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    Ordered NP2092 from PowerNotebooks

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by Brendon!, Jul 11, 2008.

  1. Brendon!

    Brendon! Notebook Enthusiast

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    15.4" WSXGA+ (1680 x 1050) Glossy LCD w/nVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT w/512MB
    Intel® Core™2 Duo T9300 2.5GHz Processor w/6MB L2 On-die cache - 800MHz FSB
    Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound
    4GB (2 SODIMMS) DDR2/667 Dual Channel Memory (64bit Vista Required)
    1GB Intel® Turbo Memory (Robson) - (Vista Only)
    320GB SATA II 3GB/s 5,400 RPM Hard Drive (8MB Cache Buffer)
    Combo Dual Layer DVD +/-R/RW CD-R/RW Drive w/Softwares
    4-in-1 Memory Card Reader (MS/MS PRO/SD/MMC)
    Built-in Intel® PRO/Wireless 4965 802.11a/g/n
    Built-in Bluetooth Wireless
    9-cell Smart Li-ion Battery
    Windows Vista Premium - (64-Bit installed - 64 and 32-bit CD included)
    Full Range Auto Switching AC Adapter

    Just wanted to say how great PowerNotebooks was in helping me order. Donald was great and made the entire process extremely simple.

    Now comes the hard part of waiting for it to arrive
     
    Brendon!, Jul 11, 2008
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  2. Gophn

    Gophn NBR Resident Assistant

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    congrats on the rig. :)

    specs look top notch... and bang for the buck.
     
    Gophn, Jul 11, 2008
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    hmm.....sure you need turbo memory?
     
    Nirvana, Jul 11, 2008
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    Gophn NBR Resident Assistant

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    true... turbo memory is pretty useless

    You can ask to not include that and use that money to get a nice notebook cooler, like Zalman ZM-NC1000 or NC2000
     
    Gophn, Jul 11, 2008
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  5. eleron911

    eleron911 HighSpeedFreak

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    I was beginning to actually think everyone is buying from Xotic.
    Welcome to the sager club buddy :)
    Enjoy your monster.
     
    eleron911, Jul 11, 2008
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  6. Brendon!

    Brendon! Notebook Enthusiast

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    turbo memory is probably useless but at 35 bucks I'm sure I can find a use for it
     
    Brendon!, Jul 11, 2008
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  7. Donald@Paladin44

    Donald@Paladin44 Retired

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    Justin would love that if it were true...but I do agree that Justin's customers tend to post more often while PowerNotebooks.com customers remain the silent majority :)
     
    Donald@Paladin44, Jul 11, 2008
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  8. Anomaly10

    Anomaly10 Notebook Evangelist

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    It's actually really surprising...and awesome to see that 2 people who are selling within the same narrow niche can coexist so peacefully on the forums =O. It's always good to see that competition nowadays doesn't always mean badmouthing the other person at every possible opportunity :)
     
    Anomaly10, Jul 11, 2008
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  9. Slaughterhouse

    Slaughterhouse Knock 'em out!

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    lol Powernotebooks and Xoticpc should merge to dominate the laptop market.
     
    Slaughterhouse, Jul 11, 2008
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  10. plasma.

    plasma. herpyderpy

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    you could of waited for a week or two for the new refresh to the 2092, but nice specs anyways
     
    plasma., Jul 11, 2008
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  11. Brendon!

    Brendon! Notebook Enthusiast

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    I had a budget of 1500 USD and purposely purchased right before the refresh to get the biggest deal.
     
    Brendon!, Jul 12, 2008
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    NCG1589 Notebook Consultant

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    Meh, no reason to try to instill buyers remorse anyway with the new model. I just bought a 2092 for my bro. It is an amazing lappy, and i hope you are as satisfied with it as i am with my bros. Its great to tinker on and works like a champ.
     
    NCG1589, Jul 12, 2008
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  13. smoothex

    smoothex Newbie

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    somebody can tell me how many fps this notebook can do on the lastest games? like crysis on medium settings, test drive unlimited ...

    Tnx!!
     
    smoothex, Jul 12, 2008
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    I'd like that info too, from my own reading I hear it will run most games on high and things like Crysis on medium (though I'm not sure how many fps constitute "playable")

    *edit*
    of course, if anyone asks, I need the 8600 for solidworks rendering *cough*
     
    Brendon!, Jul 13, 2008
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    test drive unlimited is only fun with wheel, luckily I got the G25. for graphic, you guys should check out Grid. looks like Codemasters had improved their engine, Grid actually ran bettery than Dirt on my rig, I was able to get 40fps average with max settings, of course, talking about my 8800m here. :D :p
     
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    8800m...I wish I could justify spending the money on an 860tu. Ill definitely check grid out. The g25 looks awesome but I doubt any school work would ever get done if I bought one of those ;/
     
    Brendon!, Jul 13, 2008
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    ddayzd Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hey guys I'm about to get this laptop, but I just read that there will be a refresh.
    What's the difference? Is it worth the wait? Thanks.
     
    ddayzd, Jul 13, 2008
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    Alaklyn Notebook Geek

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    Congratulations, you'll enjoy it. :)
     
    Alaklyn, Jul 13, 2008
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    Refresh is coming next week with the new montevina platform (ddr3 support and some other things like wimax) which makes now a great time to grab the 2092 while its in clearance pricing.

    The worst case scenario is you send it back in the 30 days and get the refresh if it is similarly priced with better hardware
     
    Brendon!, Jul 13, 2008
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    More companies ,along with price match is the best thing :)
     
    eleron911, Jul 13, 2008
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    Not had the pleasure of talking with Justin, but anyone buying a high end Sagar from Donald is going to be a very happy camper.

    Pete
     
    Peter2150, Jul 13, 2008
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  22. Brendon!

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    What do you mean by that Peter?
     
    Brendon!, Jul 13, 2008
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    Brendon can you post pictures of your laptop? Thanks
     
    ddayzd, Jul 13, 2008
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    Just curious ...

    since everyone knows or heard of "NVIDIA 8600 series" Graphic Card problems with the "Heat Cycle" and falling apart in a year time (according to couple of posts) ... why would anyone still be interested in Sager 2092 series or any other laptop that uses 8600 card?

    G! :confused:
     
    gonwk, Jul 13, 2008
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    Donald@Paladin44 Retired

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    gonwk, you are blowing this way, way, way out of proportion.

    There are hundreds of thousands of these in users hands, so just because you have read a couple of people complaining about failures does not elevate it that level of a problem.

    We have sold thousands of them ourselves and their failure rate is no higher than normal, which is very, very low. Now, the final analysis cannot be given for another couple of years, but from what we have seen so far it is not worthy of this much concern.
     
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    gonwk Notebook Deity

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    Hi folks,

    Does anyone know if the "Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound" gets applied to both the CPU and Graphic Card by Sager or just the CPU?

    Thanks,
    G!
     
    gonwk, Jul 13, 2008
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    MKang25 NBR Prisoner

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    Just the cpu
     
    MKang25, Jul 13, 2008
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  28. Peter2150

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    What I mean is you are going to get an excellent machine, with excellent service, ergo a very happy camper.

    Pete
     
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    Brendon! Notebook Enthusiast

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    @Peter - Ahh, sounded from the way you worded it that you had some unreleased info or something :)

    @ddayz - I don't own a camera but depending on when the laptop arrives I may be able to borrow one. If time permits I will take a few photos and post them.
     
    Brendon!, Jul 14, 2008
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