Un-finished Santa Rosa laptop lineup

[lostandwandering]

Ah what is going on? You posted a reply on MY thread and I don't recieved a notification email? What is Tom's doing these days?

Mark: you should also show him what the heatsink mod did for Silent Bob. I couldn't stop laughing when I saw those pics! :lol:

 

[pizzaman69]

Add the Dell Inspiron 1720, Inspiron 1520, Vostro to the list.

http://www.electronista.com/articles/07/06/06/dell.vostro.leak

Available 26/6

 

[lostandwandering]

Yeah, I've been meaning to add those. You asked and you shall receive. Thanks for the link BTW.

 

[Ely]

You know, I couldn't help but wonder... why are not Apples new MacBook Pros here on your list? They do have the Santa Rosa you know

 

[lostandwandering]

Because until a few days ago, I had no idea about the new MBPs. Also, no one besides you has chimed in about them. If you have a link to the information, post it and I will gladly put it on the list. I can't do it ATM, freakin finals week at school.

 

[Ely]

No problem. Here's the info

Apple
15-inch (2.2 GHz, 15,4", GeForce 8600M GT 128MB)
15-inch (2.4 GHz, 15,4", GeForce 8600M GT 256MB)
17-inch (2.4 GHz, 17" (1920x1200 optional), GeForce 8600M GT 256MB
www.apple.com/macbookpro/

I'm suprised that there has been so little talk about these new computers. Admitted, the upgrade was not as great as some people had hoped for but the price vs. quality ought to spur atleast Some converstaion...

 

[lostandwandering]

It has been done. Most people on these forums don't talk about Apple, because not many of us are fans (myself included). Flame war not intended.

 

[Ely]

Just thought that it would be apropriate to include those as you were making a list of Santa Rosas. Just thought that I'd add them here.
But I think that I'll shut up now, before the anti-apple people find me, I've already stayed here for too long... :twisted:

 

[ldiamond]

Well, apple Mac Book Pro are pretty expensive for the hardware...
Thats the reason I'm not buying one. They look like nice but they cant be customized much.

 

[ToalMander]

Allright, now its official - 8700GT new enthusiast card from nVidia, http://www.nvidia.com/object/geforce_m_series.html.

And here is clevo 570ru with new card http://rockdirect.com/viewNotebook.php?pName=XTREME 770#

 

[ldiamond]

SWEET!
I want it!
Where can I buy that in canada?
The 570ru I mean...
Cause im not buying from there, their pricing is crazy

 

[jayjr8018]

i think the 7950GTX is better then the mid-range 8000 cards.

I'd rather get the Executioner SR with a 7950GTX. and just upgrade to a 8800 later

 

[lostandwandering]

That's what I'm hoping to do. Unfortunately, I haven't heard back from Mark in 4 days and I only have until the end of this week to order a laptop. Come on Mark get back to me!!!

 

[jayjr8018]

They are doing that site revamp and what not, so i think the email is down for right now.

 

[MU_Engineer]

Think of this for a second... we are the ONLY company actually moding heat sinks and addressing the problems you guys are talking about. Most of these other guys aren't even building the machines!

Know of any place with a good 12.1" notebook? I looked at your site and while the hardware looks top-notch, the smallest unit you guys carry is 15.4", which would have little chance of fitting on the teeny tiny tray tables/fold-out desks (yuck) that I have to work on when I'm not at home.

 

[jayjr8018]

the best 12.1" notebook with the new santa rosa chips that ive seen is the ThinkPad X61 and X61 Tablet.. it can be seen here.

