Opinions? Anyone owned or used Sagers or Gigabyte P-series laptops before that could share their experiences?
@godmode I'm on my second sager, and have one at work. I bought the model just under that one (NP8651) earlier this year and love it. What they lack in the design frills they make up a lot in hardware for the price. Though the new NP865X series are pretty sweet with the mostly aluminium chasis compared to some of their older models.
I bought mine through Xotic PC, they have pretty good customer support and you can knock off some of the price if you pay up front in cash.
The Sager does seem to have the advantage in cooling and speakers...it's just the Gigabyte looks so good.
Oh yeah, before I decide, I'm gonna see what goes on sale for Prime Day.
Laptop speakers are irrelevant. Cheap ones sound bad, and "good" ones sound bad. The stock iPhone earbuds are a significant step up in sound quality from "good" laptop speakers. My partners ASUS laptop has Bang and Olufson speakers and a little subwoofer that plugs in, and they are about on par with a $10 set of Logitech computer speakers.
Just get a cheap pair of headphones for gaming and watching video on your laptop, do not be swayed by "good" laptop speakers over anything else.
The Sager does seem to have the advantage in cooling and speakers...it's just the Gigabyte looks so good.
Oh yeah, before I decide, I'm gonna see what goes on sale for Prime Day.
Laptop speakers are irrelevant. Cheap ones sound bad, and "good" ones sound bad. The stock iPhone earbuds are a significant step up in sound quality from "good" laptop speakers. My partners ASUS laptop has Bang and Olufson speakers and a little subwoofer that plugs in, and they are about on par with a $10 set of Logitech computer speakers.
Just get a cheap pair of headphones for gaming and watching video on your laptop, do not be swayed by "good" laptop speakers over anything else.
Would you say a good portable bluetooth speaker like the Logitech UE Mini Boom would be better than a MacBook Pro's speakers? I've been thinking of getting one but it looks so tiny I'm not sure it'd be loud enough.
The Sager does seem to have the advantage in cooling and speakers...it's just the Gigabyte looks so good.
Oh yeah, before I decide, I'm gonna see what goes on sale for Prime Day.
Laptop speakers are irrelevant. Cheap ones sound bad, and "good" ones sound bad. The stock iPhone earbuds are a significant step up in sound quality from "good" laptop speakers. My partners ASUS laptop has Bang and Olufson speakers and a little subwoofer that plugs in, and they are about on par with a $10 set of Logitech computer speakers.
Just get a cheap pair of headphones for gaming and watching video on your laptop, do not be swayed by "good" laptop speakers over anything else.
Would you say a good portable bluetooth speaker like the Logitech UE Mini Boom would be better than a MacBook Pro's speakers? I've been thinking of getting one but it looks so tiny I'm not sure it'd be loud enough.
Depends what you want if for I would say. Volume and decent sound for music and stuff? The UE Boom should get you there. I have one that I use with my phone and I have no complaints especially not with the volume. As for like gaming or something I don't know if it will meet your needs but I know with mobile UE boom app you can link two together for stereo sound. Not sure if there's a way to do that with a PC though.
The Sager does seem to have the advantage in cooling and speakers...it's just the Gigabyte looks so good.
Oh yeah, before I decide, I'm gonna see what goes on sale for Prime Day.
Laptop speakers are irrelevant. Cheap ones sound bad, and "good" ones sound bad. The stock iPhone earbuds are a significant step up in sound quality from "good" laptop speakers. My partners ASUS laptop has Bang and Olufson speakers and a little subwoofer that plugs in, and they are about on par with a $10 set of Logitech computer speakers.
Just get a cheap pair of headphones for gaming and watching video on your laptop, do not be swayed by "good" laptop speakers over anything else.
True, and while I don't expect to do any kind of gaming using just the speakers, it'd be nice sometimes to have the headphones out and watch some Netflix or something for a bit without wanting to claw my ears out, and apparently the Sager Onkyo speakers are "not bad"
The Sager does seem to have the advantage in cooling and speakers...it's just the Gigabyte looks so good.
Oh yeah, before I decide, I'm gonna see what goes on sale for Prime Day.
