G73 Pre-Order Wait List

[Christoff]

Got my laptop! That is all. If anyone has any questions let me know

[Fingersniffer]

Got my laptop! That is all. If anyone has any questions let me know

Pre-order date, and if you had any modifications done to it

[Mekhit]

Pre-order date, and if you had any modifications done to it

He pre-ordered 02/01/10...it's on the original list on the first page of this thread.

[singleshot71]

He pre-ordered 02/01/10...it's on the original list on the first page of this thread.
I will never preorder anything for as long as I live, well, except for my coffin!!!! It's a sweet looking thing, outside is a dark purple and the inside is a dark red velvet!!! Sweeeeettttt, can't wait to put my g73 in it and send it straight to HELL!!!!!!:laugh::laugh: BTW, APPLE sucks donkey d*cks

[Mekhit]

APPLE sucks donkey d*cks

/10 character

[romerom]

k i need to know.. wtf is this /10 thing i'm seein around here the past couple days? :)

[Mekhit]

k i need to know.. wtf is this /10 thing i'm seein around here the past couple days? :)

LOL to post anything, the post has to be at least 10 characters...so when I put the quote thing I was quoting it cause it was funny and true and didn't really need to say anything...so I put /10 character...sometimes if we can get away with it we just put /10char

[UntilMoraleImproves]

You need to enter at least 10 characters for a valid post. Also used to re-write things you wished you didn't say.

[singleshot71]

You need to enter at least 10 characters for a valid post. Also used to re-write things you wished you didn't say.
OK, so now you tell me???? Jesus, I had no idea wth you guys were talking about:laugh::laugh: Now I feel like the dunce in the room:(, as far as taking 4-6 disks to copy windows, how many disks do you get when you order the upgrade on the order page? 1 or 4-6? And if only one, how the "F" do they do it?

[drremi]

God, I am so glad someone else had the ball's to ask that question! I have been wondering the same thing!!!
Thanks romerom! :laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh:

[Fingersniffer]

OK, so now you tell me???? Jesus, I had no idea wth you guys were talking about:laugh::laugh: Now I feel like the dunce in the room:(, as far as taking 4-6 disks to copy windows, how many disks do you get when you order the upgrade on the order page? 1 or 4-6? And if only one, how the "F" do they do it?

When its one 1 disk, like the Windows installer disk its compressed so it takes up less space, when its a direct copy/backup its all uncompressed data.

[Abies]

... as far as taking 4-6 disks to copy windows, how many disks do you get when you order the upgrade on the order page? 1 or 4-6? And if only one, how the "F" do they do it?


I would also like to know if 1 or 6 DVDs are sent to you when you select the system recovery backup disks option.

I imagine they could clone the original System Recovery DVD that was sent out with the first batches of G73's. That was 1 disk.

[jbermi]

God, I am so glad someone else had the ball's to ask that question! I have been wondering the same thing!!!
Thanks romerom! :laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh:

urban dictionary comes in handy. :err:

[drremi]

urban dictionary comes in handy. :err:
Thanks, got it now! :rolleyes:

[Verbal]

Got my laptop! That is all. If anyone has any questions let me know
How about where do you live and what hours are you away at work :biggrin:
Congratz...
I can't stand the wait much longer.
Sadly I think there really isn't much of an alternative at this point.
I sure wish we would get some more info tho. I guess there is nothing to say other then a few days after march 23rd we'll see people start to get emails. I haven't seen the G73 actually available anywhere else either tho.

[TenetSW]

Oh, if only they at XoticPC would see fit to throw but a kibble of information to the dogs waiting patiently by...

[Braeyn]

I don't think i'll be posting anymore on the forums. I am getting jaded.

Good luck guys.

[UntilMoraleImproves]

I don't think i'll be posting anymore on the forums. I am getting jaded.

Good luck guys.

I'm right there with you.

This place depresses me.

I'll post when/if I get some good news.

[DARK_KNIGHT]

Hey UMI, i finally got an email saying that i am in phase 2. Just to give you a head up if you are planning on updating the waiting list.

[MrFreeKen]

Please update me

MrFreeKen ordered 1/30/10 Phase 2

[tuckerjt07]

I have decided if IDo not hear anything tomorrow I will contact xotic to ask WTF. I ordered on 1/29 I thought, my order history says 1/28 though, anyways, how have there been several people who ordered later than me recieve phase 2 and I haven't even heard a peep?

[iQx]

i ordered 1-27-2010 and paid everything the next day, i wonder if i got skipped, not even phase two yet.....

[FarmerTed]

The different shipping dates could be -A1 vs -A2 models?

[Laerck]

Ive been reading this forum for a while now and finally decided to join.
Preordered on 2/2 and still havent been told when I should be getting it, if it doesn't get here in the next week or two ill have to cancel because after that I'm leaving for a study abroad and simply need a computer. I ordered just a plain A2, would never imagine it would take so long.

[singleshot71]

Ive been reading this forum for a while now and finally decided to join.
Preordered on 2/2 and still havent been told when I should be getting it, if it doesn't get here in the next week or two ill have to cancel because after that I'm leaving for a study abroad and simply need a computer. I ordered just a plain A2, would never imagine it would take so long.
I'm not sure what the ship dates were for the a2 model. I know they are different from the a1. Some guys switched to the a2 earlier and got their puter, but others are still waiting. BTW, I ordered the a1 on 2/3/10 and I'm still in phase 1. Next ship date is the 23rd for the a1. You might want to check to see when the next a2 shipment is with Justin......good luck

[Mekhit]

I'm not sure what the ship dates were for the a2 model. I know they are different from the a1. Some guys switched to the a2 earlier and got their puter, but others are still waiting. BTW, I ordered the a1 on 2/3/10 and I'm still in phase 1. Next ship date is the 23rd for the a1. You might want to check to see when the next a2 shipment is with Justin......good luck

The dates were the same for both models. I asked. I'm going to drop the forum for a bit, too. I can't stand this crap. People getting skipped. No real information on dates. Peace.

[Mekhit]

You know what, I think Xotic should throw in the windows disk free of charge if you ask me. I think that would make a LOT of us a bit happier. Just my opinion.

[romerom]

I think windows discs should be requires IMO since we did pay for it

[TenetSW]

:eeek2: .

[drremi]

So where is the list of unfortunate souls still in waiting mode? Has it been updated lately?
I am reading everyone is getting disappointed in the waiting!
i would like to suggest it their are anymore people waiting that haven't posted on the forum, not be shy and introduce yourself. I would like to see how many are waiting and have been silent! :)

[singleshot71]

So where is the list of unfortunate souls still in waiting mode? Has it been updated lately?
I am reading everyone is getting disappointed in the waiting!
i would like to suggest it their are anymore people waiting that haven't posted on the forum, not be shy and introduce yourself. I would like to see how many are waiting and have been silent! :)
What is your order #, mine is 16233. Knowing your order # might help in knowing were you stand in line?

[Mekhit]

What is your order #, mine is 16233. Knowing your order # might help in knowing were you stand in line?

Nope, because order numbers aren't relevant to only G73s and for people like me, when I switched models my order number changed, but my place in line stayed the same.

[Macedon]

Just providing my update for the list. I was notified that my Sager 8760 was shipping so my Asus G73 A1 order is now cancelled.

[drremi]

What is your order #, mine is 16233. Knowing your order # might help in knowing were you stand in line?

Mine is 16448!

[palmgopher]

mine is 16636

[rastamandom]

jus receive:eek::eek::eek: 03/17/2010 Phase 4 (Order Shipped):laugh::laugh::laugh::biggrin: and

:XPCS:"Hello,

We have received your order change request, however your order with Xotic PC has already been shipped. This item was shipped today and picked up by UPS. You will receive a tracking number for this item shortly. We apologize we could not make the requested changes to your order. A refund check will be included with your order for the overpayment.

Best Regards
Xotic PC"
:(:confused::cool::rolleyes::laugh: it on the way!!!!

[powerpack]

jus receive:eek::eek::eek: 03/17/2010 Phase 4 (Order Shipped):laugh::laugh::laugh::biggrin: and

:XPCS:"Hello,

We have received your order change request, however your order with Xotic PC has already been shipped. This item was shipped today and picked up by UPS. You will receive a tracking number for this item shortly. We apologize we could not make the requested changes to your order. A refund check will be included with your order for the overpayment.

Best Regards
Xotic PC"
:(:confused::cool::rolleyes::laugh: it on the way!!!!Let me guess you will take as is?;)

[rastamandom]

Let me guess you will take as is?;)

do i have a choice???, i ask for intel 6200 wifi insted of Diamond thermal compound...they should just send me a t shirt instead:wink2:

[honkhonkhonk]

just to update the list im on phase 4 order feb 2

[Mekhit]

Which means we're getting closer, but not close enough

[drremi]

Oh, it's better, it means we are getting into Feb. Finally....now would be nice to see it get to the 8th sooner than latter! :D

[TenetSW]

@anybody

Are you showing "phase 1" for order status? I payed by money order when I pre-ordered on Feb 18, and my status FINALLY changed from "awaiting payment confirmation"(I payed a month ago?) to "phase 1".

Does that mean that the payment was accepted because my lappys instock or is everybody that payed in "phase 1" already? I thought payment wasn't accepted until the unit arrived. I'm slightly confused...

[Mekhit]

Oh, it's better, it means we are getting into Feb. Finally....now would be nice to see it get to the 9th sooner than latter! :D

Corrected :D

[Mekhit]

@anybody

Are you showing "phase 1" for order status? I payed by money order when I pre-ordered on Feb 18, and my status FINALLY changed from "awaiting payment confirmation"(I payed a month ago?) to "phase 1".

Does that mean that the payment was accepted because my lappys instock or is everybody that payed in "phase 1" already? I thought payment wasn't accepted until the unit arrived. I'm slightly confused...

I'm paying by credit card which means they don't charge until it ships and mine was phase 1 the day I ordered. When you pay with paypal/check/money order it goes through right away because it's considered a cash payment.

[TenetSW]

Thanks.

I think there must have been some issue with the payment status being updated and that they did it since they were doing emails to others.

__________________________________________________ _____________
"The dude abides..."

[rastamandom]

@anybody

Are you showing "phase 1" for order status? I payed by money order when I pre-ordered on Feb 18, and my status FINALLY changed from "awaiting payment confirmation"(I payed a month ago?) to "phase 1".

Does that mean that the payment was accepted because my lappys instock or is everybody that payed in "phase 1" already? I thought payment wasn't accepted until the unit arrived. I'm slightly confused...

how did you make a payment? i have a problem with my but now is OK and they shep it today here is may post from last week

"ORDER PENDING - More Information Needed" there was problem with administration department (or contability dep.) they couldn't find my payment (international wire bank transfer from Dominican Rep.) ...on the end yesterday at 5pm i spoke with Justin and he tell me that they found may payment and that in 24 h im gonna be informed from selling department, but still nothing maybe on monday.

