Yet a New P-FX Model Gateway® P-7808u FX Edition

Gateway's link

http://www.gateway.com/systems/product/529668248.php

Specs

Processor Intel® Core™2 Quad Processor1 Q9000 (2.00GHz, 1066MHz FSB, 6MB L2 Cache)
Operating System Genuine Microsoft® Windows Vista® Home Premium (64-bit) with SP12
Color FX Premium Design with brushed metal keyboard surround and high-impact composite finish
Memory 4096MB 1066MHz DDR3 Dual Channel Memory (2-2048MB modules)
Hard Drive 500GB 5400RPM SATA hard drive5
Chassis Chassis with NVIDIA® GeForce® 9800M GTS Graphics with 1GB of GDDR3 Discrete Video Memory and Intel® PM45 Chipset
Adapter AC Adapter
Application Software Microsoft® Works 9.0SE, Microsoft® Money Essentials & Microsoft® Office Home and Student 2007 (60-day complimentary trial period)4
Battery 9-Cell Lithium Ion 86.58 Whr (2.6AHr)
Bluetooth Bluetooth® 2.0+EDR
Digital Media Software Microsoft® Windows Media Player 11, Cyberlink® Power2 Go™, & Cyberlink® LabelPrint™
Dimensions (Box) 15.5" (H) x 19" (W) x 6.5" (D) or 394mm (H) x 485mm (W) x 165mm (D)
Dimensions (System) 1.3"-1.70" (H) x 15.75" (W) x 11.75" (D) or 33-43mm (H) x 400mm (W) x 298mm (D)
Display 17" Widescreen WXGA+ Display (1440 x 900)
Expansion Slots ExpressCard™ Type 54
External Ports (3) USB 2.0, VGA Connector, IEEE 1394b, eSATA Port, V1.2 HDMI Connector
Keyboard and Mouse Full-Size Keyboard, Synaptics Touchpad with Vertical Scroll
Media Card Reader 5-in-1 Digital Media Card Reader (Memory Stick™, Memory Stick™ Pro, Multi Media Card™, Secure Digital™, xD-Picture Card™
Memory Capacity Maximum 4GB
Modem 56K ITU V.92 ready Fax/Modem (RJ-11 port)
Multimedia Buttons Illuminated Metal Precision-Touch Multimedia Buttons
Network 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet LAN (RJ-45 port)
Optical Drive 8x Multi-Format Dual Layer DVDRW and DVD-RAM featuring Labelflash™ Technology7
Security Software Symantec Norton 360™ 2008 (60-day trial)6
Sound High-Definition Audio- 2 Channel, Built-In speakers, microphone, headphone/SPDIF Audio Out
Warranty 1 Year Parts and Labor + Toll Free8
Web Camera 1.3 Megapixel Integrated Webcam
Weight 9.05 lbs. (4.11 kg) system unit only / 12.64 lbs. (5.73 kg.) box
Wireless Network Intel® WiFi Link 5100 802.11a/g/Draft-N Wireless LAN

 

What does the u after the 7805, 7808 mean?

 

nice 2ghz quad and 500gb hd...dont know if its worth 1800

 

It is $1,649.99 at buy.com

http://www.buy.com/retail/product.a...nnelintelligence&SearchTerm=210723018&Type=CJ

I would buy a P-7811 from tigerdirect.com or a P-7805u from Best Buy over this, but it is cool that our lappy's graduated to Quad Power!

 

Don't hold me to this but I believe it stands for "U.S" or "United states" or such. Because Japan models have a J instead of U, and etc.

 

The "U" means Ultimate Bada@# Lappy!

 

nope it's not worth it. 1440*900. sorry msi took gateway's thrown. gateway should sell it for 1400 but that's no profit.

 

Good point, for less money you get this;

$1,599.99 $50.00 bucks less at amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001N44U94

http://www.msimobile.com/level3_productpage.aspx?cid=6&id=47


CPU Type Intel® Centrino® 2 Processor Technology Intel® 45nm PenrynP9500
Speed 2.53GHz
Front-side Bus 1066 MHz
Cache 6MB
Operating System
Operating System Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium
LCD
Size 17 "
Backlight WUXGA / Anti - Glare
Resolution 1920 x 1200
Color
Color Metal Hair Brush
Chipset
Chipset PM45+ICH9-M
Graphics
GPU (Graphic Accelerator) ATi Radeon HD 4850
Video Memory 512MB DDR3 VRAM
Graphic Type PCI Express
Audio
Audio HD Audio quality, Dolby Digital Live
Speaker 4 speakers+ 1 sub woofer
System Memory
Spec 2GB x 2 DDR2 667/800
Max Memory Supported 4GB
HDD
HDD Capacity 320GB / 7200rpm
HDD Interface SATA
Optical Drive
Optical Drive Type BD Combo
Communication
Modem 56K
LAN 10/100/1000 Mbps Gigabit Ethernet
WLAN Built-in 802.11b/g/n WLAN Card
Bluetooth Yes
Supplemental Drive
Card Reader 4-in-1 Card Reader (SD/MMC/MS/MS Pro)
Finger Print Reader N/A
Webcam Resolution
Webcam 2.0 MP Webcam
I/O Port
USB USB2.0 Port X 3
ESATA/USB Combo x 1
IEEE 1394 x 1
Video Port Graphics Card Output (15-pin, D-Sub) X 1, HDMI X 1
Audio Port Mic-in X 1, Line-in x 1, Headphone X 1
Expansion Slots
Card Slot PCI Express Card X 1
TV Tuner N/A
AC Adaptor
AC Power Adaptor Output: 19V DC, 120W
/Input: 100~240V AC, 50/60Hz universal
Battery
Battery Pack Li-ion 9 cells (Standard)
Physical Spec
Dimension 15.56 "(L) x 10.95 "(W) x 1.04"~1.38"(H)
Weight 7.35 lbs (9 cell)
Accessory
Carry Bag Gaming backpack

