Ship date on the 8130/8150's!

I spoke to a rep from one of the resellers today about getting a specific upgrade on my 8150 order (I have an order with Malibal, but they don't offer this upgrade and don't sound like they plan to, so I was checking around) This is what they said regarding an order for the 8150:

It sounds like we should all be getting our orders by the end of March!

Note: I did not mention the reseller or list the name of the rep (or the upgrade part) because a) this could be incorrect info and b) I don't want to get said rep in trouble if it wasn't supposed to be released.

 

Everyone getting it my the end of March is nice
My last exam is April 4 =] Then tons of gaming~!

 

I ordered a 8170 on 1/25, I can only hope I'm on the same boat.

 

Eh...Are you sure the rep wasn't saying that just to try to get a sale (no offense, resellers)?

I think I deduced which reseller/rep you spoke to, but I shall keep my lips sealed

I'm pretty much resigned to getting mine in late March/early April, although many people I know are asking if I have it yet, and it's making me antsy...

@ Stelio When I was in college, I started studying for exams from 2 weeks to a month early. Then, I gamed every night, all night, on finals week. I won't reveal my gpa, but I will tell you that gaming works better than cramming

 

Shh. It's a terrible secret I know, because that particular part upgrade and reseller go hand in hand. But at least I tried!

But yeah, he could have been trying to make a sale. I told him up front it would depend on what Malibal could do, so it wasn't guaranteed. But I still like to have hope that my order could ship earlier.

 

You guys are some funny guys

Yea that was us, its cool. From what we hear yes should have everything out by late march. Notice I keep using should hehe.

But in all honesty everyone who pre-ordered should be getting them in march at some point =)

 

How hard is it to do the monitor upgrade? (In case I want to at some point) Also, still no news on 6970s?

 

this would make me so happy if its true

 

Does this include the 8170s, Mythlogic?

 

I shall never reveal my source. This was top secret inside information.


Seriously though, you guys have been awesome. I'm torn on the screen upgrade

 

i talked with a friend who's a dell alienware rep and they're being told 2nd/3rd week of march for the 6970's to go on sale with the re-release of the m17x r3

 

This better be true. I can't stand the waiting anymore. I can feel my SC2 ladder ranking going down by the day. I haven't played in a month and can only get my fix with youtube videos. Epsilon, you had better not have gotten my hopes up for nothing

 

This is good news, originpc is also promoting the 6970M in their eon 15-s/17-s so hopefully it is soon. I just hope I am able to add it before my order ships.

 

hispeed4567, I'm doing the same thing haha, watching sc2 daily XD It kills to watch and not be able to play!

 

hahah Let's see: Husky, HDstarcraft, ForceSC2strategy, Askjoshy, Psystarcraft, HunterStarcraft, and some Day9 every now and then. Its actually gotten annoying since I can't watch videos unless I'm a caster's youtube page as opposed to just being on the generic white youtube page and queueing up a ton of videos.

If I get it during my Spring Break, I'll be very happy. Although, this freezing issue causing some distress.

 

Monitor upgrade isn't too bad, but some monitors are going bye bye soon, check the screen thread for more info.

Yes

You need to shoot your source, sounds like he provides some bad bad information

 

Do you guys have any idea how far up your resellers cue your order is?

 

i was 15th up until a few hours ago.. then i switched to the 17". now idk

 

Ha, I didn't even think to ask this. I guess I should.

What made you decide to switch to the 17"?

 

Couple things:
- I liked the brushed metal finish over the rubberized.
- I can have both my hard drives in, and not have the odd as external
- figure I'll be upgrading the CPU when ivy bridge comes out (possibly to the 2920xm sandy bridge) so the 8170 allows overclocking for that
- i decided I wanted the extra screen space. I've had my 15" for a few years.. Time for a change
- weight difference was like 2lbs. Not much difference in a backpack. Plus it stays on my desk a lot of the time so...
- can still get a nice screen through mythlogic
- there was little battery life difference. Im near a plug a lot anyways so doesn't matter too much to me
- better cooling
- decided that a 17" fit better in my lap
- I was worried about the keyboard being too off-center (like on my girlfriends studio xps 17") but the 8170 and 8150 have the same keyboard so it doesn't really matter

 

So out of curiosity I went to Dell's website and configured a M15X as close as possible to my NP8130 pre-ordered system.Check out bin price and comparison between these two systems.

M15X final cost: $2374
NP8130 final cost:$1200 (with cash discount) @ Xoticpc.

M15x specs:

PROCESSOR Intel® Core™ i7 740QM Quad Core Processor, 1.73GHz (2.93GHz Turbo Mode, 6M Cache edit
MEMORY 8GB Dual Channel Memory (2x 4GB DDR3) edit
VIDEO CARD 1.5GB GDDR5 65W NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 460M edit
HARD DRIVE 500GB SATAII 7,200RPM edit
LCD PANEL 15.6-inch WideFHD 1920x1080 (1080p) WLED edit

NP8130 Specs:

Primary Hard Drive ~ 500GB 7200RPM (Serial-ATA II 300 - 16MB Cache)
Exterior Finish Standard Finish
Ram ~ 8,192MB DDR3 1333MHz Dual Channel Memory (2 SODIMMS)-
Graphics Video Card nVidia GeForce GTX 460M 1,536MB PCI-Express GDDR5 DX11
Processor - 2nd Generation Intel® Core™ i7-2630QM, 2.0-2.8GHz, (32nm, 6MB L3 cache)
Display 15.6” FHD 16:9 LED Backlit Wide screen (1920x1080) Super Clear Matte Type Screen
NO OS (since I have a retail copy rd to be installed)

The numbers tell everything! Unbelievable!

