Just Ordered a 5760.

Time to bite the bullet, I guess...

I just ordered my 5760. Here's what I'm getting:

* NP5760C
* 17" WUXGA
* Core Duo T2600 (upgrade from the T2500 was only $30... what the heck!)
* GeForce Go 7900 GTX w/ 256mb
* 2 GB DDR2 SDRAM at 667 MHz.
* 100 GB hard drive, 7200 rpm
* 8X DVD burner
* Win XP Pro
* Spare AC adapter
* 2nd hard drive bracket kit.

Plus, of course, the various stuff that isn't configurable (integrated wireless, etc.).

Cost: $2,824.00 plus shipping of $71.30 (3-day). Total: $2,895.30.

I ordered directly from Sager. Brian Liaw, the sales manager, has been my contact.

I'm Canadian -- despite what their website says, they accepted a credit card as payment (site says only wire payments accepted from outside the US).

Brian tells me that the unit will ship tomorrow, so I should have it on Tuesday.

Looking forward to it!

Cheers,

Eugene.

 

Congrats on the new 5760!

Enjoy!

 

Great to hear that you can be in Canada and they will accept your cards. That's a beast right there, congratulations.

Chaz

 

How did you get the T2600 for only $30 more than the T2500? It's normally $130 more. Great deal!

 

WooT !

You caught a mistake on the Sager website

The upgrade to the T2600 should have been $190 not $90 ($130 more than the T2500 not $30 more!).

They found it after your order so you are good to go (they will honor your price) but the website has now been corrected.

 

Grats on the 5760
I am enjoying mine and testing it at this time.

Hmm, you sure you got the WUXGA+?
5670-V is suppose to have the WUXGA+ and 5760-C is the WSXGA+.
Also according to the Sager website, it does ONLY cost $30 more to go from T2500 to T2600 IF you took the 5760-C version.

Have a feeling someone messed up in their website because in the 5760-V page of theirs it is more than $30 from T2500 to T2600.
(Actual cost from T2500 to T2600 for the 5760-V is $130).

 

Hi Kilim,

Yep, I got the WUXGA.

I went through the NP5760C side of the configuration tool -- it allows you to pick the display you want. I started there because I was waffling on which display to get and was looking at the price difference (+$95 for the WUXGA). From there, I just continued configuring the laptop.

I presume there is no difference between the NP5760V and NP5760C other than the display???

I wish I could take credit for realizing they'd made a mistake on their website (regarding upgrading to the T2600), but I simply thought they'd dropped their price. Processor prices seem to go up and down like a yo-yo. I had been planning on a T2500. But like I said in my original msg, above, for just $30 more - what the heck! Seemed worth it. $130 more wouldn't have been worthwhile.

I was originally going to purchase a Dell 1705, but I just couldn't get comfortable with Dell's build quality.

I normally only buy Toshiba laptops, but they seem to be slipping in quality in recent years too. I bought one on a business trip to the UK last year and it is complete crap (overheats and shuts off all the time, among other problems... argh). My wife has been using that one -- now I have to buy her another one too. (My wallet is incredibly grateful that she isn't a gamer..!)

Cheers,

Eugene.

 

Just looked at Sager's site again and they've adjusted the pricing on the T2600.

Wonder if they caught it themselves or if my posting here led to them upping the price? Sorry if I'm the guilty party! <g>

By the way, if anyone else is purchasing directly from Sager, Brian was excellent to deal with. I suggest contacting him directly.

I would have purchased from one of the resellers active on this forum, except, um, none of you would take my business. Nice to know that Canada ranks right up there with Turkmenistan when it comes to acceptance of credit cards! <g>

My thanks to everyone on the forums for their comments / feedback / advice, etc. Very helpful.

Eugene.

 

Correct teh only difference between the 5760-C and 5760-V is the Display and their default config.

I chose the WSXGA+ Screen and very happy with it so far.
The 5760 screen is bar none the best LCD Screen I have seen ANYWHERE.

Wonder if I can find a 40"+ TV of the same type somewhere ... would be sweet ... and expensive I bet.

