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    Alternative to Rock?

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by Widge, Jan 14, 2008.

  1. Widge

    Widge Notebook Consultant

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    Are there any UK alternatives to Rock that anyone can recommend at all? I know that people tend to like to say Rock as the #1, but I don't like the fact that HD-DVD is mandatory with their lappies.
     
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  2. Cannavar

    Cannavar Notebook Enthusiast

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    Easy, Novatech. Save yourself a packet while you are at. Or Evesham but again, they like to charge more for no reason!
     
    Cannavar, Jan 14, 2008
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  3. Widge

    Widge Notebook Consultant

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    Cheers, off looking @ Novatech now!

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    £620 for a no OS 15.4"... not bad really! Considering its an alternative to the MSI GX610 I've been looking at (the non flame edition), thats a decent saving.
     
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  4. X40Nick

    X40Nick Notebook Consultant

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    Yeah Novatech all the way!

    I have a Novatech X40 and it rocks my socks!
     
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  5. Fade To Black

    Fade To Black The Bad Ass

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    And they have good prices too. Too bad they don't ship outside UK, but do they?
     
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  6. Kathman

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    I live in NZ, I got a rock shipped to me a while ago, I must say there service & support was the best I have recieved so far.

    But damn the novatech prices look good, if I lived in the UK at those prices I may move to novatech, but like I said rock's support was great, worth a few extra pounds!!!
     
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  7. Vedya

    Vedya There Is No Substitute...

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    ALso thake a look at evesham...
     
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  8. Cannavar

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    Evesham keep going out of business though. Just this last week they had problems again and their website disappeared.

    Also their prices for the m570ru rebrand were up over £2000. Novatech @£1400 is silly money.
     
    Cannavar, Jan 15, 2008
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  9. Widge

    Widge Notebook Consultant

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    They are, comparing the Alpha R to a similarly specced Evesham... its a couple of hundred quid more.

    Rock look absolute quality, but thats pushing on towards the 1k mark.
     
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    i've got the x80r from Novatech - its great. its the 8700M edition, had it a while. They are even looking into providing an upgrade route for the 8700M users :)

    Nox
     
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  11. X40Nick

    X40Nick Notebook Consultant

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    Hi Nox! (novatech forum)

    I think Novatech may do worldwide shipping, I am sure they were planning to do something.

    There prices are brilliant, I would go for a Rock if I couldn't go for Novatech.

    Nick
     
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  12. Fade To Black

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    I wouldn't, they're too expensive and probably because of having a HD-DVD inside.
     
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    I wanna ROCK!
     
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  14. Widge

    Widge Notebook Consultant

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    Yeah, I don't want HDDVD forced upon me since it takes the price right up.
    I need something thats a good price and 15.4".
     
    Widge, Jan 16, 2008
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    Nox, how do you find the screen quality on your x80r? I'm considering one after trying a couple of Dells. I really want a perfect screen though, no backlight leakage or grain.

    Sorry for the thread hijack Widge.
     
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  16. Fade To Black

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    It's like other M571RUs out there. NotebookReview said: "Gorgeous display", so it should be a good one.
     
    Fade To Black, Jan 16, 2008
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