two different brand, same laptop

Averatec 6130H/HS:

http://www.averatec.com/notebooks/6100series.htm


Cyberpower Xplorer X5-4000/5000/6000:

http://www.cyberpowersystem.com/highendsystem/ntbkx55000.asp?v=d (check the front view)


All the specs are the same, except that cyberpower offers a radeon 9700 128mb and averatec only a radeon 9600 64mb, cyberpower offers custom paintings. Who makes who ?

 

Uniwill makes the notebook.
-andrew

 

Uniwill link below now puts the 6130 model (their 258SA(x) model in the 'past models' category.

http://www.uniwill.com/products/other/n258sa0/N258SA0.html

Their new comparable model has AMD and ATI 9700 graphics.

http://www.uniwill.com/products/performance/258ka0/258ka0.php?HL=1&P=2

 

Is this supprising?

It's not too uncommon for a single maker to sell off to other vendors with a custom config.

 

Has anyone bought a 6130 battery from uniwill? Theirs are 20 bucks cheaper than Averatec.

 

good question.

I think that will work, if you go on the averatec's battery properties, the battery name is 258SA0 (double click the battery icon in the taskbar, then click the #1 blue batterie). This is uniwill's model, not averatec.

 

It's sad.. but Averatec and Uniwill in general just resell notebooks.
Their OEM partner is Trigem corp. (www.trigem.com)
But the good thing is, of course, that accessoires are the same.

 

good to know, I wasn't aware of this one.

 

Actually, that's not technically true. While there may be a loose affiliation between Trigem and Averatec, their laptops are not made by Trigem.

You may want to look into the ODM relationship further.

 

Symbiont,

I admit I know little about what makes a ODM relationship, but it is interesting that the TG web site contains Averatecs models and press write ups as company news. Also TG shows a Averatec 5500 and a 6300 series in their "new products" link (http://www.trigem.com/tgproduct/new/new.asp).

Wipeout,

As for Cyberpower, I had them build a PC for me over a year and a half ago, and its been flawless. As far as them being cahoots with Averatec, it dosent seem likely as their more geared to custom config systems.

 

I was browsing another averatec forum
http://www.averatecforums.com/
and noticed that someone posted a link to a review of a fujitsu laptop http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/06/29/review_amilio_a1630/
does it look familiar? I wonder if the mobo will fit in my chassis =D and since mine isn't working right now anyway....

 

Good find !

It is very similar, but it has a few differences, the buttons for the touchpad are different, and the keyboard is different. I'm not sure about the chassis ... if it doesn't work, you're stuck with it...

 

that fujitsu looks like the 6130 even the name A1630 has the same numbers as the 6130.
-andrew

 

Yeah, it would really suck to have spent money for a replacement mobo (if I could even find someone who would just sell me a motherboard) and CPU just to have the thing not fit right. Although I did read a story about a guy who took an iBook and converted it into a tablet PC (he called it the i-Tablet) and I guess that would be possible, definitely a neat little project.

On another note, through my searching of laptops made by UniWill I found a few custom laptop shops that will actually sell you a barebones laptop if you choose, or pay them to configure it for you.

www.rjtech.com and also store.ekm.com

I think if I was looking to buy a new laptop (my averatec was a gift) I'd probably go to one of these kinds of sites and build my own.