Asus G51J-A1 Out of production?

It is out of production. If you look at the xotic pc website you will its successor, the G51Jx-A1. Same price, only one HDD, and a slower GPU.

Kind of a disappointment really, I was looking to pick up the G51J as well.

Well, the G73JH-A1 is only $100 more (if you remove the bluray drive) and significantly more powerful so it's not all bad news :-)

The Asus G73 series was just official anounced by ASUS on 2/10/2010. Retailer sites ETA is March 2010.

Below is the press release.

ASUS ROG G73Jh: Finally, a Gaming Notebook that's Truly for Gamers

ASUS Delivers Next-generation Gaming on a Strikingly-designed, Stealth Fighter-inspired Mobile Powerhouse

Taipei, Taiwan, February 11, 2010 – The new ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) G73Jh is like no other gaming notebook. Eschewing the flash and gimmicks typical of gaming notebooks, the G73Jh instead boasts an understated, subtly aggressive design inspired by a stealth fighter. At its heart lies the most powerful components available today, including the latest Intel® Core™ i7 processor, DirectX 11-capable ATI® Radeon™ HD5870 graphics, and up to 8GB of DDR3 system memory

I wanna warn you about something with the G51J-A1 before you consider buying it. I bought one and put it on top of my friend's 17 inch laptop and to my surprise they were EXACTLY the same size. So you're getting a 17 inch laptop with a 15'6 inch screen. So my recommendation is to buy the G73JH as everyone else is saying, its better and you're getting more bang for your buck.

I just got the G72 {using it to type this} & I love it! It plays WoW at max settings with x8 multisampling at over 45 FPS {30 in Dal}. I was also thinking about the G51J-A1 from Xotic PC {I actually placed the order}, but I saw the G72 at Best Buy for $999.00 and decided to give it a shot {and save $400.00 +}. I was a bit skeptical about the Core 2 Duo at first, but I am pleased with the overall performance. I ended up cancelling my order with Xotic PC and don't regret it at all.

I know the G51J & the G73 have there upside over the G72, but the G72 has plenty of power to play modern games. I ran the free version of 3DMark06 and hit a score of 10100 {and change, I don't recall the exact figure}. Just thought that if you weren't dead set on the i7, DDR3 configuration of the G51J & the G73 and were willing to consider the G72 and save some cash, that I would let you know what I think of mine.

Ok so i just figured out that Asus includes an overclocking utility with the G72. So I used it and my CPU speed jumped to 2.88GHZ. I also downloaded and installed the Nvidea Power Tools and overclocked the GTX 260M to 550/950/1375.

I ran WoW again and my FPS jumped to over 70FPS {although I did disable the Vsync feature too}. Ran 3DMark06 and my score went from 10100 {and change} to 10584. I read a forum where a guy pushed the G72 a bit further and was getting a 3DMark06 score of over 11000.

I checked out the G73 and have to say that I would love to get one, but just can't see spending the extra caash on it over the G72 right now.

portableone.com is posting that they are expecting a lot more from ASUS in the next week or two.