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    Officially a NP8660 Owner (Just Ordered)

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by jimprime, Oct 31, 2008.

  1. jimprime

    jimprime Notebook Consultant

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    Well Finally I ordered it

    here's my config

    1x Sager NP8660 (Built on Clevo M860TU)
    - Display: 15.4" WSXGA+ "Glare Type" Super
    - Arctic Silver: Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound
    - Dead Pixel Policy: Standard Dead Pixel Policy
    - Processor: ~Intel® P9500 45nm "Montevina" C
    - Video Card: 512MB PCI-Express nVidia GeForce
    - External Monitor Video Adapter: None Standard
    - Ram: ~ 4,096MB DDR3 1066MHz Dual Chan
    - Intel® Robson Turbo Memory: 2GB Intel® Robson Turbo Memory I
    - Exterior Finish: Standard Finish
    - Optical Drive: ~Combo 8x8x6x4x Dual Layer DVD +
    - Primary Hard Drive: ~ 320GB 7200RPM (Serial-ATA II 3
    - External Hard Drive (Back Up): None Standard
    - Floppy Drive: None Standard
    - Memory Card Reader: Internal 7-in-1 Card Reader (MS/
    - Bluetooth: Internal Bluetooth + EDR
    - Wireless Network: Built-in Intel® PRO/Wireless 530
    - Wireless Network Accessories: None Standard
    - Camera: Built in 2.0 Megapixel Camera
    - TV Tuner: None Standard
    - Sound Card: Sound Blaster Compatible 3D Audi
    - Case: Basic Black Business Case
    - Battery: Smart Li-ion Battery (8-Cell)
    - Car Adapter: None Standard
    - Spare AC Adapter: None Standard
    - Port Replicator / Dock / Hub's: None Standard
    - Fingerprint Reader: Integrated Fingerprint Reader
    - Mouse / Keyboard Accessories: None Standard
    - Notebook Cooler: None Standard
    - Operating System: ~Windows Vista Home Premium 64-B
    - "Medialess" Microsoft Office Sof: None Standard
    - Software Bundle (Not Installed): None Standard
    - Warranty: Sager 3 Year Parts & Labor Warra

    And now starts the wait :)
     
    jimprime, Oct 31, 2008
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  2. deedeeman

    deedeeman Notebook Deity

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    congrats dude! thats a pretty nice conifg u got there
    how much did it cost ya?
     
    deedeeman, Oct 31, 2008
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  3. jimprime

    jimprime Notebook Consultant

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    thx putting the 3 years warranty it cost me 2400 USD
     
    jimprime, Oct 31, 2008
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  4. MrDJ

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    congrats jim
    same config as me and its a beast.
    wish i could of paid that price :(
    mine was $3,400 at the time here in the uk.
     
    MrDJ, Oct 31, 2008
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  5. jimprime

    jimprime Notebook Consultant

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    Thanks

    Wow thats alot , how did it cost so much ?
     
    jimprime, Oct 31, 2008
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    dtwn C'thulhu fhtagn

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    Prices outside the U.S tend to be substantially higher.
     
    dtwn, Oct 31, 2008
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  7. MrDJ

    MrDJ Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    ^^^ as dtwn said. rip off britain.
     
    MrDJ, Nov 1, 2008
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  8. Callidor

    Callidor Notebook Evangelist

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    Congratulations. Looks like a great config.
     
    Callidor, Nov 1, 2008
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  9. jimprime

    jimprime Notebook Consultant

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    wow i didn't new that,

    thx Callidor
     
    jimprime, Nov 1, 2008
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  10. jimprime

    jimprime Notebook Consultant

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    Hi Guys My NP8660 is now in shipping phase but i have a question my order went into production (Phase 2) yesterday and today it went right away into shipping, so they built and tested my system this fast. I just wanted to know that is it normal to expect this fast build of the system
     
    jimprime, Nov 7, 2008
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  11. MrDJ

    MrDJ Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    i dont think the update phase pages are kept fully up to date so i think you will be ok.
    mine went like this and would have been shipped the same day except for it being a weekend.
    19th September 2008 at 13:04 Building
    19th September 2008 at 18:16 Testing
    22nd September 2008 at 18:31 Shipping
     
    MrDJ, Nov 8, 2008
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  12. jimprime

    jimprime Notebook Consultant

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    alright great, thx MrDJ
     
    jimprime, Nov 8, 2008
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    jimprime Notebook Consultant

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    ok the 8660 has landed and all i can say right now that this thing is a beauty and man im loving it
     
    jimprime, Nov 12, 2008
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  14. SUADE8880

    SUADE8880 Notebook Evangelist

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    Man I can't wait to get mine. On order since the 10th and still waiting. Wished I could just press fast forward. :)

    Hey jimprime, is yours an 9800m gt or gts? Nevertheless it is sweet!
     
    SUADE8880, Nov 12, 2008
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  15. Gophn

    Gophn NBR Resident Assistant

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    Nice, congrats on the new beast. :)

    make sure you take care of it if you want it to take care of you. ;)
     
    Gophn, Nov 12, 2008
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    jimprime Notebook Consultant

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    thx guys

    def gophn i'm gona treat it like my baby XD

    just need few tips

    here's my system config image tell me which do i need the most so that they wont consume the cpu power

    http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k62/JimPrime/systemconfig.png

    ok in vista this prob evryone hate the everytime you run something it ask for your permission beofre allowing the program to run which get annoying cuase its continuous so how do i stop that, btw i dont have exp in the vista just xp XD
     
    jimprime, Nov 12, 2008
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  17. MrDJ

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    congrats on your new beast. enjoy :)

    to turn user control off go to start > control panel > user accounts > turn user account control on/off
    no more warning are you sure you want to delete that :0
     
    MrDJ, Nov 12, 2008
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    jimprime Notebook Consultant

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    ok everything is going great with the notebook

    thx for the links gophn i just have one question i see the my harddrive is missing around 20GB of its memory so instead of 320gb i have 298total instead in the NBR vista tips and tweak guide i read the

    now i dont know no if i should go with it or not , so i need some advise about it

    also i'm trying to use HWMonitor but everytime i start it it gets an errors sying "HWMonitor has stopped working" then windows forces it to close
     
    jimprime, Nov 12, 2008
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  20. theriko

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    The lost size is simply a difference in calculation used by different systems.

    The HDD manufacturer sells you 320GB (as in 320,000,000,000 bytes) but when viewed in windows, it is formatted on the standard PC scale of 1024B =1KB etc, so 320,000,000,000B becomes 298.023223876953125 GiB.

    Technically, if it is base 2 (1024B in 1 KB) it should be written KiB, MiB, GiB etc, but few people conform to that standard
     
    theriko, Nov 12, 2008
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  21. jimprime

    jimprime Notebook Consultant

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    oh wow i didn't know that XD
     
    jimprime, Nov 12, 2008
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  22. theriko

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    It is a very common question... :)
     
    theriko, Nov 13, 2008
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  23. MrDJ

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    dont forget if you bought the recovery backup option you will have a hidden 15gb partition with all the files folders drivers in it.
     
    MrDJ, Nov 13, 2008
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  24. theriko

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    If he's got 298GB (like he said), then it is just the calculation differences
     
    theriko, Nov 13, 2008
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