Ordered a 5690

i hvae a 5660..my friend has a 5670...
i love the 56xx model...never had any problems like the ones they spoke of....i think they are just isolated incidents....just be confident and happy and smash some bananas!

just dont over-flip the lcd panel cover too much,...else eventually it will crack like most of 56XX users

It doesn't happen to "most" of the 56XX by any stretch of the imagination. I have opened and closed my LCD about 2-3 times a day for the past 7 months and it has no cracks whatsoever.

I just ordered a 5690

Ordered with cash, then cancelled (couldn't wait that long), and reordered with credit.

Specs follow below. Any thoughts on where I made a mistake?

41 Sager 5690-V Notebook: 5690-V
454 Display: UXGA Wide Angle View 15" LCD
682 Color: Standard Grey/Blue
956 Finish: Regular low gloss finish
788 Processor: 3.2 GHz P4 800 FSB w/
Hyperthreading
1131 Video: 128MB ATI Radeon 9700 (M11)
850 RAM: 1024MB 400DDR Dual Channel
(2-512MB)
842 Hard Drive: 60GB 7200RPM
999 Media Drive: 2X DVD+R/-R/RW/CD-RW
441 #2 Bay Media Drive: 8X DVD (#2)
372 #2 Bay Hard Drive: No
350 Modem: 56K RJ11 Phone Modem
853 Network Card: 10/100/1000 NIC
352 Operating System: Windows XP Home
702 Keyboard Layout: USA
353 Floppy Drive: 3.5" Floppy Drive
354 Battery: Primary Li-ION battery pack
355 Case: Basic Black business case
372 #2 Bay Dual Battery Setup: No
989 Card Reader: Removable 6-in-1 card
reader
990 Car Adapter: Direct Car adapter
372 Spare Battery: No
372 Spare Power Cord: No
372 Port Replicator: No
1038 Wireless Network: Internal 802.11g
TURBO (108Mbps) wireless
852 Bluetooth: Internal Bluetooth
372 Software Bundle: No
752 Office Software: Office XP Small
Business
356 Warranty: 1 year warranty, lifetime
tech support
1019 Repair Transit Coverage: 1 Year
Shipping Coverage to Sager (US
only)
372 Export Coverage: No

The only thing I would have done different is ordered Windows XP Prof rather than Home so that hyperthreading will work. Home Doesn't support two processors from what I understand. Just my opinion. Can't wait to order mine Congrats on your purchase though

2-3 time isnt alot i had mine crackd and i opened about 5-6 times a day..any ways my word to you just don't over do it...by way jasone4 you shouldve carefully look around ,.i didn't find out mine untill a post from forum...and seems mostly is at edge of hinge

Simbiote17, I am interested in what you said re. XP home. I just received my 8790 today with XP home, and task manager shows two different CPU usage graphs. Even so, am I still not really using HT? That would be both okay and not because some programs I will be running don't support HT yet, and others do, so.....

Just to clarify this, both XP Home and Professional WILL support Hyperthreading 100%. XP Professional has additional support for two PHYSICAL processors, whereas Home doesn't. Hyperthreading is basically a VIRTUAL cpu, so it's not being disabled in XP Home due to the 1-processor limitation.

I have carefully look several times, especially while people were first discussing it on the forums. I was slightly understating how many times I open and close the lid as well, it's probably a little more than I stated. I'm just saying that it's not a super-common problem.

5680 vs 5690

what the difference between the 5680 and 5690? I see no actual difference. All the same options/upgrades/etc. same look.....?

I'm looking into buying this summer/fall; just doing my research and all of a sudden it changes!!!


Later

The 5690 has the 128 MB Ati Radeon 9700, as opposed to the 5680's 9600. That is the only difference between the two machines.

What are the specs and price?

Confused. What is it that takes "that long" when paying via any of the cash methods? Most take less than a day.