I was looking on Ebay, and i came across a laptop made by Velocity Micro. I never heard of the brand, but i did some research and they dont sound like they are a pretty good company, just wondering if anybody heard of them or had some experience with their products?
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Velocity Micro?
- Thread starter NoobToast
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man has VM had some major coverage in Computer & Gadgets
browse through some threads and take a look
they have had a few issues recently but are actually a fairly solid company. their CEO Randy Copeland posts at [H} quite frequently
browse through some threads and take a look
they have had a few issues recently but are actually a fairly solid company. their CEO Randy Copeland posts at [H} quite frequently
SamuraiInBlack
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If I had to buy a machine I didn't build myself, they are definitely on the "look at these guys first" list.
They have a great reputation for desktops.
I looked at their laptops --unless you're a gamer/desktop replacement person, they don't appear to make sense. Their budget model is the only 15" display model, and uses desktop Core2 Duo processors with an outdated Intel 945 chipset.
Their remaining two systems are 17" display only, making them better suited for gaming and limited mobility than use on the couch/airline tray/college campus. I wouldn't place bets on their battery life either, and they are pricey.
None of this is a knock on their products --just an observation that if you want mobile power, they don't seem to be ideal.
I looked at their laptops --unless you're a gamer/desktop replacement person, they don't appear to make sense. Their budget model is the only 15" display model, and uses desktop Core2 Duo processors with an outdated Intel 945 chipset.
Their remaining two systems are 17" display only, making them better suited for gaming and limited mobility than use on the couch/airline tray/college campus. I wouldn't place bets on their battery life either, and they are pricey.
None of this is a knock on their products --just an observation that if you want mobile power, they don't seem to be ideal.
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their laptops are just rebranded clevo/sager units.
I'd go here for sager/clevo laptops (cheaper/better support)
www.powernotebooks.com
www.xoticpc.com
www.rjtech.com
all of them have higher reseller ratings than velocity micro (namely power notebooks 9.98 lifetime rating), However, I must note the store owner has a holier than thou attitude when he posts on the notebookreview forums.
I'd go here for sager/clevo laptops (cheaper/better support)
www.powernotebooks.com
www.xoticpc.com
www.rjtech.com
all of them have higher reseller ratings than velocity micro (namely power notebooks 9.98 lifetime rating), However, I must note the store owner has a holier than thou attitude when he posts on the notebookreview forums.
They have a great reputation for desktops.
I looked at their laptops --unless you're a gamer/desktop replacement person, they don't appear to make sense. Their budget model is the only 15" display model, and uses desktop Core2 Duo processors with an outdated Intel 945 chipset.
Their remaining two systems are 17" display only, making them better suited for gaming and limited mobility than use on the couch/airline tray/college campus. I wouldn't place bets on their battery life either, and they are pricey.
None of this is a knock on their products --just an observation that if you want mobile power, they don't seem to be ideal.
Im looking at a C90 on ebay thats running for 441 right now, its got about 1 day left...Here are the specs
Display: 15.4" WSXGA+ Wide Screen Active Matrix TFT Display (Ultra Sharp 1680 x 1050)
Memory: 2 GB Corsair PC5300 DDR2 SODIMM
Processor Type and Speed: Core 2 Duo E6600, Dual 2.4GHz Cores with 4MB L2 Cache
Video/Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT with 512MB onboard memory
Comes with Vista Ultimate
It kicks the crap out of me Desktop. He said it goes for 1800 new, so i dunno. The only thing im worried about is the customer support at VM. Display size dosent really matter to me, i have a 17 inch lcd, so i could just hook it up to that when im at home. Otherwise a 15 incher is just fine.
---On a side note, is Acer a good brand, i know one of my friends has a laptop from them, but he says the customer support isnt so great, can anybody vouch for that?
Im looking at a C90 on ebay thats running for 441 right now, its got about 1 day left...Here are the specs
Display: 15.4" WSXGA+ Wide Screen Active Matrix TFT Display (Ultra Sharp 1680 x 1050)
Memory: 2 GB Corsair PC5300 DDR2 SODIMM
Processor Type and Speed: Core 2 Duo E6600, Dual 2.4GHz Cores with 4MB L2 Cache
Video/Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT with 512MB onboard memory
Comes with Vista Ultimate
It kicks the crap out of me Desktop. He said it goes for 1800 new, so i dunno. The only thing im worried about is the customer support at VM. Display size dosent really matter to me, i have a 17 inch lcd, so i could just hook it up to that when im at home. Otherwise a 15 incher is just fine.
---On a side note, is Acer a good brand, i know one of my friends has a laptop from them, but he says the customer support isnt so great, can anybody vouch for that?
I haven't heard good things about Acer from several of my student interns (college age) who know a lot of fellow students with Acer (I think their college had a deal at one point with Acer). That's only what I've heard, but these guys are reasonably savvy. I myself would choose a number of other brands first, mainly because I go with brands I know for sure are good.
The machine you list above, once again, isn't a true laptop to me in some ways, so it would be good to know what you wish to do with a laptop. That machine has a desktop processor, rather than a mobile one. Personally, when I look at a laptop, I want something at least partially optimized for less heat, and lower power usage for better battery life, and a mobile Core 2 Duo is better designed for that than a desktop one. The Intel 945 chipset is also dated; they may be selling currently, but it's not a current design (other laptops are using the Intel 965 "Santa Rosa" chipset).
What is obvious after looking at Velocity Micro's stuff is that it is based on a notebook chassis design. A company is making a semi-generic chassis/mainboard design for a number of vendors like Velocity to take advantage of, pop their own processors/ram/hard disk in, and call it good. To me, that means Velocity Micro's original price of $1400+ doesn't have a lot of basis in reality, since it's based on an assembly-line design, with very little to make it unique. That, and I can find a new ThinkPad T61p or Dell Latitude D830 with most of the trimmings for a similar price new, and they're both a heck of a lot more notebook. With the Velocity Micro, some of that money is paying for any fancy trim they've added, and the profit margin they need to make due to smaller numbers of sales they generate relative to larger manufacturers.
At $441, is it worth it? Sure. But the eBay auction will end for much more --how much? No way to know yet. I think when the end price comes up, you'll find you could do better --either with a true desktop (to give you gaming performance for less) or a laptop that is more mobile, and with a better design.
Ya right now that little velocity micro is at 900 bones...Not Worth It...Since i go to alot of LANs, id like to play games, but other than that browse the web, type up word docs...the basics. What im looking to play is WoW, CSS, might give Crysis a try(multiple reviews say this lappy can play medium/low), COD4. But mainly WoW/CSS.
So i did some digging around and found this.
Everex Xt5300T <--obviously a much better deal, might be a bit slower, but it has a mobile processor.
G.SKILL 1GB <-- pop some of this in
ASUS WL-107G Wireless adapter <--for on the go, most of the time ill have it directly hooked up to a connection, but for on the go, that should do.
Total: 745 w/o shipping or taxes
Now as you can see, its a HUGE upgrade from what im using now(look in sig).
So i did some digging around and found this.
Everex Xt5300T <--obviously a much better deal, might be a bit slower, but it has a mobile processor.
G.SKILL 1GB <-- pop some of this in
ASUS WL-107G Wireless adapter <--for on the go, most of the time ill have it directly hooked up to a connection, but for on the go, that should do.
Total: 745 w/o shipping or taxes
Now as you can see, its a HUGE upgrade from what im using now(look in sig).