Sager Dealers to begin taking Preorders on the NP5790 (M570RU), NP2090 (Compal IFL90), & NP2070 (Compal IFL91) on 6-15 at 6 PM PST

The final word is that Sager/Clevo doesn’t offer the 2nd HDD on this model (NP5790) as of right now; therefore, the bracket is not available and a 2nd hard drive will not work in the ODD bay.

 

Shipping update:

NP2070 WXGA estimated beginning ship date = 6/22/07 - very limited supply
NP2090 WXGA estimated beginning ship date = 6/22/07 - very limited supply
NP2090 WSXGA+ estimated beginning ship date = 6/29/07 - very, very limited supply.
NP5790 estimated beginning ship date = Early July

 

Ouch. I wonder why they took it out... are there any plans to put it in at a later date, or are we just SOL? That's easily one of the things I like best about my 5760...

 

As of now there are no plans for this addition. Having the capability to slide in a 2nd hard drive was very nice. It is too bad they decided to remove this useful feature

 

Set the 570Ru on faya as it is right now 570U > 570RU if it wasnt for the santa rosa !
How hard it is to make it with fingerprint scan and 2 HDD ? Its all been done !
LEt us keep looKing and sufering with our 386 windows 3.11 :/

 

Thanks for the information, when is the estimated release?

 

are you guys at powernotebooks including free AS5 with the NP2090 now? just noticed that on the configuration.

 

Just curious but why does powernotebooks offer only 1 year parts + labor for NP2090 while xotic is offering 3 year labor + 1 year parts? Isn't the warranty from Sager or am I mistaken?

 

Actually Sager is now providing the Arctic Silver 5 as standard on both the NP2090 and the NP5790.

 

Xoticpc is providing the 3 year labor warranty, not Sager. Their idea is that after the Sager 1 year warranty is over they can make enough on the parts to allow them to provide the labor for free.

 

That "make enough on the parts" sends chills down my spine from my years repairing notebooks... even worse, how many people paid enough to buy a new notebook just to get theirs running again..

 

in a while... i still think turbocache will be available on the ru

 

We won't try to make enough on the parts to cover the labor. We will provide the same exact pricing on parts as Sager would provide if it was going into them for the repair.

 

what is labor warranty ?

 

The cost of repairs always includes labor, and most of the time parts. So if you are warranted for labor, you don't have to pay for the labor cost.

 

yea but what is labor

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wage_labour

Labour is work. The person who actually fixes the laptop will be paid a certain amount of money per hour, if you have a labour warranty, you won't have to pay for that portion of the bill.

 

i live in the Netherlands, will my notebook get taxed at the customs? or is it just normal pricing.

 

When any product is imported through Customs you pay whatever Duties and Taxes are imposed by the importing government.

 

how can i find out what my taxrate will be? and are there any european m570RU resellers besides xxodd?

 

Yes there are many European Clevo resellers.

Probably the most well-known is www.rockdirect.com

 

i forgot about that, but then i still have the import taxes... i can't find normal clevo resellers here besides xxodd, yea some of those hanky panky ready and go overpriced stores...

 

That is unfortunate, but the only way to avoid Custom duties is to buy locally...however you will have to pay what ever sales or VAT taxes your country has either way.

 

when configuring at rockdirect, they include VAT, but that is for their country right? or will you have to pay that AND yours? or maybe the tax in England is higher and the customs give me money back?


edit:
Customers within the UK and EU will pay the "inc VAT" price displayed on our site. VAT is the sales tax for the UK and if you are in the EU you will not need to pay any further duties or taxes on receipt of your notebook. Orders outside of the EU will be charged at the "ex VAT" price and it is your responsibility to pay any local import duties or sales tax upon receipt.

 

Well guys, I finally bought it.

Xoticpc Sager 5790 Pre-Order Special
2.2 ghz / 3072 RAM / Microsoft Office Basic / Vista Home Premium
$2,713.00

Can't wait!

 

Nice.

Congrats. please tell us when you get it.

Although... you could have gotten the max 4GB instead.... its gotten so cheap for 2 x 2GB.. around $180-200.

 

Yeah i was already pushing my purse just getting the 3 gigs. But I think they will do, I'm not going to let my testosterone tell me to get 4 ^^

 

Actually you can get the 4GB's of RAM without having to spend any more money... in fact you will be saving yourself some money.

Have you read my thread on RAM Deals yet?

You can just call Xotic and order your notebook with 1 x 2GB and purchase a separate 2GB and install it yourself...

OR you can ask them to pricematch the memory since they might be willing to do that by showing the dropping RAM prices....

OR you can ask to order the notebook with no RAM, and purchase your own 2x2GB.

In any case.... you get 4GB and save money.

 

WHy not? That's what I did. Very happy with it.

 

if you buy 2x 2gb your self, is that hard to install?
and, is there any info on what brand resellers put in ? i would like some corsair stuff, or another A-brand, not just generic ram.

 

RAM installation is probably the EASIEST hardware upgrade/installation of all other components.

It does not require any special tools, and takes less than 10secs to do.

Every manual has the detailed diagrams to make it noob-proof.

Read the RAM Deals thread for more info.

 

im not a latency expert, but i know that diffrent brands of ram do make a difference...
if i put in 2gb 667 of the one brand, can i put in another one of another brand?

 

Yes, but it is best if you use two sticks that are identical. See the RAM DEALS thread.

 

Is it possible to get a matte screen for wsxga+ resolution on the 2090 from powernotebooks?

 

Yes, the WSXGA+ screen on the Sager NP2090 is Matte.

 

Wonder why the WSXGA+ screen is matte and the WXGA is glossy?

 

They were running short on WSXGA+ with glossy so they switched over to matte to fill in orders while they were out of glossy.

And for whatever reason this did not come up with th eWXGA.

 

Hey guys, I thinking about buying this laptop as just wondering what all this business is about the standard optical bay and whether or not a Blu-Ray or HD DVD drive can be put in and if so how??!

Thanks for any help!
Monty

 

these custom notebook all use stardardized optical drives

so they can house HD-DVD and Blu-Ray drives fine.

you must contact your vendor to custom order the drive that you want.

HD-DVD and Blu-Ray are still a bit too expensive to put it as an option on the websites... so they have to be special ordered.

 

Does anyone know what the battery life will be for the NP 5790?

 

2.5 / 3hr i thought.... less when stressed

 

No, it will be more like 2 to 2.5 with light work, half that with gaming, assuming your settings are maximized for battery operation.

 

light work meaning? MS word and maybe another browser?

what are the settings you can modify for maximized battery operation? screen brightness? sound / wifi off?

 

Brightness, wifi, and Windows can automatically clock down your GPU and CPU or you can do it manually. The machine will run slower, but you'll get better speed.

 

"The machine will run slower, but you'll get better speed." ???

do you mean "you'll get more battery life." ?

 

xD think he means that yes.

 

Just pre-ordered NP5790 / 1920 x 1200 Glossy / GeForce Go 7950 GTX / T7700 2.4 GHz / 2 GB DDR2/667 / XP Pro
and other shiny stuff from powernotebooks.com

$3,313 with next business day shipping

I was deciding between this and the 5760, but my dad just upgraded our wireless network to wireless N, so... *wishes july would come soon*

 

Congratulations Jiazu, and welcome to the forum

You won't be disappointed...

 

Hello,

Why does powernotebooks.com dont ship internationally?
I want to order a notebook

Later.
M3lvn

 

There are a lot of Clevo notebook vendors all over the world . . . just check the Clevo Guide.