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    C'ya Sager/Clevo. The NP5796 trounced by a... W700!

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by NoelGallagher, Aug 13, 2008.

  1. gavinh

    gavinh Notebook Evangelist

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    I love Lenovo's design, it's kind of timeless.

    But I smell smoke. Tone it down.
     
    gavinh, Aug 13, 2008
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  2. Mausimo

    Mausimo Notebook Consultant

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    LMFAO ROFL ... wow i actullay laughed out loud. I guess you have never worked on IBM retail electronics/termianls/printers/touch screens etc. IBM is for lack of better words ****. :p I wont claim to have ever used their notebooks, but from what i have heard they are not much better than their retail electronics.

    just my 2 cents.
     
    Mausimo, Aug 13, 2008
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  3. Kevin

    Kevin Egregious

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    I see what you meant then. No problem. You know sometimes it's hard to decipher a person's intention through text.

    I can't wait to see how that card stacks up to the GTX. I might hold out on my 8660, to see how that comparison ends up. If the 3700 is more powerful, I might be tempted.
     
    Kevin, Aug 13, 2008
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  4. Sp3ctrum

    Sp3ctrum Notebook Consultant

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    If we look the history of quadro card it is most likely a 9800m gtx based card with opengl support isn't it ???
     
    Sp3ctrum, Aug 13, 2008
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  5. tornbacchus

    tornbacchus GO leafs.. Wait, Nevermid

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    well if you want to loose build quality, power, looks and an amazing price for something thats probably just as powerful( only if you config it over 5000$), way too expensive and ugly then go ahead and i hope you enjoy it :)
     
    tornbacchus, Aug 13, 2008
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  6. soxamaca

    soxamaca Notebook Consultant

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    That thing is a beast... but the price/performance ratio makes it entirely worthless for me. I can't understand paying that much for a laptop that's slightly lighter, slightly more powerful, and massively more expensive. My background is not that rich so that kind of thinking stops before it hits my brain =p.
     
    soxamaca, Aug 13, 2008
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  7. nirvana0002

    nirvana0002 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Right, Intel should hire you then because you are the only person on the planet can make quad core run cooler than dual core, while they are both 45nm.

    Thank you for sharing that something we already knew a decade ago.
     
    nirvana0002, Aug 13, 2008
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  8. dit_xi

    dit_xi Notebook Evangelist

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    Now that you mention it, it does sound silly! :D However, I meant to say that my old IBM ThinkPad was well built. Heck, Pentium II, 64MB RAM, 4GB HD, Win95... still running strong after all these years after all the abuses. I'd say that it's well built.
     
    dit_xi, Aug 13, 2008
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  9. Mausimo

    Mausimo Notebook Consultant

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    Hehe, no problem. I just couldn't help commenting. I found it so ironic, because i had just gotten back into town from a call today for a 4840 IBM touchscreen terminal(which are the crappiest peices of poo out there, and they are the bane of my existance, but anywayz) and the call was 3 hours both ways so i was pretty tired. I sat down and started browsing the forums before i headed home and started to read this thread. Thats when i saw your post and as soon as i read the first line, which was the only line i actually read, i started to litterally laugh out loud infornt of all my fellow employees LOL. They all thought i was nuts :D
     
    Mausimo, Aug 13, 2008
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  10. ashveratu

    ashveratu Notebook Evangelist

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    The title of this thread is soo true, the W700 does trounce the NP5796......with it's price tag. Other than that, the rest is speculation. Heck, it even "trounces" my laptop's price...
     
    ashveratu, Aug 13, 2008
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  11. dit_xi

    dit_xi Notebook Evangelist

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    ^LOL^ Rep up for that response.

    I do like that Wacom digitizer/tablet pad, though.
     
    dit_xi, Aug 13, 2008
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  12. Nirvana

    Nirvana Notebook Prophet

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    i was dead set for the OCZ whitebook, and now all of a sudden this popped up. man..........
     
    Nirvana, Aug 13, 2008
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  13. dit_xi

    dit_xi Notebook Evangelist

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    Every notebook should have a tablet pad/Wacom digitizer. It would be so dang sweet.
     
    dit_xi, Aug 14, 2008
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  14. youdontneedtoknow

    youdontneedtoknow Notebook Evangelist

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    what is a Wacon digitizer?
     
    youdontneedtoknow, Aug 14, 2008
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  15. dit_xi

    dit_xi Notebook Evangelist

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    It's like a tablet. Look here:

    http://shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/...5634AE8AB0F26CCAC867854&tab=2#tab-container-4

    It's a Palm-rest digitizer and pen. The ThinkPad W700 mobile workstations offer a 120cm x 80cm Wacom® palm-rest digitizer and pen, ideal for digital content creation and CAD/CAM applications. The digitizer can be configured to map to the entire screen or a user-defined area, and is compatible with a wide range of applications, from Windows Paint to Adobe Photoshop.
     
    dit_xi, Aug 14, 2008
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  16. Heathkidd

    Heathkidd M860TU

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    lol this W700 looks ideal.. pitty its like extremely expensive. And prob can not take the heat of gaming.
     
    Heathkidd, Aug 14, 2008
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  17. ebus5

    ebus5 Notebook Guru

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    Let's see the spec of the upcoming Dell M6400. It will support a Quad-Core processor, have 4x Memory sockets for upto 16GB, a 17" screen, two HD carriers (2x 500GB @5400rpm), a 1GB video graphic card (I surmisses the Quadro FX 3700M with 128 CUDA Parallel Processor Cores) and two DVI-Dual outputs to drive two 30" screens.

    I really like the support for 4x Memory sockets.
     
    ebus5, Aug 14, 2008
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  18. NoelGallagher

    NoelGallagher Notebook Consultant

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    I Guess.
    We'lll see though. I'm waiting for the quad option and I"m buying.
     
    NoelGallagher, Aug 14, 2008
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  19. Glover03

    Glover03 Notebook Enthusiast

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    $2978 for a FX-2700 vga card and 17" WXGA+ screen. Need to pay another $400 for FX-3700 and $225 for a 17" WUXGA screen.

    I think Sager NP5796 (built on Clevo M570TU), has an option of 9800M GTX, is a better choice in specification and price.

    Good Luck!
     
    Glover03, Aug 18, 2008
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  20. dit_xi

    dit_xi Notebook Evangelist

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    M570TU - No Quad Core, single HD, single GPU :SLEEP:
     
    dit_xi, Aug 18, 2008
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  21. IKAS V

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    The Lenovo is way over priced, but whatever makes you happy.
     
    IKAS V, Aug 18, 2008
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