ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 14" Laptop AMD Ryzen 7 8GB Memory NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 512GB SSD Eclipse Gray GA401IH-BR7N2BL - Best Buy $899.99

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10-20-2020 at 09:32 AM #46

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900$ for a 1650... Lol

Got any better deals for 899 atm?

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10-20-2020 at 09:49 AM #47

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The 4800u is no where to be found in the US. Also this is only 0.7" and 3.6 pounds which is amazing for a gaming laptop. As for battery life it has been reported that it is superb on this laptop

Superb battery life for a gaming laptop, sure. I think a full day (8-10 hours) is doable. It's not the 15+ hours of life that top ultrabooks have.

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10-20-2020 at 10:03 AM #48

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I'd stay away from Asus laptops because of their awful thermals in general.

I'd stay a mile away from you and your stupid comments

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10-20-2020 at 11:03 AM #49

I'm so mad I missed the $799.99 deal about a couple of weeks ago, that I'm going to pass on it for $100 more here.

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10-20-2020 at 11:05 AM #50

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That and the 8gb soldered ram are the worst things about this laptop. I have a differently-spec'd model (2060) and it's a great all-around laptop.

Does that have a webcam and no soldered ram slots?

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10-20-2020 at 11:06 AM #51

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Does that have a webcam and no soldered ram slots?

No, same laptop as this one, just a few different components (cpu, gpu, and lcd).

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10-20-2020 at 11:08 AM #52

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No, same laptop as this one, just a few different components (cpu, gpu, and lcd).

I noticed the last deal on that was like $1,300s

Worth the price differential?

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10-20-2020 at 11:25 AM #53

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I noticed the last deal on that was like $1,300s

Worth the price differential?

Only for gaming and/or the higher refresh panel, if that's important to you. I would've rather that prior $800 deal, tbh. I got mine at $1,250 - edu discount, so it wasn't really so bad. Love the laptop though!

I did upgrade the SSD. Comes with an Intel 660p. I replaced it with an XPG SX8200 pro. The Intel drive is one of my favorite budget SSDs, but this ain't no budget laptop. ;-)

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10-20-2020 at 12:48 PM #54

How is typing on this? I really like Home and End keys for coding.

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10-20-2020 at 12:59 PM #55

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How is typing on this? I really like Home and End keys for coding.

It doesn't look like this has home and end keys. You might have to setup custom key bindings.

I'm looking for a coding/productivity laptop too. I just bought the LG ultra from Best Buy for $999. It has the home and end keys as fn modified on the arrow keys.

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10-20-2020 at 01:01 PM #56

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It doesn't look like this has home and end keys. You might have to setup custom key bindings.

I'm looking for a coding/productivity laptop too. I just bought the LG ultra from Best Buy for $999. It has the home and end keys as fn modified on the arrow keys.

Yeah the more I use something without Home/End the more i miss it. I really like the specs and quality of this so might just have to suck it up. XPS13 is supposed to be on a good sale for BF and I have a coupon for 17% off

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10-20-2020 at 01:46 PM #57

Will this play flight simulator 2020?

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10-20-2020 at 02:05 PM #58

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Yeah the more I use something without Home/End the more i miss it. I really like the specs and quality of this so might just have to suck it up. XPS13 is supposed to be on a good sale for BF and I have a coupon for 17% off

If you're buying from dell and have amex, you can take advantage of an Amex off for an additional $100 off. I personally would try the dell outlet. I got an 8th generation dell xps for $800 earlier this year (February). It was new and advertised as new.
I think it was an i7 8565u, 16GB ram, 256GB ssd with fhd screen. Xps 9380.

I think it's fair as there really hasn't been a huge bump in processor performance on intel between the generations.

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