Saw my first I9 laptop. I am speechless

adj2ent said:

So I am up late doing some training for the weekend and I wanted to know what’s available I9 laptops. And this beast of a machine came up. My old I7 is really fast and my newer I7 from last year is way faster than that one. Now I am trying to figure out how fast this beast is. Maybe it will answer the question before I ask. Wow. Even looking at the price I paid $3600 (sale price) for my first Gateway desktop for MBs. Boy we have come a long long way.

View attachment 35632View attachment 35633
ROG G703GI Desktop Replacement Gaming Laptop, Unlocked Intel Core i9-8950HK processor, Overclocked GTX 1080 8GB, 17.3” 144Hz 3ms G-SYNC Display, 1.5TB PCIe SSD + 2TB FireCuda, 64GB DDR4, RGB Keyboard
by Asus

4.9 out of 5 stars

10 customer reviews | 30 answered questions

Price:
$4,999.00 & FREE Shipping

Get $50 off instantly: Pay $4,949.00 upon approval for the Amazon Rewards Visa Card.

Capacity:

• 1.5TB HyperDrive PCIe SSD + 2TB SSHD

Style: 8th Gen Intel Core i9-8950HK

• 8th Gen Intel Core i9-8950HK
• Overclocked GPU and CPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 8GB with 8th-Gen unlocked Intel Core i9-8950HK Processor (up to 4.8 GHz)
• 144Hz refresh rate 17.3" Full-HD IPS-Type AHVA gaming panel with NVIDIA G-SYNC and 3ms response time
• 3x PCIe SSDs in RAID0 for 1.5TB total storage capacity (Hyperdrive, up 8700MB/s sequential read rate). 2TB FireCuda Hybrid Drive. 64GB DDR4 2666MHz
• ASUS AURA SYNC RGB keyboard with individual per-key customization. 2.5mm key travel distance
• Copper tunnels independently cool the CPU and GPU. Dual 12V fans with Ant-Dust technology
• Gigabit WiFi, Thunderbolt 3, Mini DisplayPort 1.4 and HDMI 2.0., Built-in Xbox Wireless Controller Module

Click to expand...

For that price they should give you a lot of free s*** besides free shipping. I wonder how many people will buy that laptop at that price? Certainly not me. For that price it should wipe my azz too among other things.

Mix that is because you know nothing about computers and what is in that machine. Second reason is you would never need something like that because well you just don't. What that comes with it is about the right price.

Dj Jimmy D said:

Mix that is because you know nothing about computers and what is in that machine. Second reason is you would never need something like that because well you just don't. What that comes with it is about the right price.

Click to expand...

Jimmy I can't afford that laptop. So it wouldn't make sense for me to buy that laptop and can't pay my bills that need to be paid. This is one time I agree with you. I don't believe I said that. I must be getting a little soft at my age.

Geebus, that is cool.

4 years from now it will be selling for $1399 or less.

ittigger said:

And at 4 years, it'll be old.

Click to expand...

Pretty much.

But for some, even being 4yrs old that will still be worth getting.

How many here would nuy that laptop paying that much?

The top of the line laptops that were for sale back in 2014 are still strong laptops today. Same with computers. I'm not sure there is even a need for the highest requirement games out there today for a brand new Laptop. ...I feel the top of the line laptop or desktop that was available in 2014 can handle anything as of current....So no, I don't think in 4 years this particular laptop will be "OLD".

However, I think other technologies will be introduced over the next 4 years that this laptop won't be able to offer. ...Age of Augmentation is taking form...But in terms of regular program handling, and even video games...this $4,999 laptop will run things just fine in 4 years.


One thing is for sure. You won't ever need a laptop with this power to be able to DJ, and play music on DJ programs. Even video/karaoke playback...middle of the road laptops that have been around the past 4 years can handle that task fine. ....So what will be the need of even more speed, storage space, and power moving forward as it relates to our profession????

A desktop with that much power would be more valuable to me. Funny that gamers use the most expensive computers. It seems that playing games all the time would prohibit one from making money!

Jas said:

A desktop with that much power would be more valuable to me. Funny that gamers use the most expensive computers. It seems that playing games all the time would prohibit one from making money!

Click to expand...

The obsessed most avid gamers don't care about making money with their laptops.

With that said, and I could be wrong about this...I feel that the video game world has shrunk in recent years. I don't see teenagers, and young adults playing video games nearly as much as they were 10 years ago. Many of my friends were gamers back in the day, and all of them have grown out of it...Of course we are all in our 30s now.

...Well not all of them. My younger brother still plays video games and owns all the consoles, but he told me he hardly goes on his Xbox systems or his PS4 any more. He plays Nintendo Switch the most these days. He also only plays games maybe for 1 hour every 3 days. 2 Years ago he would stay up all night playing 1st person shooter games online. He could play 6 hours no problem until 4:30 a.m. ...He doesn't do that any more though.

Also, my 9 year old son isn't that into video games, and neither are his friends. I think the popularity of video games are on decline in recent years. You can also tell that video game companies are putting less games out than years ago. They seem to put more money into making quality games for customers, and spend more time making them today as well though. The graphics on these games are UNREAL last few years. Almost like real life in very high definition. I don't even know how they measure graphics any more. Measuring graphics in "bit" terms went out the window years ago...I thought 64 bit, and 128 bit was awesome back in the day, and now a PS2 or Nintendo 64, or Nintendo Cube or even the Wii don't hold a candle to what these systems and computers can handle today.

Never was a computer gamer myself... never graduated beyond Solitaire.[emoji1] Having a single powerful (and expensive) computer is fine. Having a very powerful laptop computer that will do EVERYTHING is probably better than having a powerful desktop that does everything, because you can move it around with you. My most powerful computer is the desktop PC in my office. The benefit to having it in my office is that I can connect big dual monitors to it, nice speakers, and anything else I choose to attach to it. The down side to having it in my office is that I have to get up and go sit in the office at my desk to use it. So I have other computers around the house that allow me to perform whatever computer functions I want to perform. All told, the amount of computer power I have far exceeds that of the i9 laptop, it’s just spread over many computers. Still less expensive than the i9 laptop, even with having to buy multiple licenses of software. The other advantage to not putting all your eggs in one basket (laptop) is obvious... you’re not SOL when it breaks.[emoji4]

ittigger said:

In reality, yes it will be old. 4 year old technology is old - and while top of the line laptops from 2014 are still strong, they're not top of the line anymore - they're old by today's standards. How do you come to the conclusion that 4 year old speakers are old - but somehow 4 year old computers are not? The electronics in computers change alot faster than they do in speakers.

Click to expand...

Actually...With many speaker manufacturers, their top of the line speakers are AT LEAST 4 years old today. However, they are still being sold as brand new.

I am fairly certain RCF and FBT's best speakers are roughly 4 years old. Same goes with Yamaha, and JBL I believe as well.

Bose F1s are 3 years old now...If you consider their Model II their cream of the crop, that is even older. EV's current line ups have been around 3 to 4 years.

So are most of today's best speakers out there "OLD" now?

Computers will keep evolving, but if you don't have a NEED for a $4999 Laptop today, then why buy it? Wouldn't it be more prudent to wait for the price to come down significantly, and wait for software needs to catch up to the Hardware?


If you bought a brand new Ferrari in 2014, kept it garage kept, and always cleaned and waxed, and still driving it around today...would anyone look at that car and say "That car is OLD" ...