Sager NP2096 Owners Lounge

[his dudeness]

Dudeness, have you compared your pricing from sager to Powernotebooks or xoticpc? You usually can save around a hundred, sometimes more, bucks by going with one of them. Not to mention the customer service that you get with them is WAY better.

No, unfortunately I had already ordered by the time I found this forum. Thanks for the tip anyways though.

[sphinx454]

I received an email today that my laptop has shipped!!!!!!! It is on schedule to arrive on Friday, the 8th. I will be on vacation thursday and friday though so expect some info about the new laptop on saturday. I can't wait to get it.

[LHogue]

I received an email today that my laptop has shipped!!!!!!! It is on schedule to arrive on Friday, the 8th. I will be on vacation thursday and friday though so expect some info about the new laptop on saturday. I can't wait to get it.

Nice! how long were you in the "phase two" process I've been in phase two for almost 3 days and was wondering how long i can expect it to be.

[sphinx454]

i didn't have phases. I ordered from powernotebooks and they sent me a tracking number the day after it shipped. I just had an estimated time when I ordered. They told me that it would ship on the 3rd. No idea what the phases mean, but I'd guess if you were in phase three, like others, you will get it soon. I ordered on July 22nd.

[his dudeness]

I assume when a laptop is shipped it will require a signature when it gets to the door? I only ask because I also expect to be on vacation when mine arrives (if it gets here by then, knock on wood and fingers crossed).

[sphinx454]

They will just keep the package and try the next day. I think they try for four days and then you have to contact them to get it.

[WengAndrew]

Hi all,

Technically, I should be posting this in the "What Notebook Should I Buy" board, but I thought you guys would know more about Sager notebooks than the others.

Basically, I'm currently trying to decide between this notebook and the Asus M50VM-A1 and the Asus F8VA-B1. They're basically the same price. With the Asus, I'm getting a slightly worse graphics card, but a better warranty and plus there are service stations for it near where I live. With the Sager, I'm getting a higher-resolution screen and a superior graphics card. The compromise is its blandness, as well as issues that I'll talk about below. If anyone has anything they'd like to say about these laptops in general, and which one would be better, that'd be great.

To recapitulate on my other thread at the other board:

My main concern with Sager is that despite Sager/Clevo's acclaimed popularity, it is still not as well-known, at least in my eyes, as Asus, Dell and whatnot. This leads me to be a bit superstitious on its build quality. At a glance, the P2096 really doesn't look like much at all - a standard black notebook with a standard keyboard. In fact if I didn't know any better (actually I don't) I would even go as far as saying that it is rather cheap-looking. On the other hand, Asus is more known and therefore trustworthy, at least in my eyes, and their M50VM notebook does look considerably better (see pics below). Now, I don't know enough about these brands or these notebooks to make a really educated evaluation of the actual quality of these laptops; please assist :P






The only concern that I have with the Sager is, essentially, its reliability, because I don't know too much about it, and the NP2096 laptop itself looks, incidentally, very "standard," despite its great specs. How can I be assured that the Sager laptops are just as good, if not better, than the Asus laptops, in terms of quality and customer support?

Also, does Sager have service centers in Canada? If it breaks, will I have to ship it to the states?

Lastly, will getting a notebook with some pretty new technology, like the Montevina platform and the GPU, warrant more risk in terms of system stability - basically, is it less reliable?

Any feedback is much appreciated.

[CTH]

Asus doesn't really got a reputaion of good quiality, if it was a brand like Sony, Dell or Lenovo which all I think has good quality I might understand your worries but it much be better to buy a brand that you don't know how the quality is than a brand that has bad quality
Well I have never own a sager but I have orderd 2096 and I choosed it over the HP 5dvt because of that the sager has a reputation of good quality. I agree on the looks though, the 2096 could be more attractive but it is not ugly just plain.

You never know with new technology but both the 9xxx GPU and the new CPU is more or less the same as earlier versions just made smaller. And eaven old tech could be faulty, just look at the 8xxx GPU:s (heat problem). And the most problem could be solved with software updates anyway.

[Captain Picard]

I actually prefer the plain look to the "fancy" or "shiny" looks of other computers. The only thing I don't like about this computer is the location of the usb ports. That and the microphone/headphone location.

[his dudeness]

Plain-look = free theft deterrent "Hmm, should I steal the shiny new asus or the plain brown bag that looks a few years old..."