Well, the prognosis for my Sager 5680 is not looking good. I thought it was the LCD inverter board, but a local tech ordered one, installed it, and still the same problem - the backlight goes out after a minute of boot or coming out of suspend. I was probably going to wait another year to buy something but it looks like it'll be a lot sooner than that if the motherboard is fried.
My first thought is something like the Sager 5720. I've decided I want something a little bit lighter and a bit more battery friendly than the p4 in my 5680, as well as a fan that's not as loud. I am a bit wary about purchasing another Clevo though. I guess I'm bitter about the 5680 dying after less than two years, but maybe I'll look into extended warranty or something. Does anybody know if you can do a trade-in for a 5720? I would guess probably not, but who knows maybe they can salvage it for parts or something.
So basically I'm looking for a pentium-M 2.0 ghz or so and a Nvidia 7800GTX or an ATI with as much power and in the $2k price range. I was thinking about holding out for an Mac with an intel processor or holding out for dual-cores, but because of various factors I'll have to make a purchase in late Dec. or early Jan if the 5680's motherboard is truly dead so those considerations are basically out.
I've looked at some Dell offerings today. The XPS looks decent, but maybe costs a bit more than the Sager 5720 as offered from PCTorque.
So I guess my question is what are the other offerings out there? Arus, Alienware (probably too pricey for me), others?
Thanks for the input
My first thought is something like the Sager 5720. I've decided I want something a little bit lighter and a bit more battery friendly than the p4 in my 5680, as well as a fan that's not as loud. I am a bit wary about purchasing another Clevo though. I guess I'm bitter about the 5680 dying after less than two years, but maybe I'll look into extended warranty or something. Does anybody know if you can do a trade-in for a 5720? I would guess probably not, but who knows maybe they can salvage it for parts or something.
So basically I'm looking for a pentium-M 2.0 ghz or so and a Nvidia 7800GTX or an ATI with as much power and in the $2k price range. I was thinking about holding out for an Mac with an intel processor or holding out for dual-cores, but because of various factors I'll have to make a purchase in late Dec. or early Jan if the 5680's motherboard is truly dead so those considerations are basically out.
I've looked at some Dell offerings today. The XPS looks decent, but maybe costs a bit more than the Sager 5720 as offered from PCTorque.
So I guess my question is what are the other offerings out there? Arus, Alienware (probably too pricey for me), others?
Thanks for the input
