Pioneer Computers' quad core DreamBook Power D90 SLI laptop

While it can't claim to be the first quad-core laptop, Pioneer Computers' new DreamBook Power D90 SLI can at least claim to be one of the few. This rebranded 17-inch Phantom D900C hails from Australia, and although it features a lot of the same gear -- like the 2.4GHz Core 2 Quad Q6600, dual 512MB NVIDIA GeForce Go 7950 or 8800 cards in SLI, and up to three (yes, three) hard drives which can operate in RAID 0/1/5 -- it's not exactly identical. The company will build these to order, but the base model is considerably stripped down, sporting a measly Core 2 Duo and only 512MB of RAM. To step up to the full on Quad Core experience it's going to cost you (somewhere near $8000 AU, or $6878 US), but who can put a price on lap-searing, jaw-dropping, nosebleed power?

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 9th 2007 10:51AM]

And how much heat would that puppy generate? It would surely cook some of your more susceptible parts...

If you don't quite understand, read discovermagazine.com/2005/mar/get-laptops-off-laps/

[JoeRodricks Posted Jul 9th 2007 11:11AM]

It's not a laptop, it's a DreamBook.

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 9th 2007 11:01AM]

Reason for not making them from cardboard ? It would set it self on fire ;)

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 19th 2007 9:06AM]

yes, and thats the ONLY reason not to make it out of cardboard...

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 9th 2007 11:02AM]

And...does it have floppy drive ?

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 9th 2007 11:10AM]

accept for i choose a single 8600gts card for my new computer, that is the system i just got done building in desktop form. dont' get me wrong i would love to it in laptop form, but not for that price right now. very awesome setup.

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 9th 2007 11:24AM]

Dual 8800's in a laptop, how long does the battery last 0.5 picoseconds?

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 9th 2007 12:34PM]

lol i do agree verry much, bet u cant give the number of significant figures.

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 9th 2007 12:49PM]

Ok everyone. WAIT! Is that an actual Nvidia 8800M GTX? And not the 8700m GT? Lots of resellers have this notebook but none offer the Nvidia 8800M GTX. Has it been released by Nvidia?

Or is this a dream?

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 9th 2007 4:55PM]

I was in contact with Pioneer a few weeks ago. They basically said that the GO 7950 GTX variants will be available in the next week or so. The 8700 will then be available by August. After that they couldn't comment but they did expect new cards at some stage. Nothing new here really.

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 9th 2007 5:45PM]

"Or is this a dream?"

Well considering that it is the Pioneer DreamBook, let's stick with the latter. But I do believe that this is one of the better setups I've seen.