ASUS ROG Strix G17 (2022) Gaming Laptop, 17.3” 144Hz IPS FHD Display, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 GPU

The laptop is so beautiful. Its power is a monster for games and video. Wonderful design and colors. My best purchase ever.
tldr; Not the greatest laptop ever, but it is up there, even though some minor annoyances. And oh, it lights up!
Delivery Date 3-28-23 : Thankfully the product didn't look as beat up as the box. Which once you open it, the box will elevate the laptop for you, which was pretty cool. Strix G17 2023 looks and feels aesthetically amazing, which based on that alone it gets a 6 out of 5. Especially if you got to stare at your laptop all day like me. I still miss the fighter-jet design of the older ones though.
However trying to change batteries, and removing the back compartment. Is more troubling-some than older version of ROG laptops. Then you keep getting this pop up about having to buy extended warranty, when Asurion's warranty offer is better. So that is very disappointing, considering the price point. Because I'm expecting this to last 10 years with heavy use, like my old ROG laptop. Taking that into consideration, I just hope I don't have to get into the back compartment often, and it lasts long enough, so I can happily get my money's worth.
They decided to combine the home and end button, which I'm not a fan of. But if you like slim laptops, this is very slim compared to older ROG laptops. However not as slim as their Zephrus line and MSI's Katana.
Lastly my bios times is about 10secs, with all start up apps turned off, plus samsung 990pro, but I don't have a clean install of windows 11. My older ROG laptop had a boot time of 3s, plus samsung qvo, with its start up apps on, but it was a clean window 10 install. That had me worried, considering the specs on my new laptop. So you might need to do a clean install and get rid of a lot of the junk or maybe windows 11 just has bad startup times.
Will update if anything goes wrong.
PS: Also, don't forget to charge it up first, before turning it on for its' first time.
UPDATE 4-18-23: Been trying to troubleshoot a annoying random occurrence where either the laptop display or rgb light, will flicker once really quick. It did this when I first boot it up, but figured it was just a driver issue. And once I update all the software it would stop. Unfortunately it hasn't, and I've managed to get the problem down to 2 things. Worst case scenario it is a hardware issue, best case scenario it is a app on the laptop that needs to be uninstalled because it is not compatible.
Another thing to mention is RAM (I've Included a new picture showing it). I actually had to contact Asus Live directly through MyAsus. To figure out what type of ram to upgrade and I also crossed check this with their website, which says "8GB DDR5-4800 SO-DIMM x 2, Max Capacity: 32GB." Which means 16GB DDR5-4800 SO-DIMM x2, would be the best you can buy. The default ones you get are Micron, the same owner of Crucial. However I went to Micron's site and checked what was compatible with my laptop, and was informed the "2-16GB DDR5-5600 SODIMM 1.1V CL46" would work just fine. Not only that, but it would work on a 4800MHz and 5200MHz rig because it will adjust itself to your mobo' speed. I finally got it today and popped them in, but was shocked to see that I'm actually getting the 5200MHz speed. Apps are loading and performing slightly better and faster, when I have multiple of them open.
UPDATE 5-23-23: If you plan on watching netflix. You might want another laptop. I've had no way of figuring out why it will only stream on laptop at 720p max and will stutter every now and then, regardless if it is edge or netflix app from microsoft store. Also recently had some skipping keystrokes issue with laptop, that can be somewhat fixed by updating the keyboard driver. Lastly, laptop will freeze once coming out of hibernation mode or it randomly restarts for no reason, ultimately I had to disable that feature.
I'm definitely annoyed with it a little bit at this point, but become happy when I boot up a game, and it can run it no problem, with high graphics at 60fps. Worked perfectly on Nioh 2, Forspoken, and Blade & Soul. Once I travel with it, I can give a battery update later.
UPDATE 7-4-23: Whatever recent update that was sent out, made the flickering stop. I'm assuming it could have been a combination of Armory Crate and some other major functioning OEM program, but regardless I'm happy I don't see that flickering everyday. Missing keystrokes seems to be slightly fixed as well, it doesn't happen as much.
However, do watch out for the random restarts and system freezes, if it starts doing that, you will have to troubleshoot it. My older laptop rarely froze and almost never randomly restart. Just like the prior issues, I hope that is fixed through software updates.
Lastly, if you used mastered card to buy this laptop, it has recently gone through a 240$ price drop, make sure you use your price match benefit.