Order Placed-Sager 5760

Alright after much reading, research, and brain thumping I finally placed my order.

1 Sager NP5760 FORCE
17" WUXGA "Super Clear Glossy" TFT Active Matrix screen
nVIDIA GeForce Go 7950 GTX w/512MB GDDR3 memory
Intel® Core™2 Duo T7200 2.0GHz Processor w/4M L2 On-die cache - 667MHz FSB
Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound
2,048MB (2 SODIMMS) DDR2/667 Dual Channel Memory
160GB SATA/150 Hard Drive at 5,400 RPM
Combo 8x8x6x4x Dual Layer DVD +/-R/RW 5x DVD-RAM 24x CD-R/RW Drive w/Softwares
Built-in Intel® PRO/Wireless 3945 802.11a/b/g
8-Cell Smart Li-ion Battery
Full Range Auto Switching AC Adapter
Standard Carrying Case
NO Dead Pixel Guarantee
NO Secondary Hard Drive for Modular Bay
NO Floppy Disk Drive
NO Built-in Mulit-Region TV Tuner
NO Bluetooth
NO Operating System
1-Year Parts & Labor, Lifetime 24/7 DOMESTIC Toll Free Customer Service

I priced pretty much the same build on just about every Clevo/Sager reseller listed in the guide and Powernotebooks.com had the lowest price. They also were great in answering all the questions I had before I placed the order. So low price and great service gave powernotebooks.com the edge in where I placed my order. I dealt with Ron from powernotebooks. One of the questions I had is why they only were listing the 64 bit edition of Windows Vista on their site. He actually called up Sager while I was on the phone to get a firm answer for me. The reason is the Sager just doesn't have the 32 bit in stock at this time and won't ship it until they get it instock and test installation on their machines. So that is the reason you guys see the no OS option in my machine. I have an extra copy of XP Pro here at the house from an old machine that has been wiped clean, so I will just use that and possibly grab a copy of vista to try out at a later date.

Now all that being said, I plan to take this machine to Iraq with me next month. Any suggestions as to accessories or software or anything really that would complete my setup are greatly appreciated. I already have an external 250 GB HDD and a Razer Copperhead mouse that I plan on taking. I will be using the machine for gaming, music, movies, and everything else. Its pretty much gonna be my sole means of entertainment for the next year or so.

Also I just want to say thanks to all the folks on these boards and the folks who have written all the reviews on this site. Both were extremely helpful in my search for this machine. So thanks.

 

Congrats, that system looks well-spec'ed.

Tell us when you receive it.

 

Congratulations, that has nice specifications indeed and I hope you're happy with it. Good to know that we helped out.

 

Congratultaions! Great laptop.

 

Thanks guys, I should get it on Friday. I opted for the 2 day air. They said it should ship on Wednesday, so it will hopefully get here before the weekend. I will install some windows on it and let you guys know how she does. Thanks again.

 

That looks like a great rig! I'm a new 5760 owner too.

For my setup, I used the driver CD that comes with it for everything except the Intel PRO/Wireless and the video drivers. For the wireless, I'm using the current from Intel site and installed drivers only (not the PRO/Set utilities), and the video drivers are the LaptopVideo2Go 91.63.

You'll also like the built-in webcam. My wife and I were just re-watching "Off to War" on Discovery Times about a Arkansas NG unit, and those guys were using notebook webcams that looked like they got beat up pretty bad. Being built-in should help a lot!

Take care and be safe in the sandbox. You are appreciated.