Sager for business?

I'm planning to get either get ThinkPad T60 ATI X1400 or a Sager with the upcoming promotion 4/17/07.

I'll use this laptop for gaming at home (battelfield 2, watch movie) and occasionally bring in to office for business work. (I use company D610 at work too)

I never seen a Sager in real life, so my problem is: Is Sager a business friendly laptop like T60 so that I can bring to office? i.e Dell XPS will be a sure killer, my boss will think that I bring a Xbox to work.

Is Sager able to handle daily business task as well as T60? i.e good & comfortable keyboard for long period use, screen easy on eye, durable case, etc

Let me know, cuz my next laptop purchase is on your hand. Thanks

 

The promotion on the Sager NP5760 is already up on our website at http://www.powernotebooks.com/configure.php?special=336

For gaming the Sager is so far superior it isn't even in the same league with the IBM.

Yes, the Sager is business friendly. It looks quite professional and is not "gaming gawdy" at all. Check out the Picture Gallery

Yes, it will handle business tasks in a breeze. Comfortable keyboard is so subjective that it is impossible to compare, but you will find it quite solid and comfortable with the keys in the correct place, and of course it has the 10 key numeric keypad that your IBM will not have.

 

Thanks, I'll check out the configuration for my best use. By the way will sager "tune down" the CPU power just like T60 while using very low power tasks such as Excel, word, internet, etc. I need a run MS office throughout the day without overheat the system.

 

Even if sager doesn't provide a tool for it, you can always gets RMclock, or Notebook hardware control.. either will power down your cpu when doing light stuff... or you can do like many of us and run your processor under-volted 24/7 to keep the heat down..

Search the forum for those two things though, I'm sure one will fit your needs.

 

I don't think he meant underclocking it, although you could.

The Sager bios, like most modern laptops, has option such that when the CPU is not under load, it clocks down.

eg. my 2.0 Ghz Core Duo is currently running at 1 GHz while typing this. But if i were to fire up a game, or some other "heavy" program, the CPU ramps up to full speed automatically.

This happens even when the laptop is plugged in. It cuts down on heat and wear and tear.

The keys on the keyboard are all full size. I find no problems typing long forum posts or emails. the dedicated numpad comes in extremely handy, even if some of the keys are in different places (enter on bottom, + and . on top)

 

Thats the same thing I'm talking about.. RMclock can just be used to control that feature and make it even better.. Such as add more values to your P-States so your system isn't just 100% and 60%, or hard set lower voltages, or let you control when and how the throttle happens.. for instance, when I'm not gaming I lock my system at 1ghz to keep it as cool as possible.. Plugged into the wall or not, it doesn't matter.

 

Yeah, NHC has options for that too; voltage limits, etc.

But the built in ability works fine for the average user.

 

Thanks for the info, besides the CPU, the GPU will be running at minimum power when doing business work too (MS office, Email, etc)?

I know, I maybe asking a lot. But I’m planning to run the Sager Power Laptop ~50+ hrs per week non-stop. (Office work)

 

Quick answer- yes.
long answer- you can also control this more with the nVidia drivers or NHC if you want.

What do you mean non-stop? never turning it off? or 10 hrs a day? Either way shouldn't be a problem anyway.

 

Just to add; I use my 5760 probably 9 hours a day. I use it 8 hours at work for various IT tasks (word, TOAD for data, Oracle dev tools). and often 1-2 hours at home for playtime.

We just went out the hospital for one of my kids and really for the 1st time I used it as a movie screen with my bluetooth headset. I also used the audio DJ quite a lot.

That thing is really a workhorse. It just can do it all. At day it barely becomes hot and the throttle thing is built in every Intel mobile CPUs. Same thing goes for the GPU. Fire a game on batteries and it'll die fast. The screen is very sharp and is a pleasure to view. Make sure you go with the 1680x1050 rez if you don't like it too small. At least I've changed all system fonts to more readable ones.

As for comfort, it's ok. Once you get used to the keyboard it's even hard to get back to a normal keyboard. One annoyance is the numerical keypad and the lack of dedicated pgup/pgdown keys.

Otherwire it's nice. But be aware, it's not an ultra-portable. Get a good backpack type bag.

 

i never shut down fathers laptop and my pc rig