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NP-8790 Now Ordered - No Acer for Me!!!

post #1 of 51
3/4/04 at 9:09pm
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Here is what is on the way - I hope.

Item Description Qty Unit Price Price
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85 Sager 8790-S Notebook: 8790-S
1008 Display: 17" WXGA+ LCD (WideScreen 1440 X 900)
1035 Processor: P4 3.4GHZ Prescott CPU - Changed to 3.4GHZ Northwood CPU
1009 Video: 256MB ATI Radeon Mobility 9700 (M11)
850 RAM: 1024MB 400DDR Dual Channel (2-512MB)
842 Main Hard Drive: 60GB 7200RPM - Changed to 80GB 5400RPM
854 Media Drive: 2X DVD-RW/CD-RW
843 Bay 2 Hard Drive: 60GB 7200rpm with bracket - Changed to 80GB 5400RPM
846 RAID: Hardware Raid 0 configured with OS pre-install
1027 TV Tuner/Subwoofer: NTSC TV Tuner/remote AND Subwoofer
415 Floppy Drive: External 3.5" Floppy Drive
1010 Modem: 56K RJ11 Phone Modem
853 Network Card: 10/100/1000 NIC
365 Operating System: Windows XP Professional
1023 Battery: 8 Cell Li-Ion Smart battery
355 Case: Basic Black business case
372 Spare AC Power Adapter: No
372 Car Adapter: No
372 Port Replicator: No
372 Spare Battery: No
1041 Wireless Network: Internal 802.11g TURBO (108Mbps) wireless
852 Bluetooth: Internal Bluetooth
1028 Card Reader: Internal 7-in-1 Card Reader
1029 Camera: Integrated Digital Video Camera
372 Software Bundle: No
372 Office Software: No
356 Warranty: 1 year warranty, lifetime tech support
1019 Repair Transit Coverage: 1 Year Shipping Coverage to Sager
372 Export Coverage: No
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post #2 of 51
3/4/04 at 9:29pm
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Order has been confirmed... Now the wait .... OK Count down from 4,000,000,000,000 now at 3,999,999,999,123.... It'll get here before I get done, if not, then I'll try the "Bottles of beer on the wall" thing. Oh, what the heck, lets get do the bottles.....
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post #3 of 51
3/4/04 at 9:35pm
uhm...3.4 presscotts aint out yet. only the 2.8s are out. I wonder how long u'll be waiting for that one?
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post #4 of 51
3/4/04 at 9:40pm
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Originally Posted by Discord
uhm...3.4 presscotts aint out yet. only the 2.8s are out. I wonder how long u'll be waiting for that one?
Well all I can say is:

3,999,999,995,042 and 3 Beers!
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post #5 of 51
3/4/04 at 11:50pm
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Originally Posted by G-Omaha
Here is what is on the way - I hope.

Item Description Qty Unit Price Price
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85 Sager 8790-S Notebook: 8790-S 1 $3178.00 $3178.00
1008 Display: 17" WXGA+ LCD (WideScreen 1440 X 900)
1035 Processor: P4 3.4GHZ Prescott CPU
1009 Video: 256MB ATI Radeon Mobility 9700 (M11)
850 RAM: 1024MB 400DDR Dual Channel (2-512MB)
842 Main Hard Drive: 60GB 7200RPM
854 Media Drive: 2X DVD-RW/CD-RW
843 Bay 2 Hard Drive: 60GB 7200rpm with bracket
846 RAID: Hardware Raid 0 configured with OS pre-install
1027 TV Tuner/Subwoofer: NTSC TV Tuner/remote AND Subwoofer
415 Floppy Drive: External 3.5" Floppy Drive
1010 Modem: 56K RJ11 Phone Modem
853 Network Card: 10/100/1000 NIC
365 Operating System: Windows XP Professional
1023 Battery: 8 Cell Li-Ion Smart battery
355 Case: Basic Black business case
372 Spare AC Power Adapter: No
372 Car Adapter: No
372 Port Replicator: No
372 Spare Battery: No
1041 Wireless Network: Internal 802.11g TURBO (108Mbps) wireless
852 Bluetooth: Internal Bluetooth
1028 Card Reader: Internal 7-in-1 Card Reader
1029 Camera: Integrated Digital Video Camera
372 Software Bundle: No
372 Office Software: No
356 Warranty: 1 year warranty, lifetime tech support
1019 Repair Transit Coverage: 1 Year Shipping Coverage to Sager
372 Export Coverage: No
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post #6 of 51
3/5/04 at 2:12am
Oooo0000, good luck and remember to take lots of pics upon recieving it!
Im supprised how cheap they are too........
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post #7 of 51
3/5/04 at 7:03am
Any idea on ETA? Glad to hear that the ball's rollin' for you. I can't order mine 'til next week The Gods of Work, Bank Hours, International Time Differences and Late Release Date all combined to subject me to even more waiting.