If you making bank transfer let now your bank to put aditional message with your name and order nomber.

[rastamandom]

what???:eek: i don't get eny Reputation point for PHASE 4 news,cccccc....

[Mekhit]

what???:eek: i don't get eny Reputation point for PHASE 4 news,cccccc....

LOL no! Only because that news makes us more antsy than before!:laugh:

[nadkins]

Phase 4 Shipped.

[rastamandom]

:wink2:ASUS G73JH-x1 OPEN BOX 1139$ if i was in US i will do it

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834220695R

[rastamandom]

:wink2:ASUS G73JH-x1 OPEN BOX 1139$ if i was in US i will do it

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834220695R

haha incredible..:eek:....that was fast didn't last 5min in stok,hope some of you guys maki it:wink2:

[UntilMoraleImproves]

Well, if I wasn't happy before, I getting pissed now. I sent an email that was pretty detailed and I think warranted a personal response. It wasn't bitchy or anything like that. After two days without a response I finally get an email that is exactly the same as the last one about order dates and allocation numbers. WTF?!

[drremi]

Well, if I wasn't happy before, I getting pissed now. I sent an email that was pretty detailed and I think warranted a personal response. It wasn't bitchy or anything like that. After two days without a response I finally get an email that is exactly the same as the last one about order dates and allocation numbers. WTF?!
LoL, they are probably sick of here from us as well!!! :laugh::laugh: FIL!:laugh:

[UntilMoraleImproves]

My good doctor, are you drunk? My email was about customizations, not "where is my computer". Getting sick of hearing from us is kinda BS.

[RozZy]

Forgot to write that unit arrived 2 days ago;)

[drremi]

My good doctor, are you drunk? My email was about customizations, not "where is my computer". Getting sick of hearing from us is kinda BS.
No not drunk..don't want to die! I didn't see any post about customization,
Sorry been move'en around this form, may not of seen that.! Wouldn't be the first time! I'll leave ya alone...grumpy! :laugh:

[UntilMoraleImproves]

Ok, they were two separate parts:
1. Are you drunk? - kidding about bad grammar
2. Customizations - content of my email to Xotic

Not grumpy with you guys, just Xotic...

[drremi]

Ok, they were two separate parts:
1. Are you drunk? - kidding about bad grammar
2. Customizations - content of my email to Xotic

Not grumpy with you guys, just Xotic...
Ok, maybe I should edit my post better. Sorry, we have all gone too long, waiting for this thing to materialize! I see the frustration, and also know that a general response is not the way to go as well!
I have for too long worked in the service field where it can get crazy when there isn't too much info to go around! Can statements don't work, but the truth does! :(

[powerpack]

Hang in there UMI, I have no smart words for you. The longer it goes on the harder it is to stay upbeat. But try. I don't want to start an avalanche but I find PM's work. Not that I do it much but? I have PM'd both Justin's in the past. I usually PM Justin W on the more day to day stuff because more active here. The Justin more on bigger things?

[drremi]

Man, feel'en a little crazy, wife is text'en me and reading post at the same time! I suck at multitasking! :-/

[Fr0st]

Well, if I wasn't happy before, I getting pissed now. I sent an email that was pretty detailed and I think warranted a personal response. It wasn't bitchy or anything like that. After two days without a response I finally get an email that is exactly the same as the last one about order dates and allocation numbers. WTF?!

Hey, weren't you the guy who yelled at me and others a few days ago about "bothering" the XoticPC employees with our questions/order changes?

I jest.. But in all seriousness, I am a little upset too. I placed an order on the 3rd, and wanted to change some components of the order. I contacted Xotic and told them this, and they just told me to submit a new order with the changes and they'd cancel the first, preserving my spot in line. Well it took four conversations and 9 days for them to finally do that, and as far as I can tell my spot in line was not preserved, just the original order canceled (despite being told numerous times that it would be preserved).

So I can relate to feeling like you're getting "cold-shouldered".

[haunterzerox]

U know what UPS sucks! Mine was suppose to be here right now, but those damn UPS guys didn't even knock on my door. UGH! All they left was a stupid sticker and my mother was in the garage and guess what, It was open! That guy didn't even do anything except left a stupid paper saying it'll get here tomorrow! F***!

[UntilMoraleImproves]

I hear you Fr0st

I wasn't contacting them about my place in line, just some changes I wantto make since I still have IC Diamond on my order. I don't expect them to drop everything and get right back to me but I also didn't expect a canned response three days later. If the were sending a canned response, they could have auto-replied with it, ha-ha.

I can't wait for this thing to be over with. This better best the best damn computer I've ever owned!

[Justin@XoticPC]

Well, if I wasn't happy before, I getting pissed now. I sent an email that was pretty detailed and I think warranted a personal response. It wasn't bitchy or anything like that. After two days without a response I finally get an email that is exactly the same as the last one about order dates and allocation numbers. WTF?!

I am sorry to hear you didn't get a response to a email. I have personally researched your email address and show one email coming in on Friday, March 05, 2010 9:11 AM and was answered Friday, March 05, 2010 2:58 PM. If this is not the email you are speaking of you can PM Me on the details. (It was in regards to changes beyond what was listed online)

I understand the wait is getting to some of you but please understand this is not the only machine we have to produce. Not only are there many G73's to build and test but also many other models. Our production goes through different shifts of machines. Some days will be G73's and other days are other models in a continuous rotation. Also understand if there is no update it is going to appear as a canned response as there is no new info. We always provide honest answers, if information doesn't change you will get the same update each time it is asked. We appreciate all your patience.

We are unfortunately unable to provide a number for anyone in line.

[UntilMoraleImproves]

Thanks for the follow-up, I sent it directly to Justin W but got a response from sales@xoticpc.com. As for the time frame, it was less than I thought so I'll take a hit for that part. This was after the 3/5 email.

I understand what the situation is, all I'm asking for is a genuine response to my email or even something saying "hey, got your email, slammed right now, cool if I get
back to you in a day or so?".

[Justin@XoticPC]

Hey, weren't you the guy who yelled at me and others a few days ago about "bothering" the XoticPC employees with our questions/order changes?

I jest.. But in all seriousness, I am a little upset too. I placed an order on the 3rd, and wanted to change some components of the order. I contacted Xotic and told them this, and they just told me to submit a new order with the changes and they'd cancel the first, preserving my spot in line. Well it took four conversations and 9 days for them to finally do that, and as far as I can tell my spot in line was not preserved, just the original order canceled (despite being told numerous times that it would be preserved).

So I can relate to feeling like you're getting "cold-shouldered".

Fr0st I show you communicated with Justin W that your spot in line was preserved. If you can PM me your email info as I am not showing email history as you have mentioned with the email address I show on file. I would be happy to look into it. We always suggest new orders to be placed to avoid any confusion on specification. Your spot in line was preserved as any other customer would be.

[powerpack]

I am not going to be the one to say? But if I was? I might say shut up and quit being a little girl? But as I said, I am not that guy?

[iQx]

Finally, got my phase 4 email after i called in today. I pre-ordered a stock A1 on 1-27-2010.

I'm sure glad the wait is over....

[tuckerjt07]

How long is it taking to ship noncustomized ones out? Anybody have any ideas?

[popwar]

xotic is still working on early february orders . im sure that will make some of you excited . yes its true . heard it from the man Justin himself

[singleshot71]

xotic is still working on early february orders . im sure that will make some of you excited . yes its true . heard it from the man Justin himself
The only early Feb ones I've seen are from the the 1st, beyond that, I ordered on 2/3 and haven't seen any change yet. Just sitting here laughing at/with UMI, I'm glad to see he isn't a robot:laugh::notworthy

[Fingersniffer]

xotic is still working on early february orders . im sure that will make some of you excited . yes its true . heard it from the man Justin himself

Well I ordered on 2-1 and still no news for me, I am getting annoyed at others who ordered same day as me moving to Phase 2 and I'm still in limbo.

Justin, I know you guys are busy but when you say "We are unfortunately unable to provide a number for anyone in line." I have to ask... why?

You cant give us a number or information about how many units you have vs how many orders you have to fill? Its pretty easy to give us this info.

If you cant give your consumers basic info like this maybe your order numbers should be randomly generated 1-500000 and everyday you draw three names out of the hat for shipping each day, because that's what many of us feel like your doing. Daily we hear about orders being processed out of order and ahead of other people for no reason, now all we are asking for in return is some ACTUAL information about this situation. Because if you keep us in the dark much longer I have a strong feeling people will go elsewhere with their money and you will be sitting on a bunch of G73's and no one around to buy them.

[singleshot71]

Well I ordered on 2-1 and still no news for me, I am getting annoyed at others who ordered same day as me moving to Phase 2 and I'm still in limbo.

Justin, I know you guys are busy but when you say "We are unfortunately unable to provide a number for anyone in line." I have to ask... why?

You cant give us a number or information about how many units you have vs how many orders you have to fill? Its pretty easy to give us this info.

If you cant give your consumers basic info like this maybe your order numbers should be randomly generated 1-500000 and everyday you draw three names out of the hat for shipping each day, because that's what many of us feel like your doing. Daily we hear about orders being processed out of order and ahead of other people for no reason, now all we are asking for in return is some ACTUAL information about this situation. Because if you keep us in the dark much longer I have a strong feeling people will go elsewhere with their money and you will be sitting on a bunch of G73's and no one around to buy them.
They are not going to do that....say they have 200 orders for 3rd of Feb....they have break it all down into who ordered what? What upgrades they purchased, different models a2/a1/8690, so on and so on... they barely are able to fill orders as is, and you want them to slow down and sort thru every order just so you know your place in line? If they would have been doing it from the start...ok, but they didn't (don't know why) but they didn't and they are not going to now...sorry, we are in the same boat. My 2 cents worth

[Fingersniffer]

They are not going to do that....say they have 200 orders for 3rd of Feb....they have break it all down into who ordered what? What upgrades they purchased, different models a2/a1/8690, so on and so on... they barely are able to fill orders as is, and you want them to slow down and sort thru every order just so you know your place in line? If they would have been doing it from the start...ok, but they didn't (don't know why) but they didn't and they are not going to now...sorry, we are in the same boat. My 2 cents worth

Why would they need to factor all that in? if they have 200 orders for the 3rd I'm sure they know if they have enough laptops to fulfill those orders, if they dont they should let the customer know where they are in terms of next shipment etc. They dont have to slow down to give us this information, basic information that pretty much any company I've ever dealt with openly tells you, they all know if they have an item in stock and how many of said item them have. And all it takes is some simple subtraction (or a calculator if three-four digit math is too hard) to tell people if they have enough and if not when they will get more in.

