At some point you will have to take it apart to clean the fans. No its not as easy as the older models because things are more compact. If you feel you need to do that in the first year maybe you should consider a couple of things. One not using the machine in a filthy environment or two not use it so much where a major service is needed that soon. Go play some sports or something instead.
The battery being integrated makes it a bit harder to replace but Im not sure where you are coming from with it causing too much heat and pulling out the adapter breaking the battery. The battery is an integral part of the power delivery system. Can you run without, yes, but you can also run an 8 cylinder car with 3 spark plugs pulled too. The battery provides constant power and delivers far more current when needed for peak draws than brick ever can. Trying to use just the brick will actually cause more heat.
I dont think ASUS will customize a laptop just to suit your needs of how many drives of what type. Thats why they offer several different models. You just have to decide which one suits your needs best and go with it. I just upgrade mine from a G74sx that was 3 years old but still works fine. The wife and kids killed their toshiba miserably so they inherited the G74 and I bout a G751. Much like you I didnt want to pay for an installed SSD so I chose a model without one. The caveat to that is you also take a step down in graphics too which I am fine with. Im more interested in raw processing power than I am graphics that will run everything on the planet at the highest setting just for bragging rights as Ill seldom even use that and when I do I can accept dialing back a notch from max just fine. Lets face it, in the world of electronics no matter what you get it will be obsolete in a month or two. Mine has the gtx 965M which is not the gtx 980m but leagues ahead of the gtx 560m that is in the G74sx with the CPU being an i7 2630QM in the G74 and now an i7 4720HQ which is leaps above the old with speed 1ghz more. Does the maxed out version look nice, well yes but Im not going to spend just short of $3K on a laptop when I can spend $1100 instead and just have graphics that are not quite as good and spend $200 on upgrading the SSD to a better performing Samsung 850 pro 512gb for just over $200 and add another $100 to have 32GB of RAM over the 16 that came with it. I do have to say that the price point separation and what you get for that is ridiculous.
Lastly there is nothing you can do to upgrade your old cpu. The g75 was mobo chipset is made for the ivy bridge and you can only install an ivy bridge processor. The G751 is for the haswell processor. While Ive not done it I have heard that the G75 GPU can be upgraded but its not as simple as just dropping a new GPU in.
The battery being integrated makes it a bit harder to replace but Im not sure where you are coming from with it causing too much heat and pulling out the adapter breaking the battery. The battery is an integral part of the power delivery system. Can you run without, yes, but you can also run an 8 cylinder car with 3 spark plugs pulled too. The battery provides constant power and delivers far more current when needed for peak draws than brick ever can. Trying to use just the brick will actually cause more heat.
I dont think ASUS will customize a laptop just to suit your needs of how many drives of what type. Thats why they offer several different models. You just have to decide which one suits your needs best and go with it. I just upgrade mine from a G74sx that was 3 years old but still works fine. The wife and kids killed their toshiba miserably so they inherited the G74 and I bout a G751. Much like you I didnt want to pay for an installed SSD so I chose a model without one. The caveat to that is you also take a step down in graphics too which I am fine with. Im more interested in raw processing power than I am graphics that will run everything on the planet at the highest setting just for bragging rights as Ill seldom even use that and when I do I can accept dialing back a notch from max just fine. Lets face it, in the world of electronics no matter what you get it will be obsolete in a month or two. Mine has the gtx 965M which is not the gtx 980m but leagues ahead of the gtx 560m that is in the G74sx with the CPU being an i7 2630QM in the G74 and now an i7 4720HQ which is leaps above the old with speed 1ghz more. Does the maxed out version look nice, well yes but Im not going to spend just short of $3K on a laptop when I can spend $1100 instead and just have graphics that are not quite as good and spend $200 on upgrading the SSD to a better performing Samsung 850 pro 512gb for just over $200 and add another $100 to have 32GB of RAM over the 16 that came with it. I do have to say that the price point separation and what you get for that is ridiculous.
Lastly there is nothing you can do to upgrade your old cpu. The g75 was mobo chipset is made for the ivy bridge and you can only install an ivy bridge processor. The G751 is for the haswell processor. While Ive not done it I have heard that the G75 GPU can be upgraded but its not as simple as just dropping a new GPU in.
Your battery will not "break". Simply let it deplete to shut down once a month (I do my every two week minimum) then plug it back in. No worries. FWIW, and not that it really matters, Im not the average user here by a long shot. Im old enough to be grandfather to most all though my kids are 13 and 16. I was 38 when my oldest was born. First PC I built was running a 8088 cpu at a whopping 4.77Mhz. HDDs did not exist. Im an electronics engineer by profession specializing in uninterruptible power supplies on massive enterprise data center scales. Batteries are an integral part of that so im very well versed in battery applications and chemistry.
Fan cleaning is still no major service, just not as easy. The only problem is when you crack it open enough to do that you will void the warranty. I've already had mine open to get to the stock RAM and change it all out, took me about 5 mins to get it open and replace the RAM that's under the keyboard and you cant tell I was in it.
Fan cleaning is still no major service, just not as easy. The only problem is when you crack it open enough to do that you will void the warranty. I've already had mine open to get to the stock RAM and change it all out, took me about 5 mins to get it open and replace the RAM that's under the keyboard and you cant tell I was in it.
If I started having kids fresh out of school my oldest would be 35. I chose to wait instead. I was 38 when the 16 YO was born. Both of my kids college educations were paid in full before they were born as well as being mortgage free. I wouldn't change any of it. I got to live and get the wild out before having kids and be financially stable and pretty much set. Nice to see Im not the only old fart here.
Lithium chemistry batteries actually dont need any maintenance. The hold no memory and don't really need the full discharge and recharge. I do it out of habit. It wont be long before we are seeing more lithium based cells in larger applications, particularly lithium polymer or LIPO for short. That chemistry is capable of producing very high current for an extended period. At the minute they are still unstable when being charged. I use them for another hobby, RC cars. with the LIPO batteries and brushless motors the days of the little tiny engines are over. Its amazing to see a 1/8 scale car that weighs in at about 15 lbs and 18 inches long doing 100mph.
Lithium chemistry batteries actually dont need any maintenance. The hold no memory and don't really need the full discharge and recharge. I do it out of habit. It wont be long before we are seeing more lithium based cells in larger applications, particularly lithium polymer or LIPO for short. That chemistry is capable of producing very high current for an extended period. At the minute they are still unstable when being charged. I use them for another hobby, RC cars. with the LIPO batteries and brushless motors the days of the little tiny engines are over. Its amazing to see a 1/8 scale car that weighs in at about 15 lbs and 18 inches long doing 100mph.
