Santa Rosa 13"-14" with 8400 GT - LIST !!

That Zepto looks nice until you get to the battery:

Looks like that 512MB RAM NVIDIA Geforce 8600M GT really sucks the life out of the battery. I expect realistic battery time to be about half that.

 

Zepto reviews say realistically you can get 3 1/2 hours out of the 12 cell, so that's not bad at all. With the 6 cell, it's less than 2, which puts it on par with the G1s.

 

Omg...

Unless Dell with their m1330 decides to release something better than that gay 8400M GS that they are going to release right now..

Im going to say bye bye to m1330 !

 

Well, considering that the 8400mGS would be by far the most powerful card ever released on a notebook that size, I fail to see why you would be disappointed. There are no better alternatives to consider.

 

I was hoping that the refresh on the next thin/light XPS that dell release would have something more decent than a GS, i was kinda hoping for at least GT. The disappointment comes when they increase the size from a 12.1 inch notebook to a 13.3 inch notebook, and only improve it so much (GPU wise, the rest of the improvements are great).

Anyway,in my opinion, the znote 6224w has made the dell m1330 look so bad.. in terms of investment. I would get znote 6224w by august , if theres no improvement from dell's side.

 

like Bravefire said.. what's wrong in having 8400GT in this baby's guts ?
some manufacturer has to be the first to do it in 13" lappies !
in other words it's sad we cannot buy Zepto in US

 

No manufacturer will be the first to do in a 13" lappie, at least not until the 65nm die shrink. The 8400mGT is as fast and as hot as a go7600, and it is not physically possible to fit that in anything smaller than a 14.1" chassis. And as for increasing the screen size on the M1210 to M1330, that's true, but if you add the dimensions up you'll see the new M1330 is actually a smaller chassis then the old M1210.

 

OMG !!
I thought they'll make a larger chassis on this one !

 

No. The lid dimensions are practically the same (as the M1210 was big enough for a 13.3" screen) and it's thinner overall.

 

As odin said, the M1210 was large enough to accomodate a 13.3" screen, but Dell decided to try to brand it an "ultraportable" by featuring a 12.1" screen. Of course, with a weight of 5 pounds and a thickness of 1.5", the M1210 could hardly be called "ultraportable."

The M1330 is also not ultraportable, but it is much more portable than the M1210 because it is thinner. Much thinner.

 

Actually you can get Zepto lappys from their international site Zepto.com. There is even a review here on NBR of the Zepto 6214W model where the reviewer is from Canada.

 

hmmm but still the people generally look at a notebook by its physical size.. rather than the chassis size. And i did draw out the outline of both the M1210 and M1330 (length X breath) on a A3, and the m1330 is about 1 inch wider and longer..

Just a while ago i was so sure i wanted to get a dell m1330.

but now im pretty confused.. about whether to get a zepto 6224w or dell m1330 by late july

Oh well..

 

I'd definitely go with the 6224w, but that's because I care more about power than portability. If you want to compare something, trace out both the 6224W and the M1330 on the same page, and then consider how much thicker and heavier the Znote is.

 

Thanks for the tips odin243, actually i already did compare with all the specs of these 2 laptops.. just have to get rid of the small hope of dell m1330 will get a GT in the future..

 

well, ETA is only 15 days now. we'll see if we'll have it or not on the list anymore soon. you guys are making me more and more to believe it was a mistake adding it to the list

 

Which, the M1330? Of course it was a mistake. I'd bet good money that their will be no sub 14.1" notebook with a 8400mGT or higher prior to the 65nm die shrink, which is ETA this winter.

 

yup, so far the Zepto is the only one certain.. and looks like the Compal IFL00 too

 

The new Vaio CR was launched this morning. So the guys from Sony practically screwed any chance for us to see a 8400GT in the new SZ refresh to come !
I mean if a 14" has only the X3100, then what expectations can we have for 13" ?

 

Here's a pretty accurate depiction of the size comparison between an M1710, M1330, and M1210:



Excuse my fast paint job.

 

I will excuse ya for your fast paint job but I'll kill ya for messing up threads !

 

Is the Zepto then better than the F8? The configure option doesn't work for me and can't see how much can it be improved. For what I understand, the Zepto is one of the best and is already available.

Is Zepto a good manufacturer?

 

It is too early to tell which one will be 'better'. Nobody is positive about the specs of the F8 yet. Just a couple more months of waiting

Josh

 

But if all we can expect about the F8 is that it could be quite the same powerful as the Zepto is, I don't think I'd wait till August.

... that's unless someone says that Zepto is not a good manufacturer, because I know Asus very well but I never heard about Zepto before.

 

I've heard that dell is going to upgrade their m1210 with the 8400m, making for probably the best video card equipped 12" out there, can someone confirm this?

 

i thought the 1330 will be the refresh of 1210

 

You could be very right.

 

click on the green link in my signature and see for yourself. the 1330 will only have a 8400GS card and 13" screen. I'm not sure if they will put the same card in a 12" refresh.. maybe a 8400G with 64Mb thou..