 

Ya, I've been playing the same game for the last two weeks. Even on eBay, where you can get a refurb m15x and I already have a 940XM, still the new Clevo's are faster and cheaper. The only downside is the stupid freezing bug.

 

Well the new batch is supposed to have that fixed (we're assuming.)

 

Did you mean that the new batch will have the fixed intel chipsets? (Which it will.)

Because AFAIK Sager has not been able to reproduce the freezing issue at all.

 

Will we get our laptop around mid-March or will they start shipping around mid-March? I can't wait to get my new laptop! My netbook lags even while playing flash games!

Macbooks are shipping already! I think...

 

is this freezing bug everyone is talking about in the P150 and P170 due to the glitch in sandy bridge? related to intel's recall of the processors?

or is it a Sager/clevo problem?

 

the new macbooks are kinda cool. same design, but they're taking a step up in the graphics department. believe they're up to the 6750? nothing compared to our rigs, but a nice step for apple. still got about 8 hours of battery life on us lol

 

The $1700 one has the HD 6490 which is actually a step down

 

The root cause has not been determined yet, though there are some theories. There are people here trying to figure it out http://forum.notebookreview.com/sager-clevo/555274-random-freezes-8130-8150-a.html. However, Sager has not been able to recreate the issue yet.

Well, different sets of customers between Sager/Clevo and Apple. We don't just surf the web and facebook stalk

 

Nobody knows how the mackbook GPU switching actually works yet. I hope that it is not something like Nvidia optimus which would cause problems running some programs. Eventhough our Sager NP8130/8150 have no switchable graphics, I would rather have no switchable graphics than have problems with certain games. 3 hours battery life isn't THAT bad... Actually the macbooks have that battery life too when running Windows 7.

 

AnandTech states that the new MBP does not utilize the affected SATA ports, so therefore will be shipping with B2 Stepping until on-hand supplies of B2 Stepping motherboards are exhausted. Apple's release date was not constrained by the recall.

 

Still good news for us, it means that there's a higher percentage of the revised chipsets going to Clevo.

 

Not necessarily. It does mean greater availability of the chipsets, but whether Clevo gets more depends on the budget that they have set aside for it. If it's exceeded, it is unlikely that they will get more until the next budget period. Of course, they can always choose to exceed their budget for this time period, but that means holding more idle inventory.

 

March already tom, hope we get positive updates soon...

 

right on.

 

i had an order for the 8150 from myth (15th in line). decided to switch to the 8170 (4th in line). then i decided i wanted the 8150 and i was mad cuz i figured i'd be at the back of the line for the 8150's. NOPE! idk if Mythlogic was just expecting me to change my mind again or if he just didnt get around to it yet, but i was able to get my #15 spot back! MYTHLOGIC rocks!

 

Heh, that must have been the spot they were offering me when I considered switching over for the matte upgrade. I'm still torn on whether I want to cancel my malibal order and hop over to them. That screen is great and all, but I don't want to lose my spot in line (or have to pay $200 more, plus in cash)

 

Whew! Glad you didn't take it! Lol

 

Update your sig so that we can see your config!

 

More good news! Sandy bridge boards are shipping once again! Starting March 7th

While this is MSI, it's a good sign that things are on track.

 

Best news yet!
Cmon clevo!

 

Come on Sager!!!! Roll out them Sandy Bridges!!! I really look forward to getting this laptop around mid-March. I hope the ETA is when we will actually get our hands on them and not when they will start shipping. It's only a week difference I know but it makes us customers feel great if the company gets ahead of their promise! As long as there are no freezing issues with these new laptops, I'm happy!

 

Basically the same config, just adapted to the 15" model I'm excited! Can't wait to get my hands on this beast!

On a side note, it's become a bit of a hobby of mine to talk to Dell tech support and see what I can get them to replace under warranty. Just for kicks.. They came today and replaced everythin except the proc, ram, hd, and optical drive. Just because. I honestly did not tell the tech that anything was wrong, he just kept saying "oh. I see. I'll send one of those out today." every time I mentioned anything about anything.. I was amused after them coming out various times this is about the 3rd completely new system I've gotten from them. Do I feel bad? A little.. Is it wrong? Yeah, i suppose. But when they keep offering, I don't see why not lol. Especially when my warranty is about to be up. Don't worry Myth, i wont be doing this to you lol..

 

This got me very excited If the freezing issue is resolved, this seems like the perfect laptop. Hurry Sager!

 

I just had them replace nearly everything in my m1530 under warranty. Now I can sell it without worrying about the 8600 killing itself right away.

 

I just reseated my 8600 and now its running cool to the touch again... Do I still get them to replace it and risk a bad one? Warranty up in 2 months...

Also HDD might die, and screen is dimmer than it used to be...

 

Nice.. I'm giving this Dell to my mom when I get the sager. She's going back to school to get her nursing degree so that's what she'll be using it for. Doesn't want anythin fancy so this should suit her assuming I can get her to understand how to use it well enough to be a benefit lol..

Might see about the getting the ram and proc replaced in the next month or so. Both are still going strong though, so should I worry about them? Temps are all good (low-mid 30s for proc and HD, upper 30s-40s for main board..) in case you're wondering

 

Is there a way to check screen brightness? I feel like mine's dimmer too. They sent me a replacement but it was the wrong one so the tech didn't put it in.

 

Heres some more good news.

ASUSTeK Computer Inc.

 

hp is starting to ship their sb notebooks too!