http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/maingear-rolls-out-updated-ex-l-15-gaming-laptop/ Engadget Comments for Maingear rolls out updated eX-L 15 gaming laptop http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/maingear-rolls-out-updated-ex-l-15-gaming-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/maingear-rolls-out-updated-ex-l-15-gaming-laptop/Apr 20th 2010 9:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/maingear-rolls-out-updated-ex-l-15-gaming-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/maingear-rolls-out-updated-ex-l-15-gaming-laptop/Rather get the Envy 15 for 950. Which, I did. ]]>Apr 20th 2010 9:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/maingear-rolls-out-updated-ex-l-15-gaming-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/maingear-rolls-out-updated-ex-l-15-gaming-laptop/Envy 15 is overpriced, overheats, and is just useless.
HP can go to hell.

-HP laptop owner]]>Apr 20th 2010 10:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/maingear-rolls-out-updated-ex-l-15-gaming-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/maingear-rolls-out-updated-ex-l-15-gaming-laptop/I considered the Envy 15 but did not like the fact that it is HP]]>Apr 20th 2010 10:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/maingear-rolls-out-updated-ex-l-15-gaming-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/maingear-rolls-out-updated-ex-l-15-gaming-laptop/
Ha, not at 950 it isn't. And, maybe you would not know, but overheating is not a universal issue. Some reviews found it to be cool, and in many cases it's fixable. Mine heats up as much as my old MacBook Pro used to, while gaming, and quickly gets cool after I leave the application. ]]>Apr 21st 2010 3:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/maingear-rolls-out-updated-ex-l-15-gaming-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/maingear-rolls-out-updated-ex-l-15-gaming-laptop/Apr 21st 2010 12:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/maingear-rolls-out-updated-ex-l-15-gaming-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/maingear-rolls-out-updated-ex-l-15-gaming-laptop/http://bit.ly/maingear-mxl-15-experience]]>Apr 21st 2010 2:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/maingear-rolls-out-updated-ex-l-15-gaming-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/maingear-rolls-out-updated-ex-l-15-gaming-laptop/http://j.mp/maingear-exl15-impressions]]>Apr 25th 2010 5:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/maingear-rolls-out-updated-ex-l-15-gaming-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/maingear-rolls-out-updated-ex-l-15-gaming-laptop/Apr 20th 2010 9:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/maingear-rolls-out-updated-ex-l-15-gaming-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/maingear-rolls-out-updated-ex-l-15-gaming-laptop/This thing isn't exactly good looking, but at least it isn't covered with glossy plastic, flames, and LEDs.]]>Apr 20th 2010 10:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/maingear-rolls-out-updated-ex-l-15-gaming-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/maingear-rolls-out-updated-ex-l-15-gaming-laptop/Apr 20th 2010 9:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/maingear-rolls-out-updated-ex-l-15-gaming-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/maingear-rolls-out-updated-ex-l-15-gaming-laptop/Apr 20th 2010 10:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/maingear-rolls-out-updated-ex-l-15-gaming-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/maingear-rolls-out-updated-ex-l-15-gaming-laptop/Apr 21st 2010 12:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/maingear-rolls-out-updated-ex-l-15-gaming-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/maingear-rolls-out-updated-ex-l-15-gaming-laptop/Apr 20th 2010 9:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/maingear-rolls-out-updated-ex-l-15-gaming-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/maingear-rolls-out-updated-ex-l-15-gaming-laptop/Apr 20th 2010 9:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/maingear-rolls-out-updated-ex-l-15-gaming-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/maingear-rolls-out-updated-ex-l-15-gaming-laptop/http://www.appple.com/macbookpro]]>Apr 20th 2010 9:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/maingear-rolls-out-updated-ex-l-15-gaming-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/maingear-rolls-out-updated-ex-l-15-gaming-laptop/
Macs are more a money having competition than a money spending competition.

No one buy's one of these gaming laptops "because they have the money"...you buy a suave little Macbook Pro "because you have the money"

You buy one of these gaming laptops so you can say "MY LAPTOP p0wns UR LITTLE n00b MACH33N! T-BAG T-BAG FTW!!!!!!!!!!"]]>Apr 20th 2010 10:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/maingear-rolls-out-updated-ex-l-15-gaming-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/maingear-rolls-out-updated-ex-l-15-gaming-laptop/
I wouldn't say that, but I think it is fair to say there is a name tax on laptops with high end mobile GPU's.]]>Apr 20th 2010 10:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/maingear-rolls-out-updated-ex-l-15-gaming-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/maingear-rolls-out-updated-ex-l-15-gaming-laptop/Are you seriously comparing a macbook pro to this?
I don't even know where to start.
BTW nice spelling fail on the link.]]>Apr 20th 2010 10:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/maingear-rolls-out-updated-ex-l-15-gaming-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/maingear-rolls-out-updated-ex-l-15-gaming-laptop/http://www.apple.com/macbookpro]]>Apr 20th 2010 9:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/maingear-rolls-out-updated-ex-l-15-gaming-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/maingear-rolls-out-updated-ex-l-15-gaming-laptop/This OWNS a macbook pro...I will list each way:

