http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/asus-prepping-17-3-inch-core-i5-powered-x77-gaming-laptop/ Engadget Comments for ASUS prepping 17.3-inch Core i5-powered X77 gaming laptop? http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/asus-prepping-17-3-inch-core-i5-powered-x77-gaming-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/asus-prepping-17-3-inch-core-i5-powered-x77-gaming-laptop/Dec 24th 2009 4:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/asus-prepping-17-3-inch-core-i5-powered-x77-gaming-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/asus-prepping-17-3-inch-core-i5-powered-x77-gaming-laptop/
:P]]>Dec 24th 2009 4:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/asus-prepping-17-3-inch-core-i5-powered-x77-gaming-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/asus-prepping-17-3-inch-core-i5-powered-x77-gaming-laptop/Dec 24th 2009 5:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/asus-prepping-17-3-inch-core-i5-powered-x77-gaming-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/asus-prepping-17-3-inch-core-i5-powered-x77-gaming-laptop/
/lol]]>Dec 24th 2009 8:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/asus-prepping-17-3-inch-core-i5-powered-x77-gaming-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/asus-prepping-17-3-inch-core-i5-powered-x77-gaming-laptop/
It's about time some decently-spec'ed laptops are getting covered instead of those cheap-ass, Atom-powered crapbooks.]]>Dec 25th 2009 1:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/asus-prepping-17-3-inch-core-i5-powered-x77-gaming-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/asus-prepping-17-3-inch-core-i5-powered-x77-gaming-laptop/http://bit.ly/asus-x77-details-extended]]>Dec 26th 2009 2:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/asus-prepping-17-3-inch-core-i5-powered-x77-gaming-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/asus-prepping-17-3-inch-core-i5-powered-x77-gaming-laptop/Dec 24th 2009 4:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/asus-prepping-17-3-inch-core-i5-powered-x77-gaming-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/asus-prepping-17-3-inch-core-i5-powered-x77-gaming-laptop/
What's wrong with Toshiba? I've got a Satellite that certainly doesn't look like it was "barfed out of a rainbow".]]>Dec 24th 2009 4:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/asus-prepping-17-3-inch-core-i5-powered-x77-gaming-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/asus-prepping-17-3-inch-core-i5-powered-x77-gaming-laptop/look up the Qosmio ]]>Dec 24th 2009 4:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/asus-prepping-17-3-inch-core-i5-powered-x77-gaming-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/asus-prepping-17-3-inch-core-i5-powered-x77-gaming-laptop/
That is a random picture Engadget chose not the actual laptop they are talking about...]]>Dec 24th 2009 4:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/asus-prepping-17-3-inch-core-i5-powered-x77-gaming-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/asus-prepping-17-3-inch-core-i5-powered-x77-gaming-laptop/Preaching to the coir.
One of the first things I did after buying my Qosmio X500-10U was to have it disassembled and painted stealth black with clear scratch-protective coating on top.]]>Dec 24th 2009 5:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/asus-prepping-17-3-inch-core-i5-powered-x77-gaming-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/asus-prepping-17-3-inch-core-i5-powered-x77-gaming-laptop/Dec 24th 2009 5:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/asus-prepping-17-3-inch-core-i5-powered-x77-gaming-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/asus-prepping-17-3-inch-core-i5-powered-x77-gaming-laptop/Dec 24th 2009 5:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/asus-prepping-17-3-inch-core-i5-powered-x77-gaming-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/asus-prepping-17-3-inch-core-i5-powered-x77-gaming-laptop/
I'd like to see such painted laptop. please post links to pics.]]>Dec 24th 2009 5:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/asus-prepping-17-3-inch-core-i5-powered-x77-gaming-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/asus-prepping-17-3-inch-core-i5-powered-x77-gaming-laptop/damn, I hope I didn't just jinx it. I wonder if there's an agreement companies sign that require a certain number of vibrant colors and high brightness LEDs to make a gaming laptop. I thought the last gen m15x was really nice, then Dell had to go an ugly it up]]>Dec 24th 2009 7:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/asus-prepping-17-3-inch-core-i5-powered-x77-gaming-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/asus-prepping-17-3-inch-core-i5-powered-x77-gaming-laptop/Dec 24th 2009 4:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/asus-prepping-17-3-inch-core-i5-powered-x77-gaming-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/asus-prepping-17-3-inch-core-i5-powered-x77-gaming-laptop/Dec 24th 2009 8:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/asus-prepping-17-3-inch-core-i5-powered-x77-gaming-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/asus-prepping-17-3-inch-core-i5-powered-x77-gaming-laptop/
You underestimate the power of flash video.]]>Dec 24th 2009 8:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/asus-prepping-17-3-inch-core-i5-powered-x77-gaming-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/asus-prepping-17-3-inch-core-i5-powered-x77-gaming-laptop/

