The Most Powerful Notebook on the Planet!

[Ascended_Saiyan]

It seems PC MicroWorks has released the ultimate notebook! It has 1GB of VIDEO MEMORY, 20" WSXGA screen, BLU-RAY drive...well just read it yourself!

The Ultimate Notebook

For those that can't follow the link from work...

PC MicroWorks Corporation® -- an emerging high tech computer manufacturer offering the fastest consumer desktops and laptops in the world -- today announced the release of its next generation extreme performance 20.1” super notebook, Vega. The new system is the first notebook ever to feature a Dual Core, SLI capable notebook with up to 4GB of high speed DDR2 memory, up to 600GB of hard disk storage, and the option for a next generation Blu-Ray-RW HD burner.

The Vega will begin shipping immediately in an effort to meet the demands of last minute holiday shoppers looking for an extreme performance mobile computer for that special someone. “Though it may be a little late to make it under the Christmas tree for some shoppers, this impressive new laptop may be worth the wait for others,” stated Timothy Lee, Media Relations Director.

Featuring up to 4GB of RAM, Dual SLI nVIDIA 7950GTX X-TREME GPUs with 1024MB of dedicated graphics memory, and AMD’s advanced new dual core 64 bit Turion 64 X2 TL-60, the Vega Laptop is the most powerful mobile computer available in the industry today for gamers, engineers, and anyone who wants to have the absolute best visual and graphical performance on the go. The Blu-Ray-RW allows the user to play high definition BD movies in full 1080P HD, while also allowing the ability to store up to 50GB per rewriteable BD disk – the equivalent of over 70 standard CDRs. In addition, the new system has a 20.1" WSXGA+ super resolution wide screen cinema display making the Vega a definite head-turner showcasing a bright and vibrant image unmatched by the competition.

With specifications that make this laptop more powerful than most desktops, the Vega is ready to handle just about anything with ease. Included with this notebook are not one, but two of the fastest currently available mobile graphics solutions, giving this system the ability to achieve higher frame rates and a more brilliant picture than any other laptop on the planet.

The Vega marks a milestone in mobile performance, as never before has a laptop had both a dual core processor and dual graphics cards in a single solution with such robust customization options. Another record is broken by Vega, which allows up to 600GB of hard drive disk storage; never before has this massive amount of storage been offered in the mobile community. In addition, the company is launching the new model with the ability to configure it with up to 4096MB of DDR2 667Mhz memory, which is unheard of in the mobile computer industry. With the upcoming release of Microsoft Windows Vista, the Vega laptop is very well equipped to maximize the new operating system’s capabilities. All Vega laptops will include a coupon to upgrade to Vista at no additional charge.

[DV92Camaro]

Damn. That notebook is a BEAST!!!

[PCgeek]

wow, PC MicroWorks has put out a really nice product here -- 4GB of RAM, dual 7950GTX SLI cards, and Blu-Ray-RW in a Laptop! Can burn 50GB on a single disc with this baby!

I'm getting one!!

their website is pretty sweet too:

http://www.pcmicroworks.com


They are offering both Blu-Ray Notebooks and Desktops -- second company in the world to do this -- only to Sony!

[Shadowself]

What does it weigh? Did I miss the weight of this thing?

I'd guess it's rather massive.

More of a desktop replacement or "luggable" than a real laptop.

I'll wait until they get that down below 7 pounds (preferrably below 6 pounds).

[Deciazulado]

What I'm waiting is for a 15" MacBook Pro with 1200 x 1920 screen and Blu-ray

[PCgeek]

check out the arenal laptop from pc microworks -- it has a core 2 duo, 1920 x 1200 WUXGA, up ot 4GB DDR2 RAM, 7950GTX, and Blu-Ray-RW!!

www.pcmicroworks.com/arenal.htm

That is a very sweet notebook too!

