Hot!!! 2.0ghz Laptop for $1582

[yymatt]

Cheaper than some desktop

 

[uwannawhat]

Am I reading that description correctly? No Ram, HD or OS?

 

[yymatt]

10gb/128mb sdram.

Never pay for OS

 

[TheManiacal1]

just a guess... but this may not be the p4 mobile chip, and actually the p4 desktop chip powering this puppy. there would definitely be some disadvantages in power consuption and management as well as cooling issues if that's the case?

also - there are but a coupe of references to them on reseller ratings, and they don't look too promising. buyer beware!

 

[DAWeinG]

Hmm it says battery life 2.5 hours. 1.0 reseller ratings, by 1 guy it seems to be. The guy bought a laptop and it arrived DOA and had some refund issues... You guys may want to read up on that before you purchase anything. Link to reseller ratings

 

[vegetation]

There is no mobile P4 chip, so it's definitely a desktop CPU sitting in a laptop case.

Keep in mind that even a mobile P3-M chip will keep the case nice and toasty. I wouldn't want to even think what heat a P4 can generate. Not to mention that the CPU fan must be kept blowing nonstop.

 

[ahwei]

for once, not tempted by a laptop HotDeal....

 

[Kenji4861]

2.0 ghz.. damn...

 

[EliteForces]

doesn't it seem fake? you have to call them up to setup a pc and how do you have proof that what you ordered is what's in the pc?

 

[vmarkx3]

Checkout www.pricewatch.com. They now have a 2.0Ghz P4 notebooks section. Should make the P3 a steal !!

 

[grlaw]

http://store.yahoo.com/shopnetlux/nx-8170.html
This site seems legit, and they are offering a 2GHZ notebook. That's crazy, it can't be the mobile version, can it?
grlaw

 

[Dx-treme]

heat is biggest enemy of all electronics system. This will shorten the life of your laptop and your battery

 

[RoninRXN]

...wha? What the hell? If it really is a desktop P4, then expect the battery life to be WAY less than 2.5 hours.

Either way, I wouldn't buy it. It's a frickin' brick.

 

[TheDingo]

A few problems here.
1. It is definitely a desktop P4 which means big power draw and a lot of heat.
2. Crappy 16mb Radeon Mobility chip. A P3-M can run all software great, the only reason you want a faster chip is for games. That card will prove worthless.
3. OFF BRAND LAPTOP. Anyone who has ever dealt with off brand laptops know it's not worth it. Quality is usually not there, and when the sucker breaks you're screwed. It's always worth it to pay a little more for something with a brand on it like Dell, IBM, Toshiba, Sony, Gateway, etc.... If you ever have any problems, you know exactly where to go.

 

[ctx1001]

Hey guys this looks like rebadged MITAC MiNote 8170. This does not use a mobile P4. If you want the real info on this laptop go to MITAC.com as they are the ones who designed and build this laptop. It appears as if this site just buys the laptop as a barebone and adds the P4, harddrive, and ram. Overall MITAC is an OK laptop maker. For what it worth I like CLEVO better they make laptops for dell and toshiba. By the way neither CLEVO or Mitac sell laptops directly, only through a reseller.

 

[Luden]

This would make a great mobile frying pan.

 

[dalgin]

there is no mobile P4 chip.
because of the intel's current technology, they can not cut the silicon thinner than .3 mivron.
but on the other hand, AMD has the copper proccessor technology which makes it possible to cut the silicon less than .3 micron.
AMD will come out with their mobile 2.GHZ proc. and that will be the time that intel will go down and AMD will take at least 50 percent of the PC market.
buy AMD stocks guys.
it will make fortune next year

 

[Dug]

<< there is no mobile P4 chip >>


Um, yes there is. Intel has already sampled them and should be out 1st part of March

<< Over at 2002 International CES, Intel is going to exhibit their latest Pentium 4 mobile CPU for notebooks. Many of these mobile Pentium 4 Processor-M-based notebooks will feature wireless technologies including 802.11 and Bluetooth enabling anytime, anywhere communication. For a start, we can expect to see P4-M 1.7GHz, 1.6GHz, 1.5GHz and 1.4GHz in March onwards and 1.8GHz in Q3 and 2Ghz in Q4. ICH4-M is also in the midst of making to support USB2.0 functions. In H1 2003, we can expect to see Montara GML chipset, an integrated graphics chipset for the mobile Pentium 4 and Odem chipset for the Banias CPUs.

Pentium 4-M (code name " mobile Northwood")
1.7GHz, 1.6GHz, 1.5GHz and 1.4GHz
1.2V
NetBurst micro architecture
System bus: 400MHz
512KB L2 cache
Power saving function: Extended SpeedStep, Deeper Sleep
Package: FCPGA 478 pins
Intel 845MP and Intel 845MZ chipsets
DDR200/266
Maximum memory capacity of 512MB >>

 

[BigEyes]

Be careful to get your hand in.

 

[TEEZLE]

They now have a 2.0Ghz P4 notebooks section. Should make the P3 a steal !!

2.0 Ghz P4 notebooks section

There is a company in Maryland Notebookcomputer.com. If any of you are interested I could drive by and go into their office. I drive a lot for work and can stop by to look at them if the interest is there. LMK

 

[vegetation]

<< there is no mobile P4 chip >>





<< Um, yes there is. Intel has already sampled them and should be out 1st part of March >>



Last time I checked, the calendar said it's still January and therefore no laptop right now has such an offering. What you stated is like saying there is already a mobile P6 @ 10GHz -- sure, some time in the future.

 

[Dug]

<< Last time I checked, the calendar said it's still January and therefore no laptop right now has such an offering. What you stated is like saying there is already a mobile P6 @ 10GHz -- sure, some time in the future. >>



No the mobile P4 is not available to the public right now. But Intel has made them, and has them out to manufacturers for sampling and testing.

What dalgin said was that Intel doesn't have one nor has the technology to make one. I was correcting him.

And what I said is not like saying there is a mobile P6 @ 10Ghz because that doesn't exist. Mobile P4's do exist and are being used right now. They have been shown already by Intel in working notebooks.

 

[kindest]

<< This would make a great mobile frying pan. >>



bahahah

 

[GoatHerderEd]

wait for a major company to reliece these before you buy them.

 

[GetReal]

<<

<< Last time I checked, the calendar said it's still January and therefore no laptop right now has such an offering. What you stated is like saying there is already a mobile P6 @ 10GHz -- sure, some time in the future. >>



No the mobile P4 is not available to the public right now. But Intel has made them, and has them out to manufacturers for sampling and testing.

What dalgin said was that Intel doesn't have one nor has the technology to make one. I was correcting him.

And what I said is not like saying there is a mobile P6 @ 10Ghz because that doesn't exist. Mobile P4's do exist and are being used right now. They have been shown already by Intel in working notebooks. >>



I can personally verify that Intel does indeed have mobile P4s and they will be shipping in 4-6 weeks according to their rep at the show. I attended CES two weeks ago and stopped by the Intel mega-booth. They had several 1.6Ghz P4 laptops on a display kiosk that you caould try out with some really nice features. The thing that impressed me more than actually seeing a mobile P4 in a laptop was some of the other laptop chipset advancements that they were showing off. One laptop had a new power save feature that actually suspends the RAM state which provides instant power-on. They had some fancy name for the technology and when I get a chance I will go through all the literature that I picked up a read more about it