ASUS G55VW-DS71 15.6" Intel Core i7 3610QM (2.30 GHz) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M 12 GB Memory 750 GB HDD Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit Gaming Laptop

Pros: none

Cons: huge,expensive,broke repeatedly, money pit, heavy

Pros: Great speeds, great airflow/cooling (vents out the back!), great gaming. 750GB HDD works perfectly for people like me that use up lots of space.

Cons: Poor adapter design (awkward angle of plugging in, tends to fall out sometimes), a bit heavy (expected of a gaming laptop), and mouse-pad location/sensitivity takes some getting used too. Hard drive also comes pre-partitioned (which can be a pain if you only want a single drive, and are a noob with computers). Underclocked i7 also doesn't perform amazingly in older games which only use two cores, and take no advantage of the hyper-threading.

Overall Review: Pretty decent overall, price is a bit over-done I believe. I'd value this more around $1200 than $1500 for the performance overall. Underclocked i7 can be a pain when running older games optimized for dual-core, thus leaving 6 cores completely empty and straining two underclocked cores.

Pros: Cant complain about gaming performance its great.

Cons: Came shipped with a bad keyboard. 8,I, and K all type random characters when pressed. Installed Skype first thing to make a call and there is a horribly annoying high pitched whine that the other person hears coming from the built in microphone. Did some reading and it seems many models of Asus laptops have this exact same problem and Asus denies any "known" problem on the issue. They suggested doing a restore of the built in recovery... Did not fix the problem obviously since the computer was only used for like 30mins untill this problem was realized. It seems its a problem with the cpu and how it handles power when idle. Theres a registry fix that i tried that works perfectly but turns off cpu idle power management so therefor it will make the computer run hotter and fans run more constant, In turn lowering the life of the computer more than likely. Going to RMA it back now and see if they fix the sound issue but judging from what ive read on other models this will not happen. $1500 laptop and if this problem is not resolved my business will no longer be selling Asus products. I will post back with my results in a few weeks.

Overall Review: For $1500 you think they would have at least checked the keyboard before shipping it out.

Pros: 1080p Screen
i7 CPU
New 600 series GPU's from Nvidia.
Large hard drive
Alot of ram

Cons: I does not make sandwich's

Overall Review: Great laptop for gaming.

Pros: The venting system is really good. Rarely gets as hot as most laptops when playing games on higher settings. Full keyboard is nice. The standby instant on feature is great.

Cons: Battery life is ~3 hours on saver mode, which is expected but still very low. Keyboard has SERIOUS ghosting issues.

Overall Review: Could use an option to buy one with an SSD. The manual is pretty minimalistic in terms of specs and details. Has some bloatware, but very little compared to other brands.

Pros: As for mid 2012, this is the BEST of them ALL except purchasing from Customized - Specialty Vendors.
Even if not gaming this will last because ASUS makes craftmanship-quality build with their G55 and G75 series.
Keyboard with Numeric keypad is reinforced for the heavy gamer or user. Great Sound (2.1) and Best Cooling without using a cooling tray underneath it. There are only 2 other Brand names within the Price Range ($1500) that are worth looking at are Levono and MSI.

Cons: Dimensionally thicker and weighs appoximently 2 lbs more than most notebooks/laptops. Doesn't have the 90% gamut Glossy screen or Blu-ray optical drive.
May find having 4- USB 3.0 ports troublesome if in need of USB1.1 support. NO Car Charger --- which cost at least $100 or more. Battery life is okay, if gaming best to leave plugged in. Need to calibrate Mouse.

Overall Review: ASUS has out done themselfs. The G55VW series and G75VW - DS 71, 72 and 73 are phenomenal. Yes a bit pricey but you're getting the best deal when you compare it to other mfgr brand names. Only way to beat
it is to self build your own or get a Customization place to do it and spend $2000 - $3000 or more.

Pros: Quiet. I really, really like the construction of the chassis and the quality of the screen. Quiet.
Runs great as long as you immediately gank the spindle-based hard drive out of it and replace it with a much faster type with no moving parts.

Cons: Very few cons. BIOS does not acknowledge the Samsung 256 gig SSD that I put into it, which cost me about a day of troubleshooting, firmware flashing, etc. before I discovered that it didn't matter, and that I could just install the SSD, install an O/S to it, and it would boot fine.

Overall Review: The backpack that (currently) comes with it is worth having, reasonably well-constructed, and no obnoxious logos.
Have not used this model for gaming. Am just a power user and want a machine that can keep up.