Republic of Gamers (ROG) badge, that can be found on cover of this notebook, is known from graphics cards and motherboards and it emphasizes gaming character of this notebook. Besides its obvious gaming pedigree ASUS G71 actually belongs to desktop replacement notebook category. Even if you never encountered ROG badge in your life, after first glimpse at this notebook it will become obvious that it is intended for gaming population. Large number of openings, colorful blinking diodes and lights combined with, usual for this kind of products, red-black color theme makes this notebook very noticeable.