So, if you don't mind, G, I'll just live vicariously through you for awhile
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post #8 of 51
3/5/04 at 2:34pm
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Originally Posted by Beachbum
Oooo0000, good luck and remember to take lots of pics upon recieving it!
Im supprised how cheap they are too........
Alright, hate to be the balloon popper, none of this is PC Torque's fault - but...

Cheap? No offense but they aren't cheap.

Prescott is presently not the way to go either...waiting to see benchmarking on the new ones, the present CPUs were outperforming them. They really need MBs designed specifically for them to perform well.

$300+ premium over a similar 4780 is too much for my blood. M11 is not that special nor is the MB.

Poor choice on the Internal Wireless card too. Turbo models are a great concept but too many negatives with them - do some research if you don't believe me.

IMHO: After all the hype - nothing special for the price. If the price would have been about $100 difference it would have been worth it....
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post #9 of 51
3/5/04 at 3:17pm
dual-channel RAM and the ability to have a 2nd hard drive... I'll take the 8790. You can have the 4780.
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post #10 of 51
3/5/04 at 6:03pm
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Originally Posted by GalaxiePete
Alright, hate to be the balloon popper, none of this is PC Torque's fault - but...

Cheap? No offense but they aren't cheap.

Prescott is presently not the way to go either...waiting to see benchmarking on the new ones, the present CPUs were outperforming them. They really need MBs designed specifically for them to perform well.

$300+ premium over a similar 4780 is too much for my blood. M11 is not that special nor is the MB. ........................
ha ha no i was compairing it to the 4780, its like 200 dollars more with the same config as my 4780 so you might as well see it on eBay sometime soon.
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post #11 of 51
3/5/04 at 6:26pm

I don't want to take up more space by starting an unnecessary thread

Yay! I finally bought the notebook I wanted at the configuration I wanted.

The price is a little higher than I anticipated, but still acceptable. My configuration is the 8790-S with the changable parts noted in my signature.

As for the internal wireless mentioned by GalaxiePete; I know that internal wireless sucks, but its free and will work until I get my next paycheck and buy a real PCMCIA A+G card or similar. It only has to work for another 30 days from now (which might be about the time I actually get the notebook ).

Cheap, no it is not cheep. It took me almost 8 months to save up enough money to even consider buying the machine. But the $2700 I paid is a far cry less expensive than I would have paid for a similarly configured Dell XPS or 9100, or alienware. So here's to market forces and capitalism: .

Praise to the pixel gods that I receive the notebook by the end of the month intact, in great working order, and no dead/stuck pixels.

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post #12 of 51
3/5/04 at 6:47pm
Right on, SEMC

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post #13 of 51
3/5/04 at 8:12pm
Damn taxes everybody is hapy but me This blows


SEMC - congrats brotha - welcome to club Sager...

Im not gonna smash any nanners but i'll put them in the juicer for my daily milkshake
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post #14 of 51
3/6/04 at 3:03am
I am so glad I got the 8890 - why? Just for fun I spec'd out an 8790-V with *all* the options I would have wanted. Close to $US4000 . That is the trouble with all this nice new tech - you get to spend all your money.

PC Torque = Lolly shop

And to all those who ordered some congrats and smashed bananas for clear screens.
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post #15 of 51
3/6/04 at 3:07am
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Originally Posted by aussie
I am so glad I got the 8890 - why? Just for fun I spec'd out an 8790-V with *all* the options I would have wanted. Close to $US4000 . That is the trouble with all this nice new tech - you get to spend all your money.
Is that including the Extremely Expensive 3.4ghz chip?

I ordered the 3.4Ghz Northwood version with everything I wanted, even threw in a spare 12cell battery (I dunno, might as well) and it was just under 3K.
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post #16 of 51
3/6/04 at 3:24am
Yeah the EE and I also configured 2GB of memory which added about $US700 to the price which is why I am going to wait until the price drops before I get the 1MB sticks for my 8890.
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post #17 of 51
3/6/04 at 4:52am
congrats guys....

I got my 4780 and am still configing it and all, dont make fun of me please cuz I am taking 4 accelerated 5 week courses at the same time....
and its not like I am a spring chicken ya know...

I have to say from the prices I was seeing for dual channel I expected the 8790 to be way more....

I am loving my 4790, just a curve getting used to using xp pro, alot of my options and shortcuts are unavailble on this OS for macromedia and adobe... I wounder if adobe cs and macromedia mx 2004 fix this... hmmmm still drooling over 8790 256 pro card....

ah well my 4780 is kool, plus not like I have the 300 bucks to go up...My huns still giving me grud for the cost of this one, haha

anyways... enjoy guys I am happy for ya, be sure to let me know how it preforms, maybe next weekend I will have time to install my video progies and encode some of my dvd's just to see how it preforms..... wounder if yours will be twice as fast with double the vid....
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post #18 of 51
3/6/04 at 10:13am
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wounder if yours will be twice as fast with double the vid....
Not a chance.
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post #19 of 51
3/9/04 at 2:31pm
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Updated Configuration
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post #20 of 51
3/9/04 at 3:26pm
Still a great configuration either way.
Have you got any tracking numbers yet or will we only get them when they ship from Sager?
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