Help me choose... Malibal vs Mythlogic

Hey all,

Moore's law is bottle-necking my current lappy and I'm in the market for a new one...

I'm a computer engineering student at Bucknell and I'll be writing a LOT of programs on this lappy in Linux (hence the 16gb ram). But I also enjoy the occasional gaming (looking to play BF3 and MW3)...

I'm leaning towards mythlogic just because they say the test each system before shipping it. I'm sick of getting brick computers from Dell, and that assurance almost has me sold.

Other than that, is there anything else in this config I should add/remove?

SOMEONE SELL ME ON ONE OF THESE!

So I can't decide between the Malibal Lotus:

P150HM Lotus P150HM

Customizations:
Display: 15.6" 1920 x 1080 FHD LED AUO B156HW01 V.7 95% NTSC Glossy Display (LCD-FHD-15-U)
Processor: Intel® Core™ i7-2720QM, 6MB L3 Cache, 2.2-3.3GHz (CPU-i7-2720QM)
Memory: (16GB) 16384MB, PC3-10660/1333MHz DDR3 - 4 SO-DIMM (RAM-10660-DDR3-16GB)
Graphics Card: AMD® Radeon HD 6990M 2GB GDDR5 (GPU-6990M-HD)
Hard Drive: 750GB 7200rpm 2.5" SATA 300 (HDD-750-7200)
Optical Drive Bay: 8X Multi DVD+/-R/RW RAM Dual-Layer Drive (OPT-DVD-8X)
Operating System: Microsoft® Windows® 7 Home Premium; 64-bit (OS-7-Home-64)
Wireless: Bigfoot Networks Killer™ Wireless-N 1102 802.11A/B/G/N LAN Card (WE-802.11-U-B)
Cooling: IC Diamond 7 Thermal Compound, CPU & GPU (T-ICDIA-1)
Keyboard: English: US & Canada (KEY-US-CA)
Power Cord: US & Canada (PR-US-CA)
Branding: None (BR-NUL)
Build Time: 5-7 Business Days (BT-STAN)
Warranty: 4 Year Ltd. Labor and 1 Year Parts Warranty with 24/7 Support (USA) (WAR-4-YEAR-1)
$2,109.00


Or a Mythlogic Pollux:

MYTHLOGIC Pollux 1611 Chassis (Clevo P150HM)


Mobile Display 15.6" Full HD (1920x1080) Glossy 95% NTSC Color Gamut LED Backlit LCD
Dead Pixel Guarantee None
Monitor Calibration Free MYTH Professional Monitor Color Calibration
CPU Intel Core i7-2720QM 2.20GHz, 1600MHz DDR3, 6MB Cache, Socket G1 Mobile Processor
Thermal Compound Free IC Diamond Thermal Compound
System Memory 16GB (4 x 4GB) , PC3-12800, 1600MHz SODIMM (Patriot) Quad-core processors ONLY!
Video Adapter AMD Radeon 6990m 2048MB GDDR5 DX11 Compliant Video Card
Optical Notebook Black 8X DVD+RW/CDRW Combo Drive
External Optical Drive None
Hard Drive 1 750GB 7200 16MB Cache SATA Notebook Hard Drive
Webcam Integrated 2M Webcam
Fingerprint Reader Integrated Fingerprint Reader
Network Card Onboard Gigabit (10/100/1000 Mbits/sec) LAN subsystem
Wireless Card KILLER WirelessN 1102 the best wireless gaming and HD video experience Back to School FREEBIE
Bluetooth Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR USB Adapter Back to School FREEBIE
Operating System Windows 7 Home Premium
MYTHLOGIC Assurance MYTH Lifetime Assurance with 4 Years Labor + 1 Year Parts Warranty, 1 Yr Free 2-Way Shipping Cont US

$2,035.54

 

can't go wrong with either. Contact both and see which one gives u the better deal.

 

Both don't sell a Sager branded notebook, so both are good. Since you are Linux, I would go with the one who doesn't obligate me to buy a Windows license.

 

Was recently in search for a special part for my Notebook and contacted both.
They where both helpful, but Mythlogic was able to get me some tiny detail, where Malibal simply ignored the request.

 

Malibal has a $100 Labor Day sale, you can pm them for detail. Malibal build you a new one if there's any problem with your order within 30 days which I think is as good as it gets. I purchased a 150 and 151 from them recently and very happy with their service.

 

Just to note on your configuration as well is the fact that you also get a free slappa laptop sleeve with strap.

I've been dealing with Mythlogic and things have been fantastic so far. They know the information, they are quick to respond, and are more than willing to work with you. Definitely shoot them an email and see what each vendor is willing to offer.

For myself, that sleeve is more than likely going to be quite helpful. I picked up a backpack, Alienware Orion, but I'm not sold on the velcro set up, but sticking it inside that sleeve inside the backpack should do the trick.

 

I just ordered my laptop from MALIBAL and so far they were very helpful and had great responses.

 

I would get a longer warranty period. I wouldnt want to spend all that money on a laptop and have something expensive fail after that one year is up.

 

I'm placing my order tomorrow morning! Im looking forward to this purchase. And I can say that Malibal has been wonderful in returning questions via pm. They have also helped me via live chat and answered my questions on threads.

 

go with http://www.powernotebooks.com/) i really recommended them

 

The testing Mythlogic puts each built computer through and the precision to detail (especially to monitor dead/sub pixels even when you dont get the pixel perfect guarantee) make them my choice.

Not only that, their handle any kind of custom order. E.g. (I wanted no hard drives, a caddy AND and optical drive, AND an QS 2920xm) And they had no issues with it