EVer since I got my lappy back from SAger, I haven't really found any issues.
Tested most parts and only thing I do not have is an Express Card and microphone to test that feature.
So far, generally speaking, the 5760 is a good buy for me.

EVEREYONE hear at work says how Beautiful it is

 

congrats Eugene on the order! Thats a very nice setup and im sure you gonna love it... mine has been stunning so far in every way.

 

Thanks. I'm really looking forward to it. I guess now I need to think of a name for it. "The precious" is already taken, alas.

 

So that means.. $2,840.00 USD for the system built on the site
Plus $71.30 USD fed-ex shipping (3 day wait) to make $2,895.30 USD TOTAL?

No other fees for sending across the boarder what-so-ever, after that, it comes to your door, goes into your hands no more paying fees or anything at all?

 

That would be nice...but any applicable GST and PST will have to be paid in addition to that.

 

I was able to ship it to an address in NY, rather than to my Canadian address. I'll head down on Tuesday to pick it up. Because I was shipping only within the US, I used the default UPS service.

Cheers,

Eugene.

 

Ahh, why not ship it to your home via fed-ex? Didnt you come to the conclusion through fed-ex you can avoid fees?

 

anyone order a 5760 from powernotebooks.com? I was wondering how long it takes before it ships... I ordered mine last Sunday, 6/11... got confirmation emails the same day and confirmation payment was received Monday (even got a call from Ron on Monday to make sure it was all G)... anyway, haven't heard anything since, and Ron said it might ship as early as Wednesday, 6/14. Since I live in Hawaii, I had to get 2 day shipping... sigh, man I want it to get here *so* bad

 

I apologize if Ron has not given you an update , but Sager has been sold out of the WSXGA+ screen and didn't get their shipment this week as expected. They are expected by Tuesday of next week (but until they arrive we won't know for sure), so with luck it will ship on Wednesday for arrival next Friday.

I will pound on Ron for not updating you...we are usually real good about that.

 

ahh, *sigh* thanks for the update. man, sager shoulda upgraded me to wuxga+ for free! hehe, 1 more week, I think I can make it. and you have my permission to tell Ron he has been a very bad boy

 

Thanks for the good humor about it

Ron...Bad boy ...Bad boy ...Bad boy ...Bad boy

 

I didnt want to start a new thread on me buying a 5760 =)

My specs as follows...

Sager NP5760 - V
Qty: 1 Price Ea: $2,868.00
Total Price: $2,868.00
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17" WUXGA (1920 x 1200) Glare (Glossy) Type Display
Pentium DUO 2.0GHz Processor (Yonah / 2 MB L2 Cache / 667 FSB) [$100.00]
Artic Silver 5 (AS5) Thermal CPU Paste Compound
nVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTX w/512MB (ETA: 7/5/06)
2048 MB DDR2 (667 MHz) Memory (1024 MB x 2) [$150.00]
100 GB Hard Drive (7200 RPM) SATA [$75.00]
2nd Hard Drive Bay Bracket Only [$25.00]
8X DVD±R/RW / 4X+Dual Layer / 5X DVD-RAM / CD-RW Multi Drive (Pioneer DVR-k16)
Integrated V.90/56K Modem (V.92 compliant)
10/100/1000BASE-TX Fast Ethernet on boardLAN Card
Internal Intel 3945ABG 802.11a/b/g Wireless LAN
Add Internal Bluetooth Card (back ordered eta mid June) [$55.00]
8-cell Smart Lithium Ion Battery
Built-in Analog TV-Tuner Mini-PCI Interface [$120.00]
4-in-1 Flash Card Reader (SD/MMC/MS/MSPro)
Integrated 1.3M Digital Video Camera
Ac Adapter w/ power cord included
Free Carry Case
Microsoft Windows XP-Media Center Edition 2005 Installed, recovery CD included [$100.00]
1-year parts / 1-year labor warranty from Sager
Lifetime toll-free technical support by calling 800-741-2219 (or 626-964-4849)


Limited On-site Extended Warranty through ATS Warranty (Begins after Factory Warranty ends/NOT combined with Factory Warranty)
Qty: 1 Price Ea: $65.00
Total Price: $65.00
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1-Year Limited On-site Extended Warranty & Help Desk [$65.00]


Optional LCD or Accidental Damage Protection (ADP) Warranty (Begins 1st day of laptop ownership)
Qty: 1 Price Ea: $215.00
Total Price: $215.00
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2-Year Accidental Damage Protection (ADP) for entire system [$215.00]




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$ 3,198.00 [Total for this order]



I talked to Mathew T on the phone when i placed my order. Nice guy, altho when I had called for him before, i spoke with stacy... shes got a pretty voice.. almost made my order with her instead because of that...lol but i held out for a phone call back from Mathew T.

