x205 sli3 for 23459 at mac mall .

Saw the x205 sli3 at Mac Mall for 2349 .Is Mac Mall a reputable vender? DOes the x205 sli3 proform betrer than the old x205 model? 8600 sli better than 8700 ?

 

Check reseller ratings to see how they do versus other stores. They've been around a long time at least.

I'd personally avoid SLI notebooks, especially those with Intel chipsets, as getting drivers for them will be next to impossible. I'd guess in general you'll actually do better with the single 8700GT, since you can actually use it (with modded INF files).

 

PC Mall also has it listed of 2349, and if you wait a week or two it should crop up at a number of other sites too.
http://www.pcmall.com/pcmall/shop/d... Duo T7500 2.2GHz Notebook-Notebook Computers

You may also want to wait and see if they have any promotions coming up for the system. The five free hd-dvd offer just ended, and Best Buy is giving away two free games with the system they currently sell. So far nothing special is being given away with the SLI systems. Since the SLI is being touted as a Gears of War machine maybe they will package Gears of War with it in the future.

Regarding Wolfpup's post Toshiba has already released drivers that work with the SLI systems (users of older x205 systems have been using them since they work universally - nvidia packages drivers besides the 8600 with them). Extending on that principle you could download Sager or Dells 8x00 sli drivers and install them on a Toshiba sLI system as well. The lap2go video drivers will work with it as well, so don't let rumors of drivers support scare you off.

 

I'm guessing in the future that won't be the case though-like Alienware has an SLI system that can't actually run any new games (at least not with SLI), because the modded inf file drivers don't work on Intel chipset systems, as I understand it.