[singleshot71]

Why would they need to factor all that in? if they have 200 orders for the 3rd I'm sure they know if they have enough laptops to fulfill those orders, if they dont they should let the customer know where they are in terms of next shipment etc. They dont have to slow down to give us this information, basic information that pretty much any company I've ever dealt with openly tells you, they all know if they have an item in stock and how many of said item them have. And all it takes is some simple subtraction (or a calculator if three-four digit math is too hard) to tell people if they have enough and if not when they will get more in.
AGREED....but that is not what they do. I don't know why, I just know they want

[popwar]

if xotic is relatively small like i hear it is then its understable . i work in a warehouse shipping computer parts for dell . we ship around 12-15k orders a day but we have alot of people . i think xotic can handle more than 200 a day unless the hours are short . but it doesnt seem like they are working overtime lol

[choyj]

Why would they need to factor all that in? if they have 200 orders for the 3rd I'm sure they know if they have enough laptops to fulfill those orders, if they dont they should let the customer know where they are in terms of next shipment etc. They dont have to slow down to give us this information, basic information that pretty much any company I've ever dealt with openly tells you, they all know if they have an item in stock and how many of said item them have. And all it takes is some simple subtraction (or a calculator if three-four digit math is too hard) to tell people if they have enough and if not when they will get more in.

We all know everyone's frustrated waiting to receive their laptop and directing your "suggestions" on how they should conduct their highly-wanted, unavailable G73 situation at xotic isn't going to do anything or change anything. And in most cases, xotic hasn't taken one penny of our money until it has been shipped. So, if you don't like the way xotic is doing their business, well then, vote with your wallet. Otherwise, just like everyone else, be patient. It's not like they're trying to screw us.

I don't know of other businesses that are giving you what you are asking for (expected shipment dates [although xotic did provide this to us], quantities, your number in line and where the number is currently at, etc). And I don't know of any place that has them in stock either. The places I've usually shopped at tell you that when they have it, they'll let you know and don't expose themselves by making promises they can't guarantee to keep.

Suggestion. A good way to pass the time is to read the g73 threads at notebookreview. People are receiving their G73s and posting their thoughts. If you're really depressed, you can read their "The Sad/Depressed G73JH-A1 Future Owners Group (http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=460040)" thread.

I'll be getting mine quite a bit later than you. Pre-ordered 2/21

[tmin84]

Preordered 2/15/10, have been waiting since....:)

[UntilMoraleImproves]

The only early Feb ones I've seen are from the the 1st, beyond that, I ordered on 2/3 and haven't seen any change yet. Just sitting here laughing at/with UMI, I'm glad to see he isn't a robot:laugh::notworthy

Nope, not a robot, just a regular guy like everyone else...

[nadkins]

How long is it taking to ship noncustomized ones out? Anybody have any ideas?

I got my Phase 4 shipped 2 days after i got my phase 2. And i had a Stock A1.

[Admin@XoticPC]

Well I ordered on 2-1 and still no news for me, I am getting annoyed at others who ordered same day as me moving to Phase 2 and I'm still in limbo.

Justin, I know you guys are busy but when you say "We are unfortunately unable to provide a number for anyone in line." I have to ask... why?

You cant give us a number or information about how many units you have vs how many orders you have to fill? Its pretty easy to give us this info.

If you cant give your consumers basic info like this maybe your order numbers should be randomly generated 1-500000 and everyday you draw three names out of the hat for shipping each day, because that's what many of us feel like your doing. Daily we hear about orders being processed out of order and ahead of other people for no reason, now all we are asking for in return is some ACTUAL information about this situation. Because if you keep us in the dark much longer I have a strong feeling people will go elsewhere with their money and you will be sitting on a bunch of G73's and no one around to buy them.


Our order number system consists of everyone's order number. We would have to have a new ordering system for G73's. No computer company out there provides you a "number in line" you are for any type of pre order item, I don't understand why anyone would think we can either.

We are having to explain the same thing many times. I do not understand why some of you assume everyone can just ship at one time. If orders are in production and there are delays (others after it could ship) or there are order processing delays it holds up a order after it. As you have seen within a couple days of order date orders are shipping in order number format.

In addition it is not in our interest of security and competition to have others know, besides our staff, how many units are in our warehouse.

We have stated and continue to state we understand the frustration and appreciate all of your patience but again if we are going to have to defend ourselves regularly in this thread we are going to need to close them down.

[UntilMoraleImproves]

Well, maybe that is the best course of action then. If you don't want us to have an open forum to discuss our thoughts and feelings on the situation, then you should close it down. For the most part, we have been a patient bunch. It isn't often that one orders something that's over $1.5K and then have to wait 6, 7, 8 or more weeks to find out when the product might ship. It might not be in your best interest to publish your numbers or places in line but it is probably a good idea to (at least privately) tell people when their machine will go out.

I know that I am not trying to offend Xotic in my posts (I can't speak for everyone though) and I think the forums have value. In the end, it is your board and if you aren't happy with the posts and people voicing their frustrations, then maybe it is time to dump the threads.

[Justin@XoticPC]

UMI, the problem is not with keeping a open forum, it is some of the comments that are being made. We are doing our best to keep up with orders and the many other customers we are servicing/producing who did not order G73's. We advise everyone that you will be contacted when your unit is available. Until then we can't speculate on when a order will ship. There are too many variables that could lead us to providing a customer with false hope about shipment. That is something we will not do. There is a difference between voicing frustration for a wait and way some of the comments have been presented on here. Some of the posts on here are far different then the actual facts.

It is equally if not more frustrating for us. Again we appreciate everyone's patience. We are up front and honest with every customer and advised everyone who ordered this is a pre ordered item and you can be waiting several weeks for shipment.

We would like to keep the threads open but if we are being accused of things that are not true or the thread is not peaceful we unfortunately have not other action but to close it down.

[UntilMoraleImproves]

I hear you. I agree that there are some posts that probably don't belong. I hope you guys keep this open and just moderate out the really objectionable stuff.

One thing to keep in mind is that even with all of the bitching and complaining, we stuck with you guys and kept our orders with you because we believe in Xotic.

[Justin@XoticPC]

I hear you. I agree that there are some posts that probably don't belong. I hope you guys keep this open and just moderate out the really objectionable stuff.

One thing to keep in mind is that even with all of the bitching and complaining, we stuck with you guys and kept our orders with you because we believe in Xotic.


We greatly appreciate this. :) Please keep in mind we are heavily producing many models that were on back order such as the N61JQ, N71JQ and some G51's. Not to mention all the other items being produced. We have to rotate models in production to ensure each model has it's fair share of production time. Even though some of you will likely get a machine it can be a little bit of time until we get to your G73 Order and make contact.

I dont know if I have mentioned this, we also have to measure where we are at on A1's and then know where the line is when stock runs out and we start contacting customers about switching to A2's. Remember we keep the entire G73 pool as one item and make contact for what model is available. It is much easier on our end to fulfill the item ordered but when we have to start contacting people with changing to a A2 or whatever it is, it takes allot of time to update our system & the customer with the new configuration and coordinate production.

Going back to your comment on moderating, we could do this but will likely offend some of you if we were to start deleting comments. As you see we have not deleted anyone's posts. We just ask everyone keep non factual comments off this thread.

[UntilMoraleImproves]

Thanks again! All good info.

As a side note, I'll gladly take an A2 over an A1 if that comes out first.

[singleshot71]

Maybe you guys need to quit taking preorders and do like everybodyelse. If you have it in stock take the order as you receive them. It is highly frustrating that you see other ppl getting these machines from some other dealer delivered, we preordered thinking that it would be the quickest way to get one. Turns out we are still waiting...BTW, I preordered and prepaid as well, I'm not going to cancel my order and I am happy with you guys. If it will help, I will drive out to Cali and deliver the load of g73 to you, minus mine of course :)

[Justin@XoticPC]

Unfortunately we can not stop taking pre orders based it in being back ordered. We are 100% up front and honest that any order could be waiting several weeks as we wait for stock from ASUS. People can't compare a small time dealer that maybe sells 5 or 10 of these and fills all of their orders for 2 months. That is not a good way to gauge when you will be shipped. Without revealing to much information I can state we receive priority support and allocation from ASUS but also have allot of orders to fulfill as you see by the pre order list.

[palmgopher]

we all appreciate all the work you guys are doing. Yes we knew it was going to be a wait until we got them. I am sure most of us figured it would go quicker but again we know you guys have other models to work on building and testing. keep up the good work. oh yeah for whoever is in charge of you all.....crack the whip a little harder! :laugh: jk :eeek2:

[singleshot71]

Unfortunately we can not stop taking pre orders based it in being back ordered. We are 100% up front and honest that any order could be waiting several weeks as we wait for stock from ASUS. People can't compare a small time dealer that maybe sells 5 or 10 of these and fills all of their orders for 2 months. That is not a good way to gauge when you will be shipped. Without revealing to much information I can state we receive priority support and allocation from ASUS but also have allot of orders to fulfill as you see by the pre order list.
Calm down, you sound way too young to be taking blood pressure pills. lol I understand that is the game you play, and makes me happy to hear you guys get priority with asus. Makes me feel better buying something with you guys. I can understand you guys don't want to warehouse something so expensive than worry whether or not ppl will buy them. Have a good day, and get busy!! BTW, I still want BR, waited this long for it?:biggrin:

[mavrrick]

This whole situation is rather unfortunate. And my impression of it is simply Xoticpc is really just caught in the middle. If someone is really unhappy take a few deep breaths, try to let cooler heads preval, and if you can't get passed it do what you need to to make it better for you. Coming here and macking accusations only stirs up concern and problems for others. It is that whole mob mentality thing

I had a moment of weekness a while back. I got really antzy after a SSD drive i ordered came in. I open the box flashed the drive to the latest firmware and now it is just sitting in my dresser waiting for the laptop to come in. I did a search and found one of those sites that stated it was instock, Ordered and then promptly found out a few days later it wasn't instock(they sold out that day) but they expected it in within the next week. I choose to cancel as i had time in with XoticPC. I choose a company known for great customer service before and after the sale over one that just had it in stock.

I had an interesting conversation with the reps from that other company. We probably talked for about 30 min discussing how this rollout was handled for his company and the influence ASUS has on it. It was very enlightening and well a bit of a bummer at the same time. It gave me a new perspective on this whole thing, and to put it simply my patients has been restored completely. I honestly believe that XoticPC is a great company and they are acting in the best manor possible to prevent customer from being miss lead. All a estimated shipdate does is potentitially provide a false hope of when an item might arrive. The only way something like that would work is if they just always over estimated, and then what is the value in that.

