Sager 5680 - still alive!

Hey all,

I bought my Sager 5680 a loooongg time ago (Fall 2003, Freshman year in college). A year or so after graduating (~2008), I retired the Sager and bought a Macbook Pro. This past weekend I came across a sweet black friday computer deal that would be made sweeter by trading in a computer. It got me thinking about the old Sager sitting in my basement, so I pulled her out and gave her a start.

I can't believe I almost traded this in. To my surprise, it booted into Windows XP with no issues, and after installing some updates, it's working great. The UXGA screen on the Sager kills the Macbook Pro's. I had a love/hate relationship with this laptop, which I nicknamed the BEAST. Love: Speed (although slowed over time), the LCD screen, the reliability. Hate: the build quality (the hinges on the LCD put pressure on the lid which causes it to crack over time, it happened to 2 lids I had, 2 lids on my friends Sager, and another lid on another friends Sager), fan noise (louder than an xbox 360), chunky size (but it was a gaming laptop from 2003 so I can't complain).

I doubt that my Sager can handle any crazy tasks anymore, but I just wanted to let everyone know that this Sager is still kicking.

Edit: My initial post may have seemed like all smiles and bubbles, but I do want to let everyone know that I strongly recommend against buying a Sager computer. The main issue is that I, like many others, have discovered design flaws with our laptops that have marred our owner experience. The inability of Sager and/or PC Torque to service such flaws are disappointing and downright embarassing. No doubt they saved money by not acknowledging that anything was wrong in the short run, but there is no way that me or my friends who were previous Sager owners will ever give them a 2nd chance. Not surprisingly, we are all macbook pro owners.

My initial post may have seemed like all smiles and bubbles, but I do want to let everyone know that I strongly recommend against buying a Sager computer. The main issue is that I, like many others, have discovered design flaws with our laptops that have marred our owner experience. The inability of Sager and/or PC Torque to service such flaws are disappointing and downright embarassing. No doubt they saved money by not acknowledging that anything was wrong in the short run, but there is no way that me or my friends who were previous Sager owners will ever give them a 2nd chance. Not surprisingly, we are all macbook pro owners.

I agree that design and technology has come a long way, but my main issue remains with the lack of service, options or long term fixes available from Sager. They basically realized there was a design flaw and didn't provide their customers with a proper resolution. There is nothing that leads me to believe that the same thing won't happen again if I ever choose to purchase another Sager.