Sager NP9280 with Core i7 and triple SSDs is world's most powerful laptop, anchor
By Thomas Ricker 
posted Jun 8th 2009 5:59AM
posted Jun 8th 2009 5:59AM
This one slipped by us but the world's first Core i7 laptop to ship is probably worth a double-back don't you think? The Sager NP9280 is almost certainly the same Clevo D900F we spotted at CeBIT back in March. That means a Core i7 snuggled up with Intel's X58 chipset with triple channel DDR3 memory, 1GB of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M graphics, and a 17.1-inch 1920x1200 display. No telling how long the 12-cell Lithium-Ion battery will last but if it exceeds 30 minutes of usage then we'd be impressed. As a desktop replacement, it's fully loaded with up to a trio of SATA hard disks (or SSDs), 4x built-in speakers, eSATA, HDMI and DVI video outputs, integrated 3 megapixel webcam, and 4x USB 2.0 jacks plus a single Firewire port all riding an 11.55-pound slab requiring 15.5 x 11.75 x 2.35-inches of elbow room. Unfortunately, there's no option for running dual GTX 280M GPU in SLI, for that you'll have to look to Alienware's Core 2 Extreme--based M17x. The NP9280 starts at about $2,000 though we like ours maxed out with a Core i7 975 Extreme Edition desktop processor, 12GB of DDR3 memory, and 3x 160GB SSDs for more than $7,000. But hey, that's us and we think robots are scary. Check the hover-craft inspired bottom after the break.
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look how freaking thick that thing is.
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too easy.
that's what she said?
So, my dreams of carrying this in an envelope are for naught?
No it's not the most powerful laptop. It's a piece of shit.
It's only powerful if it's a Mac.
It is thick for a reason.
Damn, a 12-cell battery... I didnt even know such thing existed.
I think the price is right on that one.
Your right, it's like a desktop PC with a 17" Monitor attached D:
3 160GB SSDs. Can we get a config that makes 1 of those a 500GB spinner?
Apple fanboys are so ignorant and conceited. Lordy.
I had an old sager 9890 top o the line when i bought it. 17" 3.8 Ghz P4, 7800GTX, 4 gigs of ram and about 22 minutes battery life, with a wrist wrest you could not only cook an egg on, but heat your entire living room with.
That thing got so hot, there is still to this day a permanent palm print worn into the plastic.
and people wonder why apple dont have i7 in their macbooks yet!
i7 are for desktops... nothing to do with Apple.
@Beastage:
The fact that this article is about a i7-laptop appears to have flown over your head.
holy mother of king freaken kong!
this would work, if you Andre the goddamn giant !!
It's funny how "new technology" often comes in "old wrapping". I mean, seriously, the exterior of this thing is so yesterday!
On the other hand, I actually find the Alienware products even worse.
Check out the website, it gets even worse.
Yeah, because how it looks really friggin' matters. It holds three hard drives, up to 12 gigs of RAM, a 1 gig video card, and a desktop core i7 processor. It's a beast. It's like comparing Ving Rhames and Orlando Bloom. One can cave in your face with a single punch. The other one's just going to steal your girlfriend.
I don't care what it looks like, I'm happy with the design. Only the price turns me off. : )
I agree, when buying a $7000 desktop replacement the last thing you want to waste your money on is good looks.
:O That's not a notebook, I would call it an essayencyclopedia.
Not bad, although it landed with a thud due to your indecision... why not just...
That's not a notebook... it's more like a freakin' encyclopedia!
Better, No?
Anyhow... just trying to help.
I like the portable computer and the looks... it's not as bad as the ugly ass Asus I allowed myself to buy because it is small and powerful... ungodly ugly colors. X83VM-X1. Gold and Brown? Who designs crap like this? Never again. The Sager, it's realy not as bad as you're all making out.
The Sager is great, if you need that kind of power. Some professionals do... sounds like most of the people here do not. No problem, don't buy it... but please, for fucks sake, do not mock a product you do not want or need, to the extent that a manufacturer does not produce it for individuals who do need such a product. K? Move along.