We ran threw the formalitys of gathering info about me... We ran threw the order of what i wanted.

We started me declining the pixel guaranty. I declined due to the fact I own a 8790 and didnt have a problem there, and so far from any forums people havnt had too many problems, and 200 is too much for just 30 days worth of "warranty" on this. Maybe if it was for the 1st year... but not 30 days.

After posting the question of "Is waiting for the core duo T2700 worth the wait/cost" the answer from everyone was NO, so i got the T2500.

Went with the nVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTX w/512MB because i was told via the forum that the FX 2500M was more geared to CAD stuff than gaming.

Went with 2gigs ram, cause im cash money yo!.. and I like BF2 and FEAR.

100gig HD, cause space is good...

2nd Hard Drive Bay Bracket. I have a 8790 with two 60gig 7200rpm HD's , so i will be taking one out to put in the 5760... I also have 2 external HD's one 120 gig western digital, and one 250 gig western digital... im good for space

Added bluetooth

Built-in Analog TV-Tuner Mini-PCI Interface. Wanted to have tivo like system, to record tv shows.

Microsoft Windows XP-Media Center Edition 2005. Like i said earlyer, I want to use it as a tivo like unit when not playin games..

We got down to the warranty. I really wanted a 3 year onsite threw discountlaptops but they only offer an additional year of coverage. He said they did offer the sagers 3 year warranty, but that didnt include the ADP warranty. The ADP was somthing i really wanted since i travel alot for my job, It could break from normal travel stuff... So went with the 1 year extra warranty, and 2 years ADP.

Paid 2day airmail, but wont get it in 2days. More like 3-5days. Everything takes forever to get here in alaska. There is no "next day" air available..
Its like i know christmas is coming but its only the 18th!!! I was told my laptop wouldnt get shipped untill July 12th so tack on 4 buisness days and I might get it on the july 18th...

Mathew T said that he would call my credit card companys to make sure he could ship to my address thats here in Ketchikan alaska.... since im working away from home and my billing and shipping address is diffrent at this time.

Thats all i have for now. Thanks for everyones help and info with making my sager 5760 purchase =)

PdxLou

 

Congratulations on the machine, and enjoy it. Based on what everyone else is saying, you should be very satisfied. We were glad to have helped you choose.

 

wow, didnt realize its been almost a month since my initial order..

 

w00t...Sager started shipping the NP5760 today.

email me ( [email protected] ) and I will let you know if yours shipped today, or will ship on Monday.

 

k, emailed ya... ahhhh, the tension! its like some russian roulette, is it today or monday!?!?!?! its too much to handle! I need a drink...

 

WeelyTM, we just sent your tracking number. It shipped today, 2nd Day Air.

ENJOY

 

I emailed you as well, hoping for some good news

 

Well, since I don't know you by Navus it is a little hard to tell.

However by deduction I can tell you that eveyone who has emailed did ship so you should see your confirmation with the UPS tracking number shortly.

 

got your email and thanks

 

sweet! sigh, I was hoping to get it today, but they didnt unpack it from the shipping container and the guys went home for the day! aaarrrggg! I even offered to go to the airport to pick it up from them, but they can't get it out without those guys!

 

I thought sager shipped to you guys first, then you shipped to the buyer?

 

It depends on what state you are in. For California residents and APO/FPO addresses we ship to us first, but all others are shipped directly to our customers.

 

Oh I see,

Have you guys received your shipment from Sager for the California residents, and do you ship them out the same day you receive them?

 

Yes, we ship them the same day we receive them.

The forum is not a proper venue for shipping confirmations. Please email or call your sales advisor for your current order status.