YOWZA, that's a cool color!

Well, I promised I'd post some pictures, and since the 8887 (and 8886 for that matter) have been reviewed in-depth by others, I thought I would post a few quick-pix of my 8887-X (Hybrid) Sager.

First of all, it is the fully-loaded 8887-X that you can get from PC Torque and I got the HYBRID custom color along with matching mouse.

And now for some nifty pictures:
(Excuse the feminine comforter/bed-cover, but let's see what you use when you are married!)


# 1 - This is looking at it from the top:



# 2 - This is for showing the THICKNESS of the computer, note the ultra-cool, take-me-back-to-the-70's Mattel electronic Baseball game!



# 3 - This is the LEFT side. Note the detail of what's colored. The CD/DVD/CDRW drive door, but not the plasic PCMCIA inserts (no biggie there).



# 4 - This is the REAR view, all the ports one could ever need! Ironically, they are upside down (PS/2 "flat" part goes down, Firewire "curve" is pointing to the left, etc).



# 5 - Here is the RIGHT side of the machine with the MP3 player inserted. Nice clean job on the exhaust grill!



# 6 - Same RIGHT side, but I pulled out the mp3 player a bit to show people exactly how it goes. By the way, the two little "flaps" that close off the hole when the player is removed ALSO got painted... nice!



# 7 - Here is an Opened Up view... nice color and texture!



# 8 - This is mainly for scale. I'm a big guy (6'-2"+) and have proportional hands (stop already!) so I thought I'd show you how ROOMY the keyboard is with my hand (other hand is holding the camera, real professional-like!)



# 9 - Here is a screen-shot (literally), hard to do a dead-on without proper lighting, etc., so it's angled... notice the TASK MANAGER? That's right, TWO cpu's! HT is FULLY enabled (did the re-format method, since I wanted to partition my disk anyway and just got the machine). Also notice the WIRELESS LAN connection! Yeah, baby, yeah!


#10 - "Color By ColorWare" little logo. My stuck pixel is roughly in this area (it's red, and doesn't show up in photos).


#11 - This is the 2.5" external Firewire 40GB 5400 rpm drive (one of 3 external firewire drives I have)... what's this!? NO power supply?! View on...


#12 - This is the famous PS/2 Power-Tap that powers external devices (well, my HD's) it has a pass-through, so I can even hook up my matching colored mouse...


#13 - This is the matching color mouse that I also ordered. It's sweet and is like icing on the cake! The thing that it is sitting on is a Laptop Desk and is quite handy, I highly recommend them!

Well, that's about a big enough post, any questions or photo-requests, let me know!

The Hybrid Color is MOST excellent. I like it more in person than from the photos. Also, get used to the NEW PAINT smell for several days (at least), as it's a bit strong at first, but goes away (some like it, I'm neutral).

-myrkat

That's how it came. I also noticed the ATI sticker looks worn where you see they peeled it off (causing micro-creases) and then re-applied it.

I would have told them to leave it off, as I don't care about stickers on a computer, but oh well.

-myrkat

Delete this guy already!

Yeah, I think it may look a bit more red in the photos... it's more like a Basketball color (new one, with more red than orange).

As for the drive, I bought mine from Bason Computers (I had to call and order the USB2.0/Firewire combo w/ PS/2 PowerTAP). The 40GB 5400 Toshiba version set me back about $210 +/-, but the guy sent an extra PS/2 power tap for my previous (firewire-only) 20GB drive.

And notice that cable? That's a $20 cable if there ever was one, and the USB 2.0 is the same! SOLID.

Anyway, you can find their (not-so-updated) website here, but I'd recommend an e-mail or calling them. They are very friendly and helpful.

-myrkat

Allow myself to introduce... myself....

Not meaning to QUOTE myself, but...

I meant to add that the other 2.5" external drive I bought from Bason was firewire only, and a 4200rpm generic drive... ironically, I like that one BETTER than the 5400rpm Toshiba. The Toshiba is NOISIER (not that there's much noise) and it "vibrates" more - I mean, you feel that sucker hum if you hold it while its running. It also is hotter. I know, I know... these all can be expected with 5400 vs 4200, but I usually recommend 4200 rpm now because of longevity (they last longer) and heat/noise is less, with performance gains negligable (from my perspective)

Performance-wise, I'd say it's roughly the same (FAST), hard to tell the difference for me.

To fill in some blanks, I use these drives DAILY as my mp3 cache (about 16GB) and download/transfer disks. So they get typical daily use. I haven't installed a game onto them, as I only use them as data drives. So you can see, I may not be pushing them to their limits to see the "big difference" between 5400 and 4200.

-myrkat

Basically, it replaces an AC adapter (that would plug into the wall). It powers the device from the PS/2 port (there's power in them 'thar ports!)

Not GREAT for a laptop on battery power, but if you're plugged in, it's one less little wall-brick to carry around.

I don't have an iPOD, but this site looks pretty good for power-related stuff. Especially THIS THING which would probably work with external HD's, too...


-myrkat

I think it's more of a balance... The screen, keyboard and touchpad are all (basically) black, too... to this presents more of a two-tone.

It would be interesting to see a "wet look" on a Sager (ie Paint everything!)

-myrkat