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Parallel to that theme is a 17” 1920x1200 (16:10) display, 6GB of DDR3 1066MHz triple-channel RAM and an Nvidia GeForce GTX 280M with 1GB of VRAM. Other base specifications include its 320GB 5400RPM HDD, 8x DVD drive, 3 megapixel webcam, a/b/g/n Wi-Fi, 10/100/1000 NIC, four USB 2.0 ports, Firewire and HDMI ports, 7-in-1 media reader and a 12-cell battery. It ships with a 64-bit copy of Vista Home Premium SP1 and a standard 1-year warranty with lifetime tech support.
I’m not sure I understand why the base specs include a 5400RPM HDD – especially with a price of $2,335. The system is fully customizable, though, and a range of 7200RPM HDDs as well as SSDs are available. I toyed around with the configurations a bit and after including a Creative X-Fi USB sound card and 80GB Intel X25-M the price shot up to $2,704. If you’re looking to game on the run and have the coin to match your taste, you’ll be hard pressed to find a better rig at the moment.
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Aww, no dual GTX 280M's? =)
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LAWL.
12lbs and almost 2.5" thick.
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"world's fastest" ? isn't a gaming notebook AT ALL it's a workstation made by CLEVO and re-branded by cyberpower
Alienware M17x (quad extreme, dual gtx280m) and Clevo M980NU (same specs) are the "world fastest" gaming laptops
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The real kicker is that the press release said it'd be great for students. Don't get me wrong, I'm sure some college kids would kill a man for this laptop - but it's hardly the most ideal candidate among other $2,000+ machines.
Combined with Nvidia's GTX 280M, the Xtreme S1 allows gamers to frag away at the most graphical intensive games without skipping a beat. The Xtreme S1 is perfect for professional graphic designers yet ideal for LAN goers and students. -
OLBY said:
NICE LIL RIG
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T77 said:
nice cpu
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ChrisDown said:
LAWL.12lbs and almost 2.5" thick.
Sweet Jesus, that's just not right. They've pretty much alienated just about every possible target market with that blow.
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You are the one who fails. i7 extreme is also quad core based. Look at i7 extreme vs core 2 quad extreme benchmarks to realize that you are wrong.
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