Laptop speakers are irrelevant. Cheap ones sound bad, and "good" ones sound bad. The stock iPhone earbuds are a significant step up in sound quality from "good" laptop speakers. My partners ASUS laptop has Bang and Olufson speakers and a little subwoofer that plugs in, and they are about on par with a $10 set of Logitech computer speakers.
Just get a cheap pair of headphones for gaming and watching video on your laptop, do not be swayed by "good" laptop speakers over anything else.
True, and while I don't expect to do any kind of gaming using just the speakers, it'd be nice sometimes to have the headphones out and watch some Netflix or something for a bit without wanting to claw my ears out, and apparently the Sager Onkyo speakers are "not bad"
yeah they're decent, I usually just game with sound through them unless I'm on voip at the same time
The Sager does seem to have the advantage in cooling and speakers...it's just the Gigabyte looks so good.
Oh yeah, before I decide, I'm gonna see what goes on sale for Prime Day.
Laptop speakers are irrelevant. Cheap ones sound bad, and "good" ones sound bad. The stock iPhone earbuds are a significant step up in sound quality from "good" laptop speakers. My partners ASUS laptop has Bang and Olufson speakers and a little subwoofer that plugs in, and they are about on par with a $10 set of Logitech computer speakers.
Just get a cheap pair of headphones for gaming and watching video on your laptop, do not be swayed by "good" laptop speakers over anything else.
Would you say a good portable bluetooth speaker like the Logitech UE Mini Boom would be better than a MacBook Pro's speakers? I've been thinking of getting one but it looks so tiny I'm not sure it'd be loud enough.
Depends what you want if for I would say. Volume and decent sound for music and stuff? The UE Boom should get you there. I have one that I use with my phone and I have no complaints especially not with the volume. As for like gaming or something I don't know if it will meet your needs but I know with mobile UE boom app you can link two together for stereo sound. Not sure if there's a way to do that with a PC though.
Yeah, just decent volume for movies and stuff. The laptop speakers honestly don't cut it and I dislike having my earbuds on for hours at a time.
even after running chkdsk and scanning for malware trying to install XP on my partition is coming up with an error saying the disk is corrupted. I also tried plan B of booting off an external HD that has XP on it but it wouldn't boot. this isn't going well.
The Sager does seem to have the advantage in cooling and speakers...it's just the Gigabyte looks so good.
Oh yeah, before I decide, I'm gonna see what goes on sale for Prime Day.
Laptop speakers are irrelevant. Cheap ones sound bad, and "good" ones sound bad. The stock iPhone earbuds are a significant step up in sound quality from "good" laptop speakers. My partners ASUS laptop has Bang and Olufson speakers and a little subwoofer that plugs in, and they are about on par with a $10 set of Logitech computer speakers.
Just get a cheap pair of headphones for gaming and watching video on your laptop, do not be swayed by "good" laptop speakers over anything else.
Would you say a good portable bluetooth speaker like the Logitech UE Mini Boom would be better than a MacBook Pro's speakers? I've been thinking of getting one but it looks so tiny I'm not sure it'd be loud enough.
Depends what you want if for I would say. Volume and decent sound for music and stuff? The UE Boom should get you there. I have one that I use with my phone and I have no complaints especially not with the volume. As for like gaming or something I don't know if it will meet your needs but I know with mobile UE boom app you can link two together for stereo sound. Not sure if there's a way to do that with a PC though.
Yeah, just decent volume for movies and stuff. The laptop speakers honestly don't cut it and I dislike having my earbuds on for hours at a time.
If you can somehow demo a bluetooth speaker with video. I get audio lag when I use one and watch video with my phone. Never tried with a laptop.
Phew, that's good to hear! I'm glad I didn't make an impulsive mistake :biggrin:
You know what, Geth? I'm gonna install Mass Effect 3 on it.
Hey...Geth's reaction disappeared!
If anything, the biggest criticism of mine would be that it gets noisy under load. It's ventilates pretty well for as thin of a laptop as it is, but to do that it really spins up the fans.
Just a heads up, Lenovo is running a sale on the P50 UHD Series, GTX 960m 4GB with 16GB ram and a 512GB SSD for $1,429.
