what is the difference between these 2 FL90's?

http://www.xoticpc.com/product_info.php?products_id=1876

http://www.xoticpc.com/product_info.php?products_id=1983

theres a price difference, graphics difference but they are both Compal FL90's... can someone explain this to me?

 

there is no difference except that the Sager gives you more warranty option(in this case 1 more option) and something diffrent starting configurations. Sager are geared for business users(imo) or someone who might need different warranties option then us regular folks.It was the same thing with the Compal HEL80 and the Sager NP2080

They are the exact same notebooks just Sager rebrands the IFL90 to compete in the gaming 15.4 market.

 

Eh? Sager are more geared towards gamers...I don't think any business user would buy a Sager. I guess a gamer would need a warranty a lot more than a normal consumer though.

Sager tends to offer difference OS combinations too, such as providing both the 32 and 64-bit Vista versions.

 

I meant the Sager version of the Compal IFL90. IMO business user (who need the dedicated card for some advance 3d modeling/rendering/design) need different and sometimes more comprehensive warranty options. But gamers as you said also need more warranty option since they usually put more stress on the components of their rig.

 

why do both wxga and wxsga+ come with the 8600m gt on the sager model and not the other model?

 

Wow I just configured one of those Sager's to the same specs as the actual Compal IFL90 I preordered from xotic and it is over $150 cheaper!!

Should I cancel my order and get the Sager rebrand instead or is the full 3 year warranty the compal comes with worth the extra $160ish?

I have heard Compals never break so maybe I wouldn't even need the longer warranty??

 

What other model?

The Compal IFL90(FORCE 3297) and the Sager Np2090 both have wxga and wxsga+ options.

 

Its up to you but i would call Justin(xoticpc.com) and make sure that the only difference.

Compals are quality notebooks but each individual notebooks is different. The same notebooks can last "forever" or die real fast. You don't want to spend 1400+ and then be stuck in the pacific ocean without a paddle.

 

the force model i guess. the wxga on the force model comes with the GS not the GT

 

I just noticed that. Since Sager can customize(add the cpu/ram/hdd/ect) the notebooks they could have the abilty/option to include the GT for both the Wxga and WSXGA+ but i would call xoticpc to make sure that the GT is included in both options. Also the WSXGA option includes the 9 cell

 

I'm confused.

Looking at the price differences between the Sager FL90 and the Compal FL90, why would anyone buy the compal one? The only advantages to the compal that I can see are more options regarding the RAM and a slightly better basic warranty.

Nearly everything else about the Sager version is cheaper/better.

No GS, only $75 to bump up to higher resolution and 9 cell battery, $50 versus $69 to bump up to 2GHz, DVD burner and wireless card already included, about $20 less for all the operating systems and they come with both 32bit and 64bit versions of the operating system, and on top of this the unconfigured Sager is cheaper than the unconfigured compal!

It is true that some of the hardrive options, specifically the 160GB versions is more expensive on the Sager, but this is more than offset by above things... I mean, there is a $100 difference in the upgrade to WSXGA+ between the two.. this is probably because both Sager versions come with the GT so you only have to pay for the better screen and battery, but you don't end up paying for the GT in the base price, as it is still cheaper than the compal.

I'd think that something is wrong here, but it is the same on both xotic pc and powernotebooks. Please, someone tell me, what is wrong with Sager? Give me a legitimate reason why somebody would prefer a compal to the sager...

 

It seems like its mostly in the warranty from 1 year on the Sager to 3 on the Power Pro model (on power notebooks). That said, after configuring a Sager the same as mine with the 3 year warranty its 75 cheaper

 

I guess you pay for the compal name and build with that 75. Although, from the pictures it doesn't look like sager did a damn thing to the build.

 

is compal more durable than sager or vice versa?

I wanna say that they're the same, since they are based on the ifl90, but at that point, I'm just guessing...

 

They are the same. The sager sure is tempting for $1400 for a decent configure. I would get it if it wasn't for the F8 and the 13% tax to Canada.

 

Another thread in the Sager section, by a guy who works at Xotic, says that major difference is the 8600M GT in the WXGA version. I'd actually prefer the WXGA over the WSXGA on this notebook, since I'd be gaming at 1280x800 with an 8600M GT already. When you play a game at not your native res, it's kind of blurry and distorted. Also, 1680x1050 would make everything teeny tiny on a 15.4".

 

Actually you shouldn't focus on individual upgrade pricing, rather focus on the total cost between them fully configured and warranted the way you want them. Then take the best value.

On thing that separates them is the Arctic Silver 5 that is not available on the Sager, but is on the PowerPro and the Force. Xoticpc is giving it for free, and you may find that PowerNotebooks.com is too if you just call us. We also have other special promotions that are not advertised but you will hear about if you call.

Also, overnight shipping paid both ways for warranty repairs (Sager pays 3 Day Shipping but PowerNotebooks.com and Xoticpc pay Next Business Day shipping both ways) may not be important to you if you live in the West, but if you are in the East, NE, South or Mid-West the difference of 2 days in transit as opposed to 6 days in transit may have more meaning to you.

Lastly, no one here is trying to persuade you one way or the other. They are all the IFL90 just under different brands and with different packages. Just study them and take the package that suits you best.

 

I noticed the dimensions are different for the sager and compal. So the sager is bigger?

 

I usually play in 800x600 on my LCD monitors and I hardly notice a difference between native and nonnative. If you focus and stare at it for long you might, but I don't. It's perfectly playable. I believe that they are able to scale resolutions much better nowadays...

 

AGAIN...they are the SAME COMPUTER , just under different brand names. If there is a small difference in the size specifications on any spec sheet it is a typo.