1.) Higher resolution screen (1080p)
2.) Better video card with TWICE the dedicated graphics ram MBP's offer (ATI 5870HD with 1GB vs NVidia 330M with 512mb)
3.) DVI and HDMI ports right on the laptop itself, you don't have to pay for a stupid adapter for a proprietary "display port" connector
4.) Option for a Blu-Ray drive (there is no blu-ray support _at_all_ on macs, I don't even believe there is a software player that runs on os x but I could be wrong).
5.) Built in e-sata port for fast throughput to storage devices (on anything except the 17" macbook pro this is not even possible since apple have removed the expresscard slot on _all_ other models, and even so it requires you to buy an e-sata expressard adapter)
6.) They are offering a 6GB\sec SATA SSD at purchase, so I am assuming that this has onboard 6Gb\sec SATA controller. Not sure about the MBP but I would bet that it doesn't (someone chime in?)
7.) Best processor you can get on MBP is the i7 620M which is dual core. With this laptop you can get the 820QM which is quad core and
8.) It has both integrated ExpressCard slot and Memory card reader.]]>Apr 20th 2010 10:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/maingear-rolls-out-updated-ex-l-15-gaming-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/maingear-rolls-out-updated-ex-l-15-gaming-laptop/Confirmed, the new macbook pros do _not_ have 6gb sata, only 3gb.
Ha! Took them almost a year to upgrade it with obsolete components.
Oh apple....]]>Apr 20th 2010 10:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/maingear-rolls-out-updated-ex-l-15-gaming-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/maingear-rolls-out-updated-ex-l-15-gaming-laptop/]]>Apr 20th 2010 10:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/maingear-rolls-out-updated-ex-l-15-gaming-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/maingear-rolls-out-updated-ex-l-15-gaming-laptop/Apr 20th 2010 10:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/maingear-rolls-out-updated-ex-l-15-gaming-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/maingear-rolls-out-updated-ex-l-15-gaming-laptop/ gaming]]>Apr 20th 2010 10:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/maingear-rolls-out-updated-ex-l-15-gaming-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/maingear-rolls-out-updated-ex-l-15-gaming-laptop/Apr 20th 2010 10:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/maingear-rolls-out-updated-ex-l-15-gaming-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/maingear-rolls-out-updated-ex-l-15-gaming-laptop/Most ppl know that portable gaming systems eat batteries, and weigh a tonne. So there is no need to post those specs, cause 98% of the time it sits plugged in, on a desk, pwning.]]>Apr 20th 2010 10:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/maingear-rolls-out-updated-ex-l-15-gaming-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/maingear-rolls-out-updated-ex-l-15-gaming-laptop/Apr 21st 2010 12:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/maingear-rolls-out-updated-ex-l-15-gaming-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/maingear-rolls-out-updated-ex-l-15-gaming-laptop/Then hit the read link and go to town. Not all specs need to be in a story about a product. Especially obvious ones. Like OMG, no one wrote that it comes with a battery, or that it comes with a keyboard. Oh noes! Obvious specs are OBVIOUS.

And if you are really interested in this product to know that much about it, go to the manufactures site. Cause only someone who is "stupid" would buy something like this based on an Engadget review.]]>Apr 21st 2010 1:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/maingear-rolls-out-updated-ex-l-15-gaming-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/maingear-rolls-out-updated-ex-l-15-gaming-laptop/
Way overpriced. Yes, its 15". But it's also thick as all hell.

To configure it to an ASUS G73Jh-A1, you're talking over 2600.

The ASUS can be had for less than 1700.

gg.]]>Apr 20th 2010 10:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/maingear-rolls-out-updated-ex-l-15-gaming-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/maingear-rolls-out-updated-ex-l-15-gaming-laptop/Kinda makes me not want my macbook anymore.
Standard: 17" 1080p
Core i7 720QM
8GB RAM
ATI Radeon HD5870
1TB HDD
Blu-ray
ALL FOR $1600!?

