CyberPower Laptops

Does anyone have any experience with CyberPower Laptops? I'm looking at getting a laptop in the near future and don't want to deal with Dell, Gateway, etc. If I can't find a standard Windows based laptop thats good and that I like, I'll probably end up getting an Apple MacBook Pro but I'd like to spend less money.

Dude don't buy from cyberpower. Read HardOCP's review here:

http://consumer.hardocp.com/article.html?art=MTA0MCwsLGhjb25zdW1lcg==

And here's ResellerRatings.com:

http://www.resellerratings.com/seller6897.html

Oh and why not Dell or Gateway? Dell's Laptops are superb unlike their PCs. HP also hase good deals from time to time. If you look around in brick and mortar stores like Best Buy, CompUSA or Frys, they usually have a really good deals for Toshiba laptops. Just last week my sister bough a Toshiba laptop at Frys with a 1.66 Ghz Core 2 Duo, 1GB of Ram, 100GB Hard drive and a 14.1 Inch screen for only $899.

Danny Bui said:

Dude don't buy from cyberpower. Read HardOCP's review here:

http://consumer.hardocp.com/article.html?art=MTA0MCwsLGhjb25zdW1lcg==

And here's ResellerRatings.com:

http://www.resellerratings.com/seller6897.html

Oh and why not Dell or Gateway? Dell's Laptops are superb unlike their PCs. HP also hase good deals from time to time. If you look around in brick and mortar stores like Best Buy, CompUSA or Frys, they usually have a really good deals for Toshiba laptops. Just last week my sister bough a Toshiba laptop at Frys with a 1.66 Ghz Core 2 Duo, 1GB of Ram, 100GB Hard drive and a 14.1 Inch screen for only $899.

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my local bestbuy just opened and due to their lack of transflash cards i doubt i will be going in there again. i'll look at gateway though. one plus about cyberpower would be the fact i could get it with no os.

ok, gateway is out since you have to get a 17" to get decent graphics. guess its dell for me..............

ok, my choices are as follows
Dell E1705 - $3,263.00
Components
PROCESSOR Intel® Core™ 2 Duo processor T7400 (4MB Cache/2.16GHz/667MHz FSB) edit
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows® XP Professional with re-installation CD edit
LCD PANEL 17 inch UltraSharp™ Wide Screen UXGA Display with TrueLife™ edit
MEMORY 2GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz edit
HARD DRIVE 160GB 5400 RPM SATA Hard Drive edit
OPTICAL DRIVE 8x CD/DVD burner (DVD+/-RW) with double-layer DVD+R write capability edit
VIDEO CARD 256MB NVIDIA® GeForce™ Go 7900 GS edit
SOUND OPTIONS Integrated Sound Blaster® Audigy™ HD Software Edition edit
Accessories
BATTERY OPTIONS 6-cell Primary Battery and 9-cell additional Lithium Ion Battery edit
ACCESSORIES FOR MY DELL Targus Active Noise Cancellation Headphones edit
WIRELESS CARDS Wireless Card Only: Intel PRO/Wireless 3945a/g edit
BLUETOOTH OPTIONS Dell Wireless 355 Bluetooth Internal (2.0 + Enhanced Data Rate) edit
CARRYING CASES Targus XL Rolling Notebook Case Fits Notebooks Up to 17-inch edit
NOTEBOOK ACCESSORIES Targus Rechargeable Stow-N-Go Wireless Optical Mouse edit
WIRELESS ENTERTAINMENT Interlink ExpressCard Media Remote for Bluetooth-enabled Notebooks edit
Software
PRODUCTIVITY No productivity suite- Includes Microsoft Works 8. DOES NOT INCLUDE MS WORD edit
ANTI-VIRUS & SECURITY PC-cillin Internet Security: AntiVirus, Firewall, Spyware removal 24-months edit
DELL DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT No preinstalled software edit
Service
WARRANTY AND SERVICE SAVE $50 (after rebate) 4Yr Ltd Warranty, At-Home Svc, and HW Warranty Supt edit
PROTECTION AGAINST ACCIDENTS Add CompleteCare Accidental Damage Service to 4Yr Lim Warranty edit
DIAL-UP INTERNET ACCESS 6 Months of America Online Membership Included edit
ALSO INCLUDED WITH YOUR SYSTEM
Network Card Integrated 10/100 Network Card and Modem
Adobe Software Adobe® Acrobat® Reader 7.0
Miscellaneous Award Winning Service and Support
Processor Branding Intel Centrino Core Duo Processor

