Looking for a notebook A64 and 9700 mobile.

[{Sniping}Waste]

Haveing problems looking for a A64 notebook with a mobile 9700. All the standered places like dell,toshiba,hp, and ibm are no go's.
This is the best I can fine but never heard of Cyber Power
http://www.cyberpowersystem.com/highendsystem/ntbkx649000.asp?v=d

What do ya'll think?

 

[digitalwanderer]

I don't know nothing about notebooks, but I bought Blue from Cyberpower and they did right by me.

(BTW-The bios password for all Cyberpower computers is "CP", they put it there to keep newbs from screwing it up...thought I'd save you the one call I made to their tech support. )

 

[swaaye]

I'd recommend you go to http://www.notebookforums.com and read up.

Also, I know Sager has a AMD64 notebook with a Mobility 9700. http://www.sagernotebooks.com

 

[Zaphod]

The one you are linking to is really an Uniwill 258KA0. It's sold under a lot of different minor OEM brands. There's a Fujitsu-Siemens model based on it as well (maybe not in the US). If you are in the market for a DTR notebook there are quite a few models available. The Asus Z81K looks nice, for example. However: If you want an A64 model with something resembling real mobility, and is not interrested in waiting a couple of moths to se how the whole Turion-situation pans out with the manufacturers, there's (IMO) only one choice: The Acer Ferrari 3400. You'll find lots of information on all three of these over at notebookforums.

 

[wco81]

How do A64 chips fare against Pentium M's in performance and battery life?

What is Blue from Cyberpowersystem.com?

 

[Zaphod]

They are competitive, if not slightly faster, at the same clock compared to a 400Mhz bus DDR1 Dothan setup. However, only the 1.6GHz (3000+) and 1.8GHz (3200+) 35W Low Voltage models are anywhere close to competitive when it comes to battery life. These are quite rare and I think the only widely available model using them are the Ferrari-series mentioned above which leads me to believe they are beeing 'cherry-picked'. The regular Mobile A64 (64W) and the DTR Mobile A64 (82W) are agressively priced, and obviously good performers, but with less than 2 hours on battery they seem to be offered mostly as bulkier DTR-notebooks.

'Blue' is just Digi naming his computers.