Posts by okie_tex

Mav, I don't know ... it looks like to me Sager is offering what others aren't right now and are the first ones to the market. I don't have one - a Sager ... and have never seen one in person! - so all I'm going on is their...

yeah, go read their forums too ... they aren't as busy as the Sager forums but you might see some info in there that helps you make a decision in regards to some of their PowerPro brands. HTH... -ot

Makyz, as NoSkillz pointed out, you might check out PowerNotebooks.com and I am getting ready to buy one of the PowerPro 3:16 for a client. They want a notebook around $2K, 15" video, 1gb ram, lighter weight, good battery...

I agree ... If I see a $50 (+/- some) increase in price to go to the next CPU speed, then I will *probably* go up. But, if it gets over that $100+ price tag to go up in CPU ... I usually don't feel like it's worth it. Yeah, the...

Quote: Originally posted by atbear What is it, and do I want it?? How is it different from wireless b etc..... what does it do, and where can I use it? I'm a student in college... thanks! you might check out...

Fireplug, nice analysis ... I had *previously* thought that there was a bigger $$ difference but I had MIS-configured originally. For that amt of money, the 8890 really is nice ... just don't know about the weight now. Hmmm... dang,...

Quote: Originally posted by outsider you actualy have more cords with a wireless mouse, just not from your laptop to the mouse ;-) ... good point outsider ... my biggest thing is where the mouse cord gets caught...

I configured with same features ... and I come up with around $300 difference ... of course, 8890 $300 more than 5680. Middle of road config with 2.8ghz, 1gb ram, 60gb hdd 4200rpm and then same accessories/wireless etc... Hmmmmm --...

Animal, my reasoning would be to get rid of the cord ... as it is in the way sometimes and I'd like to not have it get tied up. -ot

I've played around with the RF MS and Logitech ... not as good as I hoped but I believe part of that is because of me using a KVM switch and the wireless really needing a dedicated usb connection to my machine. anyway, i've really...