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post #781 of 786
4/28/05 at 3:28am
coboc is a subsidiary of ABS (abspc.com), which sells the Z71v branded as the Mayhem G4. ABS has decent reseller ratings, although rjtech.com, istnc.com, proportable.com, and discountlaptops.com have higher ratings. if you bought one totally barebones from coboc or RJ Tech, it would come without wireless. You'd also need to get memory, CPU, & hard drive (optical drive comes with the system, I believe).
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post #782 of 786
4/28/05 at 4:49am
If the optical drive comes with it, that would super awesome - atm, with 1 GB RAM, 80 GB HD, 1.6Ghz CPU, Chassis, and DVD +/- optical drive, I've reached sub $1,500 (my max target)
If the optical drive is already included, that will lower cost, and should leave plenty for wireless!

*crosses fingers*

I've posted on the coboc forums, but still await a reply - thanks for your quick response Djembe!
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post #783 of 786
4/28/05 at 9:15am
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The screen is perfect, can't find any dead pixels. There is a very small dark patch in the very bottom right, just a slight shade darker. But it is only in the very corner. Everything else seems very good.

The keyboard is better than my last, I can fee no flex even at the top right. As well, I didn't hear any buzzing on battery
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post #784 of 786
4/28/05 at 7:09pm
Ordered tuesday from ISTNC and just received my tracking number.
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post #785 of 786
5/16/05 at 7:27pm

Yet another Z71V purchased

Just purchased it from Istnc.com. I didnt want to spend too much so I pretty much went with the lower specs..........

Processor : Intel® Pentium® M processor 750 2MB Cache 1.86GHz 533FSB
Hard Drive : Hitachi 60GB/8MB Cache 7200RPM
Memory : 1GB DDR2-4200 (64x8,1x1gb) Samsung
Video Adapter : PCI Express Nvidia 6600-128MB
Optical Drive : Combo 8x DVD/24x10x24 CDRW w/software (24X/24X/8X/24X
DVD+CD-RW)
Wireless Network Card : Intel WM3B2915ABGNAX 802.11 a/b/g wireless card
Battery : Smart Li-ion Battery 8 Cell 3.0 - 6.5 hours

Cant wait for it to get here!
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post #786 of 786
5/16/05 at 7:37pm
if people haven't already mentioned it; the battery life is more like 2.5 to 3.25 hours, and that's with ALS on full, and just typing. I'm experimenting with undervolting my cpu for more battery life, but I haven't any results yet.
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