M860TU vs W860CU ?

Does any one know if there is a comparison between these 2 similar Clevos?

And I'm quite surprised about the discontinuing of the M860TU by Clevo after only 1 year of production (although it still appears in Clevo main page they forgot to remove it)

 

i7 vs. C2D

Larger vs. Smaller

Dismal battery life vs. limited battery life.

 

And in term of performance?

Do you know why Clevo disconinued the M860TU?

 

Performance?

i7 vs. C2D. It basically boils down to that. There isn't all that much information, since it also depends on the CPUs in question, i.e. P8400 vs. i7-720qm, or QX9300 vs. i7-720qm.

Basically the i7s perform better and run warmer.

Same GPU, if both use the GTX 280m.

Why? Because they updated to the W860CU.

 

As dtwn said, it was a simple case of updating the range. 860TU was based on the Montevina platform which came out mid July 2008. Capella came along end of September/early October and the W860CU pretty much took over. I know there was a big fan base for the 860TU but we had a 2 month overlap where we were selling the W860CU and the last of the 860TU/865TU and demand for the 860 immediately dropped off to pretty much zero the second the Capella models came out.

 

It's a shame, I thought you were gonna drop the price range at one point before dropping the whole range and had been considering an upgrade to an ETU. Any chance of a sale?

I prefer the casing design of the M860 though I do have to admit that Clevo took a step in the right direction with the new keyboards. Like the idea of the power switch being of the hinge stylewise but it seems more likely to set the machine off randomly when you put it away.

 

Apparently, the power switch only works when the notebook is open, so if you close the lid, the power switch is disabled to prevent exactly that sort of occurrence.

 

8662 do have a nice screen 16:10 ratio, and now with the i3 and i5 system coming out soon, i doubt there will be any 1 wanting it.

 

The price did actually drop by about £100 between the launch of the Capella laptops and when we ran out of stock of Nexus chassis, can't get hold of them any more

 

The W860CU will handle current and future applications / games better in terms of core usage due to the scaling and turbo boost capabilities of the i7 chip, the internal cooling design is arguably much improved with the CPU and GPU now having individual heatsinks and fans.

Not only does this potentially improve on cooling, it also improves upon the CPU / GPU upgrade potential, OC potential and makes it easier if you ever decide to upgrade either component as well.

On the previous model you were forced to remove both components even if you needed to do something with only one of them.

The GPU in the 15.6 W860CU offers slightly better performance than the M860TU since the GTX260M was MXM 2.1 Type III at a lower clock rate. The W860CU has a GTX280M that is MXM 3.0B (upgrade potential) which not only has more shaders, but is also clocked slightly higher. Note that the GTX280M has previously only been (officially) available in larger laptops that had a 17''+ chassis.

The W860CU also has an LED type screen which apparently uses much less power than the standard ones. I have seen quotes claiming 40% less power but I will take that with a pinch of salt. Many say that the screen is also a lot brighter.

I was surprised that they discontinued the M860TU range but I can't think of any good reasons to purchase one over the W860CU other than cost of course. I will be receiving a new W860CU \ G860 in a few weeks so will be sure to do some benchmarks.

 

The M860TU is more portable (lighter, aounrd 2 hours of battery life) and can come with a matte screen. I wouldn't consider the W860CU simply better; it depends on what your needs are.