New 2012 Models Speculation Thread - PxxxEM Series (P151EM, P150EM, P170EM)

[BlackSabs]

Has anyone's Xotic order shipped yet?

A guy over at overclock.net got his 2 days ago if you want a little preview to hold you over.

Just got my Sager NP915 in the mail!

[fatsix]

A guy over at overclock.net got his 2 days ago if you want a little preview to hold you over.

Just got my Sager NP915 in the mail!

Mine comes today. Gotta load up windows tonight.

[plancy]

Still waiting for IB/GCN/Kepler Clevo reviews, hopefully those come in before pre-order date because I'm just going to impulsively order it.

[TwinTurbo]

A guy over at overclock.net got his 2 days ago if you want a little preview to hold you over.

Just got my Sager NP915 in the mail!

Uh oh, it looks like the OP in that thread is having problems with Skyrim and optimus. That's really disconcerting to hear, especially since Skyrim will be the first game I plan on playing once mine arrives.

Anyone else with a new unit able to check into this?

[Ununtrium]

And the OP also says that he only gets around 2 hours of battery with mild use. I thought Optimus should increase battery life to pull out at least 3-4 hours. Is this because the drivers haven't come out or are the components too power hungry?

[micahmatthew]

If it still only gets 2 hours count me out. Thats horrendous. I'll wait for the Lenovo y580 w/ i7 3610, 8GB RAM, GTX 660m, and throw in a 240GB SSD.

The lenovo should get 4-5 hours at least. Heck maybe I'll just game a little less and get the W110ER the 11.6" with GT650m, maybe they'll make it with GTX 660m and i7 3610. That would be a gnarly 4 lb machine haha.

[daydreamer90]

That's strange. Today I retest it and I've got 4 hours with web-surfing and office. My p150em has no problems so far. My temps is around 50C idle, which is a little bit warm, but that would probably be fixed if I use IC Diamond/Arctic Silver.

[Wildride]

If it still only gets 2 hours count me out. Thats horrendous. I'll wait for the Lenovo y580 w/ i7 3610, 8GB RAM, GTX 660m, and throw in a 240GB SSD.

The lenovo should get 4-5 hours at least. Heck maybe I'll just game a little less and get the W110ER the 11.6" with GT650m, maybe they'll make it with GTX 660m and i7 3610. That would be a gnarly 4 lb machine haha.

Its still a SB CPU, why not wait for the Ivy Bridges release to see how much they increase battery life?

[micahmatthew]

ivy will probably only add like 30 min. daydreamer is that with brightness on low like 0 to 25 percent ?

[daydreamer90]

ivy will probably only add like 30 min. daydreamer is that with brightness on low like 0 to 25 percent ?

Yes it's about 25%.