Gateway NX860XL - $3,264.19
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Operating System: Genuine Microsoft® Windows® XP Media Center Edition w/ XP Media Center Backup CD
Application Software: Microsoft® Works 8.5
yellow diamond Processor: Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T7400 (2.16 GHz, 667MHz FSB, 4MB L2 Cache) ........[ +US$180.00]
Memory: 2048MB 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM (2-1024MB modules)
Screen: 17" Ultrabright WSXGA+ TFT Active Matrix (1680 x 1050 max. resolution)
yellow diamond Hard Drive: 100GB 7200rpm Serial ATA hard drive ........[ +US$60.00]
Optical Drive: Integrated 8x Multi-Format Double Layer DVD Writer (DVD±R/±RW/CD-RW)
yellow diamond Extended Service Plan Including Limited Warranty: Notebook Total Protection Plan -- 4 year parts/labor/on-site/4 year technical support w/ 4 year ADP ........[ +US$419.99]
yellow diamond Primary Battery Extended Service Plan: 3 Yr. Mobile Primary Battery Replacement Service Plan (requires 3 Yr. or greater warranty) ........[ +US$69.95]
Battery: Primary 8-cell lithium-ion battery with AC pack and 1 yr. limited battery warranty
yellow diamond Additional Battery: Additional primary 8-cell Lithium ion battery and 1 yr. limited battery warranty ........[ +US$149.99]
Security Software: No Security Subscription Selected
yellow diamond Carrying Case: Targus® Sport Standard Backpack – Platinum/Black (fits up to 17" screens) ........[ +US$79.99]
Integrated Wireless Networking Adapter: Integrated Intel® 802.11a/b/g wireless networking card
Bluetooth: Bluetooth® Wireless Networking Module
yellow diamond Bluetooth Peripherals: Belkin Bluetooth Wireless Optical Mouse (6615306) ........[ +US$69.99]
Speakers: External speakers not selected
Mobile Technology: Features Intel® Centrino® Duo Mobile Technology
Floppy Drive: 6-in-1 media card reader (Memory Stick®, MemoryStick Pro®, MultiMediaCard™, Secure Digital™, Mini Secure Digital®, RS-Multimedia Card™)
Expansion Slots: One type II PC card slot
External Ports: (4) USB 2.0, VGA, S-Video (TV Out), IEEE 1394 (FireWire)
Video: NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS Graphics w/ 256MB DDR Video Memory
Keyboard and Mouse: Full-size keyboard w/ integrated 10-key pad and EZ Pad® pointing device
Multimedia Package: Integrated sound and stereo speakers, headphone/speaker jack, and microphone jacks
Modem: Integrated V.92 56K modem
Network Adapter: Integrated Intel® 10/100/1000 Ethernet adapter
Internet Service Provider: Six months America Online® Internet access
Part Number: 1008647
Additional Software: Adobe® Acrobat Reader® 7.0 and Google Toolbar

ok, got bored and went to sony's site. this is looking like what i'll be getting for around $3183.99

