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    Preorder 260m And 280m Uk

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by butter30, Mar 23, 2009.

  1. butter30

    butter30 Notebook Consultant

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    butter30, Mar 23, 2009
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  2. Quicklite

    Quicklite Notebook Deity

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    Nice...though their delivery could be quicker... :)

    Heck those X90 GTX are expensive, consider there is just 1 GPU. They just cleared the last gen X90 w/ C2Q +8800m GTX sli for about a £1400.

    Knowing them, they'll be clearing X70 and X80 again before mobile i7 turns up, cant wait. :err:
     
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  3. Kevin

    Kevin Egregious

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    Huh, so they do the 17" with the GTX 260... interesting.
     
    Kevin, Mar 23, 2009
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  4. Quicklite

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    Is it just me, or is X80GTX Extreme Pro an absolute rip off at £2298.85 inc vat? They normally price laptops very fairly for a UK reseller, but this is just outrageous.

    I mean thats equal to $3326, and it has just 1 year warranty, no OS, and a mid range P9500 dual core.

    Where as at Xotic PC, I can get same configuation with C2D P9600 for $2116.54, that's in dollars, or £1463. Not mentioning it has xtoic's 3 year warranty.
     
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  5. MrDJ

    MrDJ Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    i was so knackered last night i forgot to post this up.

    Kobalt release pre order details for the 260 & 280 for the Nexus & Mojave HERE and i think you will find them slightly cheaper. :)
    shipping dates can be found in the drop down panel on each page.
     
    MrDJ, Mar 23, 2009
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  6. Quicklite

    Quicklite Notebook Deity

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    Thanks, thats slightly more like it.

    Though managed to notice a typo on their NEXUS spec immediately. :)

    NVIDIA® GeForce™ GTX 260 1TB :err:
     
    Quicklite, Mar 23, 2009
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  7. Blacky

    Blacky Notebook Prophet

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    I wonder how much they charge for individual cards. I would like to get a 280M from Kobalt if possible.
     
    Blacky, Mar 23, 2009
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  8. v_c

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    Way too expensive for UK/Euro buyers. Where are thse Nvidia price-cuts I have been hearing so much about...' $300 cheaper' etc?

    A MSI GT725 gives me a P9500 (great processor), 500Gb and Blu-ray for ~£1200

    Put a P9500, 500Gb, and Blu-ray into a Kobalt Mojave or Novatech X80, and it costs £2000.

    I know the other specs are not identical, and Clevo are a great brand, but spec-for-spec, £800 (!) is waaaaay too much to be able to ignore in these economic times.
     
    v_c, Mar 23, 2009
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  9. Neil@Kobalt

    Neil@Kobalt Company Representative

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    Hi Guys

    Though we updated the config pages last night we haven't put the new artwork on there or anything so appologies if there are a couple of mistakes, it's in the process of being updated now.

    Regarding purchasing cards seperately - we can do this but will need advance notice as they will be flying out the door when the chassis land. If you send me an email I'll forward it on so we know what the demand is for individual cards.
     
    Neil@Kobalt, Mar 23, 2009
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  10. MrDJ

    MrDJ Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    i told you i was tired :eek: i missed that typo.

    just as i was going to reply i notice Neil has already posted above.

    dont you ever go home Neil :)
     
    MrDJ, Mar 23, 2009
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  11. Neil@Kobalt

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    We're working till 7pm every day at the moment and have been since pretty much Christmas! Good 'cause we're busy though :)
     
    Neil@Kobalt, Mar 23, 2009
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