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Candy Apple Red Compal CL56

post #1 of 25
6/11/04 at 3:27pm
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A brand new candy apple red compal cl56 is sitting right next to me :-)

Lots of pictures and benchmarks soon.

The Specs:

1.7ghz Dothan (2mb Cache)
1024mb (2x512mn)
60gb 7200rpm
Radeon 9700 128mb
15" SXGA+
Wireless G
DVD/CDRW

Its pretty sweet!
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post #2 of 25
6/11/04 at 3:28pm
OOOOOOOOOO lucky. Pictuurrrr
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post #3 of 25
6/11/04 at 3:28pm
whered you order from?
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post #4 of 25
6/11/04 at 3:30pm
sweet...that's almost identical to what i was thinking of getting, how much did you pay and where did you get it?

P.S. How is the SXGA+ screen?
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post #5 of 25
6/11/04 at 3:35pm
wow
pics ))
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post #6 of 25
6/11/04 at 4:44pm
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I will probably have to wait till tommorow before I can get any pictures of it online. I just installed windows on it, and let me tell you it is screamingly fast.

I would rank the screen as "pretty good." It is on par with most of what is out there. The only screen that I have personally seen that I would say is *better* than it is the wide angle view 1600x1200 that was on the 56XX Sagers for a while. It was hard to beat that screen. Overall it is just a hair below my Samsung 191t in overall quality.

I paid about $2000 for it painted. What is the rule as far as resellers go on these forums these days? Will I get banned if i say where i got it?

Any specific questions or benchmarks people want me to run? (I have been waiting for this laptop for over a year! )
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post #7 of 25
6/11/04 at 4:47pm
No you will not get banned for saying where you bought it from. Just make sure you dont come off as if you are advertising for that vendor.
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post #8 of 25
6/11/04 at 4:47pm
yes i think this LCD is perfectly fine when viewing it directly and at the sweet spot

its very bright and sharp...

i got a chance to meet wakeman (member of this forum) at a lan party and we had the 2 LCDS together in comparison





as you can see the wide viewing angle UXGA ofthe sager 5690 maintains its color at extreme angles while the CL doesnt. but thats ok i suppose if u dont need a presentation type LCD... colorwise they are the same.
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post #9 of 25
6/11/04 at 4:47pm
i dont think it's that big of a deal, i think adam will remove the posts if he feels someone is deliberately bashing a specific vendor or something else of that nature. i don't see how it could hurt to tell us where you got it from.

edit: whups i'm slow today
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post #10 of 25
6/11/04 at 4:51pm




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post #11 of 25
6/11/04 at 9:15pm
pictures! benchmarks! pictures! benchmarks!
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post #12 of 25
6/11/04 at 9:40pm
I'd very much appreciate knowing where you purchased it too. I'm looking at those exact specs for around 2k, without paint job... If I could get it painted too that would be awesome.
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post #13 of 25
6/11/04 at 9:45pm
My best guess is he bought it from Velocity Micro.

Edit---> Looked at their prices, probably wasnt from there.
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post #14 of 25
6/11/04 at 10:22pm
my guess is hypersonic... configured same specs and red paint for about that price
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post #15 of 25
6/11/04 at 10:28pm
Everytime I see a picture of the screen on the 5690 and compare it to the one that I just received, I feel as if I got a dud. The color quality on the 5690 in those photos make mine look like poop poo poopoo

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post #16 of 25
6/11/04 at 10:29pm
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Originally Posted by Fat Albert
my guess is hypersonic... configured same specs and red paint for about that price

Are you sure you configured the right specs? I did it at hypersonic and it comes out to 2,300+ and thats without an OS.
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post #17 of 25
6/11/04 at 10:43pm
yeah i got 2200+...he did say "around"...
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post #18 of 25
6/11/04 at 11:21pm
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$1625 for it shipped + ~$340 for the paint job. The unit itself was direct from ChemUSA and it was painted by *********. I got a pretty good deal on the laptop itself since I used to sell laptops so I still knew a couple people there. The ultimate irony is that when I get out of the laptop business I buy myself one.

Its been working very well today (I will take pics tommorow afternoon). The paint is absolutely amazing. Is it worth $299 + shipping for the paint... I'm not sure, but hey its only money.

EDIT: Guess I am not allowed to tell you where I got it painted lol.
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post #19 of 25
6/11/04 at 11:26pm
Why do you say that? (about not being allowed to say where you got it painted?)

Also... how did you order from ChemUSA? I cant find any way to order it from their site.
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post #20 of 25
6/12/04 at 12:43am
discountlaptops.com sells them under the chembook label...

the color or viewing angle on the lcd doesnt bother me... I guess Im just not used to hgih quality screens, but I dont see why people make such a deal about it

I love my Cl56
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