Is this the latest us model, or will there be a newer version, before Christmas, Hopefully with a haswell, &amp; does it or will it have touch? thanks
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It does not and will not have touch. There will always be a newer version, and they've already announced a Haswell laptop (UX301), which will have touch, but they haven't even announced a release date so the chances of a pre-christmas version are slim, and its announced specs are much, much lower than this one's, except of course the newer processor.
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Not yet. When they do, it will be a winner. Perhaps we'll find out in June. Intel will officially launch their new generation Haswell chips on June 3rd.
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Dudes, I ordered my G73JH-a1 from Amazon on 2/25/10 and just got an email yesterday that it shipped! Others who ordered from PC stores (xotic pcadvantage, gentech etc) have been waiting for months. Amazon Rocks! Thanks Amazon! I will have my beast on Monday free shipping and no TAX!
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Folks, don't forget that after the TF700 goes on sale, the next version will be released. Do you wait for that one then? When do you decide to stop waiting and actually getting? :)
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My pre-order was jsut cancelled :( how about yours?I dont have a lot of time to get a laptop and this is currently the only on the market that I'm interested in, not sure what to get now
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THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!! I have asked endless retailers on ebay -all of which directed me to asus which is quite difficult to get thru to with a tech question if you're not registered as an owner! this info is GREATLY appreciated!
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They told me that the boards are either refurbished or pulled out of units that didn't sell. The one they sent me worked for about 5 minutes before it crashed. I could never get the laptop to stay running with it so I sent it back. I ended up buying a new laptop and scrapped the hp, which sucked because those were expensive computers when they were new. As far as whether it will work in your model, you can probably e-mail the sell with that question if you're still interested. They were okay to work with and were willing to refund my money.
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I just got a SLAY7 used like new from Eagle Eye, appears he still has another one. I have not installed yet, but it is suppose to be plug and play with my HP Home Server.LJ
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not sure of the version still on the box, it has a UEFI dual BIOS and i think you can download some BIOS updates if that's your concern.
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I doubt that's correct with newegg.com. I think they just wrote that, and will update accordingly. I do hope Amazon gets more in stock. I bought a ul80vt, but want to exchange it. However cannot get it exchanged obviously, since there is none to exchange it with. I love the laptop and just hope they get some new ones soon.
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I bought this with a haswell dual core (going to upgrade later) and it worked for me out of the box. I believe my processor is a Haswell refresh since I bought it maybe not even a month ago. Hope this helps. Love this mobo!
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It has been out of stock since July. There were some noticeable problems with these laptops (in design). Customer complaints about really bad backlight leaking, bent keyboards (in the middle), and the USB slots do not align with the outside shell. Hopefully ASUS tries to fix these issues for a second revision of this laptop. They are coming out with another line of ultrabooks with dedicated graphics minus the IPS screen (:-/). ASUS S Series (this month or next month will be the "official release")
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I ordered mine on 8/18 and was given a mid-September to early October time-frame. However, I just received notice that the computer was shipped today (!!!). Just wanted to update everyone.
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on the site it says expected shipping 1/15/12 also does anyone know if this will be a special limited release or do we have time to save up a bit for such an expensive keyboard? :)
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The Haswell will not have TPM. However there is a model scheduled for release in the 2nd half of 2014 that will have TPM.
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The Future Shop website has been updated now with an expected release date of December 7th. Expansys still shows a November 19th release date in the UK. ASUS is remaining tight-lipped about it, though. No official responses to any requests for availability details. I'm thinking about just picking up the Dell XPS 12 at this point.
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Supposedly the only two that will be available right away, according to the Asus website, will be black and white. And I'm hoping the black one doesn't ACTUALLY have that horrific keyboard (with the "\" key where the left shift should be)