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Curt's 8890 Review w/ Pics

post #1 of 8
4/17/04 at 9:49pm
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I ordered my 8890 on Saturday, April 10th with the following specs:

Item Description Qty Unit Price Price
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70 Sager 8890-V Notebook: 8890-V 1 $1999.00 $1999.00
969 Display: 15" UXGA Wide Angle/128MB
9600PRO Turbo
724 Color: Standard Black
956 Finish: Regular low gloss finish
756 Processor: 3.2GHZ P4 800 FSB W/ HT
850 RAM: 1024MB 400DDR Dual Channel
(2-512MB)
790 Main Hard Drive: 80GB 4200RPM
683 Bay 1 Media Drive: 8X DVD/24X10X24
CDRW Combo Drive
372 Bay 2 Drive: No
470 Bay 3 TV Tuner/Hard Drive: NTSC TV
Tuner and Remote
350 Modem: 56K RJ11 Phone Modem
853 Network Card: 10/100/1000 NIC
494 Operating System: No Operating System
372 Raid: No
353 Floppy Drive: 3.5" Floppy Drive
354 Battery: Primary Li-ION battery pack
355 Case: Basic Black business case
372 Extra AC Power Adapter: No
372 Car Adapter: No
372 Port Replicator: No
372 Spare Battery: No
372 Wireless Network: No
372 Bluetooth: No
618 MP3 Player: No MP3 player or RAM
372 6-in-1 Card Reader: No
372 Software Bundle: No
372 Office Software: No
356 Warranty: 1 year warranty, lifetime
tech support
372 Repair Transit Coverage: No
372 Export Coverage: No
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Subtotal $1999.00
UPS Next Day Air $84.71
Total $2083.71

The machine arrived on Tuesday the 13th and so far I've been nothing but pleased. It's an absolute beast, it's huge, FAST and suprisingly quiet. No dead pixels or flaws with the LCD and no issues with the keyboard. The machine has been running almost continually since it's arrival, with only a few restarts. Basically no problems as of yet.

The only issue that I had in the progress is that I wasn't sent the DVI dongle in the first shipment, but after a email to Tom @ PCtorque it's on its way.

Some pics:













1600 x 1200




And here's one to show how thick this thing is:


All questions/comments/picture requests welcome.
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post #2 of 8
4/18/04 at 12:09am
Nice! Thanks for the pics. It's always nice to see good pics.
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post #3 of 8
4/21/04 at 1:50pm
what's the battery length for a full charge? (no dual battery or spare battery or plugged in aor anything like that; just one battery charge?) I'm interested in a 56xx or 8890 in the next while and i'm comparison shopping: i heard 56xx has horrible battery length but evrythingelse rocks, but haven't heard to much about 8890 due to it's recent release.
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post #4 of 8
4/21/04 at 2:41pm
Holy heck that's thick! I was maybe considering an 8890, but that's almost twice as thick as my old Toshiba Satellite, and I often used my Satellite for weight lifting (okay not really). I'll stick with the thinner centrino models, thanks.

Great pics. Thanks verdad!
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post #5 of 8
4/21/04 at 6:05pm
Battery life is averaging about 1.25 to 1.5 hour on mine. But I use it mostly in AC mode anyway.

As for size/weight, this was not as much a concern for me as this system was going to be semi-mobile (say to the occasional game convention and perhaps to the more remote offices at work). Most of the rest of the time it will sit at home in the same spot, and will eventually replace my desktop for real (still saving money to spend on a really nice external LCD).

--TSK
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post #6 of 8
4/24/04 at 3:25pm
Curt,
Enjoyed the post on your new 8890. I'm new to this site and have been doing some reading. I will soon be replacing my 5 year old Thinkpad, my grandson will get it for his High School Graduation. I'm retired and teach classes for ole folks at UAH in Huntsville Alabama. You can see my handouts at http://mywebpages.comcast.net/glennet/downloads.htm. What got me to the Sager was the numeric keypad. Then I found the 1600X1200 UXGA on the 8890. I'm heavy into Digital Camera stuff and always use my 19" Hitachi monitors at 800X600. Would you try your 8890 at 800X600 and tell me how it looks to you in relation to 1600X1200 and also what you think of the side viewing angle plus your thoughts on the display in general.
Thanks, Glenn
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post #7 of 8
4/24/04 at 9:54pm
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Glenn,
I took a few shots for you tonight to try and show the difference between the 1600 x 1200 and 800 x 600. The 800 x 600 is makes everything really big and really isn't my style, but it doesn't look bad, There's also a few angled shots that I took to try and show the angled viewing. The screen still look good in different positions and is perfect for what I use it for.

The 800 x 600 is HUGE compared to the 1600 x 1200:



Angled:







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post #8 of 8
4/24/04 at 10:54pm
Thanks Curt, that gives me a warm a fuzzy for making a buying decision.
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