Finally got my Laptop from IBuyPower (pics!)

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I've got about 2 words for it so far. fucking sweet. pics:

http://www.t0ad.net/images/misc/laptop01.jpg
http://www.t0ad.net/images/misc/laptop02.jpg
http://www.t0ad.net/images/misc/laptop03.jpg
http://www.t0ad.net/images/misc/laptop04.jpg

Probably should've paid the extra 50 bucks for rush processing, since i'm an impatient bastard, but apparantly one of my components was out of stock, so it delayed it anyway. Specs:

Battalion E-Series Centrino (AOpen 1557GL Chassis)
15" SXGA+ TFT Screen (1400x1050)
Pentium M 1.6ghz
ATI Radeon Mobility 9600 64MB
512MB DDR333 RAM
40GB 5400rpm HD
DVD/CDRW Combo Drive

More in depth info available on the chassis here. Feels pretty solid, not much if any flex to it when picked up. Seems like a pretty well-built unit. Keyboard and touchpad are most excellent.

Haven't done too much to it yet, as i've just had enough time to install windows and my usual suite of crap, but on pure batteries it lasted a hair over 4.5 hours during the whole software installation stuff. Games appear to run quite nicely, as I've only tried out UT2K3 on it so far. It's comfortable running at 1024x768 with the highest graphical settings.

Sound quality sucks, but I didnt expect much from 2 thumbtack-sized speakers. The quicklaunch buttons are very handy. Haven't tried the "SuperDJ" thing yet, but it basically lets you use the laptop as a cd player without having to turn it on.

Love the custom paintjob the IBuyPower guys did, pretty nice job all around. A few tiny bad spots, but overall pretty professional and quite reflective. Total damage done to wallet: $1633.10. Expectations: met and exceeded.

One question though .. any (cheap) way to boost the range of the wireless? I'm using ad hoc mode to connect to my desktop for ICS, and it gets pretty flakey and dies altogether after about maybe 25, 30 feet in my house. Walls are everywhere, stupid small house.
 
$1633

That is a really nice price for one of those. There are many colors to choose from right? What is their main website again? That beats the hell out of those ghetto looking HPs IMO. How heavy is the setup you have?
 
the site is http://ibuypower.com click on the notebook tab!

I plan on buying the s-series laptop from ibuypower.com
Its good to know you have good feedback about this site, I plan on getting something from them withing the next month or two.
 
Thanks for the linky. Out of all 3 series, the C class is the lightest one correct?
 
Nevermind, found the weights on them. Not bad, the E series is 6.1, the C class is 5.4
 
Yeah, its a tad over 6 lbs, doesnt feel too bulky to me though. UT default benchmark scores:

1024x768, highest graphic settings

flyby: 112fps
botmatch: 54fps

these are running the omega 2.5.14 drivers. Just for giggles I decided to try the Far Cry demo out on it, and suprisingly enough it was a playable 30fps at 1024x768, medium detail, looking veeery nice.

EDIT: Aquamark 3 - gfx 2367, cpu 7775, 20536 overall score.
 
Originally posted by Burke
I wasn't aware that the Pentium M chipsets supported DDR333.
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855PM chipset supports DDR 333, the 855GM (the one with intel graphics onboard) only supports DDR 266.
 
bump anyone else get a laptop from ibuypower.com? I still on my way to buying the same thing toad got, the E-series for roughly $1350.
 
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