LCD Display:15.4" WXGA TFT with XBRITE-HiColor Technology and MOTION EYE Camera
Graphics Card:NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600
Wireless Lan:Wireless LAN (802.11a\b\g) and Bluetooth Technology
Processor:Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T7600 / ICD 2.33 GHz
Memory:2 GB DDR-SDRAM (DDR2-533, 1 GBx2) Windows Vista Premium Ready
Hard Drive:200 GB Hard Disk Drive
Optical DriveVD+-R DL_DVD+-RW_DVD-RAM Drive
Operating System:Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Battery:Standard Capacity Lithium-ion Battery (BPS2B)
Pre-Installed Office Software:Microsoft Office Small Business Edition 2003
Movie Pack:Action Movie Pack
Photo Softwarehoto Standard
Music Software:Music Plus
Video Software:Video Standard
Engraving:Engraving
Extended Warranty:4 Year Onsite Service Plan plus Accidental Damage from Handling
Accessories:VGP-BPS2C - VAIO® Standard Capacity Battery for SZ and FE Series Notebooks
might drop the processor one level to the core 2 duo 2.16ghz and save $350, not sure yet though.

Take a look at what ibm/lenovo has to offer if you are going to be spending that much. The X60 is really nice and can do something like 6-8 hours on the extended battery along with it being super small. I also love the support ibm has, last support call I had a part overnighted in under 15 minutes (including hold time) and the guy was based in the US meaning I could actually understand what he said.

eth00 said:

Take a look at what ibm/lenovo has to offer if you are going to be spending that much. The X60 is really nice and can do something like 6-8 hours on the extended battery along with it being super small. I also love the support ibm has, last support call I had a part overnighted in under 15 minutes (including hold time) and the guy was based in the US meaning I could actually understand what he said.

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problem with lenovo that i'm seeing right now is the fact that at best they offer a 7300gs turbo cache video card

maybe look at the dell xps laptops

runt said:

problem with lenovo that i'm seeing right now is the fact that at best they offer a 7300gs turbo cache video card

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for over 3 grand and you just get a go7600 from sony? thats completely not worth it imo. and its not true that lenovo offers 7300 vid card as the top. look at my sig, the top card is the ati Firegl v5200 which is a workstation certified card. quality is just top notch and best keyboard i've ever used. IPS screen means you can view at it from ANY angle and it'll look as if you're viewing it head on.

Outrigger said:

for over 3 grand and you just get a go7600 from sony? thats completely not worth it imo. and its not true that lenovo offers 7300 vid card as the top. look at my sig, the top card is the ati Firegl v5200 which is a workstation certified card. quality is just top notch and best keyboard i've ever used. IPS screen means you can view at it from ANY angle and it'll look as if you're viewing it head on.

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but i beleive the OP is after a vid card that will run games very well. I was under the impression that workstation certified cards do not handle videogame graphics wrong, but please prove me wrong as I will be in the market for a good laptop this summer (before grad school) and this would be good to know. I do beleive I have read the the ati Firegl v5200 is fairly equivalent to a x1600pro (is that true?).

But if the ati Firegl v5200 can handle games pretty well, it looks like a really good laptop.

For $1999 you can get a Toshiba Satellite P105-S9722. That is a 17" Widescreen laptop with a 2GHz Intel Core Duo 2 Processor, 2GB of RAM, a Nvidia Geforce Go7900 GS Video Card, and a 200GB hard drive. It is the best deal I've been seeing from a major manufacture for some performance on a budget.

I remeber reading a review somewhere where somebody bothered to try benchmarking a Quadro against a Geforce card, but I can't find it at the moment. The general conclusion was that you could game quite well with a Quadro, but it wasn't really worth the additional cost to buy a Quadro for a system you would be just gaming with.

Doomwookie said:

For $1999 you can get a Toshiba Satellite P105-S9722. That is a 17" Widescreen laptop with a 2GHz Intel Core Duo 2 Processor, 2GB of RAM, a Nvidia Geforce Go7900 GS Video Card, and a 200GB hard drive. It is the best deal I've been seeing from a major manufacture for some performance on a budget.

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problem is, i don't want a 17" if i can avoid it. i'd much rather have a 15.4" widescreen since they are easier to carry around.