<p>if you're looking for a new notebook... might i suggest... pctorque . com? without the spaces... the new sagers are out for about 2000 for a real good one... top of the line is 2600 3.4 p4 64 bit mobo, 1024mb ram up to 4*, 80 gb hd, built in tv tuner, dvd burner, built in webcam... screens are amazing, of course if you want to go small, they have nice centrino's that run about 1400 equally impressive... but nom that has happened ot me before... i partitioned my hd with "insufficient" resources i.e. allocation space, i was left with a pc that would boot up in bios, then try to boot up in linux, but go into dos as a pre boot up to windows... it was so bad</p>
<p>Ha. Well, for what it's worth, I'm posting from my now-Mandrakelinux 10.1 box. Long story to that one and /man/ was it frustrating! I've been a Linux advocate for a while, but this is my first time as a user. My environment required Windows. I had no choice. Now that Microsoft has scared me away for good, on this machine at least, I'm learning the ropes quickly. I have to. Or else.</p>
<p>And remember, people, read before you buy:
<a href="http://www.bbb.org/%5B/url%5D">http://www.bbb.org/</a> - Better Business Bureau
<a href="http://www.resellerratings.com/%5B/url%5D">http://www.resellerratings.com/</a> - Online retailers reviewed</p>
<p>lol why do they have to name their laptop line "Sager"? Every time I see that, I start thinking of Sager splints, which are not the most comfy things. ;)</p>
<p>Also, those things look pretty heavy, and their specs seem to support that. Having those super-fast P4s will require some heavy-duty cooling elements.</p>
<p>A lot of computers are Sagers whether it says it or not. I think Dell computers might be Sager and a few others as well.</p>
<p>well... here's the thing they are heavy... excess of 7 lbs for all except for centrinos... yes they do get warm 31c for average running on the 9550's but that's not that bad... triple fans running under the gpus... as for uc_benz comment... yea it's def true, the dell xps? modified sager 9550, but with a geforce6800 ultra... and a sonoma processor, just eats up the battery... if you want conventional power... go with the sager...</p>
<p>No offense to cujoe169, but he seems pretty anxious to unload those Sager notebooks. Check out <a href="http://www.counterbuzz.com%5B/url%5D">http://www.counterbuzz.com</a> . . .</p>
<p>oh no i'm not advertising, just my friend got the new 9550 last week, and it is amazing... myself... i have a uniwill laptop... so yea</p>
<p>Heh. Alright then. Personally, I prefer ultralight notebooks. Given the turnover rate of technology these days, I like to plan ahead. It is better to have an underpowered light-weight notebook in two years than an equally underpowered behemoth of a wedge. In two years, the difference in functionality between the two will be minimal. I don't see where desktop replacement notebooks fit in most peoples' lives.</p>
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<em>applauds</em> good observation.</p>
<p><em>looks at 12lb Pentium 3, 1.13ghz, 128mb PC2100 RAM, Geforce 2 Go with 32mb VRAM, notebook in corner</em></p>
<p>And that's a top-of-the-line two year old laptop.</p>