 

seriously.. $1800 is too expensive for that unit..
having quad-core is nice but it's only 2.0ghz so it will be slow as hell(not by much from p-8400 but compared to my x-9100 since most programs or games are optimized for dual core and not quad-core)..
ahh.. and then why 1440x900 and 5400rpm hdd?
i rather have 320gb 7200rpm hdd and 1920x1200 screen is like extra $150..
if it had 320gb 7200rpm hdd and 1920x1200 screen i might willing to pay around $1500 but unit like that for $1800 is too much..
no doubt i will need it upgrade to qx9300 extreme processor but even ES version of this cpu go for $600-700..
so let see.. $1800 for laptop. $600 for new cpu, $150 for new monitor, $80 for new hdd, minus $200 for selling q9000 to ebay is around $2430..
darn.. with that money, i can get sager notebook equipped with desktop processor q9550 with 1920x1200 screen with 9800gtx..
total waste of money in my opinion.

 

quad-core, over double-sized HDD, and double the GFX card memory look really nice. I run at 1400x900 (anything else is too small for me to see), so i wouldn't care about the resolution loss.

All this said, i would never by another fx series laptop, there's too many other things i don't like about it...

My next laptop will have:
-15.4-inch screen(If they sold the fx in 15.4 inch, with the same specs i'd have bought it)
-no numeric keyboard(i like the middle of the keyboard to be centered on the screen)
-the CTRL and PrntScrn keys will be in their right places

= )

 

Hmm does the P-7811 FX have the same motherboard or chipset as this P-7808u? If so, then wouldn't there be a BIOS for the P-7811 FX to support quad?

 

Quad Core is the Ford Escort of Quad Core chips
500gb HD but 5400rpm
1gb memory @ 1440x900 is useless

9800gts is rapidly moving into a mid-range graphic solution.

$1649.00 is too much for that setup.

They need to put a P9500 or better in it, 320gb 7200rpm, and hopefully a GTX260M in the future at that price point for it to even be somewhat viable.

Just not a good price for that. GT725 smacks it around and calls it Susan for kicks easily.

 

But, Q9000 is better CPU than P8400 or T9600 or even X9100..
According to
http://www.cpubenchmark.net/high_end_cpus.html

 

because theres 4 cores, they are alot slower cores though

 

q9000 is an ok processor, but the 2Ghz really hurt it in real world performance (not a lot of multi core programs). If you got something that can use all 4 cores then the q9000 can do a lot, otherwise the p8400 is faster...sad. I would rather have a half way good dual core.

 

1 gig video ram is useless even for wuxga. the 9800 gts architecture doesn't have any real world improvement moving from 512 to 1gig.
as for the 2.0 quad core. 'nuff said.
i also don't see too much headroom in this laptop design as far as having more powerful components. i think its a design flaw. not enough heatsinks, vents or something. if i raise the lappie just a little during full load, i see a good 10-15 deg. drop in temp. just having a few plastic hinges that raise the comp. a bit at the back wud have been a stroke of genius.

 

This was posted a long time ago, back in the beginning of february:

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=348876

 

I want 2 know as well. Also can you put any quad core processor in it?

 

it would seem so, theres the intial support for QC, so any of them should work.

 

But you can get a high powered quad core cheaper than a duo core one so that leaves me to believe it's not that easy to just switch them.

 

how not?

if one quad core works they all should, same pin layout on all of them, they are not all different revisions.

 

but you have some duo cores that are strickly mobile.

Example from Tiger Direct

Core 2 Duo Mobile
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/category/category_slc.asp?CatId=3793&name=Core_2_Duo_Mobile

vs Core Duo non mobile
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/category/category_slc.asp?CatId=2396&name=Intel-Core-2-Duo&Nav=|c:1969|&Sort=0&Recs=10

I'm just trying to understand it. So I could get this and it would work?

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4089666&CatId=2758

 

No you could not, that quad core is a desktop unit which is designed for a desktop mobo. Mobile quad cores are not really in online retailers yet but they are fairly expensive over a core 2 when you do find them on ebay and the like. I think the additional cost is not just the price increase for the chip but the cost of developing a quad-core supporting BIOS for the system.