guitmz Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Hi all :) Just purchased a new laptop (its going to take a while to arrive :( ) and wanted to know what you guys think. My old one (signature) was ok but the screen is just awful. 1366x768 14" is ridiculous for developing applications imo so I was checking out the options here in Brazil and as you may (or may not) imagine, there aren't many. I ended up with a Sager/Clevo reseller (the model is based on a clevo W650SJ afaik) named Avell, here`s the specs: i5 4200M (didn had the money for i7, i think the i5 is ok?) 8GB RAM DDR3 1600mhz 120GB SSD (ordered another 250 EVO that i will be adding to the hdd caddy instead of the dvd drive) 15.6" full hd IPS GTX 850M 2GB GDDR3 Paid $1280 USD (what do you think about it as well?)I will be using for daily stuff, streaming videos, playing games (duh hehe) and android/python dev. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindovermaster Moderator Posted September 23, 2014 Moderator Share Posted September 23, 2014 Well, if you already bought it, anything we say won't really matter. It's alright for what you do. :) Xahid 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cacoe Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Well, if you already bought it, anything we say won't really matter. It's alright for what you do. :) When you spend that kind of money, you need validation!111 FiB3R 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindovermaster Moderator Posted September 23, 2014 Moderator Share Posted September 23, 2014 When you spend that kind of money, you need validation!111 Not if he bought it already... Lenny Bruce 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cacoe Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Not if he bought it already... Sure you do, you need it to get over buyer's guilt :) Lenny Bruce and FiB3R 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shiranui Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 Clevo rocks. Excellent choice. Open Minded 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
link6155 Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 Good choice, Clevo hasn't disappoint me yet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenwizard88 Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 Sux. Nahh, just kidding. Not bad specs, not a bad price either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Praetor Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 Clevo's are hideous in design but since you live in Brasil and stuff is overpriced in there, there isn't much choice... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
compl3x Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 What kind of games do you play? I don't know how well your laptop would run modern games on high/max/ultra settings @ 1080p. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitmz Posted September 24, 2014 Author Share Posted September 24, 2014 What kind of games do you play? I don't know how well your laptop would run modern games on high/max/ultra settings @ 1080p. Oh I dont mind it. As long as it runs fine... I play CS, Guild Wars 2, SWTOR at the moment. The other games I can run in my desktop pc which is more powerfull. Clevo's are hideous in design but since you live in Brasil and stuff is overpriced in there, there isn't much choice... True but I did find this model w650sj quite nice. I had a sager p150HM (i guess) and that was kind of ugly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenny Bruce Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 It's pretty good, regarding specs and price. Sadly, I don't know of the brand, so I can't say anything about the reliability of the brand... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitmz Posted September 24, 2014 Author Share Posted September 24, 2014 As for the price, I was like WTF. There`s a dell here that is i7 4500U 8GB RAM 1TB HD 15.6" FHD Touch AMD Radeon R7 M265 (64 bits) 2GB For the same price. C'mon, Brazil always makes me laugh. This dell is ridiculous, despite the complaints about its ###### wifi card and the utterly impressively garbage GPU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intersect Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 Clevo's are hideous in design but since you live in Brasil and stuff is overpriced in there, there isn't much choice... cant be any worse than those alienware pcs. I prefer the clean lines of some of the lightweigh clevo/sagers. they are functional laptops so flashy gimicks are not needed. the good thing about their laptops is almost all of them are easy to service your self with out havign to totaly dismatel the entire laptop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitmz Posted September 24, 2014 Author Share Posted September 24, 2014 i agree.. they are easy to fix/change stuff like ram, hd, wifi card Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Praetor Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 cant be any worse than those alienware pcs. I prefer the clean lines of some of the lightweigh clevo/sagers. they are functional laptops so flashy gimicks are not needed. the good thing about their laptops is almost all of them are easy to service your self with out havign to totaly dismatel the entire laptop. agree with you, but now i prefer a lightweight laptop, carbon or aluminium laptop; the clevos i see in my country look straight out of the 90's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitmz Posted September 24, 2014 Author Share Posted September 24, 2014 the one i got is 2.2 kg only, thats pretty good for this kind of laptop! my old asus was 1.85kg so no BIG difference here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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