The Compal IFL90 (PowerPro J 10:15) is now available for PRE-ORDER with SHIPPING BEGINNING MID-JUNE

The Compal IFL90 (PowerPro J 10:15) is now available for PRE-ORDER with SHIPPING BEGINNING MID-JUNE

For complete Specifications, Picture Gallery and Pricing

There may be a few minor changes prior to final release and shipping, but all who pre-order will be price guaranteed, and will get any updates/upgrades that are in effect on your ship date.

ENJOY

 

configuring mine right now...

 

Wow, I didn't it would be that inexpensive. At least now I have something to link to when I recommend the IFL90. Thanks for the post Donald.

 

what makes this better than the dv6500 when it starts coming with dedicated graphics. Its seems kind of expensive and looks bland.

 

The dv6500t only comes with the Geforce 8400M, whereas the IFL90 comes with the 8600M GT, several times more powerful.

The dv6500t also comes with 1 year warranty standard, the IFL90 comes with 3 years standard warranty.

 

....it is that low? >___________<

maybe i should of waited lol

 

the 8600 is $175 more on top of the already expensive price. I dont see whats so special about the price.

 

oh wait lol, you have to get the wsxga+ to get the 8600, i thought the 8600 was just standard...

 

Nice system Donald! I appreciate the more traditional looks.

I hope you people take advantage of that robson technology if you can, very nice stuff!

I'm not sure what you people are seeing with the price... I think my HEL80 ran about the same when I bought it and this machine is quite a bit nicer on the hardware.

 

are there any go8400 benchmarks yet?

 

The pics on the site look like the IFT00, not the IFL90.

 

Im complaining about the price because the HP dv6500t still looks like a better deal.

 

I used to deal with HP alot when I repaired systems, and without breaking out a long list of facts, I'll just say that I'd never trust their warranty service for my own machines after seeing how they deal with authorized repair facilities...

 

I noticed you're offering 8600 and 8400 builds... Perhaps that explains why we'd been hearing about IFT00 getting an 8600, but then seeing one with an 8400 available for preorder on that Italian site.

BTW, no 1x2048 ram available? I'm considering grabbing 2gb ram on one card so I can upgrade later if I need to.

So 6-cell won't fit into the WSXGA+? Damn, I had been planning on getting a 9-cell and a 6-cell spare so that I could have a battery that fit flush with the chassis, also.

 

-=wipes the drool for keyboard=-

Those are some amazing prices. I remember when laptops with high end specs used to cost $2,000. I want one.
Tim

 

That sure does look nice. And at great starting prices, too! I'm looking forward to next summer's models .

Spartanhockey--there are a number of reasons why certains buyers will always flock to a system like the IFL90 over an HP system. HP systems are really great buys when you are looking for a basic, inexpensive system. But once you start adding on the upgrades, their prices even out pretty quickly. It seems the HP dv6500t seems to be your choice--which is fine. Go with what makes you happy and enjoy your new system.

 

Hehe, after I got done upgrading my build, I had nearly reached $2000.

Not that that makes any difference--this is a very good value laptop. Now I just need to see another thread like this, only named "The Compal IFT00..." instead

 

Just a quick question. When I selected the graphics card it just says 8600. Just wanted to make sure this was still the gt that we are talking about and not the gs.
Tim

 

What models are the 8600M and the 8400M?

 

I still don't think I can justify spending money on robson... It's only $90, but for $40 I can grab another 1GB ram---which would definitely outperform, no?

btw: Do these IFL/IFT models support a 2GB+1GB ram configuration?

 

As in, you intend to stick with XP?

 

System memory and Robson memory are used quite differently, Robson was made to 'compliment' your system memory by making the data from your hard drive faster accessible to your main system memory, reducing the delay in your HD (slowest part in the PC). Think of it more like a HUGE HD cache.

 

I know I want this tech in my next purchase .

 

If you enable PAE mode you can set you address table to 36bit in XP(32bit OS) which will let your 32bit OS see the entire amount of ram in a 4gb system. PAE mode does have a few known issues since a lot of software isn't tested above 2gb.. but for the most part it is safe.

The only requirement to use PAE is a motherboard that supports it, and 4GB+ memory.. (santa rosa does)

 

You want to really go nuts you could get one of those new hybrid drives that has 256mb ram as well...

 

Yeah. Recently got a workstation for my office with 3 GB of RAM. Pretty nice I must admit.

You know generally I won't mess around with settings for a little extra performance, though .

 

Looks like the IFL90 with the same configuration as the dv6500 with a 3 year added warranty is cheaper by $60.94

dv6500 $1609.94
IFL90 $1549.00

 

System Tweaks are not the same as enabling 1GB of ram

 

Very True indeed .