[Falcon_CMH]

My feelings on my experience with PCMicroWorks and their BlackHawk laptop (10/2007-1/2008):
They delivered the laptop fast within 5 days I was totally stoked on the laptop and PC MicroWorks!
They delivered it with incorrect hardware (ABG instead of ABN) and didn't notify me which they said was my fault because I ordered the laptop without an OS and they normally put the paper in the box as part of the OS (Now you start to see my problem is with PCMicroWorks and their employees, it’s never their fault always the customers).
The laptop immediately black screened and locked up when put in SLI mode for Vista x64 which I explicitly asked if it worked and they said yes (Obviously they never tested it or did and decided to lie to me anyway).
They blamed the video problem on NVidia saying NVidia told them it worked so they shipped it. They also blamed this on me not ordering an OS for them to have installed (Oh by the way there site offers the laptop without an OS as the default choice). They also blame me for getting 4GB of memory and said the problem doesn't exist with 2GB (they never ask me to take out any memory to fix the problem? Also once again their site offers the 4GB upgrade for free at the time I ordered).
They promise me a working driver in a week or so and have me disable some features to get SLI to work which it never does.
Then they ship the new driver which basically has the same problems not as pronounced but still present.
After over a month they finally offer to swap the cards temporarily for 7950 which are not DirectX10 which is the main reason I bought this system and how it is advertised on their website.
I said I would take the cards if they would upgrade the 8700 to the 8800s coming out for my trouble and they would not commit but did send the 7950s.
Now during all this two SATA drives fail one after the other. They overnighted drives to replace them.
I have now spent more money and time on this laptop than it cost me originally ~$5,000.00.
Also the customer support is terrible. They are overly aggressive, blame the customer, refuse to take ownership of the problem, follow through is terrible; don't follow their written or oral agreements.
Back to the video problem so I hadn't heard from them in over a week so I decided to call and either say give me the 8800s with a working driver or take the laptop back. The customer support person was terrible. First off he started complaining about me wanting to game with the laptop, buying it without an OS again, and various other absurd, unprofessional , and just plain ridiculous statements like "we are taking care of you by going out of our way to do such and such" etc. This guy was unreal. He taunted me and finally after I told him I wanted to return the laptop offered the 8800s and told me I would have to get a new motherboard too. I told him no thanks not only do I not want it because of what has transpired (Especially the conversation with this customer service manager) now I really know PCMicroWork’s marketing gimmick of being upgradeable is totally mis-leading seeing you have to change the motherboard to upgrade video cards.
I tried to get a hold of upper management but they refused to let me through.
Needless to say I returned the portable and they gave me a full refund and all shipping was at their cost. They drew out the refund return (during the holidays the worst time for me to tie up 5K of mine, affected my 8 year old daughter’s Christmas) and once again broke their written agreement on that. Even though they think they made me whole they are not even close with the time I invested.
I write this because before I bought the laptop from PCMicroWorks I searched for info on the company and their support and found little to none. If someone had written an article like this I may not have made the purchase.
There are plenty of other companies out there that sell similar systems based on the exact same core Clevo system that will provide much better customer service and support and not waste your valuable time and money.

[m_tyson]

Just attach a 19" lcd to a PS3 so it folds open, add an external battery pack, and call it a day.

[Jokerboy649]

The catch is...it's a pc.

[dadkins]

While not 20" - still a monster. [Eurocom does carry a 20" model]
Eurocom - http://www.eurocom.ca/

http://web.eurocom.com/EC/ec_model_config1(1,188,0)

Upgradeable Desktop Processor; FSB 1066MHz/1333MHz; Intel Quad Core 8MB L2 cache, Core 2 Extreme or Core 2 Duo 4MB L2 cache; LGA775

up to 960GB of hard drive space; supports three physical 3Gb/sec SATA-300 hard drives with RAID 0,1,5

SDD (Solid State Drives) available

up to 4GB DDR2-800 PC2-6400 superfast 5-5-5-15 memory; 200pin; SODIMM; 2 RAM sockets

Modular VGA Technology: 512MB Nvidia GeForce Go 7950GTX, 8700GT, 8800GTX or Quadro FX1600; 1GB with Dual (SLI) VGA operation

DirectX10 support with Nvidia 8700GT, 8800M GTX and FX1600

High Definition TV Support: HD Audio interface; HDTV S-Video 7-wire output with optional TV tuner

DVI Dual Link port with HDCP support

Wireless LAN: SuperG 108Mbps or 802.11agn
Operating Systems: Windows XP Pro, VISTA 64-bit or LINUX

Internal 7-in-1 Card Reader; MS/MS Pro/MS Duo/MS Pro Duo/SD/Mini-SD/MMC

[m_tyson]

Originally Posted by Jokerboy649

The catch is...it's a pc.

Boot the PS3 into Linux, and use a wireless keyboard and mouse.

[Caligula]

bet battery will drain fast playing blu ray if not charged