The Arima W840 DI Thread

Well you must have a better contact in OCZ than I do, Rob. Mine has to ask someone else for the answer to every question I have.

 

@DarkSmiley: Yeah, silly me, didn't see that. Sorry

Can't wait to see this baby all fired up in crossfire awesomeness!

 

cant wait for backlit keyboard piccies

 

There are some pics of the red, white, and blue keyboards on our produt page under photos. They are oem pics and are not that great, once this model arrives we will have some better pics.

 

Do we get all three colors (or more?) in the keyboard or we only get to choose one?

 

This is not clear yet, i am pretty sure it will be a color choice. With these models first rolling out not all the info/specs are clear. Once they arrive we will confirm the specs and all available options and functions.

 

I think that it comes with 3 programable colors where you can set which color you want like the XPS m1730.

 

hmm, so the number pad keys are separate I assume?

 

They may or maynot, those photos may just be of a generic keyboard to display the colors. All the current models i have seen that have a full size keyboard with a number pad are always one piece. As soon as it arrives in a week or two i will confirm all and the functions of the keyboard.

 

Updates:

#1: The product manager is finally back. So far the only answer I have is to the LCD manufacturer question that I believe was posted by MICHAELSD01: they're made by LG I should be receiving an email from the PM with answers to all the other questions tomorrow.

#2: As of Friday, August 29th, the laptop is still in testing and still doesn't have a solid release date.

#3: The OCZ DIY notebook department has announced a 17" DIY notebook that will be coming out soon. It's specs and info are available at http://www.ocztechnology.com/produc..._notebook-small-amd-athlon-64_platform-small_

 

The answer we received is the same as you posted, it can be toggled between the 3 colors and should be a full size board with the keypad being part of the board.

 

The mobile extreme quad core is supported out of the box on this OCZ model. This is confirmed by OCZ and is one of their key selling points.

 

We just need to find someplace to buy it from . Hopefully OCZ will be stocking it.

 

When the Mobile Quad's are in the channel they will be available...................

 

They were released over a week ago by Intel. No supplier I'm affiliated with said they had placed or were planning on placing any orders.

 

Sweetness!! Mobile Quad Core offered by K|N

http://www.killernotebooks.com/nagamaki/nagamaki_order_page.html

Q9100 Quad Core
Dual ATI Crossfire 3870
4 GB DDR# 1333 MHz
WUXGA 1900 x 1200
BluRay
Dual HD, 320GB 7200 rpm
A/B/G/N 270 Mbs & Blue Tooth
Customized Graphics
Vista Ultimate 64

~$4000

 

I need to find who their distributor is! And I see they still don't have the qx9300 up.

EDIT: I found a channel distributor who will be stocking both. Both the Q9100 and the QX9300 are up on the website, as well as keyboard color customization, laptop skins, and complete laptop painting.

 

Both are available:


INTEL CPU CORE 2 QUAD Q9100 2.26GHZ FSB1066MHZ 12MB SOCKET P MONTEVINA

And:

INTEL CPU CORE 2 EXTREME QX9300 2.53GHZ FSB1066MHZ 12MB SOCKET P MONTEVINA

 

Wow, competition! I like it!

 

i cant wait for dark smiley to get his test machine. im going to make my decision between this with 2 ati's in crossfire or a sager 5796 with 1 9800M GT.

hopefully we'll know by thursday, and no later by friday, as im hoping to order it as early as possile.

 

OCZ is not shipping these till 09/08-09/12, that was their last eta as of Friday 08/29

 

yea i know but dark smiley said hes getting his test machine this week, so by thursday or friday ill preorder it, if i like how it looks.

 

Yeah, I'm really looking forward to see this computer "in person" as it were.

 

Does it have problems with crossfire on xp or vista?

 

And, good sir, they have been in my configuration since 1 o'clock once I found a distributor that carried them

I said that I was told it would be shipping this week. But I was told this before the product manager came back, and I get the feeling that may be wrong. I'll call tomorrow for a status update, though.

I don't see a reason why it should. When I get the system, I'll be testing it with xp to see.

And for those of you that asked before, I should probably state this again: we do now offer custom painting & skins

 

Just a random question about skinning/painting, DarkSmiley:

How much would a carbon fibre (skin or paint I don't know how you'd do that) cost on all the surfaces of the Criterion? Well obviously without the bottom, but all the other surfaces.

Thanks

 

I'm going to guess around $175, but I'll call the company we're partners with tomorrow and see what the actual price would be. Probably less.

 

hmmm, I might also be interested in painting the notebook. Would it be possible to custom paint the entire palmrest only?

