ASUS Laptop Showdown

Option #3: Toshiba Qosmio X775-Q7272

http://www.amazon.com/Toshiba-Qosmio-X775-Q7272-17-3-In...

I'm using an ASUS I bought at Bestbuy which is a G73SW. It has a 17" screen and I don't know how it compares to the models you are researching. I installed a SSD and my windows experience index (for what iti is worth) shows my score at 7.1 for the entire system. Now, here is the point for me. I have owned many Dells, a SAGER, and an HP. I personnaly like the ASUS the most. It is very quiet (with the monster cooling slots on the back. It is also cool on my legs and I hardly ever here the fan run. BestBuy is not my favorite store, but I wanted to put my hands on the Laptop this time before I bought it and FRY's didn't have the model the BestBuy did in stock at the time. Mine is older and has a NVidia 460M card. I think the new ones have a 560M card. Also the ASUS allows you to switch out the video card (not soldered to the motherboard). This was a big selling point for me until I discoverd it is almost impossible to buy a laptop video card by itself. The SSD made all the difference and I still have a regular data drive 500GB 7200RPM. I hope this helps. I understand that ASUS support sucks though, so I hope Bestbuy will be slightly better if I need it.

If you're really set on picking between the two you've found, I see no difference between them (well only 15" one got a newer 560 on it, while 17" one has 460, but 560 essentially an overclocked 460)

so besides that I think you should go to a store and see which screen size you like better.

if asus isn't an absolute, that qosmio is a nice laptop as well.

I would go with the 17" no hesitation but my main concern is if the 460 will not perform as good on a bigger screen as the 560 will on a smaller screen.