Sager NP 8650? OR Dell M3800 Mobile Workstation?

Hi. I am just a new guy and not a native English speaker. It is good to find this forum where has so many Sager'ers and Clevo'ers.

I am considering using my gratuity to purchase a good-performance notebook to replace my 4 yrs old Fujitsu SH561.

I have one Intel 530 SSD (with caddy) on my current notebook thus I hope to find a good 15' notebook which provides the 2nd HDD slot. I also need a powerful CPU and calibrated color display as I need to do photo editing sometimes.

My friend recommends Dell M3800 while I am in fond of Sager NP 8650. Both of them are have the 2nd HDD and are of good specs. Given there are no resellers of Sager in Hong Kong, I am worrying about the customer service. But the Sager is really a eye-catching one.

So, my questions are：

A. How about the build quality of Sager?
B. Any comments on Dell's Mobile Workstations?

Thank you so much in advance.

 

Besides the occasional photo editing, what else will you be using the computer for? Workstation notebooks come with a Quadro GPU in them which perform well in workstation programs like CAD or heavy video editing. They are not designed for much gaming. Most Sager computers including the NP8650 have GeForce video cards which are much better for gaming.

 

Yes for the same money the geforce will be a much higher spec chip but won't accelerate professional cad applications.

 

A) The build quality of Sager is good, though definitely lacking in some areas. More due to design than anything.
B) The Dell workstations screen is an absolutely lovely IGZO v2 4k screen. Though you will need to increase the size of text for better viewing. Nonetheless an extremely lovely screen. Dont expect to play games on it though.

Ultimately if you didnt have many if any issues with your daily routine when you were using your old Fujitsu SH561, I'd say go for the Sager. Both are quite decent though, nonetheless I would recommend the Sager one. Their warranty service is also good, the problem would perhaps be you needing to send it back to the place of purchase as you would have to import. As opposed to Dell.

So did you have any problems when you were using the Fujitsu SH561? Do you prefer more performance or convenience?

 

Dear Hutsady, Thank you for your comment. NO, I sometimes needs to edit photos for I am a part-time photographer. No video-editing or CAD design.

Thank you. I think I would choose Sager NP8650/1/2

 

Thank you Meaker, since my work doesn't involve CAD. I'd better choose Sager. I did a little research and found that Quadro is designed/optimized. for something like CAD.

 

Indeed it is, the clevo does sound like a much better option as a result.

 

Hi Prmt, thank you for your advices.

No, my Fujitsu SH561 is quite stable. In the past 4 years, the only repair is the buzzing fan-cooling unit which was replaced at the very first beginning (with in 2 months after I got it). However, recently I found that if the download speed is over 3 Mb/sec, it seems that the sys file of the wireless card will crash and I get a bluescreen.

Anyway, I would take Sager now with a calibrated screen.

 

Sorry, you seem to have misinterpreted that part of my post.

What I was asking was whether or not you felt any of the programs seemed as though a Geforce GFX was insufficient to warrant the Quadro. If you encountered many programs that required it, then it would have sufficed as a pro for the Dell. However if you didnt, then all the more reason to go for the Sager unit, as the chip is much more powerful as others have mentioned.

 

Er, no. no special software which needs Quadro. I will go for NP8651 (more powerful than 8650). Thx

 

What final spec are you going with?