We preordered an item that from all I can tell is being produced in somewhat limited supplies initially by ASUS. I could easily be wrong on that but it clearly appears that way. That with XoticPC's fantastic reputation has potentially cuased this issue to be bigger. The fact they are known for great service has drawn allot of people here.

Also a slight reality check. For giggles a few days ago i checked to see what a certain company's 17" gaming laptop would take to ship. They are stateing middle of april. So even though there is a large wait for the G73, it isn't that far off from that other major gaming brand.

[singleshot71]

Me personally think that the snow is melting up there and they are going fishing instead of working. Justin is replying to this thread via laptop (probably my g73) from the lake!!!! Maybe after the fish fry they will get busy again :) Of course we aren't invited to it, just the lazy employees. I hope ppl hear the sarcasm in me voice/typing.....

[popwar]

Me personally think that the snow is melting up there and they are going fishing instead of working. Justin is replying to this thread via laptop (probably my g73) from the lake!!!! Maybe after the fish fry they will get busy again :) Of course we aren't invited to it, just the lazy employees. I hope ppl hear the sarcasm in me voice/typing.....

thats an asshole post if i've ever seen one :wink2:

[Mekhit]

I am sorry to hear you didn't get a response to a email. I have personally researched your email address and show one email coming in on Friday, March 05, 2010 9:11 AM and was answered Friday, March 05, 2010 2:58 PM. If this is not the email you are speaking of you can PM Me on the details. (It was in regards to changes beyond what was listed online)

I understand the wait is getting to some of you but please understand this is not the only machine we have to produce. Not only are there many G73's to build and test but also many other models. Our production goes through different shifts of machines. Some days will be G73's and other days are other models in a continuous rotation. Also understand if there is no update it is going to appear as a canned response as there is no new info. We always provide honest answers, if information doesn't change you will get the same update each time it is asked. We appreciate all your patience.

We are unfortunately unable to provide a number for anyone in line.

Ok, now that the storm has passed, I have one question: What about the machines that require no customizations or testing? What would delay those so long? The place in line? Just curious is all because like some have stated that they had stock and it took longer to get an update for someone who had customizations and they were ordered on the same day.

[Justin@XoticPC]

It depends on the order #, they are processed in the order orders were placed. If you are speaking of nadkins that was because he had USPS shipping that takes longer then UPS shipping. Nothing to do with stock.

[Mekhit]

It depends on the order #, they are processed in the order orders were placed. If you are speaking of nadkins that was because he had USPS shipping that takes longer then UPS shipping. Nothing to do with stock.

Nope, speaking in general really. I just remember some posts, not the names :smile2: This answered my question perfectly, thank you! :smile2:. So if it depends on the order number, how is our place in line preserved if our order number changes?

[TenetSW]

Are most the complainers hailing from my U.S.? You whiny b*tches are embarrassing...

[Mekhit]

Are most the complainers hailing from my U.S.? You whiny b*tches are embarrassing...

Says the guy complaining about complainers...:eeek2:. At any rate, I'm just trying to understand the system they have for fulfilling orders. They said they do it in the order of the order numbers, but they also tell you that if you switch models your place in line is preserved yet you get a new order number. So if they go by the numbers, how is the place in line preserved?

[rastamandom]

i really need to say that i didn't expect laptop to be ship before end of march, if you dont believe ask Justin i even asked him if he can't guarantee me that my delivery gona be here before 1st april don't ship it until i come back around 15 april so yes from very beginning i new it gonna be long ride and everebodey on this forum was great so dont' ruin it now...if you are lucky you getting best laptop, for best money, perfect support and service...you need to be over that this unit is' not made to be for massive production ...it's for gamers and game only so ASUS not gonna make some big buks with it, but it gonna win lot of awards and new customers...
leave Xoticpc alone and look for another place to buy if you think defrent, it small company compared to amazon and newegg so stop comparing them
and live your frustration for your self because there is a lot inside of Xoticpc already
my unit supposed to be add with 6200 wifi but didn't...didn't ask way, maybe to match losing time for nothing, maybe because of my mail saying that im living to Brazil on 1st and coming back on 15in i just care that my unit is working well when i get it, i dont even doubt!!!
Recommending Xoticpc to everybody and standing for everything that Justin sey here...it's F...ING PREORDER so whait for it

[Fr0st]

Fr0st I show you communicated with Justin W that your spot in line was preserved. If you can PM me your email info as I am not showing email history as you have mentioned with the email address I show on file. I would be happy to look into it. We always suggest new orders to be placed to avoid any confusion on specification. Your spot in line was preserved as any other customer would be.

Hi Justin,
thanks for the reply. I contacted you guys via the Live Chat on the site (and had the chat logs mailed to the email addy I have with Xotic). Maybe that's why they aren't showing up.

Anywho thank you for the update, it is very appreciated that you guys read through the forums as well. I'll quit being a little baby now. :laugh:

Cheers

[Mekhit]

Says the guy complaining about complainers...:eeek2:. At any rate, I'm just trying to understand the system they have for fulfilling orders. They said they do it in the order of the order numbers, but they also tell you that if you switch models your place in line is preserved yet you get a new order number. So if they go by the numbers, how is the place in line preserved?

Justin, can you comment on this or clarify please? I'm thoroughly confused, which was maybe your plan all along??? :wink2:

[Justin@XoticPC]

It is preserved with your original order #.

[Mekhit]

It is preserved with your original order #.

Ok, so the new order number is for...history purposes? :confused:

[Justin@XoticPC]

Yes so we have documented your changed specification. :)

[Mekhit]

Yes so we have documented your changed specification. :)

Hey sounds good to me :wink2: Like I said, was just trying to get some clarification on the subject, which you definitely provided. I'm sure this info also makes people feel a little better, I know I do :biggrin:

[drremi]

Damn, that took awhile to catch up in the post!
I am sooo glad I was still sleeping while you war mongers got God to come out and chew butt! :laugh:

Justin, you guys need help, I got too much time on my hands...I can help!
Done this type of production in the pass!

Glad to see we are one happy group! :eek::eek:

[singleshot71]

Damn, that took awhile to catch up in the post!
I am sooo glad I was still sleeping while you war mongers got God to come out and chew butt! :laugh:

Justin, you guys need help, I got too much time on my hands...I can help!
Done this type of production in the pass!

Glad to see we are one happy group! :eek::eek:
Well, I got called an ahole:laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh: so I'm not happy....:laugh::laugh: My job is done for the day, guess I will have to wait til next week for my order, highly disappointing....BTW, it's all UMI's fault, he started it daddy :yes: back to trolling

[tuckerjt07]

For those of you discussing the wireless card awhile back here's an email I got
From what I have heard as far as feedback from the customers that are using the new centrino 6200 and 6300’s are that they have never used a wireless card like this before.  One of the guys said he was at a diner 6 blocks from his house and he was still picking up 3 bars from the router at his house.  You literally double the throughput, its dual band so you can run at the higher frequency and its double the throughput.  In my experience this card is an easy recommendation to upgrade to.

Also, I don't know if they're are any database developers here, but to truly understand how they are going about preserving order places, you would have to understand normalization, primary keys, surrogate keys, foriegn keys, and such. Just saying that because I assume the que is database driven.

[Mekhit]

For those of you discussing the wireless card awhile back here's an email I got
From what I have heard as far as feedback from the customers that are using the new centrino 6200 and 6300’s are that they have never used a wireless card like this before. One of the guys said he was at a diner 6 blocks from his house and he was still picking up 3 bars from the router at his house. You literally double the throughput, its dual band so you can run at the higher frequency and its double the throughput. In my experience this card is an easy recommendation to upgrade to.

Also, I don't know if they're are any database developers here, but to truly understand how they are going about preserving order places, you would have to understand normalization, primary keys, surrogate keys, foriegn keys, and such. Just saying that because I assume the que is database driven.

I know what you're saying about the database, but if that's true then they should easily have allocation numbers put into a database, too for each unit (all laptops, not just G73) they have. Unfortunately that's not the case, but I hope they do have the que at least in a database form. If the latptops were in a database and linked to the customer database, you could easily find out how many units still need to be ordered, etc.

[UntilMoraleImproves]

So...I was messing around on Google Maps today and noticed that a lot of "street-view" updates have been added. I got curious and thought I would share a link (http://maps.google.com/maps?q=3110+North+40th+Street+Suite+A+Lincoln,+NE+ 68504&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=3110+N+40th+St,+Lincoln,+Lancaster,+Nebraska +68504&gl=us&ei=mo6iS4vgM8GclgeuydTqCA&ved=0CAoQ8gEwAA&ll=40.8437,-96.664474&spn=0.009691,0.022724&t=h&z=16&layer=c&cbll=40.843611,-96.664472&panoid=sCJClztYCjksCo8u9x5ddA&cbp=12,40.4,,0,-4.78). Meet, Xotic PC! Now, what I want to know is which Justin drives the SUV and how big are the rims?! That is sick, I love black on black (don't read in to that!). Maybe we should all put our street-view links in our signatures to remind everyone that we are all real people, ha-ha!

[Mekhit]

Ok, well seeing that really put things into perspective. That is one SMALL building to be doing that out of. Hell, there's a house sitting right next to it! LOL

[tuckerjt07]

I imagine there are probably customer and allocation tables in their database, but they are not going to release this info because it would frighten potential customers away to know how far they are away from getting their laptop. Also, remember asus may be keeping them in the dark or (most likely) they cannot accurately predict deliverary dates to their facilities because of unforseen customs delays.

[UntilMoraleImproves]

Not exactly the response I was going for...LOL

They obviously are a huge reseller even if the building isn't huge

[Mekhit]

Exactly my point! They're a huge reseller with a building that's not exactly fit to handle all the orders they get. They need to move to a big builder and add some staff. Just my opinion.

[tuckerjt07]

Hey I'm typing on an iPhone I was answering a post before you and y'all both posted while I was answering

[Justin@XoticPC]

We are busting out of the seams in our current location. We have a approximate 2,000+SQ FT office and 7 people work in this location. A bit of good news, we have in the last month purchased our future building but can not close on it until May 10th. After some construction is done we will be moving our facility around middle to late May. The new location is triple the size of our current location and we plan to add additional staff at that time.

Google maps is a nice little app. Although there maybe nothing wrong with it you will find some of our competition still operate out of their home.

[Mekhit]

We are busting out of the seams in our current location. We have a approximate 2,000+SQ FT office and 7 people work in this location. A bit of good news, we have in the last month purchased our future building but can not close on it until May 10th. After some construction is done we will be moving our facility around middle to late May. The new location is triple the size of our current location and we plan to add additional staff at that time.

Google maps is a nice little app. Although there maybe nothing wrong with it you will find some of our competition still operate out of their home.