Is it too late to return my June 2009 Macbook Pro??]]>Apr 20th 2010 11:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/maingear-rolls-out-updated-ex-l-15-gaming-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/maingear-rolls-out-updated-ex-l-15-gaming-laptop/It was too late for you when you considered an apple product.

Line up with the rest of the trendy sheep, plug in your shitty white headphones, download some fart apps, and not* game on your PC. Good for you.]]>Apr 21st 2010 1:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/maingear-rolls-out-updated-ex-l-15-gaming-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/maingear-rolls-out-updated-ex-l-15-gaming-laptop/From their site:

"NO BLOATWARE
Large, multi-national computer manufacturers have commoditized the PC market by subsidizing their products with the installation of intrusive, third party software. They are paid to do this. This software bogs down your system and prevents it from running at its highest potential. It also has the tendency to make your system unstable or may conflict with software you wish to install. A MAINGEAR Everyday Supercomputer eschews these tactics as we believe that YOU are the customer, not a third party software provider. We build purebred PCs designed for performance and reliability, not billboards better suited to advertising."

I think if you buy a Sony VAIO laptop they actually charge you 25-50$ just so they don't preload it with all their garbage antivirus \ etc applications (they call it a "Fresh Start" option when you are building it). Unbelievable..]]>Apr 20th 2010 10:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/maingear-rolls-out-updated-ex-l-15-gaming-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/maingear-rolls-out-updated-ex-l-15-gaming-laptop/Apr 20th 2010 10:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/maingear-rolls-out-updated-ex-l-15-gaming-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/maingear-rolls-out-updated-ex-l-15-gaming-laptop/Apr 20th 2010 11:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/maingear-rolls-out-updated-ex-l-15-gaming-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/maingear-rolls-out-updated-ex-l-15-gaming-laptop/yes, it is as fantastic as it seems, and it looks TONS better than it does in pictures.

This maingear: IS A SAGER. Sagers are clevos. it's not really maingear's computer.

The sager (which is the EXACT same) weighs about 7.8 pounds if memory serves. The Asus G73 weighs 8lbs. Marginal weight difference. 1k price difference when both specced to:
i7-720, 8gb ram, largest hdd possible, blu ray. AND the g73 comes with free bag and mouse. thats value.

Summary: Bang-for-buck gaming, the G73 CAN NOT be beaten right now. It looks nice to boot compared to sagers/clevos and costs 1/3 of the price of similar alienwares (which are also 3lbs heavier)

ps. mac's are not gaming machines*period*. A gt330 is not a gaming card. it is a "midrange" card and just because your computer has the word "pro" in it does not mean that it can compete with a gaming built machine. not even a close call.]]>Apr 21st 2010 12:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/maingear-rolls-out-updated-ex-l-15-gaming-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/maingear-rolls-out-updated-ex-l-15-gaming-laptop/
It's not the same. This one apparently doesn't have the dorky HDMI sticker that you see on other Clevo NP8690 rebrands.]]>Apr 21st 2010 1:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/maingear-rolls-out-updated-ex-l-15-gaming-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/maingear-rolls-out-updated-ex-l-15-gaming-laptop/Apr 21st 2010 8:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/maingear-rolls-out-updated-ex-l-15-gaming-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/maingear-rolls-out-updated-ex-l-15-gaming-laptop/with both of these you can get the OS without the extra crap. i would only hope those gamer geeks know enough and could delete all the start up crap anyway.

i just wish both offered a back lit keyboard.

oh also besides having great luck with a bare-bones asus built laptop the asus is upgradeable to 16 ram.
]]>Apr 21st 2010 1:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/maingear-rolls-out-updated-ex-l-15-gaming-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/maingear-rolls-out-updated-ex-l-15-gaming-laptop/Apr 21st 2010 8:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/maingear-rolls-out-updated-ex-l-15-gaming-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/maingear-rolls-out-updated-ex-l-15-gaming-laptop/Apr 21st 2010 9:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/maingear-rolls-out-updated-ex-l-15-gaming-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/maingear-rolls-out-updated-ex-l-15-gaming-laptop/http://www.xoticpc.com/sager-np8690-built-clevo-w860cu-custom-gaming-laptop-order-p-2659.html]]>Apr 21st 2010 10:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/maingear-rolls-out-updated-ex-l-15-gaming-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/maingear-rolls-out-updated-ex-l-15-gaming-laptop/Apr 21st 2010 11:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/maingear-rolls-out-updated-ex-l-15-gaming-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/maingear-rolls-out-updated-ex-l-15-gaming-laptop/
Engadget tends to post a lot of these boutique rebadge releases, but never the latest news from the ODM's.]]>Apr 21st 2010 1:40PM