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So...after a little over 2 years my trusty compaq presario finally gave out on me. I push the power button and nothing happens other than the power button lights up. Yay
Here's what decaf will soon be repping:
Sager NP2096 Custom Laptop (Built on the Compal JHL90)
- 15.4" WXGA "Glare Type" Super Clear Ultra Bright Glossy Screen (1280x800)
- Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound
- Standard Dead Pixel Policy
- ~Intel® P8400 45nm "Montevina" Core™2 Duo 2.26GHz w/3MB L2 On-die cache - 1066MHz FSB 25 watt
- 512MB PCI-Express nVidia GeForce 9600M GT DDR2 DX10
- None Standard
- ~ 2,048MB DDR2 800 (2 SODIMMS) Dual Channel Memory
- None Standard
- Standard Finish
- ~Combo 8x8x6x4x Dual Layer DVD +/-R/RW 5x DVD-RAM 24x CD-R/RW Drive w/Softwares
- ~ 250GB 5400RPM (Serial-ATA 150)
- None Standard
- None Standard
- Internal 3-in-1 Card Reader (SD/MMC/MS)
- Internal Bluetooth 2.0+ EDR
- Built-in Intel® PRO/Wireless 5100 802.11 a/g/n
- None Standard
- Built in 2.0 Megapixel Camera
- None Standard
- Sound Blaster Compatible 3D Audio - Included
- Carying Case Optional (Select if desired)
- Smart Li-ion Battery (9-Cell)
- None Standard
- None Standard
- None Standard
- Integrated Fingerprint Reader
- None Standard
- None Standard
- ~Windows XP Home SP2 with Drivers and Utilities CD
- None Standard
- None Standard
- 1 Year Parts & Labor, Lifetime Sager Toll Free Tech Support
for 1100$
 
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DDR2 graphiccard? nice CPU, RAM, and HDD though.
check out some toshiba satelite too, those are pretty awesome.
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I have a glossy monitor on my laptop and I don't like it at all. You can actually see a very good reflection of yourself when you try using it during the morning/noon light. Nice graphics card you're getting there D:
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And I just bought this
HP Dv5t
Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium with Service Pack 1 (32-bit)
Intel® P7350 45nm "Montevina" Core™2 Duo 2.0GHz w/3MB L2 On-die cache - 1066MHz FSB 25 watt
15.4" diagonal WSXGA+ High-Definition HP BrightView Widescreen Display (1680 x 1050)
3GB DDR2 800mhz System Memory (2 Dimm)
512MB NVIDIA GeForce 9600M DDR2
250GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive with HP ProtectSmart Hard Drive Protection
Webcam
HP Color Matching Keyboard
Intel(R) WiFi Link 5100AGN
SuperMulti 8X DVD+/-R/RW with Double Layer Support
No TV Tuner w/remote control
High Capacity 6 Cell Lithium Ion Battery
1 Year Warranty
for $842.79 plus tax
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man I hate how with laptops, people expect them to die on them within a couple years... sorta makes me wish I stayed with a desktop and bought a cheap laptop instead of a more expensive laptop
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wow, that's a lot of "None Standard"
Still, pretty nice machine, and a pretty good price for it.
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infinity21
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Grats!! Just like me except you get less ram, more hd space, and windows XP
It's an awesome budget laptop imo
Are you going to be ordering from xoticpc? I have a bunch of tweaks you can do for Vista but not that many for XP:
-Uninstall the WoW Audio/Video software. It keeps messing with the screen brightness
-Download and install the ALPS touchpad driver for XP and disable tap to click
Those two should take care of any major headaches that the laptop can cause. Let me know if you have any problems and we can work it out 
When you have time, I suggest you undervolt your laptop. It'll keep your lappy running cooler and therefore increase hardware life.
Also, I think getting Vista and installing Turbo memory is worth it later on. They will be releasing a driver that'll allow you to load your favourite software into the turbo memory which makes loading time super fast (like getting a mini solid state drive).
On September 03 2008 06:30 blabber wrote:
man I hate how with laptops, people expect them to die on them within a couple years... sorta makes me wish I stayed with a desktop and bought a cheap laptop instead of a more expensive laptop
It really depends on the build quality. There are business-class laptops that last 5 years with no problems.
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tap to click owns i dont know why people would want to disable it
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infinity21
Canada6683 Posts
On September 03 2008 07:56 floor exercise wrote:
tap to click owns i dont know why people would want to disable it
It doesn't own when you're trying to type and the typing cursor keeps jumping because your palm keeps brushing on the touchpad.
