Core i7-packin' Clevo D900F gaming laptop hands-off
By Darren Murph 
posted Mar 3rd 2009 4:27PM
posted Mar 3rd 2009 4:27PM
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Product Specs EUROCOM D900F PHANTOM i7
General Information
Launch Date Shipping April, 2009
Phase Out Date N/A
Colour Black
Supported O/S Win VISTA/XP Home/Pro/Linux/Server2008
Special Feature(s) Intel i7 Processor; RAID 0/1/5 support; nVidia GTX280M
source: http://www.eurocom.com/products/future/specselectfuture.cfm?model_id=202
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How much is this beast gonna cost? At least 3 limbs.
I'd cut off and sell an arm for it, but then I don't think I'd be able to lift it!
I wouldn't do that. You might not even be able to lift this big boy with both arms intact.
Do they even bother putting a battery in something like this? I can't imagine it gets more than a half hour of life unplugged.
I got the "ancient" quad core version of this mammoth and it can make it up to 50-55 mins on battery. That is, if I don't play games.
So I find myself carrying the poweradapter all the time, which is about as heavy as most modern laptops, including their poweradapters. And some books. And then some.
Gotta love the performance though :)
Its used as a UPS. : )
My laptop's power adapter has is big and has a fan - this monster will probably have something even bigger than the aptly-named Xbox 360 power brick.
That thing is huge @_@ +$3000 FTW?
This thing can't have good battery life...
practical battery life of my non-SLI D900C is about 45 minutes.
Of course that's with WoW fired up (~25fps in raid, pegged at 60 when plugged in) and a 3G WWAN connection going.
Probably cheaper then a New Macbook 17"
Go back under your rock ABA fanboy.
If nothing else you made at least one person laugh out loud. :) Have a sense of humor, THJ.
o.O ... ... ... instead of worrying bout batt life.. how hot does this thing get o.o;;
Prolly won't be able to have kids after using this baby on your lap!
That could be a problem, since you'd need to sell your children into slavery to pay for it.
Why you would need three HDD's in one laptop is beyond me...
Well you put in one extra super mega fast SSD for the OS and maybe a game or two (why have a gaming laptop without games?) and then two 500GB 7200RPM drives for porn and maybe some extra games.
This... thing... is not about mobility, and it's not about battery life. It's about being able to slip your gaming machine into a backpack and bring it on the plane as a carry-on, and it's about being able to bring it to a friend's house for a LAN party without the bother of unplugging and replugging a huge number of cables at both his and your houses. It's not meant to ever be off the AC adapter, the only reason why a battery is in there is to serve as a UPS (uninterruptable power supply) in case of power loss (which will likely happen, considering how much juice this sucks up).
Personally though, I'd never use anything smaller than a 24" for gaming ever again.
Desktop replacements don't sit on your lap; they sit on your desk. As such, they don't need much battery life at all. They are ideal if you need to be able to set up shop someplace else - even if it's just in another part of a building. Yeah, I have to toss in a heavy power brick and a mouse but it all fits in a backpack and in less than a minute I'm ready to go and once I get someplace, I'm set up in under a minute. If you need the power, you need the power.
I think the idea that a "desktop replacement" laptop means some sort of über gaming machine with all the practicality of a chocolate fireguard is a total nonsense. A desktop replacement simply means a portable system that provides sufficient computing resources to do the job of a desktop system. My current laptop is a "desktop replacement" but it certainly doesn't have the power of this machine but it does have the power to do what is needed. Further, because power is not always available or practical, a good battery life is essential in a desktop replacement system (if you think I'm carrying power cables and hunting for a socket in meeting rooms then you very much mistaken).
Basically, this isn't a "desktop replacement" but rather a "gaming laptop".
Kelmon, your definition would include almost every laptop ever. A desktop replacement is meant to be just that, a laptop you wouldn't mind as your main (or only) computer. It's 100% about power. If it has trouble playing games, then it can't be considered a replacement. Replace as in remove the tower, use laptop. LEARN WHAT WORDS MEAN!
Also, if you can use you laptop for extended periods without needing to plug it in, it's not what we are talking about. It's just a laptop.
SKI, you seem to be a very confused person. On the one hand you describe a "desktop replacement" as a "laptop you wouldn't mind as your main (or only) computer" and then proceed to say "[i]f it has trouble playing games, then it can't be considered a replacement". Would you be so kind as to explain when gaming became a necessity? My desktop PC at work is totally incapable of playing anything close to a modern video game but do you only think that laptops like the Clevo could be considered a replacement for it? I've never heard such nonsense and this is precisely why I consider the term "desktop replacement" to be total misused.
In general, I would agree that most modern laptops can be considered as a desktop replacement given the advances in mobile computing over the past 20-years. Previously this was not the case and I would always choose a desktop over a laptop but now I would never choose a desktop.
I'd like to get Benchmarks of Far Cry 2 on Ultra High and AA on.
ZOMG there's room for ports ABOVE the DVD drive...
now that's insane thick.
But will it play Crysis?
NO SHIT
core i7 +gtx280m? stupid question i hear?
Eurocom is the Co. to deal with I bought my D900t from Alienware and after getting so frustrated with the custoemr support I found Eurocom and have not looked back they took the time and earned my business by selling me the upgraded video cards for it and not requiring I send it in for 3 to 4 weeks. This is after AW refused to sell me the parts and told me it could not be upgraded.
Yeah its heavy and loud with all the fans running but it really is a portable desktop and not a laptop in the modern since. It get used for lans and presentations with no need for a projector and 5 years on it works great and I am running a Beta 7 build on it to boot. So cost averaged over the years it has been no more expensive than a cheap low end that is obsolete after 9 months.
Wow I want one of these.
I think you are all (except for Darren) overlooking the weiner and or vagin' burns you'd get from the heat output if this thing was in your lap.
the D901C fully loaded was 4000+ so if this one follows should be around the same ball park.
Crazy putting a 125W TDP processor into a notebook.. the innards would sure fry if it wasnt for all that fancy cooling.. i thot they wud wait for the 32nm shrinks (and hence lesser TDP chips) before attempting this..
I would buy one in a heartbeat but the keyboard layout is so fail.
gaming laptop.
these 2 words sound contradicting when placed together.
Those aren't really contradictory when you're talking about these Clevos