@ some previous commenters: i guess the laptop in the picture is not the new one, therefore *Details are still fuzzy at best*. In fact it's almost the same as mine, it just looks older (uglier)]]>Dec 24th 2009 4:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/asus-prepping-17-3-inch-core-i5-powered-x77-gaming-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/asus-prepping-17-3-inch-core-i5-powered-x77-gaming-laptop/Dec 24th 2009 4:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/asus-prepping-17-3-inch-core-i5-powered-x77-gaming-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/asus-prepping-17-3-inch-core-i5-powered-x77-gaming-laptop/
You won't find one...no panel manufacturer produces LCD panels that size that aren't 16:9 aspect ratio. Unfortunately it seems 16:10 is going the way of the dodo. I miss my extra space too :-(]]>Dec 24th 2009 5:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/asus-prepping-17-3-inch-core-i5-powered-x77-gaming-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/asus-prepping-17-3-inch-core-i5-powered-x77-gaming-laptop/
Wow, that sucks... Thanks. I have seen some manufacturers still making the taller screens in the 17" size, but none in 18".]]>Dec 24th 2009 6:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/asus-prepping-17-3-inch-core-i5-powered-x77-gaming-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/asus-prepping-17-3-inch-core-i5-powered-x77-gaming-laptop/Dec 24th 2009 4:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/asus-prepping-17-3-inch-core-i5-powered-x77-gaming-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/asus-prepping-17-3-inch-core-i5-powered-x77-gaming-laptop/Dec 24th 2009 4:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/asus-prepping-17-3-inch-core-i5-powered-x77-gaming-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/asus-prepping-17-3-inch-core-i5-powered-x77-gaming-laptop/
320 x 200 with 16 colors is all anyone needs, really.

http://kofler.dot.at/c64/download/paperboy.gif]]>Dec 24th 2009 5:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/asus-prepping-17-3-inch-core-i5-powered-x77-gaming-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/asus-prepping-17-3-inch-core-i5-powered-x77-gaming-laptop/
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Did you read the article? 1600x900, i.e. 16:9]]>Dec 24th 2009 4:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/asus-prepping-17-3-inch-core-i5-powered-x77-gaming-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/asus-prepping-17-3-inch-core-i5-powered-x77-gaming-laptop/
Did you read the article? 1600x900

1600 : 900

divide that by 100

= 16 : 9]]>Dec 24th 2009 4:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/asus-prepping-17-3-inch-core-i5-powered-x77-gaming-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/asus-prepping-17-3-inch-core-i5-powered-x77-gaming-laptop/Dec 24th 2009 4:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/asus-prepping-17-3-inch-core-i5-powered-x77-gaming-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/asus-prepping-17-3-inch-core-i5-powered-x77-gaming-laptop/Dec 24th 2009 6:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/asus-prepping-17-3-inch-core-i5-powered-x77-gaming-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/asus-prepping-17-3-inch-core-i5-powered-x77-gaming-laptop/Dec 24th 2009 5:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/asus-prepping-17-3-inch-core-i5-powered-x77-gaming-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/asus-prepping-17-3-inch-core-i5-powered-x77-gaming-laptop/Dec 24th 2009 6:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/asus-prepping-17-3-inch-core-i5-powered-x77-gaming-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/asus-prepping-17-3-inch-core-i5-powered-x77-gaming-laptop/Dec 24th 2009 6:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/asus-prepping-17-3-inch-core-i5-powered-x77-gaming-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/asus-prepping-17-3-inch-core-i5-powered-x77-gaming-laptop/
But looks fugly, has an "unfortunate" resolution, and the ATI Mobility 5730 HD is still a class II card....

Just get a SFF pc... miles faster, more powerful, and cheaper...]]>Dec 24th 2009 7:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/asus-prepping-17-3-inch-core-i5-powered-x77-gaming-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/asus-prepping-17-3-inch-core-i5-powered-x77-gaming-laptop/?
ATI Mobility 5730HD a class 2 card? What? It's not even out yet lol
But if you compare across the entire 5xxx series....then yea. It's not like it sucks though...]]>Dec 24th 2009 8:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/asus-prepping-17-3-inch-core-i5-powered-x77-gaming-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/asus-prepping-17-3-inch-core-i5-powered-x77-gaming-laptop/http://www.notebookcheck.net/ATI-Mobility-Radeon-HD-5730.23825.0.html]]>Dec 24th 2009 9:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/asus-prepping-17-3-inch-core-i5-powered-x77-gaming-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/asus-prepping-17-3-inch-core-i5-powered-x77-gaming-laptop/I pretty much know nothing when it comes to graphics cards and which cards are better than which. So the list on the link you gave really helped. Thanks! You happen to know one for desktop graphics?]]>Dec 25th 2009 12:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/asus-prepping-17-3-inch-core-i5-powered-x77-gaming-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/asus-prepping-17-3-inch-core-i5-powered-x77-gaming-laptop/
I don't think anyone can be paid several hundred kilo $ per year to manage the design of Asus laptops AND forget about 1080p on a $1500 dollars, 17inches laptop.
(which is supposed to be "gaming" i.e. high end)

This would be the stupidest move since the 3G-less iPhone. (so it's probably gonna be a best seller ;))]]>Dec 24th 2009 8:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/asus-prepping-17-3-inch-core-i5-powered-x77-gaming-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/asus-prepping-17-3-inch-core-i5-powered-x77-gaming-laptop/Most of the time in a laptop things look better in the native resolution, and this is probably a gaming laptop.
Most games right now will probably work well under that configuration, but with an increase in resolution they will use more resources. And since most laptop LCDs look like crap when their native resolution is lowered, I'd rather have a lower resolution, better framerates and image quality, than a higher resolution, worse framerates and if I lower the resolution, worse image quality.]]>Dec 25th 2009 3:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/asus-prepping-17-3-inch-core-i5-powered-x77-gaming-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/asus-prepping-17-3-inch-core-i5-powered-x77-gaming-laptop/Dec 25th 2009 2:59PM