 

I would not suggest painting this model, it will void the manufactures (OCZ) warranty. This has been confirmed by the manufacture.............

 

According to the information I received from OCZ, their warranty text isn't finalized yet (as of 8/29). And yes, it would be possible to paint just the palmrest.

 

I'm guessing it would probably void the warranty if painting it actually requires pulling out the palmrest, but we'll see. I'm still waiting for the test system to come to see how this thing performs (and how it improves upon my Alienware M9750) .

 

hey darksmiley, your customization page shows that you have to choose an option for colour for the keyboard.
does that mean that there will only be one colour?
or will you be able to get all three?

and is there some program to with the backlit keyboard?

 

OCZ is also not the only importer of this from Arima. There are a few other's bringing this model in directly from Arima. There wouldn't be any problem painting the notebook as long as the seller warranties the work.

 

So who else is importing it? Do you have a link where they are selling it?

 

I'm going to guess that either CyberPower, Digital Storm, or (if they decide to offer it) Alienware or one of the big boutiques might offer it directly from Arima/Flextronics, since they won't talk to you unless you're planning on buying something like 250,000 units.

 

Other companies that are importing it do not sell to end users, they sell to system builders such as us, DarkSmiley etc... Only wanted to point out that OCZ is not the sole importer from Arima....

 

Wish you had more pictures of your Laptop
I know its a Sager, but this seems to be in Black
which is what im lookin for
Please post some pics front back side, etc
thxs

 

Sorry, Lord Vader, but nobody has real pictures yet, since nobody actually has a model of the laptop in their hands. But there are pictures available on these sites:

odd side view: http://www.digitalstormonline.com/images/M171.jpg
back ports: http://www.digitalstormonline.com/images/M172.jpg
front ports/cd bay: http://www.digitalstormonline.com/images/M173.jpg
left side ports: http://www.digitalstormonline.com/images/M174.jpg
right side ports: http://www.digitalstormonline.com/images/M175.jpg
massive picture of open laptop without backlit keyboard on: http://www.flextronics.com/arima/pim/Pp174-1.jpg

I'll get real pictures up (not Photoshopped) once I get the notebook in my hands.


And it's an Arima, not a Sager

 

hmmm..... I believe we are all aware of this....

Ban me if you will, but you had to chime in....

 

I called up OCZ 3 minutes ago. It does NOT void the warranty. I don't know where you got this from, but I got my info directly from the product manager.

You can choose between the three colors. Sorry, but you can't have red, white, and blue all in one keyboard

My company confirmed that they can do the carbon fiber, but it will cost more than I previously posted, probably in the $375+ range. They're sending me a complete cost soon, they need to look into prices since they do very few carbon fiber laptops.

 

o okay, well if it gets shipped this week, you should have it sometime next week right?

you said that you'd phone and may have a feeling that it may be wrong. if it is, than i have alot to think about, i need to preorder by mid next week and if you dont recieve it (as by being told the wrong info) then i have to choose to take a leap of faith on this or a sager.

i just hope you recieve it very soon so i can see some pics and tests.

and about the keyboard thing, i thought that we were able to toggle the different colours on the keyboard, just like with the alienwares. i know that we cant have all colours on at once, but thought we could change through the different colours.

i also dont know if this was answered, but what sort of screen is on this thing? whats the make and are there any reviews of the screen on other models. is it a good quality screen? i dont really know anything about laptop screens, and just thought it would be good to know.

 

LG btw make great screens.

 

You can change between the colors, but it requires delving into the BIOS. I figured it would be easier if you just selected the color you prefer and I set it for you

 

o alright i guess i didnt see that post or didnt remember seeing it. i also dont know much about lg, but am about to look into them.

 

@ dark smiley

i would like to change between the colours from time to time, so it would be a good thing to have. i dont know much about all the programming stuff, but is it hard to change the colours in the bios? is there a 3rd party program that can do it easily like alienware has its command center thing. if its easy to change the colours, i wouldnt mind doing it.

 

It wouldn't be hard, it would just be slightly inconvenient. There won't be a program to unless I coded it myself, and I'm not into that

But you should be able to easily do it in the bios. Don't you worry

 

oh okay thats good to know, now just waiting for the benchies

 

At a curiousity, if someone could design a nice looking application that controlled the keyboard lights, around how much would you be willing to pay to exclusively offer it ?

 

Yeah, something like what was seen in Dell QuickSet. I'm pretty sure OCZ would provide a program like that with this chassis. After all, they'll need a Driver CD for the chipset/controllers for it.

 

We'll see. If they don't, well, I guess I can see what michaelsd01 can offer. PM me