Pros: -Sleek and clean looking -Keyboard is responsive and feels great, I got bigger hands so spaced keys are nice. -Plays most everything on high settings so far. ( not huge graphics nerd though) -When the fans start revving I have to take time to notice. After 5 hours of straight gaming I'm still amazed how cool it runs, it's laughing at my custom desktop. -Lover the rubber palm rest and lid cover, some complain about it picking up oils from hands. Rubbing alcohol for that, no biggie. -Has all the ports I need -Feels solid not cheap -Sexi -Speakers even sound decent for laptop -Blu-ray -Gets me all the babes -does all the things a reg computer does but faster and cleaner.

Cons: No real cons, I'm completely satisfied 100% so far. -Some might complain about how big and heavy and the PSU blah blah blah, then don't buy a 17" gaming laptop. This is not my desktop replacement, this is my travel buddy, goes to work with me everyday. I like small cars and big laptops. It's fine, I would rather have this than a 15"......ew (for gaming). Got alienware travel case and it fits lil tight, least of my worries.

Overall Review: I had bought a Sager NP6175 and it felt horrible, so cheap, the keyboard was flexy and just loud, felt like a toy. I wanted Asus to begin with, but wasn't in the budget (wifey). Even she couldn't believe how bad the Sager was. After being so disenchanted with what I thought Sager should have been. I went with Asus because I have always had a good experience with their products. Reliability, Value, Performance and nice keyboard were my biggest concerns and I think Asus hit the nail on the head with this one.

Pros: Plays everything on max so far with no problems, WoW, Tera, Crysis1-2, Swotor, Eve and more. I'm a firm believer that all XFX products are quality, as I never seem to have issues with their hardware. They be sexi to.

Cons: Stock single fan is loud, I bought aftermarket cooler with duel fan and I'm much happier. Get extra power cable if you don't have one. (should have came with one) Luckly my XFX PSU came with enough extra cables to weave a basket.