if you thought this was cool, check out the recently released PC MicroWorks Vega that offers even more performance with up to 600GB of storage, Blu-Ray-RW, up to 5120MB of total Memory (4096 system RAM + 1024MB GPU RAM) Now that is impressive!

http://www.pcmicroworks.com/

Mike,

Actually with the same options configured at Sager to match the base PC MicroWorks configuration, The PC MicroWorks configuration is cheaper ($3599 vs $3624) even though it also includes the more powerful TL-60 CPU! The fastest CPU you can get at sager with their similar model is the TL-56. Also, the sager can't be configured with 4GB of Ram, Blu-Ray-RW, 600GB HD, and many other options that the PC MicroWorks does offer, so in my opinion if you are looking for the true extreme notebook, there is no other choice but PC MicroWorks simply because of the more powerful options. Yes several of the PC MicroWorks systems are more expensive; however, they offer more options and are more powerful than the competition's offerings, but this goes along with the old saying, "You get what you pay for". Also, Clevo is the ODM, but ODMs are also responsible for all notebook computer systems. OEM's such as Dell, HP, Sony, Apple, Alienware, PC MicroWorks, ETC all purchase their notebooks from ODMs such as Clveo, Compal, Quanta, Asus, ETC and brand them. Clevo happens to be one of the most innovative and high performance notebook ODMs around now, so I consider their product of a very high quality, and I respect the companies carrying their product around the world. Hope this helps! Best wishes to everyone this Holiday Season!

This is a sweet laptop! Yes it is expensive, but in my opinion, you get what you pay for! Check out the competitor website, compamerica offers a simlar notebook but without many of the options that PC MicroWorks offers. The first configuration from PC MicroWorks at $3599 rings up at $4500.18 for the compamerica tigershark with the same configuration options. The base models at compamerica offer only 1 GPU, and you must customize to get both GPUS in SLI. The Vega with 4GB of Ram, SLI, and Blu-ray-rw is making me drool! I want one of these bad boys under my christmas tree!