IFL90 shipped!

i ordered from micro express on 8/01 and it shipped today 8/06. i ordered the a WXGA "ifl9020", which i believe is the sager based on hard drive choices. they didn't have it immediately in stock, but when i called in to ask about ordering they told me they get shipments in basically every friday and that they could squeeze me into that shipment. also, i ordered without an OS because i already have a copy of XP, and they offered to just install XP for me for free if i provided the registration key, because they had to install an OS to test it anyway. should be here by friday, and i'll answer any questions anyone has!

 

That is pure awesomeness! I cancelled mine after waiting a month and then was told it wouldn't be shipped until late August. I am going for the Asus G1S which is coming on August 8! You are one lucky fellow. REJOICE!!!

 

first i ordered from xotic in june, then canceled on july 26 because there was still no eta. if i had ordered WXGA from the beginning, i would have had it by then but originally my order was for WSXGA+. then i ordered a dell 1520, but after hearing about delays and bad screens, i eventually switched to micro express

 

Geeze, what a story. I like customizing my new machines but I just reach a point when I'm done waiting and want the computer. I was going for the WSXGA+ aswell. I actually haven't cancelled the order on the Sager 2090yet! However, it doesn't matter because the status says: "Phase 1: PRE-ORDER". It still hasen't even started its way into the USA.

I ordered from xotic too.

 

Wow. Congrats! I'm at 60 days right now and still haven't received my laptop. You are one lucky guy!

 

why dont xotic and powernotebooks receive shipments every friday? but sager and now microoexpress do...

 

good question

 

Oo thats my exact story of my order... are u stocking me?

 

I talked to the guy about that he told me something like they are really close to the chinese/japs/ and taiwan in connection of getting things... and they have people who speak those languages or something...

Anyways what specs did you get walrus?

 

are you serious?! thats hilarious, seems like favouritism b/c of language barrier...no wonder the lack of ETAs!

 

actually it was your thread and the people's replies in it that made me look at micro express

i got WXGA
T7500
2 gig ram
160gb 7200rpm hard drive

do you know if the ram is 1 stick or 2? it doesn't say

 

Whoa thats some nice customer service. I ordered from Xotic PC last two weeks, and the service has been alright...just not as great as the people in the forums say they are. Still no ETA on my Sager 2090. Too bad they all don't do that with OS because I was planning on doing the same.

 

I got an e-mail today saying my laptop shipped yesterday! It'll be here tomorrow! It'll probably get to the warehouse here which is 2 miles away today....oh the tease...

 

Grats Lovelamp!

 

:d

i GOT :

WSXGA+
T7700 2.4
4 GB ram
160 seagate momentus

 

congrats lamp! im getting mine on thursday

 

Grats to you too expo25kr! Yeah I'm excited to get it. At one point when I checked the tracking info, it said it was in transit and it was at the warehouse here! but now it doesn't show it. So I don't know whats up with that.

 

What is the IFL91 at Micro Express? The pic looks the same as the IFL90.

 

has onboard gfx card

 

mine will be in my hands monday! too bad they didnt get through to upgrading my shipping to 1 day , 4 more days to wait

 

Grats Pacha!

 

thanks, i cant wait!!!

 

ahh im wating for my ups guy to come now...oh the pressure!

 

i hope ur over 21 expo!

 

heh. im 18 but my parents are in XD

 

Lol...Imagine the UPS guy just standing outside expo's house thinking how long can he torture expo before he rings the doorbell. just kidding!

 

How is ur sager? how much fps in games u get??

OMFG my compal IFL90 = 7 hrs from my house HOPEFULLY GETS HERE TMW!!!!!!!!!!

damm weekends

 

To be honest, I'm still trying to tweak the system with the best drivers combo. Running at Vista 64, I'm not getting the performance I had hoped for from the system. Got 2890(highest from all the different drivers I've tried) on 3dmark2006.

C&C3 cannot be run at decent frames at 1680x resolution with Ultra High settings (turning off Antialiasing - same goes for 1280x800 -it has shown improved frames, but not smooth). Same goes for Supreme Commander (even with 1280x800 with all settings high).

However, other games have shown a great amount of improvement, such as CS: Source runs very smooth, always over 60fps average (with all settings high and AA max along with AF on). World of Warcraft runs very smooth as well on all settings set at high.

If I cant tweak the system to my likings by tomorrow, I'm going to switch to XP and see how that works out for me.

If I dont see some improvement from switching to XP, the system is going back to Sager for a return. I'm seriously hoping I dont have to resort to that, since I really like this laptop so far and I think I dont want to walk in my MBA classes with a flashy Asus.

 

i hope mine runs as i expect it, i have the same specs as you, except for the T7300 and WXGA.

try turning AA and AF of and see how they run

 

I heard with the latest drivers there is a performance issue with 64-bit Vista. I have the non-sager version with the 32-bit Vista and i was playing Supreme Commander at 1440x900 with most settings on high, except for shadows (I usually hate the appearance on shadows anyways) and it was playing really smoothly.

 

I wonder if thats where I went wrong. Maybe I should've gotten the 1280x800 screen so I would be able to play the games at lower resolution, but they would look clean since it would be native to the screen.

Right now, If I tone down to 1280x800 resolution...I have to turn on other options to compensate for the blurry look.

 

Just ran 3dmark2006 in my XP partition and got 3193 score. Going to install games on it and see if I see better performance.

 

That just might be it.

 

If I toned down my res it would be to near lowest.

Play most my games at 1024x768 now as it is.

 

i got my laptop this morning! so far everything seems good

 

I Got Mine Woooooohooo

 

i have a couple questions. how do i set up the smart battery options? also, if the power saver mode is portable/laptop (in XP), will the processor go for max performance when playing games, at least when plugged into the AC? also, what are the best video card drivers for XP?

 

congratz to who all got theres today, mine will be here monday!!

 

mine said it was coming monday but i got it at 2

 

omg omg same here, look for my jubilant post!!! , I thought I was getting it on monday

 

i got 2 6 cell batteries instead of the 9 cell ones i was supposed to get. they're giving me credit (only $10) for one and are sending me a new 9 cell. unfortunately i do have to send back one of the 6 cells once the 9 cell arrives

 

The truth is...we all get them at the same time. The language thing is a nice story but...