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This being my first review, it may not be the best.

Specs:

Intel Core Duo 1.66 Ghz
677 Mhz FSB
2 MB L2 Cache
15.4" WXGA LCD
ATI Radeon X1600 128 MB Dedicated (up to 512 HyperMemory)
1 GB DDR2 Dual Channel


My ratings:
0 - Worst up to 10 - Best

Value: 10 - Awesome package for the price.
Performance: 8.5 - Runs great, only seems to really slow down during periods of heavy rendering; Wireless works AWESOME!
Appearance: 8 - Keyboard is mushy, but not excessive; Case will flex is pressure is applied (quite a bit beind the LCD)
Weight: 9 - Awesome considering the features, thought not exactly 100% portable

Overall: 8.75; I'd buy another

For those of you with the X1400's it appears that the motherboard swap MAY be possible, I was able to remove the rear cover today at work (but I didn't have my camera with me) and it looks just like the X1400's internals from the photos that I saw

I ran 3DMark06 with a full test, but I don't feel the result were correct. My score was around 1300, but there had to have been something wrong. I'll run a full test later and post them.

As far as the heat goes, Sure it gets warm; nothing painful -- feels nice on the wrists and hands if you're in a cold room.

You can't hear the fan at all; there is only a slight push of warm air out the right side, it actually kind of worries me. I think my disc drive is excessively loud, but I'm not sure.

It doesn't say that it's a lightscribe drive, yet I have a lightscribe service preinstalled? hmm.. Odd.

This is a great bargin and I'd recommend it to others.

p.s. it Plays Cold Fear at full settings except medium to high shadows (instead of very high)

Hopefully, I'll be able to test Doom 3 later.

More to come.

Enjoy.