Eurocom Panther 5D Notebook Review: Faster Than Your Desktop

[arestavo]

I like how Tom's compared this to a single card M18x R2. Try sli Tom's!

 

[Guest]

Sorry, where are the Bioshock Infinite benchmarks? I don't see them on page 12.

 

[clonazepam]

I see it in the back of a van, with a wide format printer, and other equipment. It's parked at an event like nascar, the super bowl, etc. The professional photographer is happily editing his/her work and printing off posters for eager fans. When the crowd dwindles, its time to shoot some aliens.

It also gets a '+1' for not forgetting about a firewire port.

 

[rwinches]

The reason it has two supplies is because you need to plug it into two different circuits to avoid blowing the fuse.

Just imagine having a workstation version and having to call the office to report that you left it behind in a coffee shop...again.

 

[internetlad]

>>Faster than my desktop
>>Larger than my desktop
>>Ten times as expensive as my desktop
>>Unserviceable, unlike my desktop

Keep trying, gaming laptops, keep trying.

 

[clonazepam]

The reason it has two supplies is because you need to plug it into two different circuits to avoid blowing the fuse.

That's not the reason it has two supplies. It has two supplies because the unit can draw more power than a single supply can supply. It's clearly written in the article.

 

[derekullo]

But will it blend?

 

[adamhc]

Hello; I have the MSI and was wondering how the built in speakers of this unit compare to the MSI unit.
Thank-you

 

[nforce4max]

Nice but to a seasoned laptop user this machine isn't that nice that other people make it out to be. The first problem is that much of this machine (body) is plastic and given it's weight all that it will take to brick it is just one fall. The cooling looks good except they could have done the screw mounts differently that didn't compromise any of the fins (gpu coolers) and they should have place a single large label on the lower panel instead of small labels on the coolers. Without the plastic labels it would have likely ran a few c cooler. The most important is that this machine is not mobile, its a DTR. They should have done the lower body out of magnesium for strength or at least done what Lenovo does with it's Thinkpads with a metal chassis.

 

[SpicPeso]

Anyone want to tell Tom's that the 3970x is Sandy Bridge-E, not Ivy Bridge...

 

[Stevemeister]

This just goes to prove that given enough money to spend you can get anything you want - the question is are you paying two to three times as much as you need to.

Sorry, but there isn't enough money in the world to change the laws of physics.

Taken completely out of context

 

[Electrostat]

Anyone notice that the graphics cards and the processor are both a generation out?

 

[desolation0]

Interesting cooling design. I was surprised to hear foam space fillers would actually have a significant positive effect on fan performance. Independent laptop graphics cards still carry a heavy premium so upgrading would still be expensive, but the folks for whom this system makes sense would be exactly the people for whom that upgrade cost would make sense. That it can fit any new 2011 socket processors, and fit them within the thermal spec as well, definitely does open up CPU upgrade possibilities.

This could fit as business workhorse for rapid rendering in remote or highly mobile work settings. Imagine rendering building architecture and running modelling on a major build work site, where you're changing base every so often, up the building as the work progresses, and packing up after that particular project is complete. It could also allow professional musicians quality portable digital recording and encoding, if the input is as quality as the headphone output, at the location of any concert they happen to take it to.

 

[razor512]

For that price, you are better off building a higher end desktop gaming PC, and also a standard gaming laptop, and for times when you need desktop class performance, you can use some of the left over money to purchase the parts to build a push assist platform (around $60 in parts) to push your desktop system around to LAN parties when you are tired of carrying the system.

 

[Arls]

I enjoyed the comparison to heavy guitars in terms of size and tone. The target market for this machine is a solid body crowd, favoring beefy tone and chunk. If you think this machine is overkill then you sit squarely in the less is more camp with Tele's, SG's and hollow bodies. All have an application. Content creation, or productivity to jazz/blues or hard rock.

 

[g-unit1111]

But will it blend?

Good question! :lol:

 

[Evan20x]

All the beef and it's still a compact keyboard layout? 🙁 That up arrow key is all where shift should be. My old Dell Inspiron 1720 had a nice keyboard layout and I miss it. Damned lightning fried it.

 

[Trevor_racing]

I bought the shark from them, 3 motherboard failures later now almost a month and I still don't have my laptop back. there warranty sucks and its hard to get a hold of customer support....Must say though, there sales guys are great! if only they had better customer support and a better warranty.( They all ways fix my laptop just not very fast, and after 3 motherboards they should have replaced the laptop)

 

[urimiel]

Great machines... all 3 pieces that Eurocom is going to sell. This is an extremely niche system.

 

[lucuis]

Nope, not faster then my desktop.

 

[Dubbstepp]

It's pretty overkill in my opinion. With over 6K to burn, I'd rather spend it on powerful 3k desktop and save the leftover money for any upgrades. I'm honestly not a fan of the term "Future-proofing" so I hope you guys will understand.

 

[Nefos]

I can see the reason to buy this laptop, although it will not be a mass producted device
For example your job requires a powerfull workstation, but you are moving around quickly ( for example you are working with Sony in Europe and you must fly to Japan every once a while). The fact, that it is a workstation ( it is designed to be one) means that it will earn money for the person. For example a lorry is much more expensive, then a car, but because they are used to make money, its justified.
I reckon the reason why it has non workstation GPUs is to try to boost up the sales a little bit

 

[DarrinTH]

This thing is huge though, for something thats supposed to be "Mobile" I wouldn't like to carry this beast around all day.

 

[netspiderz]

This is a total waste of money. Laptops are meant to be portable and durable without a charger. I'll rather build a small size desktop PC and carry it around with a monitor.

 

[Nefos]

why does everyone expect from a laptop workstation to be that easy to handle like a 11 inch Mac Air, while it can work as a powerful workstation as well?