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post #561 of 1072
10/18/04 at 7:11pm
Just got a sweet job doing web design/image consulting so it looks like I'll be able to actually afford the 9860. I was getting kinda worried that I would have to get the XPS because you can get pretty decked out specs for ~$2000 if you wait for one of those 30% off coupons. Now back to waiting...
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post #562 of 1072
10/18/04 at 9:09pm
Adam,

I have a question regarding the new laptop that will be available shortly in Q4.

I remember reading awhile ago that sager was offering a "trade up" program where they would switch out the motherboard for a certain price. I have a 8887 and was interested if i could swap out the motherboard and what models i would be able to change to?

Would I have to contact sager directly to see which models I can upgrade to?

Thank you very much for your time.

Sincerely,

Ross
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post #563 of 1072
10/18/04 at 10:20pm
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Originally Posted by Kauaiian
Adam,

I have a question regarding the new laptop that will be available shortly in Q4.

I remember reading awhile ago that sager was offering a "trade up" program where they would switch out the motherboard for a certain price. I have a 8887 and was interested if i could swap out the motherboard and what models i would be able to change to?

Would I have to contact sager directly to see which models I can upgrade to?

Thank you very much for your time.

Sincerely,

Ross

Correct me anyone if im wrong, but I believe the trade up program is for laptops in the same series.. 5660-70-90 etc... I think the last upgrade for you would have been the 8890 which is no longer available..
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post #564 of 1072
10/18/04 at 10:52pm
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Originally Posted by Torcai
The 4790 appears to be to the 8790/9860 what the 4380 is to the 5690. Similar features, just not as high end.
He said 4750.
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post #565 of 1072
10/19/04 at 1:03pm
Now that we are within a month, and information leaks have dwindled down ... is anyone interested in me compiling a list of the leaks, so that we have something to compare against when it actually happens?
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post #566 of 1072
10/19/04 at 1:15pm
I wonder how much $$ Clevo and their resellers have tied up in NVidia's NDA. Inventory and mobo, etc. design aging by the day, and not able to move it until November 8. It appears the NDA has slowed things down at least 1 month, perhaps 2. Not only is it impacting cash flow, it is giving slow moving Dell and IBM types time to catch up.

Then again, that might be the real reason for the NDA. NVidia doesn't have any other benefit, unless a limited production capability saved them that much $$, doubtful. It also gives ATI time to catch up - instead of NVidia being three months ahead, they will only be 2 months ahead.

Anyone know who is on NVidia's board, % ownership, etc.?

You would think that after this, Clevo would be much more interested in ATI. Perhaps that is a clue behind their chipset being able to take both technologies. If true, they may have been bent quite a while ago, when they started designing the mobo.

Or perhaps, Clevo's video card flexibility caused this in the first place, and NVidia is willing to shoot their foot to slap Clevo's hand.

We could be witnessing the surface of an interesting dynamic.
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post #567 of 1072
10/19/04 at 1:29pm
The 4790 came out after the 8790 and after the 4780.
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post #568 of 1072
10/19/04 at 7:13pm
The thread at http://notebookforums.com/showthread.php?t=45982 shows Sager's process of updating their web site to include the 9800!
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post #569 of 1072
10/19/04 at 7:34pm
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Originally Posted by PackBjammin
The thread at http://notebookforums.com/showthread.php?t=45982 shows Sager's process of updating their web site to include the 9800!
You should hurry and edit the post to change the 9800 to 9860 before some uninformed user get a heart attack.
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post #570 of 1072
10/19/04 at 7:53pm
Has this been posted here already? If so I will remove it.
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post #571 of 1072
10/19/04 at 8:52pm
Are they up for order yet? I have not been able to find them yet.
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post #572 of 1072
10/20/04 at 3:39am
Is sager going to have the option of an extra battery in one of the optical slots?
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post #573 of 1072
10/20/04 at 4:29am
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Originally Posted by deltawalkerl
Has this been posted here already? If so I will remove it.

Wow, that's not a bad price. Just add another gig of ram and another HDD and you're set for under 3500
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post #574 of 1072
10/20/04 at 7:07am
Wow, that's not a bad price. Just add another gig of ram and another HDD and you're set for under 3500
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I ordered the 8790 Monday & in a way I'm glad I didn't wait for the 9860. It would have cost me about another $600 - $700 to get the 9860 with the same configuration I ordered the 8790 in.

The only thing I can see I'll really be missing out on is the 3.6 CPU which in itself is no big deal since tests have already proved the 3.4 NorthWood CPU to out perform the 3.6 Prescott CPU in some instances already...Plus the 3.6 Prescott will run hotter than the 3.4 NorthWood CPU...
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post #575 of 1072
10/20/04 at 9:01am
Yeah, but when it comes time to upgrade, you'll have to get a whole new laptop, not just fork out for a new graphics card. Gotta think in the long term. Plus, you have the options for dual ODDs (which you might want later) at the same time as dual HDDs.
Plus that's with a 3.6 P4 and a PCIe graphics. PCIe MAN!!! I'd say well worth the extra $$$ (or £££ )
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post #576 of 1072
10/20/04 at 9:56am
The print ad also lists mp3 playback while the laptop is off, which I assume is what "while on the go" means. That is one of our unanswered questions.

Since this baby has 4 1Gb RAM slots, an important decision would be whether to go with 1Gb, since you have to upgrade each side in parallel. You might have a future situation where you would have to throw out the 512Mb sticks.

Also, I wonder what the Sager guarantee is on these sticks vs. Crucial.
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post #577 of 1072
10/20/04 at 10:35am
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Originally Posted by PoorBoy
I ordered the 8790 Monday & in a way I'm glad I didn't wait for the 9860. It would have cost me about another $600 - $700 to get the 9860 with the same configuration I ordered the 8790 in.

The only thing I can see I'll really be missing out on is the 3.6 CPU which in itself is no big deal since tests have already proved the 3.4 NorthWood CPU to out perform the 3.6 Prescott CPU in some instances already...Plus the 3.6 Prescott will run hotter than the 3.4 NorthWood CPU...
That and the difference in video cards. 4 pixel pipe 9700 vs. 12 pixel pipe 6800. I'd say thats a pretty major difference right there
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post #578 of 1072
10/20/04 at 12:00pm
Yeah, but when it comes time to upgrade, you'll have to get a whole new laptop
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I'm not worried about that because it's the only laptop I will probably ever buy. It took me 3 years just to decide to buy this one because I really have no use for one other than just to have one. If I ever do buy another Laptop it will be many years down the road & by then every thing will have change so much hardware wise that everybody that buys one now will have to buy a whole new Laptop.

I have 5 Desktop Pc's right now and that is where my interest mainly is, I just wanted a Laptop for something to mess & play around with at work when I have a little free time...The 8790 will do me just fine as I don't plan on playing any games with it anyway, it's never going to be my main PC or something I have to rely on for anything either...

As far as PCI Express goes right now it's not any faster that the AGP's, and it probably won't be for a few years down the road, by then there may be some other form of Graphics already being developed...IMO
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post #579 of 1072
10/20/04 at 12:05pm
That's PoorBoy's way of quoting me. He's so poor, his browser doesn't display the quote button

EDIT:
For reference, deltawalker was confused by PoorBoy's quoting method. Then presumably deleted his post as I was posting this...
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post #580 of 1072
10/20/04 at 12:06pm
Lol...
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