Okay, so the first thing we see inside is obviously the 95 00:07:07,039 --> 00:07:13,199 17in widescreen LCD. And uh here's a 96 00:07:11,680 --> 00:07:17,280 little bit of information that ASUS includes about this notebook. So, you've 97 00:07:15,280 --> 00:07:21,280 got a 2-year global warranty. That means that if you buy it in Canada and take it 98 00:07:19,680 --> 00:07:25,199 to Europe, you're still covered by your ASUS warranty. You've got a zero bright 99 00:07:23,440 --> 00:07:29,840 dot guarantee. So, a bright dot is kind of like a dead pixel except it's um like 100 00:07:27,440 --> 00:07:34,720 a colorful spot. Then you've got two-way free standard shipping for your RMA and 101 00:07:32,800 --> 00:07:41,039 24/7 technical support. That's pretty darn good for a standard warranty. And 102 00:07:37,120 --> 00:07:43,520 they even include no way. They include 103 00:07:41,039 --> 00:07:47,880 the ASUS accidental damage warranty. So, you have a one year covering accidental 104 00:07:45,440 --> 00:07:52,639 drops, spills, power surges, and fire damage. Go figure. All right. So, here, 105 00:07:51,440 --> 00:07:57,440 let's have a look at the Let's see if the battery came charged. Wouldn't that be lucky? So, you got a couple of 106 00:07:55,599 --> 00:08:00,800 speakers here. That's going to take care of your sound. And then there's also a 107 00:07:59,120 --> 00:08:04,639 subwoofer grill that we saw on the bottom of the unit already. That's okay. 108 00:08:02,560 --> 00:08:07,680 We already saw that. And then, so let's have a look at the screen itself. I'll 109 00:08:06,319 --> 00:08:12,680 just kind of angle it so you can have a look here. You've got a webcam up at the 110 00:08:09,479 --> 00:08:15,520 top. Little glossy thing around 111 00:08:12,680 --> 00:08:18,319 there. Okay, we're starting up Windows. Why don't we have a look at the 112 00:08:16,479 --> 00:08:22,639 keyboard? Cuz keyboard is such a big thing for uh for any notebook. You can 113 00:08:20,800 --> 00:08:27,199 see this is quite a comfortable full-size keyboard and it's using the 114 00:08:25,039 --> 00:08:30,240 chicklet keys which are very popular although they're not my personal 115 00:08:28,560 --> 00:08:37,200 favorite. ASUS gives you a little outline of the specs of this again. So 116 00:08:32,240 --> 00:08:38,719 they've got the i7720 5870 with 1 gig of 117 00:08:37,200 --> 00:08:45,279 video RAM which I hadn't covered already. 17.3 in screen. It includes uh 118 00:08:41,680 --> 00:08:46,720 wireless N as well as uh yeah that's 119 00:08:45,279 --> 00:08:51,040 pretty much everything that we already talked about. And they oh they had these 120 00:08:48,560 --> 00:08:54,480 labeled. Look, they're both exhausts. So, there you go. So, the air intake is 121 00:08:52,720 --> 00:08:58,320 actually at the bottom. Okay. And then we've got more badges over here. So, 122 00:08:56,399 --> 00:09:05,519 your Core i7 badge, Windows 7 is included, obviously. Uh HD5870 graphics 123 00:09:01,440 --> 00:09:07,279 as well as a Creative EX. And then, oh, 124 00:09:05,519 --> 00:09:10,640 hey, here we go. So, it's booted up already. We can check the English 125 00:09:08,720 --> 00:09:14,000 language. Cameraman is indicating something to me. Oh, I like this. Look 126 00:09:11,920 --> 00:09:17,600 at this touchpad. This is an enormous touchpad. That's a huge advantage for 127 00:09:15,760 --> 00:09:20,959 this laptop cuz if you have a nice big high-res screen, the last thing you want 128 00:09:19,440 --> 00:09:27,519 is to have a little tiny touch pad that you're going to the edge and then going back tracking like that. So, keypad's 129 00:09:24,959 --> 00:09:29,680 comfortable. Um, that's pretty comfortable, too. Actually, this whole 130 00:09:28,640 --> 00:09:33,680 thing's a pretty good experience, actually. Cameraman, if you want to have a look at the screen, you can see it 131 00:09:32,320 --> 00:09:37,519 there. But, I think that pretty much covers everything that I have to say 132 00:09:35,600 --> 00:09:44,480 about this particular notebook. Thank you for checking out my unboxing of the 133 00:09:39,640 --> 00:09:44,480 G73 series ASUS gaming notebook.