Eurocom kicks out a quad-core laptop, the Phantom D900C

We've definitely seen some shady reports of a quad-core laptop make the rounds, and it looks like geographically misnamed Canadian laptop outfit Eurocom is going to be first off the line with a Intel Core 2 Quad notebook. A Eurocom spokesperson apparently confirmed to Laptoping that the company is prepping a quad-core Phantom D900C -- which probably means that monster-laptop Clevo (or whichever company is their ODM) is working on a quad-core D900C, since the Phantom is yet another rebrand. Laptoping says the 17-inch machine will feature a 2.4GHz Q6600 "Kentsfield" Core 2 Quad and dual SLI-capable GeForce Go 8700 or Quadro FX3500 graphics, an HD DVD drive, and up to three drives that can be run as a RAID 0/1/5 array -- all of which means battery life on this 11.9-pound monster will probably run down faster than a 6-minute mile. Still, the idea of stuffing four cores into a laptop gets us all excited, but the current $3,200 pricetag on the dual-core Phantom doesn't bode too well for the double the power.

[Nick @ Jun 7th 2007 7:07AM]

^^^SPAM?

Anyway, that image looks kind of photoshopped. Look at the Eurocom logo, doesn't seem inline with the perspective.

Doesn't make the news itself less real though. Or the thing more affordable.

[Chuckles McGee @ Jun 7th 2007 7:27AM]

It'll run down faster than a six-minute mile? Golly, I wonder just how long that takes. My friend's a runner, I'll go ask him.

[Alex @ Jun 7th 2007 7:40AM]

I think Engadget should post whenever someone rebrands a Clevo. Oh, that's right, you're one step ahead of me!

I'd be willing to bet that Eurocom doesn't even have a picture of the laptop yet, so they just did a quick (and weak) Photoshop job with that logo.

[Steelfrog @ Jun 7th 2007 10:10AM]

My friend picked up Eurocom's top of the line model last year and the thing is a beast. Cost him nearly 4k too but man does that thing kick some serious butt.

The Eurocom guys (in Ottawa) were really nice and helpful. They know their stuff. The only downside to their laptops is that they're more like desktop replacements: they're loud and extremely heavy (his clocks in at over 15 lbs). Other than that, they're rock solid and very, very performing.

[apeguero @ Jun 7th 2007 11:40AM]

Am I the only one here that noticed this new, high-performing laptop is running none-other than XP?

[Kamokazi @ Jun 7th 2007 12:16PM]

XP runs games better than Vista...usually at least a 10% performance difference.

But my guess it has something to do with the apparently photoshopped picture more than gaming OS preference.

[suntiger @ Jun 7th 2007 5:12PM]

It's a photoshopped D900K/T. The D900C has a completely different chassis.