Sager NP2090 Owners Lounge

I'm in the same boat as you. WXGA and ordered August 17th. That kind of pisses me off. I talked to them last week (sept 7th) and they said "within a week or two".

Waiting sucks.

 

A fire!? That can't be good. Mine should be in the building/shipping stage even though I didn't get an update.

 

I cannot wait to get mine. ordered on 9/14. Hope is gets built soon and shipped soon too.

 

2-3 weeks the screens are on backorder

 

I know I saw this and it made me sad alittle. But I can wait.

 

hey kodo i ordered the same exact sager as urs, except that mine is WXGA and not WSXGA. did u get urs yet?

 

The different screen will cause a significantly different ship date...so you cannot compare order date-ship date when the screens are different

 

yup got mines on the 12th

 

Hmmm I should have ordered the more expensive screen, the reason I didn't do that, was because, at the time, that screen was in short supply.

lol
At least I know this laptop will be worth it.

 

well i went for the the wsxga because it was only 80 more thought it was a good deal :0

 

i just found out newegg has the IFL90's in stock, and is sold under the iBUYPOWER brand and listed as model CRZ-90. It's 1,400 plus 15.52 shipping but knowing newegg, you'd probably get it within a few day. i don't know how long newegg has been selling it (probably recently), but if i had known this a few months ago, i would have definately bought it there.

 

i check iBUYPOWER & cyberpowerpc first before buying a sager on www.resellerratings.com and there rating wasn't that good so i made the swtich.
Didn't want to have any problems with my laptop. I can deal with desktops.

 

As a bit of side humor because I'm in a good mood at the moment....



Anyone want to start something on if he will get his within two weeks?



heehee


not picking on you barbarian, just a joke about some of the random timings that seem to be happening.

 

I bet that he will not get it for at least a month. Hopefully that's not true, but i'm just going with a gut feeling.

 

just wondering, if you hook up an external monitor to the NP2090, can you run the monitor at a higher resolution than 1200x800 if u have the WXGA?

 

I'm not sure on that, IIRC I think someone who had WXGA had issues regarding a monitor of greater resolution.

 

link for the lazy

...but at $1400, this is a bit expensive isn't it? For less than $50 more, I got a 2.4ghz and WSXGA screen. That said, if you need a laptop fast, I suppose its not too bad of a deal right?

Is 6.28 pounds accurate? I thought it was more like 7?

Also - can someone confirm any issues or not with an external monitor? I need to be able to hook this up to various monitors and resolutions - typically 1920x1200.

 

It is a bit pricier than a similarly configured IFL-90 at PNB or Xotic would offer, but Newegg does ship very quickly. I suppose it's a solution to those who want IFL-90s soon but don't mind the slightly lower specs for higher prices and the "iBuyPower" brand.

 

Hey I can be optimistic can't I?????

But I am betting by the 15th of Oct. The backorder has been dropped to 2-3 weeks, and that is good for me.

This is my first laptop and first computer I have bought on the internet so I am a bit nervous but these boards and the guys from XoticPC made it less stressful. It was a tough call between them and powernotebooks of which to go with, but either way seemed like a good choice.

thanks to Justin and the guys at XoticPC, I look forward to my new laptop when I get it. Might even take off the day from work to wait at the house to get it.

And I never would have heard of Sager if not for you all and probably went with Dell and hated the experience, going off of the Dell forum horror stories I read.

 

Actually, this is my first laptop purchase to, as well as a actual computer ordered online.

I say "actual computer" because I've bought all the parts from newegg and built computers before. I should say this is the first time I've ordered through another company. So far PNB has been awsome at service, couldn't be more satisfied, I guess I can't help but feel a bit nervous though

 

i didn't realize how much the prices have dropped, though i know they did drop a little bit. I paid $1,200 for my setup back in July (minus the 2GB of extra ram and Vista Ultimate) so I would snatch this one up in a second. but i guess thats price you pay for the ever changing technology.

 

Another first time buyer, bought mine Sunday, haven't heard back yet from PNB, but I'm very hopeful, and think this will work out very, very well. And it'd be very nice to have it before the end of October, as I know all the rest of you want the same.

 

more delays...so fun. so i ordered august 19th, told it would ship by the end of the month. then i was told it would ship in the first part of september. last week i was told it would ship late this week. and today i was told it would ship late this week or early next week.

sigh...im gettin bored of this waiting game. im moving out this coming sunday for college and i dont even have my laptop. guess ill just tell my parents to return it if it doesnt come in time.

 

Mine was updated to Phase 3: Sent to Production yesterday after resolving some billing issues. I doubt I'll get it by the end of the week, but one can hope.

 

ordered mine :]

now for the wait period....

 

I ordered from Sager themselves b/c the Xotic site says back ordered so I guess it should come faster???

 

I ordered on August 19th from XoticPc. It shipped today and it's supposed to arrive to my house Friday.
My order:
Sager NP2090
WXGA Glossy Screen 1280x800
Intel® Core™2 Duo T7500 2.2GHz
512MB PCI-Express nVidia GeForce 8600GT
160GB 7200RPM HD
RAM 1,024MB DDR2 667 PC2 5300 [buying another 2GB stick]
Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit

 

It won't help that much as Sager NP2090s are delayed because of production delays at the manufacturer, not the OEM resellers. So, you probably won't be getting your laptop a LOT faster than anyone else. Also, if you live in California, you'll be nailed with sales tax as Sager Notebooks is based out from California as well.

