Compal HGL30 (Nvidia Go 7600)

so... any new news or updates to how pricing will be and when it will be released??

 

i've heard they should be out around 2-3 weeks, but that may only be a rumor

 

Discountlaptops estimated they'd get it around 2nd or 3rd week of June. I think Powernotebooks also said sometime soon. In either case, it'd depend on how fast the EFL 30 (the last 14") is removed from stock

 

Sweetness, thanks for the update. Hopefully the rest of the EFL-30s disspear.

 

rumor has it that the N.American version will sport a silver lid, instead of that turqoise one. I wonder if Donald can verify this

 

update!

indeed, it will not have a turqoise lid! it is dark silver!
Chembook USA was nice enough to send me a picture of the lid

 

Meh maybe its not a good picture but i dont really like the grey look. i woulda preferered the turqoise lid, although what i would really like is HGL31's black lid on the HGL30. Since its VBI the screen should be exchangable, do you think there's anyway i can get a reseller to put a black lid on the HGL30 for free or very small price?

 

Good, the Turquoise reminded me an awful lot of a Toshiba... err, maybe they build Toshiba's newer models, I donno. I think it looks good.

Hey this is off topic Goren. But do you know of anything smaller than a 14.1, with even a small GPU coming from these manufacturers? ...Besides the W7.

 

check this section for an Arima that is 12" with an Nvidia Go 7300 but only 32mb dedicated, the rest using from the main RAM. That's the only whitebook I know that is both Core Duo, under 14" and has a dedicated gpu.

 

I see. Well atleast there is the hope AW will rebrand it and sell it for twice what it's worth.

 

nice~ thanks for the update, now all i gotta do is just wait for the release and hope the price is right!! what you guys est. on the price??

 

yeah price is everything here! if it goes too high, one might be more tempted to purchase the Portable One MX (A8jm) instead. I'm hoping it'll be the same price as the HEL80

I've already asked Donald (Powernotebooks) about it and he has no idea. Perhaps some one could ask Chembook?

 

I emailed Micro Express (another Compal vendor) about the price, and they said they expect it to be the exact same price as the HEL 80!

should this hold true, we got a machine that is significantly cheaper than the A8jm, and could probably be configured for less than $1200, perhaps as low as $1100 if you did your own hardware installation.

 

awesome to know!! so maybe within the next week or two it should be released right?? yeeeaa. good info, thanks.

 

Hah, that's incredible. =D $1200 almost sounds to good to be true.

 

Is there somewhere I can find the complete specs on this laptop?

 

http://www.marasst.com/product-1-HGL30.htm

keep in mind, the version there has a teal lid, and NA will get a dark grey one.

 

Thanks that is what I needed.

 

Really is anyone interested in this model crying over not getting the teal lid? xD I thought the teal was fugly. The gray picture looked much better.

 

Ack... Wrong thread...

 

found another site that has pics of it, you can see the 9-cell here which extends in the back.. rather than downward like some other laptops.

Clicking the arrows will reveal pics of various angles.. interestingly the color scheme on here is totally different than other ones I've seen. This one being a silver lid with silver and black interior. I'm guessing this might be the VBI version?
http://www.anadem.net.tw/shop/product-1.asp?anclassid=61&nclassid=350&id=725

 

If you want a separate forum section for Compal, go over to http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=59780 and say so.

 

What is up with the weight conversion? Sorry I'm so dumb but what the heck does ODD mean? There is no way that's right.

 

2.4Kg is actually 5.28 pounds. ODD is Optical Disk Drive (your DVD/CD drive).

 

Oh, 'Optical Disk Drive'. Thanks.

 

each time I contact different resellers, the ETA of the HGL30 keeps going farther and farther the latest news is end of July. Although this would make sense. I didn't see the EFL30 come out until August of last year, while its 15.4" counter part was well available in May

 

here's an excerpt from an email i received earlier today from chembook regarding the hgl30:

There is a little delay on the shipment.
Suppose to get it on Monday(6/19)
Now we are looking at one week later.
F.Y.I.

 

ooh this is great news, perhaps it means we can order it in late june

 

Hey rice...welcome to the Forum

That is actually great news! Let's hope the one week later doesn't turn into another week and another week.

(BTW...just a friendly tip...you shouldn't post 3rd party emails on the Forum. Better to just paraphrase what they said.)

 

Some large pics from Anadem! I'm guessing this one would be the most accurate to the model N.A will receive?







looks like it may come with a 9-cell battery as standard!! just like the HEL80!
I think its a pretty nice looking machine.

 

Very nice. lol, sound like it will arrive a day short of my birthday if it doesn't get delayed again. Almost seems like it comes with everything except the kitchen sink.

 

I was looking at the other pics but i didn't see a firewire port, i might have missed it, is there supposed to be one?

 

interesting. although on marasst it said 2.4kg with 14.1" WXGA TFT and 6cell battery. it doesn't seem like it sticks out too much on that picture. its similar specc'd as the a8jm and i hear that gets 3 hours with the 6 cell, that's enough for me so i'd rather have the battery not stick out the back like that.

 

yeah, both Anadem and Marssat say there's 1 mini Firewire port..but when looking at pics, I can't seem to spot it

 

are you sure that it's the 7600go?

 

Anadem says it has the NVIDIA G73M, which is the 7600, while Marasst says 7600 as well. However I recalled Donald or someone else saying it could be the 7400.

 

Any ETA on its arrivals? Or... is it still delayed?

 

havent been following laptops for a couple months...good to see some competition in the 14" dedicated graphics sector...1200 would be a steal...

 

Yes, please.

 

unfortunately i've been seeing conflicting information on what the video card would be.. most sites say Nvidia 7600, but a number say its the Nvidia G72M which is the 7300

 

I hope the price would be much lower than that of the HEL80 if the card isn't the go7600 :-/

 

Did you hear that....

 

hear what?

 

Man that would be lame. All this build up and it doesn't have a 7600go under the hood. I think it's time to get down on the knees and pray.

 

worry not, it is confirmed that it is an Nvidia 7600.. with 256mb dedicated

 

Looking out for the little guy and just saying what's on everyone mind, but they're to afraid to outloud. =P

 

Hear that...??

The pre-production samples have landed (This means the release is about 2 weeks away)...with 14.1" WXGA (1280x800) Glossy LCD using the GeForce Go 7600 w/256MB (375/400) , Biometric Fingerprint Scanner, 1.3MP Camera, PCMCIA & Express Card, Bluetooth 2.0, Card Reader (SD/MSPro), about 5.5 pounds with 9 cell battery.

Pricing to be announced shortly

 

ummm, what about a 1440x900 option...?

 

Thanks for the info paladin. So do you guys actually have the pre-production models in hand right now, or are u getting them soon? If you have them now, could you share any inital impressions about the build quality - like is it all plastic or not, as its kind of hard to tell from the current pictures out there.

 

The WSXGA+ 1440x900 is not going to come into the US market.