*UPDATED* HOLY MOTHER OF ALL NOTEBOOKS! It's awesome@!

[Crellion101]

The Mother of All Notebooks

This beast can beat the crap out of any Alienware/VoodooPC laptop (and possibly half their price.)

 

[GnomeCop]

hasn't that thread been around for awhile now?

besides your link doesnt work.
Its not out yet, and when it does come out, voodoopc will probably announce something along those lines, maybe with a Pentium M or Athlon 64, who knows, only sager is showing all its cards before release.

 

[LaptopDude]

lmao...battery life...5 minutes! it'd be a race everytime just to see if you could get the start menu open before it ran outta juice!

 

[Abhi]

Learn to link...

there is a double http:// in there...

 

[MDE]

Originally posted by: Abhi
Learn to link...

there is a double http:// in there...

Actually it's https://http://

 

[Frightcrawler]

fixed link

 

[Crellion101]

Sager 8790 SERIES SPECIFICATIONS

Discuss it HERE

Processor
Intel® Pentium® 4 2.4/2.5/2.6/2.8/3/3.2GHz (800FSB) w/HT
Intel® Pentium® 4 3.2/3.4/3.6GHz (Prescott)

Core Logic
Intel® 865PE chipset + ICH5

Memory
Dual Channel DDR 266/333/400 (2 DIMM required for Dual channel mode)
256MB 400MHz DDR SDRAM Expandable to 2048MB
512KB / 1024KB On-die L2 Cache

Bios
4MB Flash ROM BIOS

Disk Storage
- Hard Disk Drive
PCI Local Bus Interface
2 Detachable 2.5? 9.5mm Hard Disk Drive
Supports Ultra DMA HDD for High Speed Access
- Hardware Raid-0 or Raid-1 with Primary-HDD + 2nd-HDD bay
- Built-in 7-in-1 Card Reader

Display
17? WXGA TFT 1440x900
256MB DDR Video Memory
AGP 8X
ATi Mobility? Radeon? 9700 (M11)
Dual-View Display Capability
CRT Resolution up to 2048x1536x16M
Built-in TV-Tuner with Multi-Function Remote

DVD or CD-ROM Drive
Detachable 24X CD-ROM
Interchangeable with 8X DVD-ROM, 24X CD-R/10X CD-RW, DVD/CD-RW, DVD-R/RW Combo drive
ATAPI Interface

Audio System
AC?97 2.2 compliant interface
Built-in 6ch output Sound System (for 6 external speakers without Ext. decoder)
S/PDIF Digital output(5.1 CH) for DVD content
1 Built-in Microphone
4 Built-in Speakers

PCMCIA Slot
PCMCIA 3.0 Standard Compliant
1 Type II PCMCIA Slot

Pointing Device
Integrated Touchpad With Scroll Up/Down key

Keyboard
Full Sized Keyboard with Numeric Keypad
Windows 95 2 Hot keys
Integrated with Hot Keys for LCD Brightness, Suspend, Panel/CRT Display
3 Hot Keys for E-Mail, Web Browser. And AP-Key

Interface
Infrared Communication, FIR, SIR and ASK Compliant
1 16c550 Compatible Serial Port
1 Parallel Port, with ECP/EPP Support
1 External Keyboard Port
1 DVI Port
3 USB 2.0 Ports
3 Audio Jacks
Mic-in & S/PDIF-out or Center & Sub
Line-in or Real Left & Right
Front Left & Right
1 RJ-45 LAN (10/100/1000Mbps)
1 RJ-11 Modem
1 IEEE 1394 Fire Wire (4pin)
1 S-video TV-Out
1 S-video Video-in

Power System
1 Lithium-Ion Battery
Full Range Auto-Switching 100V/240V AC Adapter

Power Management
System Management Mode (SMM)
Suspend to HDD / DRAM
Full features of SMI Power Management, Doze, Sleep, Suspend/Resume Mode

Physical Characteristic
15.4 ? (W) x 11? (D) x 1.65? (H)
8.6 lbs Without Battery

Standard Options
Enhanced built-in Digital Camera
Internal 802.11g Wireless LAN mini-PCI interface
Internal Bluetooth Module mini-USB interface

 

[ai42]

Jebus that is just insane!

I swear I thought it was a stupid idea to put a TV tuner on a laptop, but friggin RAID 0/1 on a laptop too?! That is just an unreal spec, my desktop dosen't even have that kind of specs.

 

[thomsbrain]

it's basically just a widescreen version of one they already have out. my sager is very similar but no RAID and 3:4 screen.

 

[EdipisReks]

meh.

 

[Slappy00]

all that hihg-end crap but still an Audio System
AC?97 2.2 compliant interface... No Creative audio, but then again with all that horsepower i doubt it matters you are doing your decoding in software.

 

[BaRykue]

I would rather get an ABS gaming notebook...

 

[777php]

holy crap 8.6 pounds....
plus the battery life sounds as if it will be terrible.

IMO, definitely not the holy mother of notebooks.

 

[eastvillager]

downing it because it doesn't have a Creative sound solution?


that is a plus in my book, not a negative.

 

[LaptopDude]

the screen resolution is pathetic! such a low resolution for such a large screen! my laptop as a 15.4" widescreen with a resolution of 1920x1200!

 

[DaWhim]

hm...doesn't come close to R50 or T41

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: DaWhim
hm...doesn't come close to R50 or T41

That depends on your priorities. If you want a snappy desktop replacement machine with excellent video and fast HD, and also don't mind having to always be plugged in, the Sager beats the R50 and T41 hands down. Many people do not need good battery life in a lappy. They never use it where they can't be plugged in.

 

[Firus]

They even have a Canadian version at eurocom