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should switch the graphics card to a 9700m GT
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Cayman Islands24199 Posts
i was considering that sager as well until HP decided to offer massive coupons.
dv5t
p8400
9600m gt ddr2
2gb (will up to 4 later)
250gb
1000 rounded including shipping and tax
very nice looking machine
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infinity21
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Upgrading to a 9700M GT is first of all impossible in this laptop and there's no 15.4 inch laptop with the 9700 afaik. Plus, those laptops have terrible battery life. Desktop replacements will last 1-2 hours whereas this machine will last over 4 hours.
Using the $400 off coupons makes the hp dv5t a pretty awesome deal :o
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Cayman Islands24199 Posts
i slept through the 400 coupon, only got 300ish off from the 200 and student discounts.
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infinity21
Canada6683 Posts
aha that's still pretty good. How are the temps on your dv5t?
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sager lol they just mainly take DYI listed laptops and add parts to them if you play with their site you can order the DIY laptop from them then buy the parts else wear if you know what your doing
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infinity21
Canada6683 Posts
On September 03 2008 10:38 IzzyCraft wrote:
sager lol they just mainly take DYI listed laptops and add parts to them if you play with their site you can order the DIY laptop from them then buy the parts else wear if you know what your doing
Uhh I don't know where you got that info from but Sager doesn't sell any barebone laptops on their website from what I can see.
They make their laptops from Clevo and Compal which are one of the biggest laptop ODMs in the world. Every company out there (to the exception of Asus afaik) rebrands a laptop from an ODM. The laptop companies we are exposed to (e.g. Sager, Dell, HP, Toshiba, Alienware, etc.) are all OEMs.
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On September 03 2008 11:01 infinity21 wrote:Show nested quote +On September 03 2008 10:38 IzzyCraft wrote:
sager lol they just mainly take DYI listed laptops and add parts to them if you play with their site you can order the DIY laptop from them then buy the parts else wear if you know what your doing Uhh I don't know where you got that info from but Sager doesn't sell any barebone laptops on their website from what I can see. They make their laptops from Clevo and Compal which are one of the biggest laptop ODMs in the world. Every company out there (to the exception of Asus afaik) rebrands a laptop from an ODM. The laptop companies we are exposed to (e.g. Sager, Dell, HP, Toshiba, Alienware, etc.) are all OEMs.
Oh my bad i was thinking of microexpress where i bought my ODM from shoved in my bluetooth dvd rom drive wifi cpu memory and HDD got it working was happy for price of like 1100 for a whole shabang.
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Cayman Islands24199 Posts
On September 03 2008 10:38 IzzyCraft wrote:
sager lol they just mainly take DYI listed laptops and add parts to them if you play with their site you can order the DIY laptop from them then buy the parts else wear if you know what your doing
every major brand does the same thing with less attention to build quality
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infinity21
Canada6683 Posts
Those are the best that a brick and mortar store offers. The rest of the goodies are all online lol
Though I think 17 inch laptops are too big & heavy to carry around comfortably so I go with 15.4 inch since it's a fair trade-off between mobility and performance
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Cayman Islands24199 Posts
that is ridiculous. but i dont play games much else i would have gotten that.
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United States22883 Posts
Nothing online comes close to that deal.
It depends how mobile you really want to be. I only take my laptop with me once or twice a week, so I don't mind.
that is ridiculous. but i dont play games much else i would have gotten that. Yeah. The most shocking thing to me isn't the video card, but the screen. 1920 x 1200 on a laptop costs a LOT.
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infinity21
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United States22883 Posts
Nice thinking. I have a 6860 and the cooling has been fantastic so far, but it's obviously a less powerful rig, and I hadn't thought about cooling on the new one.
I guess that 9800GTS and the 7200 rpm HD are really adding a lot of extra heat to the machine.
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infinity21
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I think the main problem was that there is no ventilation for the HD.
That laptop gives some really weird temps. Super low cpu idle temp and super high HD temp. Complete opposite of my Sager lol
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United States22883 Posts
Yeah, it's one of the reasons I'm glad this computer has a 5400rpm hd. Still, that 9800GTS is wicked.
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There was a 30% off $1000+ coupon for hp laptop that just expired a few days ago. Combine that with free 3gb ram, 250gb hard drive, wireless draft n upgrade, you have a great deal. It seems like hp has good coupon deals every 2 weeks.
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