(see my post near the end, I bought the thing)
My current laptop has managed to bake itself and is beginning to fail, so I'm currently looking for a new system. My father recommended a Sager system because they were generally high-quality, and I went and had a look at their site.
I came across the Sager NP3760, and immediately considered buying it. However , I prefer to do a bit of research befcore rushing out and buying a new laptop, so I began to Google and eventually found this excellent forum.
http://notebookforums.com/showthread...ghlight=NP3760 was an excellent thread which reassured me that a Sager would be a good buy. However, I found a few things troubling, so I decided to register and ask the opinion of other Sager owners:
1. Is the sound output really that bad? Volume is not an issue, since I have a small device I ordered from Cyberguys caled a Boostaroo, which can boost RCA audio signals by 40% when active. I'm more concerned about the quality - the thread starter, and others, mentioned things like cross-talk, interferenece and echo effects with the onboard sound. If it isn't any good, I'd like to know now instead of later.
2. What's the model number of the 60GB 7200RPM disk that can be installed into the NP3760? I don't necessarily need 60GB but I want a fast spindle speed; I'm tired of pokey 4200RPM disks and want something faster. I'd like to do some research on the disk itself and find out about it.
3. How many Cardbus/PCMCIA slots does it have? This ties into my next question, because I have a Linksys WPC11 ver.3 that I need to be able to use without any trouble.
4. How well supported is this laptop under the Linux OS? I should probably ask this in the Linux forum but I just want to know if Linux will actually install and boot without any major acrobatics; I'm a moderately advanced Linux user, so a few minor issues won't deter me.
Finally,
5. Should I purchase a laptop cooling pad and affix it to the bottom of this machine, to help keep the internal temperatures low? My current laptop died because it was unable to cool itself down, either after a heavy load was placed on it or after it had been running for any length of time.
Thanks in advance.
My current laptop has managed to bake itself and is beginning to fail, so I'm currently looking for a new system. My father recommended a Sager system because they were generally high-quality, and I went and had a look at their site.
I came across the Sager NP3760, and immediately considered buying it. However , I prefer to do a bit of research befcore rushing out and buying a new laptop, so I began to Google and eventually found this excellent forum.
http://notebookforums.com/showthread...ghlight=NP3760 was an excellent thread which reassured me that a Sager would be a good buy. However, I found a few things troubling, so I decided to register and ask the opinion of other Sager owners:
1. Is the sound output really that bad? Volume is not an issue, since I have a small device I ordered from Cyberguys caled a Boostaroo, which can boost RCA audio signals by 40% when active. I'm more concerned about the quality - the thread starter, and others, mentioned things like cross-talk, interferenece and echo effects with the onboard sound. If it isn't any good, I'd like to know now instead of later.
2. What's the model number of the 60GB 7200RPM disk that can be installed into the NP3760? I don't necessarily need 60GB but I want a fast spindle speed; I'm tired of pokey 4200RPM disks and want something faster. I'd like to do some research on the disk itself and find out about it.
3. How many Cardbus/PCMCIA slots does it have? This ties into my next question, because I have a Linksys WPC11 ver.3 that I need to be able to use without any trouble.
4. How well supported is this laptop under the Linux OS? I should probably ask this in the Linux forum but I just want to know if Linux will actually install and boot without any major acrobatics; I'm a moderately advanced Linux user, so a few minor issues won't deter me.
Finally,
5. Should I purchase a laptop cooling pad and affix it to the bottom of this machine, to help keep the internal temperatures low? My current laptop died because it was unable to cool itself down, either after a heavy load was placed on it or after it had been running for any length of time.
Thanks in advance.