Hey I guess whatever works for them. I bet you guys will get a lot more business once you get into your new place. It's just a trickle effect. You'll be able to fulfill orders faster so you'll have faster turn arounds. Either way, you're doing a great job with the resources you have available.

[FupDucK]

Hey guys... it's official, the G73 GAMING THEATER is officially finished and awaiting the guest of honor.:yes: I will definitely have a great environment in which to play with my new toy when it arrives... Until then I'm going to catch up on some action packed blu-ray flicks on my BIG SCREEN. If you would like to see the pics and details just stop by my profile page and check out the G73 Gaming Theater Albumn. At least I've got a new distraction while I wait for Justin and the staff to do that thing they do and send out our anxiously anticipated machines. Best of luck and continued patience to all of you future G73 owners with your highly coveted pre-orders. THE DUCK has spoken.:wink2:

[Mekhit]

Hey guys... it's official, the G73 GAMING THEATER is officially finished and awaiting the guest of honor.:yes: I will definitely have a great environment in which to play with my new toy when it arrives... Until then I'm going to catch up on some action packed blu-ray flicks on my BIG SCREEN. If you would like to see the pics and details just stop by my profile page and check out the G73 Gaming Theater Albumn. At least I've got a new distraction while I wait for Justin and the staff to do that thing they do and send out our anxiously anticipated machines. Best of luck and continued patience to all of you future G73 owners with your highly coveted pre-orders. THE DUCK has spoken.:wink2:

Wow that's pretty damn cool! Did you build that yourself?? Great job if you did! You must have some time on your hands ;)

[FupDucK]

Wow that's pretty damn cool! Did you build that yourself?? Great job if you did! You must have some time on your hands ;)
Semi retired... and yes I did the entire build totally by myself except for the carpet install which was included in the purchase price of the custom theater room carpet.

[choyj]

I imagine there are probably customer and allocation tables in their database, but they are not going to release this info because it would frighten potential customers away to know how far they are away from getting their laptop. Also, remember asus may be keeping them in the dark or (most likely) they cannot accurately predict deliverary dates to their facilities because of unforseen customs delays.

Not only that, letting customers know how many they received in house and what they ordered would give an idea to the competition how many was received, etc. Then you start having wars with distributors... i.e. "how come they got this many when I only got that many" and I'm sure that's not a healthy relationship between the distributor and the end-company.

[choyj]

Also, I don't know if they're are any database developers here, but to truly understand how they are going about preserving order places, you would have to understand normalization, primary keys, surrogate keys, foriegn keys, and such. Just saying that because I assume the que is database driven.

For an outfit like xotic, I don't think they'd have to worry about creating complex tables to do such a simple thing. They just look at the next order #. One table is all they really need and just "select <whatever you need> from <that one master table> order by <your order #>". I believe in the KISS principle and so do many db admins. :biggrin:

[romerom]

select * from orders where item_description='%G73JH%' order by date_ordered

[drremi]

Hey guys... it's official, the G73 GAMING THEATER is officially finished and awaiting the guest of honor.:yes: I will definitely have a great environment in which to play with my new toy when it arrives... Until then I'm going to catch up on some action packed blu-ray flicks on my BIG SCREEN. If you would like to see the pics and details just stop by my profile page and check out the G73 Gaming Theater Albumn. At least I've got a new distraction while I wait for Justin and the staff to do that thing they do and send out our anxiously anticipated machines. Best of luck and continued patience to all of you future G73 owners with your highly coveted pre-orders. THE DUCK has spoken.:wink2:
Nice job Duck, looks good! I would of had a Media room, but my mother-inlaw moved in with us and the first floor is all hers for now!
Waiting for her to kick it, but my luck I'll die before her! :laugh:

[Dangqi]

Hey, not sure how the wait list works or how to get on it, but for the sake of giving all the guys waiting some hope, I ordered on 1/30/10, an A1, they changed it into an A2 since i didn't care much for the blu-ray drive. anyway, i've entered phase 2 today!

[Predator Hunter]

Maybe in the next 24 hours I will be getting my phase 2 mail. Spoke with :XPCS: today a response from email in saying that the A1's are going to be coming in a bit later than expected. So as per their advice I should change my order to a A2, and so I did. Me being at the end on Jan some of you early Feb guys should be getting the word very soon. God's speed to you all.

[drremi]

Maybe in the next 24 hours I will be getting my phase 2 mail. Spoke with :XPCS: today a response from email in saying that the A1's are going to be coming in a bit later than expected. So as per their advice I should change my order to a A2, and so I did. Me being at the end on Jan some of you early Feb guys should be getting the word very soon. God's speed to you all.
Thank you for the heads up! Are the A1's being held up by a Blue-ray shortage? :confused:

[choyj]

select * from orders where item_description='%G73JH%' order by date_ordered

You're just too good for me. :notworthy

[Halaster]

Maybe in the next 24 hours I will be getting my phase 2 mail. Spoke with :XPCS: today a response from email in saying that the A1's are going to be coming in a bit later than expected. So as per their advice I should change my order to a A2, and so I did. Me being at the end on Jan some of you early Feb guys should be getting the word very soon. God's speed to you all.

I also received an email today about '"Batch 1" asking me about receiving an A2 and if there were any customizations I would want to make to stock.

They also stated that to maintain order number integrity they will not move anyone into processing until everyone has replied. :) I would assume that means anyone from the batch of orders I am part of.

Glad to get an official update about the order, so as long as people reply quickly, should be Phase 2 soon it sounds like.

[tuckerjt07]

For an outfit like xotic, I don't think they'd have to worry about creating complex tables to do such a simple thing. They just look at the next order #. One table is all they really need and just "select <whatever you need> from <that one master table> order by <your order #>". I believe in the KISS principle and so do many db admins. :biggrin:

Yeah except for when you have that one customer who orders more than one item or changes they're order multiple times. IMO they would have to have at least three CUSTOMER, ORDERS, and INVENTORY, and most likely many more. Also, they already have a serious complexity to their tables thanks to the shopping cart but that's just how I see it

[powerpack]

To add some brevity to the discussion. It is going well now but "god" did have to come in before and as another poster said "chew a little ass".

The discussion about the size of the place (Xotic). Makes me think of some euphemisms. It is not the size it is how you use it. Don't judge a book by it's cover. Good things come in small packages. Anything more than a mouthful/handful is a waste.

I am still trying to get the funds together. I am still going to order. I have several thoughts. The production/delivery shortage is going to level off. Some members are getting 1333Mhz RAM at no charge. This is not unheard of. At some point they have to install the RAM on hand to produce units. While I am happy with the unit stock if they are forced to put 820's in to fill orders I would not shed a rear on that either.

And on a further philosophical thought. every time any of us buy a notebook within 3 months something better is offered. And there is a moderate level of whining. That is why the number three most important concern of buyers after components, cost, is future proof. No such thing. If I order tomorrow I have a better shot at getting an 820 at stock price. That is twofold. One simply inventory of 820's exceeds 720's because of demand. Secondarily if Intel releases a higher spec'd CPU 820 fills the cost slot the 720 filled prior? I been watching this stuff for years I seen stranger things happen. Not saying I care I would order as is but I have seeing stranger things happen.

Hang in there guys. If anything does as I said you might be glad it took a while?

[drremi]

To add some brevity to the discussion. It is going well now but "god" did have to come in before and as another poster said "chew a little ass".

The discussion about the size of the place (Xotic). Makes me think of some euphemisms. It is not the size it is how you use it. Don't judge a book by it's cover. Good things come in small packages. Anything more than a mouthful/handful is a waste.

I am still trying to get the funds together. I am still going to order. I have several thoughts. The production/delivery shortage is going to level off. Some members are getting 1333Mhz RAM at no charge. This is not unheard of. At some point they have to install the RAM on hand to produce units. While I am happy with the unit stock if they are forced to put 820's in to fill orders I would not shed a rear on that either.

And on a further philosophical thought. every time any of us buy a notebook within 3 months something better is offered. And there is a moderate level of whining. That is why the number three most important concern of buyers after components, cost, is future proof. No such thing. If I order tomorrow I have a better shot at getting an 820 at stock price. That is twofold. One simply inventory of 820's exceeds 720's because of demand. Secondarily if Intel releases a higher spec'd CPU 820 fills the cost slot the 720 filled prior? I been watching this stuff for years I seen stranger things happen. Not saying I care I would order as is but I have seeing stranger things happen.

Hang in there guys. If anything does as I said you might be glad it took a while?
Powerpack, some interesting food indeed!
I have had a desktop for 8 years...same one different components added as time passed! It's always good to start with a good platform to build on, as I don't always have the funds available when to build a new system!
It may be different with a laptop, although I gave my son my laptop after 7 years, when he needed something for email and surfing the web.
Time will tell i suppose! Love the euphemisms, as always!!! :laugh:

[UntilMoraleImproves]

My plan is to go w/the stock (plus the N6200 wireless), install my own SSD (flashing it with the new firmware as I write) and then upgrade to the 820QM some day when the price point is more reasonable. That should buy me some time. I just wish ASUS had gotten a USB 3.0 port in the rig but I guess that's just not in the cards right now.

[Destal]

I received mine today!!!

[Fr0st]

I received mine today!!!

Nice! When did you pre-order?

[powerpack]

My plan is to go w/the stock (plus the N6200 wireless), install my own SSD (flashing it with the new firmware as I write) and then upgrade to the 820QM some day when the price point is more reasonable. That should buy me some time. I just wish ASUS had gotten a USB 3.0 port in the rig but I guess that's just not in the cards right now.All do respect that is not a good plan. I mean in the most gentile way. I guess vs $600 yea may be. But these prices do not drop like you would think they should. With C2D the lower speed socket "M" cost more than socket "p". Go figure?

But good input UMI! Hang in there bud!

[choyj]

My plan is to go w/the stock (plus the N6200 wireless), install my own SSD (flashing it with the new firmware as I write) and then upgrade to the 820QM some day when the price point is more reasonable. That should buy me some time. I just wish ASUS had gotten a USB 3.0 port in the rig but I guess that's just not in the cards right now.

I have the same plan, but don't plan to upgrade the processor. The thing has plenty of horsepower and by the time it gets too weak to play the market's games, I doubt a processor upgrade will help you much. By then it'll be time for a new xotic laptop!
:biggrin:

[Fr0st]

So here's a question to anyone who's received their G73;

Hows the backpack? Is it just kinda cheap/gimmicky, or could you actually see yourself trusting it to house your laptop? You see I need a backpack for college, and it's so difficult to find backpacks with laptop holders which can hold 17 inch lappys. Is the included bag worthwhile, or should I just buy one of the 60-70$ full-blown Targus bags?

[powerpack]

Other thread? Those who have received the G73? Why you wanna piss these guys off?