 

California's got everything, but that damn tax...Can't even buy anything off newegg cuz the tax almost kills good deals.

 

I was going to ask why people aren't just ordering from Sager direct instead of dealing with the reseller's...but I see that some have, and they're not well regarded from what I'm reading above. Personally, I pledge allegiance to the guy that's going to get me the product the fastest at the right price. I can't believe some of the prices some resellers have. Like $2200+ for the same rig I'm paying $1820 for (plus using my company's UPS account to ship = $0 shipping costs ).

 

well worth the wait

 

PNB WXGA people. Can anyone give any kind of semi-accurate estimate on ship date? I've been told 1 to 2 weeks for the last month.

Anyone talk live to PNB recently?

 

If your order is already placed it should ship this Friday or next Monday. For new orders it will ship within 3-4 days of receipt of your good funds.

This is for WXGA screens only.

 

Would that include orders placed this Sunday past, Donald? (Apologies, but now that I've actually ordered, I understand the panic about finally getting the darn thing. hehe.)

 

How long can WSXGAs expect to wait? The same old 2-3 weeks I've been hearing that its been better to order the WSXGA's cause they're more in stock, then the WXGAs, then the WSXGAs...

 

Most current WSXGA+ orders are expected to be shipped in the next 1-2 weeks.

 

Are WXGA (1280x800) still looking good for the near future?

 

Justin - are you and discountlaptops.com the same company?

 

We are not affiliated in any way to discountlatops. The WXGA's are shipping daily. We are shipping many WXGA and WSXGA+'s every day.

 

Thanks for the info. You guys make buying a laptop for the first time very easy. thanks again!

 

Ordered from XoticPC on 8/27. Just called in today and was told that it would ship within 24 hours. Can't wait!
WXGA Glossy Screen 1280x800
Intel Core 2 Duo T7300 2.0GHz
512MB PCI-Express nVidia GeForce 8600GT
100GB 7200RPM HD
RAM 1,024MB DDR2 667 PC2 5300 (Upgrading to 3GB like a lot of people)
No OS

 

Congrats. Did your Xotic PC account update? Mine's still stuck on Phase 3: Production and I'm not sure what the next "Phase" is...

 

Before I called in, it was stuck at Phase 1.5 for the longest time. I just checked right now and it has jumped to Phase 4.

 

What's up with this...? I ordered August 19th with same specs as urs except 2GB RAM and 100GB 7200 RPM HD. Your's is shipped and mine won't ship until end of this week or beginning of next week. What's up with the random shipping orders?

 

COngrads on the Purchace, its well worth the wait

 

Handbanana: You may want to contact xotic if that is the case. Perhaps something is delaying your order. Justin reads these boards so you may want to contact him and reference the post about so he has something to compare it to.

As for everyone talking about phases, mine jumped from Pre-order pending item arrival to Phase 5 skipping everything in between and was already shipped when it was updated. I ordered back in July though so maybe it was part of the rush to update all of them after a huge shipment went out.

Congrats on the fast ship. I am glad to hear things are getting better. I will say I am very glad I upgraded to the WSXGA+ screen though and unless you are really in a crunch for time or have no need of the greater resolution I would highly recommend it.

 

Well the morning started off on kind of a pissed off note w/Sager. There was a $980 hold placed on my account when I was doing my morning bank referencing. It wasn't something that I was expecting, because it was my intention to do a cash transaction with the manufacturer. When I called to ***** about it, I was informed that my laptop had come through production and was ready to ship, which is why they had attempted to charge my account (there was a $1000 daily limit). I'm glad I caught them because I had decided to upgrade to the T7700 after seeing some test results between the T7400, T7500, T7700 and an E6600. Anyway...we got everything all ironed out, and the new configuration should ship soon. Being a service manager myself, I found Brian at Sager excellent to deal with and have no complaints. I'm actually pretty impressed that I placed my order with Sager on 9/12 and they were ready to ship it yesterday. Can't say anything bad about a 6 day (counting the weekend) turn time.

Final config:
15.4" WSXGA+ LCD with Matte Finish
T7700 / 4MB L2 Cache, 2.40GHz
XP Professional
2GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz
160GB 7200rpm SATA 150 Hard Drive
Internal Bluetooth
Sager Three Year Limited Warranty
(of course I didn't list the standard components)

Price out the door...I'm going to leave it as I'm happy.

I'm not in college and I didn't even purchase the machine for gaming. It's just going to be the replacement for my 9 year old PII 350, running Win 98SE, with 384mb of RAM and a 32mb GeForce DDR grafix card.
I'm hoping to notice a difference with the new machine.

 

Why didn't u just go with the T7500? From what I've read, there's really no difference in the 0.2 GHZ. But, in the end, you are upgrading from a PII so...

 

I'm easily influenced by flashy colors. :twitcy: This being the first laptop that " I'll own" (I've had many work issued), it's easier (and cheaper) to spend a few bucks extra now, than to second guess my decision and wish I upgraded later.
My home PC is a PII...my work PC's have been 1.8 - 2.2ghz. This 2090 will trounce my engineering managers DELL that's configured to run Solid Works, for nearly a $1000 less. Ya gotta love gaming machines...

 

XoticPC seems to have given me a T7500 when I ordered a T7300. Anyone else get this free "upgrade?"