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Portable Gamer’s Dream: Asus G2 Gaming Notebook Series Review (page 15)

Category: Mobile

by Alexander Britvin

[ 06/01/2007 | 11:15 AM ]

Conclusion

We want to sincerely applause to the engineers and designers whose work and creativity are embodied in the new gaming series with the letter G. The ASUS G2P solution looks like a thoroughly revised and visually enriched A6 series, which is one of the most popular notebook series ever developed by ASUS. And like the A6 series, the G2P is worth every cent of its price. Although its advanced hardware parts eat up its battery in a moment, it’s not a problem at all. What is important, this notebook is superior to all other models in its class in terms of sheer speed. The ASUS G2P not only competes with desktop gaming stations, it wins the competition! It’s hard to name all the things the G2P can do. It’s simpler to name those few it cannot. On a second thought, is there anything at all this notebook wouldn’t cope with?

Highs:

• Eye-catching thematic exterior design
• Superb performance in any applications (except for gaming applications in power-saving mode)
• 17” widescreen display with a good response time
• Rich accessories
• Wide wireless capabilities
• TV-tuner and a remote control
• A large selection of interfaces, ports and connectors
• Good sound subsystem
• Integrated 1.3-megapixel web-camera
• Additional OLED display
• Exclusive image-enhancing technologies from ASUS
• Reasonable price

Lows:

• Mirror-like coating of the display
• Short battery life
• Easily soiled internal surfaces
• Rather noisy under full load
• Too densely placed USB ports at the back panel