[Fr0st]

Haha you're probably right, I should have posted in the other thread. Away I go! :P

[singleshot71]

Ok, here is my dilemma....I'm going with a2, I will get a refund of $186. What should I do with it? I was planning on getting a ssd later, but if they put it in, do I still get the 500 gb hdd? If not plan 2, windows ultimate? plan 3 8gb ram at 1333 mhz??????? I am tired and confused right now, been up all day driving on 5 hours of sleep and feel like I need to make a decision tonight....HELP!!!!! lol OK, I just ordered win ultimate and wireless card upgrade....hoping I get it in by next weekend

[Destal]

Nice! When did you pre-order?

I ordered on Jan 29th.

[drremi]

Ok, here is my dilemma....I'm going with a2, I will get a refund of $186. What should I do with it? I was planning on getting a ssd later, but if they put it in, do I still get the 500 gb hdd? If not plan 2, windows ultimate? plan 3 8gb ram at 1333 mhz??????? I am tired and confused right now, been up all day driving on 5 hours of sleep and feel like I need to make a decision tonight....HELP!!!!! lol OK, I just ordered win ultimate and wireless card upgrade....hoping I get it in by next weekend

I decided that it might be best to go with the A2, and keep everything else, wireless is the 6200, and I added Win7 Pro and three year on the warranty!
I left the ram as stock, because most people are getting 1333 anyways, and it really doesn't make that much difference is speed anyways 1% I believe!
I would like blue-ray but not necessary. ;)

[singleshot71]

I decided that it might be best to go with the A2, and keep everything else, wireless is the 6200, and I added Win7 Pro and three year on the warranty!
I left the ram as stock, because most people are getting 1333 anyways, and it really doesn't make that much difference is speed anyways 1% I believe!
I would like blue-ray but not necessary. ;)
If they would still give me the 500gb hdd, then I will order the 80gb ssd. Guess I will call them in the morning to check on that....BTW, if they don't give you the original hdd then that is a complete ripoff and I might just ask for the refund and order one off new egg for the same price. DAMN I hate last minute changes..........:eeek2:

[JMW_WPN]

If they would still give me the 500gb hdd, then I will order the 80gb ssd. Guess I will call them in the morning to check on that....BTW, if they don't give you the original hdd then that is a complete ripoff and I might just ask for the refund and order one off new egg for the same price. DAMN I hate last minute changes..........:eeek2:

If you have them do the ssd for you, they take one of the 500gb hdd in the laptop or so I am told when I changed my order and asked them about ssds. But they said they would take care of the os install and that both of the drives will be given a single partition instead of the multi one asus comes with it. Then you get the original OEM install disc as well in case you need to do a re-install at a later time.

[mavrrick]

I can confirm what JMW_WPN said about the hard drive. I asked XoticPC about what happens to upgrades since they appear to be full retail price for them. The way it was explained is that it has something to do with how the warrenty works. They pull what the system came with and then put in the new device and then the warrenty for that part is through Xotic and not through Asus for that part. I wasn't completely sure i agreed with it, but that is how it is. They are taking on extra risk with installing a new component and providing the warrenty for it.

That is also why upgrades cost so much more. I believe that the pricing is completely different since the Sagers are completely custom.

I got my an OEM SSD to avoid the high retail cost and to keep the 500 GB as an external drive.

Just keep an eye out for the warrenty on the SSD. I have seenthem range from 1 year to 5 year when you buy them alone to add

[Mekhit]

Ok, here is my dilemma....I'm going with a2, I will get a refund of $186. What should I do with it? I was planning on getting a ssd later, but if they put it in, do I still get the 500 gb hdd? If not plan 2, windows ultimate? plan 3 8gb ram at 1333 mhz??????? I am tired and confused right now, been up all day driving on 5 hours of sleep and feel like I need to make a decision tonight....HELP!!!!! lol OK, I just ordered win ultimate and wireless card upgrade....hoping I get it in by next weekend

Honestly, don't waste the money on the RAM. 1066 RAM vs 1333 RAM is almost slim to none increase. It's a waste, trust me.

[singleshot71]

Honestly, don't waste the money on the RAM. 1066 RAM vs 1333 RAM is almost slim to none increase. It's a waste, trust me.
I agree. Not going with any of the upgrade options, the wireless card is easy to change myself, the ssd option is a total ripoff(ssd comes with its own warranty). Stock it is then...

[powerpack]

Check to me 5-7 days then I place my order! Stock it is! All done my wrokers comp case is over I get $25,000 Xotic gets $3,000 (for two).

[Fingersniffer]

I agree. Not going with any of the upgrade options, the wireless card is easy to change myself, the ssd option is a total ripoff(ssd comes with its own warranty). Stock it is then...

Normally I would agree with you about some of the upgrades, but in terms of the SSD, well everyone so far that has purchased one one their own to install had run into issues on this forum. I too would like to keep the 500g for a backup buy honestly those are cheap drives to buy and by getting Xotic to put it in and load the OS etc etc saves a LOT of hassle and the potential to void a warranty somewhere along the installation process.

Yes, I am a tech savy person and I'm involved with IT, but I know that warranty's generally comes with people looking for a reason to not honor them. Now I am in no way saying XoticPC would do this, but I have dealt with a LOT of companies in my years in IT and anytime I've tried to get warranty service it seems common place for companies to blame you first for any issues you have and look for any reason to not honor warranty service or replacement.

Save yourself the hassle and let Xotic do it for you.

[singleshot71]

Check to me 5-7 days then I place my order! Stock it is! All done my wrokers comp case is over I get $25,000 Xotic gets $3,000 (for two).
Good for you and your brother. Happy to hear everything working out for you!!!! WELCOME TO MISERY!!!!!!:laugh::notworthy:laugh:

[singleshot71]

Normally I would agree with you about some of the upgrades, but in terms of the SSD, well everyone so far that has purchased one one their own to install had run into issues on this forum. I too would like to keep the 500g for a backup buy honestly those are cheap drives to buy and by getting Xotic to put it in and load the OS etc etc saves a LOT of hassle and the potential to void a warranty somewhere along the installation process.

Yes, I am a tech savy person and I'm involved with IT, but I know that warranty's generally comes with people looking for a reason to not honor them. Now I am in no way saying XoticPC would do this, but I have dealt with a LOT of companies in my years in IT and anytime I've tried to get warranty service it seems common place for companies to blame you first for any issues you have and look for any reason to not honor warranty service or replacement.

Save yourself the hassle and let Xotic do it for you.
Going to save myself the hassle and let my cuz do it for me(I fix his vehicles and he fixes my puter problems :) ) He does it for a living, and he makes ALOT of money doing what he does, I just want to watch him while he does it so I can learn....It's all about learning or forever be a slave...

[drremi]

Well, I agree with all of you on the upgrades. I am lucky that this machine is a gift to for giving up smoking and well past 3 years! The fact that I can boot the Laptop and go without messing with it for awhile is great too!
For me it's peace of mind, and getting lazy in my old age! :laugh:

[singleshot71]

Well, I agree with all of you on the upgrades. I am lucky that this machine is a gift to for giving up smoking and well past 3 years! The fact that I can boot the Laptop and go without messing with it for awhile is great too!
For me it's peace of mind, and getting lazy in my old age! :laugh:
Quit smoking for a year, worst year of my life, started back lost weight got a new GF :laugh: Now all I need is my new toy and a beer!!!!

[choyj]

Normally I would agree with you about some of the upgrades, but in terms of the SSD, well everyone so far that has purchased one one their own to install had run into issues on this forum. I too would like to keep the 500g for a backup buy honestly those are cheap drives to buy and by getting Xotic to put it in and load the OS etc etc saves a LOT of hassle and the potential to void a warranty somewhere along the installation process.

Yes, I am a tech savy person and I'm involved with IT, but I know that warranty's generally comes with people looking for a reason to not honor them. Now I am in no way saying XoticPC would do this, but I have dealt with a LOT of companies in my years in IT and anytime I've tried to get warranty service it seems common place for companies to blame you first for any issues you have and look for any reason to not honor warranty service or replacement.

Save yourself the hassle and let Xotic do it for you.

I, too, am a tech-savvy person and am involved in areas of IT, but will have to disagree with you. I would say if you are too squeamish to do these things, have xotic do it for you. But if you have no problems doing these things, do it yourself.

As for warranty of drives, I've dealt with that, too. Platter-based hard drive manufacturers will replace your RMA'd drive with a brand-new drive. As soon as they receive them, they ship out a new one. I've dealt with Seagate a couple of times on many drives and they make the RMA process easy and ship the new drives in well-padded containers vs the poor packaging you'd see from places like Newegg, Tigerdirect, etc... I've also dealt with Intel when they released their SSD-killing firmware. Intel did a great job to ship me a new one after they received my RMA'd one. I'm not sure if SSD manufacturers will ship you a refurbished drive, but I highly doubt it due to the wear and reduced life on used SSDs.

[singleshot71]

Good to know...

[drremi]

I, too, am a tech-savvy person and am involved in areas of IT, but will have to disagree with you. I would say if you are too squeamish to do these things, have xotic do it for you. But if you have no problems doing these things, do it yourself.

As for warranty of drives, I've dealt with that, too. Platter-based hard drive manufacturers will replace your RMA'd drive with a brand-new drive. As soon as they receive them, they ship out a new one. I've dealt with Seagate a couple of times on many drives and they make the RMA process easy and ship the new drives in well-padded containers vs the poor packaging you'd see from places like Newegg, Tigerdirect, etc... I've also dealt with Intel when they released their SSD-killing firmware. Intel did a great job to ship me a new one after they received my RMA'd one. I'm not sure if SSD manufacturers will ship you a refurbished drive, but I highly doubt it due to the wear and reduced life on used SSDs.
To each their own! I don't have a problem taking apart a Laptop, as a matter of fact it is my specialty!
IT is easier for me right now to let xotic do it for me! That's why I am paying for it! :wink2:

[choyj]

Well, I agree with all of you on the upgrades. I am lucky that this machine is a gift to for giving up smoking and well past 3 years! The fact that I can boot the Laptop and go without messing with it for awhile is great too!
For me it's peace of mind, and getting lazy in my old age! :laugh:

Congratulations on giving up smoking! There's a lot of benefits for giving up smoking. Staying free of smoking will have big benefits:
http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd198/angel_briatto/smoking_timeline_2070x1530.gif

[Fingersniffer]

I, too, am a tech-savvy person and am involved in areas of IT, but will have to disagree with you. I would say if you are too squeamish to do these things, have xotic do it for you. But if you have no problems doing these things, do it yourself.