I'd been desperate for a new gaming laptop and it turns of my girlfriend gets a discount through her work as well, so this was very good news for a Thursday.
"If complete and utter chaos was lightning, then he'd be the sort to stand on a hilltop in a thunderstorm wearing wet copper armour and shouting 'All gods are bastards'."
My experience with Xoticpc hasn't been stellar so far. The "Order Analyst" seems to have messed up the actual purchase no less than three times so far, and the laptop hasn't made it past the "Ordering" stage despite three phone calls and three e-mails.
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Opinions? Anyone owned or used Sagers or Gigabyte P-series laptops before that could share their experiences?
@godmode I'm on my second sager, and have one at work. I bought the model just under that one (NP8651) earlier this year and love it. What they lack in the design frills they make up a lot in hardware for the price. Though the new NP865X series are pretty sweet with the mostly aluminium chasis compared to some of their older models.
I bought mine through Xotic PC, they have pretty good customer support and you can knock off some of the price if you pay up front in cash.
Oh yeah, before I decide, I'm gonna see what goes on sale for Prime Day.
Laptop speakers are irrelevant. Cheap ones sound bad, and "good" ones sound bad. The stock iPhone earbuds are a significant step up in sound quality from "good" laptop speakers. My partners ASUS laptop has Bang and Olufson speakers and a little subwoofer that plugs in, and they are about on par with a $10 set of Logitech computer speakers.
Just get a cheap pair of headphones for gaming and watching video on your laptop, do not be swayed by "good" laptop speakers over anything else.
Would you say a good portable bluetooth speaker like the Logitech UE Mini Boom would be better than a MacBook Pro's speakers? I've been thinking of getting one but it looks so tiny I'm not sure it'd be loud enough.
Strongly considering ordering one, and it's a pretty impulse purchase with prime day
Depends what you want if for I would say. Volume and decent sound for music and stuff? The UE Boom should get you there. I have one that I use with my phone and I have no complaints especially not with the volume. As for like gaming or something I don't know if it will meet your needs but I know with mobile UE boom app you can link two together for stereo sound. Not sure if there's a way to do that with a PC though.
True, and while I don't expect to do any kind of gaming using just the speakers, it'd be nice sometimes to have the headphones out and watch some Netflix or something for a bit without wanting to claw my ears out, and apparently the Sager Onkyo speakers are "not bad"
yeah they're decent, I usually just game with sound through them unless I'm on voip at the same time
Yeah, just decent volume for movies and stuff. The laptop speakers honestly don't cut it and I dislike having my earbuds on for hours at a time.
I have the GS60 Ghost Pro-044 (4710HQ, 970M 6GB, 16GB RAM, 1080p) and I love it.
You know what, Geth? I'm gonna install Mass Effect 3 on it.
Hey...Geth's reaction disappeared!
If you can somehow demo a bluetooth speaker with video. I get audio lag when I use one and watch video with my phone. Never tried with a laptop.
If anything, the biggest criticism of mine would be that it gets noisy under load. It's ventilates pretty well for as thin of a laptop as it is, but to do that it really spins up the fans.
I'd been desperate for a new gaming laptop and it turns of my girlfriend gets a discount through her work as well, so this was very good news for a Thursday.
you can watch baby face michael blais talk to you about cloud storage for a liiiiiittle longer than he wanted to
https://youtube.com/watch?v=XkHv5ElIsuI
pretty damn great phone
For pretty much every variation it is incredibly easy, a method called PingPongRoot does it and doesn't even trip KNOX
The catch is that if you don't want to trip KNOX and still have root, you need to be on 5.0.x and not on 5.1.x
hi langles
I should probably root my S6. I'm still on 5.0.2 with Verizon so I should be good to go with PingPongRoot.
Is there a guide out there for tweaking the build.prop in the manner you did?
alot's changed since you've been gone. i'm the president of Nigeria now, for one thing.
iPhone 6
yeah, when I'm not at work I'll find the link. It's pretty easy which is nice.
this is on the short list of next vids tbh
Nevermind, I guess that the last Verizon update to 5.0.2 killed the pingpongroot method.
Shave you junk first.
Satans..... hints.....