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This is kind of a follow-up to Donk3y's review, since I make a few comparisons to his statements. What follows are my opinions and is in no way intended to invalidate his.
Read his review:
http://www.notebookforums.com/showthread.php?p=1191187

It's nearly 2 A.M. here in France, and I've finished fiddling with my new Uniwill 259EN3 (bought from a german online retailer).

Quick specs:
15,4" WSXGA+ screen
Pentium M 750 1.86Ghz
i915GM chipset
NVIDIA GeForce Go 6600 256MB + Intel GMA900 (can switch between both)
80GB Fujitsu SATA 5400rpm HDD (MHT2080BH)
3x USB2.0, 1x IEEE1394a, TV-out and so on (go see the full specs on a retailer's website)
9 cells battery (78.2Wh according to CHC)

The notebook is sturdy, a bit large (as one would expect from a wide-screen notebook). It's also rather silent, the fan is often on, but it really isn't an annoyance at all. Even in full load, the noise from the fan is noticeable, but not annoying. I used to have a notebook with a very loud high-pitched fan, so I'm very happy with the little noise this one makes.

The design is very simple. It's no eye-candy in my opinion, but it's not ugly either. I like it the way it is, although I'd have appreciated some blue LEDs, they look cool
The extended battery does stick out at the back, which looks awkward.

The keyboard is OK, nothing to say about that, except the Fn key is at the left of the left Ctrl key and the Enter key isn't at the foremost right, and that might be a nuisance to some people.

The screen is not the same as Donk3y's. The WXGA version is a Sony-like glossy screen. Mine is the WSXGA+ version and it's a matte screen. I'm guessing it's not as good as the WXGA version when it comes to colours and contrast (and watching DVDs), but the brightness is good. I just wanted the high resolution anyway.
I was happy to find out that I did not get any dead pixel, but that's a very random thing, it doesn't mean other people won't get any. Out of 5 computer LCD displays I have owned though, this is actually the first one which does not have a single dead/stuck pixel or subpixel.
The backlight is slightly uneven, but it's like that on most displays anyway.

I've tried the last two versions of 3DMark and the scores are very good, 2683 in 05, 6225 in 03, it's much more than what my previous Mobility Radeon 9700-based notebook could do.
Judging by the scores (if they mean anything), it appears to be 15-20% more powerful than most X700-based notebooks, and at the very least that GeForce Go 6600 (with 256MB) has no reason to be shy in front of the X700.

The temperature after 10 minutes of full load in a DX9 game is about 70°C for the CPU and about 83°C (!) for the GPU. I don't know if that's ok, but since NVIDIA sets the threshold at 105°C, and Intel sets it at 115°C on its Pentium 4s, I guess it won't fry.
The chassis doesn't get very hot though, it just gets very warm (ok maybe hot just over the exhaust), and that's just when playing games. Since the warmth is on the right-hand side and when I play games I have my right hand on the mouse, it's a non-issue for me. Even when leaving my wrist on the notebook, I find it easily bearable.
Also, unlike Donk3y, I just can't feel the exhaust blowing on the mouse and my hand, because the exhaust is a bit more to the back of the notebook, and I use the mouse more to the front. That's also a reason why I really don't mind the layout of the ports. Actually I prefer the USB ports where they are because they're much more accessible than at the back.
For comparison, you should see where the USB ports are on the Acer 810x notebooks, now _that_ is not well thought-out:
http://www.ixbt.com/portopc/acer-tm8100/right-big.jpg

After all those tests I proceded to undervolt the CPU with CHC: 0.7V at 800Mhz works just fine, and small increments to 1.1V at 1.86Ghz also work very well. I don't know how much of a difference that made though.

There is no DVI port, and no Infrared. There is a compartment at the bottom of the notebook with an "internal" USB 2.0 port. It's intended mostly for bluetooth dongles, but one might fit a USB DVB-T (DTT) tuner-stick in there, although I'm not sure.

I have not tested the battery life, although I did unplug the power cord at one point to see how much battery time the notebook estimated. With the GeForce graphics, it told me I had 3 hours and 10 minutes. I did not try that with the Intel graphics (which work well by the way), but a german test claims 4 hours and 10 minutes (while just 2:50 with the GeForce).

Overall I'm very pleased with this notebook, and I intend to keep it and hopefully enjoy it in the long run.
I'd give it a 8.5/10 considering the price I paid it: 1370€ (which is a good price for us V.A.T.-paying europeans).

Here is a bunch of not-yet-resized pictures taken with my lowly 5mpixel camera. And yes I should deal with the dust, but it just keeps coming back.
http://antbj.free.fr/259EN3
(I suggest you turn on the automatic resizing feature of your web browser for these, or save them to disk then use an ACDSee-like application)

On one of the pictures it's written 259EN1. That's actually a 259EN3 without dedicated graphics (no GeForce Go 6600). The retailer manually added an MXM module and that makes it a 259EN3, according to him.

Good to hear your notebook does not get as hot as mine. Leads me to believe that mine may have had a cooling issue. Mine could easily burn me it was so hot. But never did it shut off or alert me to any threshold being surpassed.

Congrats on the purchase and most importantly, Enjoy that laptop!

I have a question, how were you able to get a WSXGA+ screen, i see only one option on the ibuypower website and that is WXGA

He is in Europe. Seems they have different screen options over there.

Uniwill finally updated their site with the 259EN3
here
http://www.uniwill.com/products/hybr...3.php?HL=1&H=1

Indeed. Although it could also be a panel originally intended for the 259IA3, since the chassis is similar.

Anyway I'm starting to really enjoy this notebook, having taken it on a trip with me. Battery life is more than I need (I can confirm 4 hours with Intel graphics) and performance is really good. It's sturdy and silent, and not too hot.
I actually bought this notebook with 3 other people and they too enjoy theirs. I do recommend it, although I wonder if people have different thresholds regarding heat tolerance, because I don't want to play down Donk3y's statements. Mine is definitely not burning at all, just very warm under full load, and that doesn't bother me the slightest bit.

By the way for the gamers out there, I played 2 hours of UT2004 at 1280x800 with 2xAA and 4xAF with all in-games settings to max eye-candy, and it was completely smooth. The GeForce Go 6600 really shines.

Getting exited about this lappy, but I still need to wait till last week of November (sucks).
Zozo, if you could please update your review after having the notebook for 1-2 months, I would really, really appreciate it!

Thanks!

wow, uniwill's site calls it a hybrid.. is it true you can turn the graphics card on and off?

Yes, you can either choose the Intel to save battery or the GeForce if you will play games.
ain't that nice?!
I also wish it's capable of having a built in TV tuner... but I guess it's not, : (

Ya after reading a couple of the other reviews I really think mine was defective. It actually burned me it got so hot. Funny part was the laptop never shut down or sent an alert. It ran like a champ other than the intense heat I experienced. Too bad it didnt work out for me. This laptop has a lot of nice features going for it.

Zoz the are a ghosting in your lcd ?

Donk3y did ibuypower tell you whether it was a defective laptop ? do you think it will be safe to buy the same product from them ? how easy was it to return it ?

Does anyone know about other good retailers where i can purchase this notebook from... I have looked at RJ Tech, IBUYPOWER and CyberpowerSystem.
I am looking for a reasonable price and a processor configuration of atleast 770

I have sent an email to Uniwill USA sales, and a guy with a chinese name referred me to LeaderTech (http://leadertechusa.com). I think they are updating their site, but you might want to check out their site and the price, I think they are based on Chicago, IL.

here's the URL for their notebooks http://www.leadertechmobile.com/

hope it helps!

i dont see the uniwill model on either site ..