 

Just to bump this tread up a bit

In bottom of this site got some info about upcoming? asus 14,1" V2S

http://article.pchome.net/content-378272.html

What I can get out of it is: 8600M GS... I have to say that im maybe a bit disapointed if it comes out with GS, since 14" Zepto is coming with GT. If Zepto can/will put GT in 14", I kind of hoped asus would do same

Well, still looking forward to V2S (if thats how they gonna call it), hopefully my dream latop when it finally comes out!

 

Well, the Asus F8 should have better performance than that, which makes sense as it's a gaming laptop rather than a business laptop like the V2S.bbb

 

I've put it on the list and this would already mean 3 powerful 14" babies
After Zepto's 6224W model this model and the F8 both seem to be the 2nd place.
Anyway, is there an English button on that page because otherwise I can only see the image of it but not any readable text

 

Thats true, just cant stop dreaming I guess.

Im in market for a new notebook with 13,3" -14,1" screen and some gaming abilities.. And really like the look of V2 so.. Im most likely going to buy asus, its just that which model, and build quality of V2 should be better than F8 anyway.

 

Yeah, the F8 is supposedly a 14.1" version of the G1 series, so it won't have the same build quality of the V series, though it should have more multimedia features.

 

So is the purpose of this thread! Stay close..
I asked you about that link.. if you're able to read in english or not..

 

I'm buying my laptop soon, and I've narrowed my list down to these thin and light models...

Asus F8s(14.1" ATI x2600)
Asus V2s(14.1" nV 8600 GS)
Asus S37s(13.3" nV 8400 G)
Compal IFT00(14.1" 8400 GS?)
Sony SZ(13.3" 8400 GT?)
Dell XPS M1330(13.3" nV 8400 GS)
Lenovo T61p(14.1" nV Quadro 570M)

What I'm really trying to figure out is the battery life I can get out of these guys--what size cartridges are available, any modular bay-hot swappable extra battery available, you get the idea... I've listed their screen size and gfx cards because I know these affect their battery life as well.

 

The SZ has an 8400mG I believe, and the IFT00 has a decent shot at an 8400mGT/8600mGS.
For battery life, your best bet is the SZ and the S37s, followed by the IFT00 and the M1330. I'm not sure what the new T61p will get, as I don't know what kind of watt-hours they're offering in their batteries.

 

Yeah, staying close No, I dont think you can get that in english, but you can try some online translator, thats what I did.

 

any ideas on release dates for the 14" 8600 notebooks?
namely the Asus V2s?

 

cmon asus i need a laptop by september!

 

Still few more months to go

 

you should be grateful if you'll see a 14" Asus with 8400GT for start

 

Yeah, it seems like this thread is misnamed. I seriously doubt we'll ever see a 13" laptop with a 8400gt in this generation of cards. The only actual candidates are 14.1" lappies.

 

maybe.. as long as there were 13" lappies with 7400 there's still a hope..

 

I might be wrong but.. 8400M GT is more or less same as Go 7600, and I dont think there are/were any 13,3" with 7600. So I also doubt that we'll see any 13,3" with better GPU than 8400M GS, which actually is not bad card afterall.

Im personally waiting for final specs for XPS M1330 and Sony SZ Santa Rosa Refresh.. Prolly going with xps m1330 if price is reasonable.

 

Hesssu you're right. Today I clarified this for good! If you guys didn't read yeat check the green link in my signature. The new 1420 will appear in about 2 weeks and will have better chances to have the long waited 8400GT !

I've updated the list by replacing the 1330 "dead hope" with the newest 1420 !

 

When are they gonna release a 13" with a 8700GT?


Okay, hey, cool, I'm kidding. I know that's never going to happen . . .

Just a bid sad can't find a 14.1" with at least 8400GT in Thailand/Singapore at the moment. Was going to get a new laptop for 2nd year university, and my semester started at the beginning of this month (June) . . .

T-T

 

The guys at Pantip never wanted to sell me the laptop I wanted. All Acer and Toshiba fan boys.... I always ended up buying over seas. Acer and Asus had many models in Bangkok that I never found anywhere else. All pretty cheap but never with a good graphics card.

 

Hi everyone,

So based on this list.. the best 14" laptop in terms of gaming over weight/size is the Zepto. Does anyone know if we were to buy the Zepto from the international website.. what kind of warranty coverage do we get being in the US? Does anyone have this laptop and have any gaming benchmarks? I'm considering this laptop, the M1330, and the upcoming ASUS F8s for my next laptop (a gaming thin and light laptop). Thanks in advance for anyone's help.

- Dell XPS M1710, Core Duo T2400 1.83 GHz CPU, 2 GB RAM, GEForce Go 7900 GTX, Windows XP MCE
- Dell Inspiron 700m: Pentium M 1.6GHz CPU, 768 MB RAM, Integrated Intel Extreme Graphics 2 Mobile (82855GME), Windows XP Home

 

supposedly the ASUS F8 will have the 8600 GT

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=128202&page=16

 

If you read that thread through you'll see that no one knows the exact GPU that will be in the F8, however the most likely candidate so far is the ATI HD2600.

 

i've read that thread....hopefully they'll use the 8600GT...otherwise it'll be quite a disappointment