Sager 5720 Weight & Sundry

Greetings all,

I am currently in the obsessive research phase of my laptop purchase saga, and have a question about the Sager 5720. I have seen its weight posted as 7.5 lbs with battery (Sager site), 9.5 pounds with battery (here), and just over 8 pounds (also here). There is quite a difference between 7.5 and 9.5 pounds, so I'm curious what causes the discrepencies.

In general, this will be a desktop replacement that I will travel with occasionally, but not to the extent that weight will make an enourmous difference. If it ever gets to the point where I am traveling a great deal, I imagine that I would invest in something 5 pounds or less.

However -- I am also considering the new Acer 8200, which would give relatively good gaming performance in a lighter weight package (6.3-6.6), or waiting for the dual core turions, assuming that somebody will match them with a decent gpu (Ferrari?), that would provide everything I would prefer: AMD, dual core, 64 bit, good gaming and thin and lightish.

Many thanks, and thanks for all the great posts that I have been reading over the last few weeks.

 

Greetings, welcome to the forums.

I'd take a look and see what Clevo's website says about the weight (the Sager NP-5720 is a rebranded Clevo M570A). That would probably be most accurate.

What could cause the weight difference - the 5720 has a modular bay, which can accomodate an optical drive (standard), additional battery, or additional hard drive (non-RAID, Ultra-ATA). Perhaps the measurements are done with/without one of those. Sometimes, although I have not seen it done in a while, the notebook's weight is measured without the battery.

If you would like another recomendation, I suggest completing the "What Should I Buy FAQ" in the Hardware forum - just create a new thread.

Thanks,
Chaz

 

Thanks Chaz, I'll check that out. As for other recommendations -- I feel like I'm all too aware of all the possibilities, and it is really just working out in my own head what I am willing to comprimise/pay/wait for... ;-)

 

FYI, I looked up Clevo, and it would appear that the 5720 is based on their M570A, which they rate as 3.8kg, or 8.3 pounds.

 

Thanks for the info. 8.3lbs is actually not bad for a 17" notebook. 17"'s get a lot of criticism for their weight, but consider that the notebook is so large, the weight is distributed over all that area, and doesn't feel super heavy in your hand (there are exceptions of course).

My Sager NP-5320 (Clevo M560A) is the 15.4" variant of the 5720, and weighs 3.4kg or 7.5lb. Adding less than a pound more and gaining a 17" display is nothing at all - quite impressive.