Hey folks, just wanted you to know what I am up to.

I have in my possession two highly anticipated and demanded high-end Intel Core i7 Mobile notebooks.
• Clevo W860CU (aka. Sager NP8690) …… new 15.6″ with mobile Core i7 and single Nvidia GTX 280M (standard MXM 3.0B)
• Dell Precision M6500 ……. new 17″ with mobile Core i7 and single ATI FirePro  M7740 -or- Nvidia Quadro 2800M/3800M (Proprietary modules)

I will be doing my “ultra-detailed” review for each of them, as well as do a mini comparison for them. Also, I can even make service manuals for them since I took the time to document the fully disassemblies of the systems. Read the rest of this entry

          

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Supplemental to my:
- Clevo D900F (Sager NP9280) Ultra-Detailed Review
- Clevo D900F 4th fan modification

This is for all of the XP holdouts that do not want to use Vista or Windows 7 as their one and only operating system.

Since Clevo and their vendors will not officially give support to using Windows XP (32-bit) for the Clevo D900F, I came up with my list of drivers that will work perfectly with the system.

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Supplemental to the Clevo D900F Ultra-Detailed Review

This post will document my search for the fourth fan of Clevo D900F (aka. Sager NP9280).  Come and read what I went through… and a windfall that led me to a successful, yet simple, fan mod (modification).

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Firstly, I would like to personally thank Justin Nolte of Xotic PC in providing me with this system for testing and evaluation. I will be going over the latest in notebook (as well as desktop) technology in the new undisputed “World’s Fastest Notebook.”

This will be the most detailed and in-depth review you will ever find for notebooks on the Internet… I want to make sure you know everything that I found about any review that I will do. I believe that one should be as informed as possible for any future purchase… especially when its a high-end electronic or computer.

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Alienware’s “Allpowerful” notebook… not so new.

Did I call it or what !!!

Here are the pictures of the new “AllPowerful” Alienware, which is not new at all… in technology or innovations.

Its just a M17x refresh (by Quanta)… but it does have enough power now to go up against the big boys (Clevo, ASUS and Arima).

Too bad the ATI Crossfire compatibility did not pan out as well… or this thing would have been pretty sweet to support both dual videocard formats.

Now lets jut see how much this thing is going to cost with a dual videocard setup… I think you will see some price gouging happen with this exclusive system.

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By Gophn

What’s the best brand for notebooks/laptops?

Which brand has the best design and/or build quality?

Who really makes/manufactures the notebooks?

…. do these questions sound familiar?

In this day and age, notebooks (or laptops) have become more and more affordable, as well as needed for a technically mobile lifestyle.  People always want to know what notebook is best to buy, but they usually just buy notebooks improperly since (1) they really do not know anything except for the “brand name” and/or (2) they just buy something that a sales person suggests (most of which do not know their notebooks).

I would like to give you the one lecture to end them all to help inform you [the general consumer] about the secret about notebooks and who really makes them.

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