 

[wassup30]

First of all whoever posted the link that led me to "DreamBook Power D90 SLI" IS THA MAN!! http://www.pioneercomputers.com.au/products/configure.asp?c1=3&c2=15&id=2218

Granted the computer is mad expensive maxed out 7500!!! which is really out of hand but it is the best of the best! something i am always looking for. Dual 8800GTX video cards best processors out right now Intel Core 2 Extreme X6800 2.93G 4M Cache 1066M FSB Processor i mean can you say RIDICULOUS! Raided hard drives 4 gigs of ram, display at 1920X1200.... but for 7500 it's a bit outta hand i'd honestly rather pick up eurocoms top of the line computer, performance would be roughly the same but you would save 2000 dollars.....which is tons although 5500 dollars is still tons of cash lol...biggest difference is you get dual 7950GTX video cards instead of the 8800 GTX which is big i admit, but at least you get the same processor and everything else (comp called EUROCOM D900C PHANTOM - www.eurocom.com )

But wow, it took them a while to get dual core/sli/raid with 1920X1200 but its finallly here baby and it's nice to see

Just thought i'd post an FYI for ppl looking for the best of the best

 

[MU_Engineer]

Those Eurocom computers are pretty steep. I looked at the 12.1" inch one, and while it was nicely-sized, US$1600 for a Core Solo U1400 machine with 512 MB DDR2-533 and a 60 GB PATA HDD is a bit nuts, even if it does have a 13,000 mAH battery that's good for 10+ hours.

I'm debating between the HP tc4400/tc2750p, the IBM x61s or x60 tablet, and waiting for the Dell Latitude D430. What would you guys recommend? I don't need anything all that powerful but it does need to be below $1500 and have an excellent battery life and be QUIET. I made the mistake of ordering a computer with a hair-dryer fan in it and it's bugged me for the last five years. I think that a tablet might be useful for helping me take notes with, but I've done okay with a normal laptop for the last five years and would get another standard laptop if I can't find a decent tablet.

 

[lostandwandering]

Yeah, you unfortunately missed the entire part were we decide that it's a bad idea. This is the same basic laptop that Sager/Clevo has been touting for the last 3 months. Guess what happened? They had to remove the 2x8800GTXs for the list because THERE ARE NO 8800GTX cards for laptops. Right now that laptop is a "fake". It is a bad idea because think of it. Desktop CPUs generate far more heat than their laptop counter parts. In case anyone was wondering, heat and laptops DO NOT mix. Also, the main reason there are no 8800s for laptops right now is, you guessed it, heat and power. Those cards provide way too much heat so add to that the heat from the CPU and your case will literally melt around the mobo. Throw power hungry RAID arrays on top of the power hungry 8800s and you have a power brick the size of a small car. At this point you are FAR better off building a desktop. It will cost you less and you won't fry components every week from the heat build up.

 

[lostandwandering]

I don't know about the HPs or the Lenovo's, but I have used Latitudes. They are some of the best built laptops I have seen. The case is rock solid and doesn't feel like it'll break if picked up by the corner. They are also very quiet. My school uses the D620s for our mobile computer labs.

 

[jayjr8018]

wassup30

that laptop is a joke..

 

[wassup30]

thought those dual 8800GTX's might have been a scam..but then again 7500 dollars is a good price match for that type of performance and cutting edge technology.

Looks like Eurocom's D900C PHANTOM is still king, and i know that one is no fake.

 

[ldiamond]

Actually, u can get this exact system for much less on various websites.

Laptops with desktop chips tend to fry, take lots of juice and dont last too long.

I would recommend that laptop to someone I really hate.

 

[wassup30]

Actually, u can get this exact system for much less on various websites.

Please do share these various websites(i hope that you can, i for one have no preference for eurocom just know they offer an amazing system).

And as for the heat thing, this laptop has 3 fans which granted might be a bit loud but is being reviewed as one of the cooler laptops out there. As for long lasting, who buys a laptop without a warranty anywayz.

One thing you simply can't deny, performance wise, which personally thats all i care about. This system is the best. This much is undeniable. Although best to some ppl might mean different things, some ppl like portability /battery life / weight all of these things for the eurocom phantom these things are less than impressive to say the least. But those are things i don't care about anywayz.

So if all you care about is performance, and you don't much care about price this laptop is definetly for you.

 

[ldiamond]

xoticpc.com for instance