I am willing and capable of doing the upgrades, but I look at the time vs money vs hassle. Also I look at the future, if something goes wrong I don't have to worry about anyone trying to get out of any warranty service. And I'll be honest, I do this stuff all day long and having to do it for my own laptop is more then I want to mess with, I want it to be ready to roll when it hits my door, I don't want to have to back everything up, ghost the drive, uninstall/install new drive, update firmware, potentially need to troubleshoot any issues, then reload the drive with the OS and again potentially need to troubleshoot any issues.

If it was a desktop I wouldn't have any issues doing everything myself (I build my own anyway) but with a laptop installation and troubleshooting is just more of a pain than I'm willing to invest.

[singleshot71]

Congratulations on giving up smoking! There's a lot of benefits for giving up smoking. Staying free of smoking will have big benefits:
http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd198/angel_briatto/smoking_timeline_2070x1530.gif
I quit and got none of those benefits, just got fat as hell. Figured the fat was going to kill me quicker.....but seriously, we are waaaaaaaaaaay off topic here. :cool: I drive for a living and my family wants to take trips (me driving all over hell's creation) me I would rather fly or sit at my house, which I rarely get to do. (currently in macon,ga) So. i get why you guys who work on puters for a living don't want to mess with it. I was planning on wiping 500 gb and put into my ps3 or give to my gf to put in her laptop with only a 320 g 5400rpm in it now.

[drremi]

Congratulations on giving up smoking! There's a lot of benefits for giving up smoking. Staying free of smoking will have big benefits:
http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd198/angel_briatto/smoking_timeline_2070x1530.gif

Thanks guy, need to show that to my wife!
Ya, gain weight....oh well something to work on next! :rolleyes:

[drremi]

I quit and got none of those benefits, just got fat as hell. Figured the fat was going to kill me quicker.....but seriously, we are waaaaaaaaaaay off topic here. :cool: I drive for a living and my family wants to take trips (me driving all over hell's creation) me I would rather fly or sit at my house, which I rarely get to do. (currently in macon,ga) So. i get why you guys who work on puters for a living don't want to mess with it. I was planning on wiping 500 gb and put into my ps3 or give to my gf to put in her laptop with only a 320 g 5400rpm in it now.
Hey I know where Macon is! Been through them part many times when I drove for a living!
Lot of people still ask how do you get from trucker to computer geek!
My answer...a lot of reading! :laugh:

[MrMe]

Got an interesting e-mail today. Xotic essentially asked if I would switch to the A2 Model if it became available before the A1. :smile2:


Pre-ordered 2/2/10

[drremi]

Got an interesting e-mail today. Xotic essentially asked if I would switch to the A2 Model if it became available before the A1. :smile2:


Pre-ordered 2/2/10

Right on Me, good to see we are into Feb!:yes::yes::yes::yes:

[singleshot71]

Got an interesting e-mail today. Xotic essentially asked if I would switch to the A2 Model if it became available before the A1. :smile2:


Pre-ordered 2/2/10
Got the same e-mail, still no answer on whether they got either one in stock. But, when I said OK they changed my order? Didn't get any straight answers out of anyone there, just same ole we know nothing yet....:mad:

[singleshot71]

Hey I know where Macon is! Been through them part many times when I drove for a living!
Lot of people still ask how do you get from trucker to computer geek!
My answer...a lot of reading! :laugh:
And A WHOLE lot of spare time, on my way to chattanooga to sit some more, then off to the house for a whole day YIPPY!!!!!!!:twitchy:

[Kunari]

Guess I'm late to the game, I just read about the G73 a few weeks ago and put the pre-order in yesterday here at Xoticpc. UMI I gave you a Rep point.

Can't wait to get my new baby! :biggrin:

Order date: 18 Mar (Phase 1)

[drremi]

And A WHOLE lot of spare time, on my way to chattanooga to sit some more, then off to the house for a whole day YIPPY!!!!!!!:twitchy:
It's good to have a day or so to yourself! I use to run for 3-4 mo straight without time off! Just lay overs waiting for the next load! :-/

[singleshot71]

Guess I'm late to the game, I just read about the G73 a few weeks ago and put the pre-order in yesterday here at Xoticpc.

Can't wait to get my new baby! :biggrin:
Welcome newbie to our Misery.....misery loves company. lol

[singleshot71]

It's good to have a day or so to yourself! I use to run for 3-4 mo straight without time off! Just lay overs waiting for the next load! :-/
Home every weekend and still isn't enough for me!!!! I am trying to maintain 4 houses and its killing me :twitchy:

[TenetSW]

I could see changing A1 pre-orders to A2's having a negative affect on the original A2 order list, potentially bumping people that ordered an A2 first further down the list...I was chiding people for complaining(my bad) about bad customer service practices and I may have been out of line. I ordered the A2 specifically for the reason of not wanting to compete with Blu-Ray orders; yet here I am, apparently competing with Blu-Ray orders:eeek2:

[singleshot71]

I could see changing A1 pre-orders to A2's having a negative affect on the original A2 order list, potentially bumping people that ordered an A2 first further down the list...I was chiding people for complaining(my bad) about bad customer service practices and I may have been out of line. I ordered the A2 specifically for the reason of not wanting to compete with Blu-Ray orders; yet here I am, apparently competing with Blu-Ray orders:eeek2:
Sorry dude, my bad...I am tired of waiting, ready to start gaming. Which ever comes first, been waiting since 2/3/10.:eeek2:

[drremi]

Home every weekend and still isn't enough for me!!!! I am trying to maintain 4 houses and its killing me :twitchy:
There's always cloning ya know! :D

[drremi]

Sorry dude, my bad...I am tired of waiting, ready to start gaming. Which ever comes first, been waiting since 2/3/10.:eeek2:

Same here! Waiting long enough!!! :yes:

[singleshot71]

There's always cloning ya know! :D
4 of me???? Maybe then I could take care of wife and the gf:laugh::laugh: But, knowing me, we would spend all extra time arguing over who turn it was to drive:laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh:

[drremi]

4 of me???? Maybe then I could take care of wife and the gf:laugh::laugh: But, knowing me, we would spend all extra time arguing over who turn it was to drive:laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh:
Ah! Good point!:laugh::laugh::laugh:

[TenetSW]

Nothing bad at you singleshot. I was throwing out an apology for defending XoticPC when it seems that the other forum member was onto something. Why offer a machine that you have many customers on backorder for as a replacement for a machine you have many customers on backorder for?

[singleshot71]

Nothing bad at you singleshot. I was throwing out an apology for defending XoticPC when it seems that the other forum member was onto something. Why offer a machine that you have many customers on backorder for as a replacement for a machine you have many customers on backorder for?
Makes sense to me...:wideeyed: lol

[Mekhit]

I could see changing A1 pre-orders to A2's having a negative affect on the original A2 order list, potentially bumping people that ordered an A2 first further down the list...I was chiding people for complaining(my bad) about bad customer service practices and I may have been out of line. I ordered the A2 specifically for the reason of not wanting to compete with Blu-Ray orders; yet here I am, apparently competing with Blu-Ray orders:eeek2:

Same here :(

[UntilMoraleImproves]

I could see changing A1 pre-orders to A2's having a negative affect on the original A2 order list, potentially bumping people that ordered an A2 first further down the list...I was chiding people for complaining(my bad) about bad customer service practices and I may have been out of line. I ordered the A2 specifically for the reason of not wanting to compete with Blu-Ray orders; yet here I am, apparently competing with Blu-Ray orders:eeek2:

If I'm not mistaken, the G73 orders are worked as a pool rather than as individual models (since the only diff is the BR). Ramboky ordered an A1 (early Jan) and switched to an A2 BUT they added a BR player for him so it was essentially an A1. Not the same BR player but similar.

As for the competition (which I don't think this is but time will tell), well, that's why I didn't publicly come out an announce the email I got about switching. In any case, it appears that there must be way more A2's out there than A1's.

[singleshot71]

Same here :(
Added rep point for your misfortune.....:notworthy

[Mekhit]

Added rep point for your misfortune.....:notworthy

Haha well thank you, good sir. Misfortune is my looming shadow, unfortunately. I've gotten used to it :laugh:

[drremi]

So....A1 not available?

[singleshot71]

So....A1 not available?
According to anybody you talk to in that lil building of their's, they all same the same thing, "I can neither confirm nor deny whether or not we have your item in stock, so, keep sitting around hitting refresh for your inbox til you get an e-mail saying differently". Ok, not really quoting, but you get the idea. Whoever is running xotic has their ppl in line...:laugh:

[drremi]

According to anybody you talk to in that lil building of their's, they all same the same thing, "I can neither confirm nor deny whether or not we have your item in stock, so, keep sitting around hitting refresh for your inbox til you get an e-mail saying differently". Ok, not really quoting, but you get the idea. Whoever is running xotic has their ppl in line...:laugh:
OK, I guess we shall see! :rolleyes:

[Kunari]

Welcome newbie to our Misery.....misery loves company. lol

I wasn't going to order until Mid-April when I got my tax return money but with the wait list I decided to order now so I can hopefully get the laptop before June. The main page still says Mar 30th is the last shipment, so maybe we'll all get ours in April.

I know, wishful thinking...:laugh:

I can at least play a few older games on my current rig.

[singleshot71]

I wasn't going to order until Mid-April when I got my tax return money but with the wait list I decided to order now so I can HOPEFULLY get the laptop. The main page still says Mar 30th is the last shipment, so maybe we'll all get ours in April.

I know wishful thinking...:laugh:
Silly me, I waited til I had money in hand b4 I ordered. Had I known the wait time for was going to be this long, I would've preordered back in Dec. :cry::cry:

[jbermi]

So I decided...just pre-ordered stock A2 with the upgraded wireless card. let the wait start! :laugh:

[TenetSW]

So I decided...just pre-ordered stock A2 with the upgraded wireless card. let the wait start! :laugh:
Signature update in order?:)

[Predator Hunter]

According to anybody you talk to in that lil building of their's, they all same the same thing, "I can neither confirm nor deny whether or not we have your item in stock, so, keep sitting around hitting refresh for your inbox til you get an e-mail saying differently". Ok, not really quoting, but you get the idea. Whoever is running xotic has their ppl in line...:laugh:
my item is in stock if I wanted it

[Predator Hunter]

also love that we have now switched to this thread for new BS you all like to talk about

[Mekhit]

my item is in stock if I wanted it

What does this even mean?

[drremi]

They got an A1 in stock!

[Mekhit]

They got an A1 in stock!

Just 1? Is that what they said?

[drremi]

Don't know at this point!

[TenetSW]

Lol.

"Like a pebble thrown in a pond..."

:XPCS:

[Mekhit]

I'm so confused :confused:

[Predator Hunter]

What does this even mean?
It means that if I want to have a A2 it is there for me to purchase. The A1 I originally wanted will not be coming in for some time.

[Fingersniffer]

I called tonight and talked to Joe, I changed my order to an A2 which "should" start processing next week, I was told there was about 10 people ahead of me in this "pool".