 

Where are the dv6500t with GeForce 8400M? The only ones I see on HP's website are with the Intel(R) Graphics Media Accelerator X3100. Am I looking in the wrong place?

Here is what I was looking at.

 

HP says they'll put the DX10 cards in their Pavilions next month (so the 8400M in the dv2500 and dv6500, and 8600M GS in the dv9500). The reason you can't find it is because it doesn't exist yet!

Edit - Donald, after looking at your picture gallery, is that what the IFL90 is really going to look like? The pictures look like the IFT00 that Goren posted in the first IFL90/IFT00 thread, second post. Maybe Goren mixed them up?

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=119874

 

I know robson seek time will be very fast compared to HD seek times, but won't HD bandwidth still be greater?

And if I had extra system memory, isn't superfetching supposed to intelligently cache stuff in my spare memory to improve performance, also?

Can I configure 1GB+2GB(two sticks for 3GB) on Vista Ultimate/Santa Rosa platform? Can I configure 2x2GB?

 

HDD bandwith is limited to 150 MB/s theoretical assuming all hard drives in notebooks are using the SATA-150 spec.

The advantage of the flash memory is that there's a smaller delay between sending the request for data and getting it. For hard disks, data requests have to tell the read head to move to the appropriate location on the disk and wait for the data to spin around. Flash memory doesn't have to do any of that.

 

Hmm those pictures that Goren posted made the IFT00 and the IFL90 look much sleeker than those picture on Powernotebooks.com... maybe they changed up the design a bit before releasing it? Because the picture of the IFL90 almost reminded me of a black macbook.. yet on the website it looks blehhish..

 

It looks more like a Leveno laptop to me.
Tim

 

will the prices on these IF90 be cheaper in July, because I may buy one of these then

 

i dont think the prices will go down in a month

 

I wouldn't count on a price drop less than a month after a brand new model starts shipping. This looks to be a very popular system as well, so availability may be an issue over the summer (read: if you need it in July, you may want to consider pre-ordering one now). Buyers are understandably always looking to time their purchases to get the best possible price--but barring a component price drop, you're best off just buying the notebook when you need it.

 

Price is going to be similar with the Asus G1S. I don't know if the G1S will have Robson. Its going to be tough to pic a machine.

 

If the price is the same, I'd recommend buying an IFL90 for several reasons:

1. You get to pick what you like. That's the great thing about barebones; you don't have to buy what Asus equips their laptops to be like.
2. It comes with a 3 year warranty instead of a 2 year warranty.
3. No flashing lights.
4. Much better battery life on the IFL90 (about an hour more).

 

I've never had the opportunity to see a G1 - how would you compare build quality? Whats the case of the IFL90 like?

 

I would buy the IFL90 just because its cheaper. I like the flashing lights on the G1, but I also like the understated design on the IFL90. Asus has given the G1 a pretty complete config, with a T7500, 2GB, 160GB, 8600M GT and WSXGA. Battery life is another great thing about the IFL90 too.

 

Donald, do you have any 14" Compals + GeForce 8M ? I'd be interesting in pre-ordering it if you did.

 

that would be the ift00...but it's not available yet.

 

Do the OS's come with the actual disk.

 

yes if you order a os then you would get the oem disk

 

If you configure the IFL90 like the G1S they're very similar in price. The IFL90 looks like a business machine with gamer specs, I like that a lot. I don't like the flashing lights but they can be turned off.

I'll probably wait for reviews.

 

I understand that. I'm wondering what the bandwidth for robson flash memory is though, because if it's less than HDD, there's going to be a distinct file size where files less than it would be faster transferred from robson or files larger would be faster transferred from the HDD... I mean, robson might have a 10ms headstart because of the faster seek time, but if it transfers slower the HDD would be optimal for larger files.

 

I know how the internal test's benchmark's come up, but for many reason's I'm not going to share them.

If you really want to have a "good way" to think of robson, think of it like your swap file, but stored in physical memory. No matter how you look at it it will perform faster.

There is a bit of "driver play" in how well it works though, so there may be some roller coaster effects like with video cards from driver to driver.

 

Okay, so maybe I'll just get my 2GB ram and 1GB flash off the bat =p

Hopefully my IFT00 can look something like this:
14" WXGA
nV 8600 GT (maybe..!)
2.0GHz/4MB Core 2 Duo/+ArcticSilver
Integrated Bluetooth & WiFi, Camera, Fingerprint reader
Vista Ultimate
2GB DDR2 RAM
1GB Robson Flash mem
120GB 5400rpm HD
And hopefully it's priced the same as the IFL90, so I can get all that for ~$1900.

I currently run an 1152x864 resolution on a 17" monitor(probably only like 15" viewable)... I don't think I would mind 1200x800 on a 14" screen too bad?

But yea... IFT00 is what I'm going to get unless the Asus V2 refresh is wicked good =p