n’t use the number pad enough to justify spending a lot more just for that.

Cons are that the keyboard is not back-lit, there is little key travel, there is no physical indication that caps lock is on and there is no number pad

I'll likely have to buy an underbody cooling pad for the laptop to get around that.- Unimpressive boot speeds

No number pad

Very quick computer, great size, light, good battery life, nice screen, smooth mouse pad, sturdy, clean edges.

big boy upgraded cousin with the number pad to family.

Poor touch pad, it get stuck

And yeah, I would have preferred a number pad since I do a lot of spreadsheet work.

This keyboard is the right size so you will likely not miss too many keys, as keyboards with the number pad felt smaller and where more prone to missing keys

And yeah, I would have preferred a number pad since I do a lot of spreadsheet work.

Keyboard is a perfect size for a 15 inch laptop, previous laptops I've had that had a 15 inch screen also contained the number pad that you will find with a traditional keyboard

I also purchased a laptop cooling pad for this laptop to rest on, but it is completely unneeded.

n’t use the number pad enough to justify spending a lot more just for that.

Screen is awesome, and the keyboard and touch pad are good enough for me

The keyboard is not back lit nor does it have a number pad, me being used to using a number

By not having a number pad, the laptop is able to shorten its overall width

I wished I had noticed it didn't have a number pad, but that's my fault

4+hours you will need a cooling pad/fan which I do have and works very well

I realized a few days into using it that it doesn't have a number pad like my old one, but I'm accommodating to get around

Didn't realize there is no number pad.

(I did that, as well as with router and printer).

The i5-8250 is surprisingly fast and runs as fast as or a bit faster than the 2630QM in the G73SW

I rarely write reviews, and have NEVER returned a laptop or other electronics (unless they simply aren't working) as I do my due diligence in research ahead of

That is what I will do, so the real price of this laptop <as truly wonderful as it is> is what you pay PLUS the price of an SSD + the cost of having someone with the skills replacing it . . . if you can't do that yourself

While the replacement came in within a day or so, which was amazing, it had the same exact issue, as well as not being able to switch sound to TV when connected to HDMI on Netflix

It boots from cold nearly as fast as my iPad, seems to handle most of what I throw at it

the Sleep-to-Wake is as fast as