I changed up my order a bit and dumped the BR player.

Now I'm getting a 180g SSD
Extra battery
Upgraded network Card

[Jasgent]

I ordered mine on the 22nd of Feb. Check cleared on the 2nd. Any clue where I stand in the line? A-1 with super charging geek power enabled. I have no desire to read 70 pages of this thread--I am in thailand for god sakes--get out there and have fun Jasgent

[Millianz]

Hmm I ordered 02/01 and am most likely gonna get mine next week, so you're probably looking at mid april if things don't speed up drastically.

[Fingersniffer]

Late Feb is probably late April, early May would be my guess.

[powerpack]

I ordered mine on the 22nd of Feb. Check cleared on the 2nd. Any clue where I stand in the line? A-1 with super charging geek power enabled. I have no desire to read 70 pages of this thread--I am in thailand for god sakes--get out there and have fun JasgentI just want to say welcome to the club. I hope to order next week so you will be ahead of me.;)

[RetroTank]

I received the same e-mail from XoticPC about switching from an A1 to an A2. I was a little unclear on it at first, but a phone call to Joseph the sales rep cleared things out.

I've switching to an A2 with the 6200 and Blu-ray...which makes it essentially an A1.

Hopefully everyone who got this e-mail has replied since the ball will only start rolling once all replies are in.

[DRevan]

Late Feb is probably late April, early May would be my guess.



I've ordered A2 on the 18th of Feb and I am really hoping that mine comes in with the shipment next week :D

[UntilMoraleImproves]

I've ordered A2 on the 18th of Feb and I am really hoping that mine comes in with the shipment next week :D

No offense but I'd actually be kinda pissed if you get one in the next shipment. You ordered two weeks after me so you should have to suffer for at least two more weeks after I get mine. It is only fair! ;)

[singleshot71]

No offense but I'd actually be kinda pissed if you get one in the next shipment. You ordered two weeks after me so you should have to suffer for at least two more weeks after I get mine. It is only fair! ;)
I don't care how long anybody's wait is after I get mine. Keep in mind UMI that we ordered month b4 the official release date, they didn't. Think I'm going to unplug for awhile. BTW, did you get your ssd working right?

[Predator Hunter]

I ordered mine on the 22nd of Feb. Check cleared on the 2nd. Any clue where I stand in the line? A-1 with super charging geek power enabled. I have no desire to read 70 pages of this thread--I am in thailand for god sakes--get out there and have fun Jasgent
If your wanting an A1 you are going to be waiting for a long time. Probably another month or more. ASUS is allocating more A2's than A1's hence :XPCS: asking most of us to switch. You can make an A1 out of an A2 for around 25 bucks more(BR option). I was told it is a better drive as well.

[Braeyn]

Lol... UMI, you're a forum whore. I got the whole A2 email as well and I did reply. Though mine was listed as Batch 2 specifically. If I end up getting an a2 I asked for BluRay, the 6200, and for them to test the ram, keyboard, and the screensaver BSOD. A1s seem to have had a lower failure rate, though that could just be the second batch of g73s in general.

[TenetSW]

So, should those of us that ordered the A2 originally switch to the A1s that you guys would have gotten in order to get our computers in a more timely manner?

[drremi]

I really don't care at this point, would like to get what I ordered, but will go with A2 if that's the way to go! ;)

[Braeyn]

So, should those of us that ordered the A2 originally switch to the A1s that you guys would have gotten in order to get our computers in a more timely manner?
Lol... No. As UMI said earlier... they are treating all the g73s as one pool regardless of the model. So, It is almost as if they are treating them as barebones and just going strictly on order number and position in queue. If those of us that ordered A1s say no to the switch, then they move on to the next person in line. It is not an A1 favortism thing.
Not to mention you could shoot them an email letting them know you will take whichever model comes in first. That's what most of us did. I'm sure that if all the sudden they have an abundance of a1s available and customers willing to pay for the upgrade, they would make that switch available.

[TenetSW]

Sorry Braeyn, a little sarcasm. Thanks for the response though.

[Braeyn]

Sorry Braeyn, a little sarcasm. Thanks for the response though.
Add smileys... They are universal for sarcasm. :yes:

[powerpack]

Screen shot of Braeyn's desktop wallpaper.:laugh:

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[singleshot71]

Screen shot of Braeyn's desktop wallpaper.:laugh:

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HE is the MAN!!! The bomb digity....:notworthy:laugh::notworthy

[powerpack]

http://www.notebookforums.com/images/smilies/wall.gif

[Braeyn]

http://www.notebookforums.com/images/smilies/wall.gif
OMG! You hacked my computer and stole my wallpaper!!!

[Braeyn]

HE is the MAN!!! The bomb digity YO... I want to be just like him... He so sexy....:notworthy:laugh::notworthy
Fixed. 10char.

[retron09]

Fixed. 10char.

What the hell guys? You mean to tell me I leave for a week and go to Vegas to help time waiting for my G73 go by quicker, and there's still no change in the wait list...now I'm angry.:mad:

[powerpack]

What the hell guys? You mean to tell me I leave for a week and go to Vegas to help time waiting for my G73 go by quicker, and there's still no change in the wait list...now I'm angry.:mad:Angry enough to "kill you".:laugh:

[retron09]

Angry enough to "kill you".:laugh:

SILENCE, you INFIDEL!:laugh:

[powerpack]

Looks like Braeyn hacked my account and changed my sig?

[Jasgent]

Cool, I got my G73 today, and you know what they accidentaly shipped me 5 extras- :) all A-1 also hahahah


On a serious note do you all think I should upgrae to the better wireless card?

[Alikazam]

Ok, start the name calling, but what is this "10char." or "/10 character" or whatever thing?

[powerpack]

Ok, start the name calling, but what is this "10char." or "/10 character" or whatever thing?You must make a post of at least 10 characters for it to be accepted. So guys write that in when their post is short.;)

Now let the name calling start.:laugh:

[Dusk]

I got my G73-A1 today... I had to drive into NYC to pick it up, but I got it. Trust me guys, this thing is worth the wait.

[FallingComa]

Ordered this beast on March 20th at 2:02pm EST.

[UntilMoraleImproves]

Ordered this beast on March 20th at 2:02pm EST.

Yikes! Welcome to the misery. Take some advice from those of us that have been waiting a while, go find something else to distract you for the next month or two. You'll go crazy like the rest of us if you don't!

[singleshot71]

I got my G73-A1 today... I had to drive into NYC to pick it up, but I got it. Trust me guys, this thing is worth the wait.
When did you order yours? 1st page shows you ordering on the 10th?

[Fr0st]

Yikes! Welcome to the misery. Take some advice from those of us that have been waiting a while, go find something else to distract you for the next month or two. You'll go crazy like the rest of us if you don't!

True that! :laugh::laugh::laugh:

[powerpack]

Going crazy and losing ones mind is being unfairly knocked. Think of the possibilities? It opens up the normal conscious to all kinds of possibilities. If a true psychotic break involving delusions. One could hallucinate that one in fact had a G73 when they did not?;)

[RaphY]

so from what I gather, the following move would be suicide on my part. I intend to order tomorrow once I get everything sorted out w/my delivery (sister lives in states, I'm up in Canada, but I'll be visiting her over the summer so I can stand to wait a bit if it save me money.... student salary and all)

Patience I have since I've been using an HP running Vista on 2 gigs of RAM for the past 3 years (my friends wonder how I can play Borderlands on 1 fps). In any case, just wanted to give a heads up that from last I heard, any order going in like, last friday should be filled end May early June.

[powerpack]

Who knows? I really expect the orders filled to start rapidly increasing but all a guess.

[FallingComa]

Lets hope that's the case Powerpack. I do wish that these shipments from Asus become more frequent and of bigger proportion. Having bought this Laptop yesterday, I'm hoping and guessing to have it in my hands in hopefully 3 weeks, seeing as were getting a shipment the 24th? the 28th? and hopefully early on in April which would cover me.

[Dusk]

When did you order yours? 1st page shows you ordering on the 10th?
I found it from a different retailer who offered in-store pickup.

[Fingersniffer]

just wanted to give a heads up that from last I heard, any order going in last friday should be filled end May early June.

Having bought this Laptop yesterday, I'm hoping and guessing to have it in my hands in hopefully 3 weeks

LOL, keep dreaming

[drremi]

Would be nice to hear something before the end of next week! :-/

[MrFreeKen]

I got my A1 Friday but had to work so I'm just now getting to enjoy it. This thing is a beast! I'm getting frame rates as high as my old desktop 8800GT... but this thing runs a lot cooler. It gets warm but doesn't keep me from playing it on my lap. Awesome! I hope you guys get yours soon. Good luck!

[powerpack]

Alright guys we are going to get FreeKen's address and borrow his machine. It sounds great!

[palmgopher]

i think what pp means by "borrow" :eeek2: means break his legs and walk with his machine....lol:laugh:

[Fr0st]

i think what pp means by "borrow" :eeek2: means break his legs and walk with his machine....lol:laugh:

Hey, you gotta do what you gotta do.... :wink2:

[powerpack]

Hey, you gotta do what you gotta do.... :wink2:And when we do it we will never talk about it again.;):D

[retron09]

and when we do it we will never talk about it again.;):d

silence....i kill him!!!!!!!!!!!!!:d;)

[Millianz]

I better be getting some f'ing good news tomorrow.

[UntilMoraleImproves]

I better be getting some f'ing good news tomorrow.

I wish we would! I'm pretty sure that at this point they've done the last shipment. Now we have to wait for the 24th shipment (3/24) to get trucked to Xotic.

[DRevan]

I wish we would! I'm pretty sure that at this point they've done the last shipment. Now we have to wait for the 24th shipment (3/24) to get trucked to Xotic.


Actually, the next G73 shipment is scheduled to arrive in the US, tommorow (3/23) :D
Hopefully my order will be in it too :)

[UntilMoraleImproves]

Actually, the next G73 shipment is scheduled to arrive in the US, tommorow (3/23) :D
Hopefully my order will be in it too :)

Regardless of when it arrives in the US, it won't get to Xotic right away. They get to the US, go through customs, go to ASUS in California, then out to the resellers.

[Mekhit]

It means that if I want to have a A2 it is there for me to purchase. The A1 I originally wanted will not be coming in for some time.

I don't know where you're getting your info, but the A2s aren't in stock. You can purchase it sure, but you'd be waiting still like all the rest of us A2 people waiting on theirs.

[retron09]

I don't know where you're getting your info, but the A2s aren't in stock. You can purchase it sure, but you'd be waiting still like all the rest of us A2 people waiting on theirs.

I know where some are in stock.:yes:

Nevermind, there were A1's in stock yesterday...but not anymore.