"scary"
"But hey, that's us we think robots are scarey"
hmm...there should definitely be a comma or hyphen between "us" and "we"...
First laptop I've seen with a DVI out (seriously), or maybe I wasn't really looking before.
The 15" PB has a fullsize DVI-I connector. I'm sure there are more examples.
hum you definitely haven't been looking. My previous gen MBP has a DVI out and quite a few PCs come with DVI as well as HDMI. Actually only budget notebooks come with VGA nowadays.
Uh, my 4 year old Inspiron 9300 has DVI out. You just haven't been looking at big enough laptops. For some reason, the smaller laptops only come with VGA (why is that? VGA is only good for CRTs... it's an analog signal, for god's sake)
Now that I looked carefully, my laptop's motherboard and body does have a "place" for a DVI socket. I guess the higher end models (back in 2005) had them. I guess I've been looking for HDMI lately, though.
Shit, its faster than my PC.
And it's 10x more expensive too!
I still don't see a windows laptop with a 6 pin firewire port. This is so massive and power hungry and yet it somehow it still can't accommodate a powered firewire port.
huge license fees and the fact that firewire devices are far and between ... plus this is a gaming notebooks/boat anchor and not a single gaming device uses FW.
@cg0def What license fee?
Firewire is now a bag of hurt.
I just JIZZED IN MY PANTS. I'd give a kidney for that laptop
Send me your contact details, so we can arrange that.
That's no moon....
It's yo mama's laptop.
These have been on sale at my local retailer for a few months now. :)
Doesn't mean I can afford one though. :(
these sagers might boost a high config than the alienwares, but alienware's are much better design wise. like somebody else commented, this looks like a laptop made in 2000 ...not in 2010.
and...cooling vents on the base of a laptop are a clear no no. i understand smaller ones having it on the bottom, but this one ?? no ways. its going to die in a few days coz of those bad cooling vents.
the alienwares have the cooling fans and vents on the back panel. i own an AW m9750, i have been using it for abt 18 months now, and have no problems watsoever with it....ofcourse...weight is something you shouldnt care when you need performance and portability.
(pls do not consider m15x in my example, i know it sucks)
I can't even imagine how hot it would be to place that on your lap; especially with 4 fans to blow all that hot air directly down onto you... The amount of ball sweat this laptop will produce will be unbelievable.
It is probably sucking the air from the bottom and out the sides. But your point is still valid, it would be insanely hot.
We're a bit beyond ball sweat, think sterilisation.
"fully loaded with up to a trio or SATA hard disks"
Personally, if I was getting one of these, I'd go for the hard disks and buy my chocolate seperately.
Yes it is big, yes it is heavy... but it is a portable desktop and as a portable desktop, that is awesome!
Agreed. It's just what I basically said in reply to someone above.
@Access, the same license fee they paid for the 4 pin firewire version anyway. My original point was that if this thing is that big and expensive anyway, what difference does it make to not include a proper firewire port. Its advantage over USB is the ability to throw power down the cable to other devices on a chain. The 4 pin variant doesn't do it.
USB can send power to. I have an unpowered hub with my cell phone, Sony reader and blue-tooth headset all charging right now from USB. All taking power from the desktop PC via USB. And my Wacom Intuos 4 tablet to, almost forgot that one.
@Caleb, FW 400 and FW800 can send more power down the cable than USB can. I noticed to didn't mention any high power USB devices. At the moment I have 2 2.5" Hard drives (820GB's) daisy chained to 1 firewire port. Try that with USB2.
Wow that's a great notebook.. wonder how long the battery lasts.
XXODD also sells thing monster in Europe:
http://www.xxodd.nl/index.php?p=artikel&ID=453&e=1
Looking at their website, they also have an 18,4" Dual GPU notebook!! Same specs as the Alienware all powerful notebook
http://www.xxodd.nl/index.php?p=artikel&ID=454&e=1