Who makes the worlds fastest laptop?

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We get mails weekly asking who makes the fastest laptop… Well, we know that the 2 main contenders for this are Alienware and VoodooPC - but which is faster? Which would we recommend for the holiday season? Well we are now doing something - we want to publicly throw down the gauntlet and find out which is best. This is time to challenge VoodooPC and Alienware to a head to head to see who wins the crown of the 'fastest laptop' - Price limit - $5000 this means pretty much the systems can be the best either company can produce. So, are you up for it guys? Both of you claim to have the fastest gaming solutions on the planet... Lets see them!

What doesn’t bother us is the Mobile solutions from ATi or NVIDIA, or the mobile or desktop replacement units from AMD or Intel. We want to see the real world application, we want to see which is fastest and brings the performance to YOU the end user.

Update: We have had acceptance from VoodooPC that they want to enter this showdown - we are waiting to hear back from Alienware now.

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funky idea :D so all we are waiting for now is Alienware to accept the challenge too... OR are they scared? :D *chicken chicken*

Dont mean to be rude, but isnt this a little pointless? How about comparing laptops in a _realistic_ price range for the masses, like around the £1000-1500 mark?

Both systems will be given a 100% fair review, and the winner will be stated publically with the power of HEXUS award.

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Originally posted by td5
Dont mean to be rude, but isnt this a little pointless? How about comparing laptops in a _realistic_ price range for the masses, like around the £1000-1500 mark?

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If you look at the pricing and specification of the laptops at the 2 companies sites:

www.alienware.com
www.voodoopc.com

We want to know what the BEST is

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Originally posted by td5
Dont mean to be rude, but isnt this a little pointless? How about comparing laptops in a _realistic_ price range for the masses, like around the £1000-1500 mark?

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I can understand where you are coming from with this comment... as not everyone has $5000 for a laptop. Although the prices are a bit extreme... i think the reviews are more about proving who is correct in saying "we have the fastest gaming solutions".

Put their money where their mouth is!!!!

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Originally posted by David
If you look at the pricing and specification of the laptops at the 2 companies sites:

www.alienware.com
www.voodoopc.com

We want to know what the BEST is

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I and many others would like to know what the BEST is within a practical price bracket...! Some of us are going to uni's next year and would find it more useful than knowing about the fastest laptops....

....And I wondered why I stopped visiting this site! Its almost like you editors and such need a new toy to play with, despite the fact there's no need for it to be done on a "review" basis for consumers! Yeah, "oooh that alienware is nice" for 5mins, but its bloody useless otherwise!

(waits for ban :))

My Dell Inspiron 8500 (1680x1050 resolution mmmm) can manage about 9000 3dmarks which I thought was pretty good for a snip over 1200 quid about 6 months back...

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Originally posted by DaBeeeenster
My Dell Inspiron 8500 (1680x1050 resolution mmmm) can manage about 9000 3dmarks which I thought was pretty good for a snip over 1200 quid about 6 months back...

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Did that come with an NV28 or an M9?
Ive been looking into Dell's lately, and so have a few friends.

hopefully aienware will be nice and put their best to the test. looking at the mad specs (for a laptop) its goin be a close call but i think the voodoo pc one will be the better. but i wouldnt run it on your knees for too long or it might get a bit warm down there :D

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Originally posted by td5
I and many others would like to know what the BEST is within a practical price bracket...! Some of us are going to uni's next year and would find it more useful than knowing about the fastest laptops....

....And I wondered why I stopped visiting this site! Its almost like you editors and such need a new toy to play with, despite the fact there's no need for it to be done on a "review" basis for consumers! Yeah, "oooh that alienware is nice" for 5mins, but its bloody useless otherwise!

(waits for ban :))

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We won't ban you for your opinion you are more than entitled to do it. When you invite companies to submit kit you need to set a price bracket. It is high on this for the main reason - it is going to be very high spec units. We are not going to say bang for buck we are going for pure performance.

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Originally posted by pmk24
hopefully aienware will be nice and put their best to the test. looking at the mad specs (for a laptop) its goin be a close call but i think the voodoo pc one will be the better. but i wouldnt run it on your knees for too long or it might get a bit warm down there :D

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We will compare thermals, battery life, as well as performance, networking and screen quality.

Then how about giving consumers what they want and doing some more mainstream units ready for summer time?

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Originally posted by td5
Then how about giving consumers what they want and doing some more mainstream units ready for summer time?

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Because this is the first of many - we are currently doing a fully loaded £1500 shootout aimed at Students and the like, as well as a media centre bash too - we are trying to do everything but it does take time.

Of course your input is valid, and if you would like to compile a list of units you would like to see compared or reviewed we will work on it.

We are just breaking in to the systems market from learning from the ground up what is hardcore within a system and what isnt.

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Originally posted by td5

....And I wondered why I stopped visiting this site! Its almost like you editors and such need a new toy to play with, despite the fact there's no need for it to be done on a "review" basis for consumers! Yeah, "oooh that alienware is nice" for 5mins, but its bloody useless otherwise!

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the thing is there is a market for these machines (or why would they make and sell them) and im sure that many hexus readers (including myself) would like to know how both compare head to head.

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Originally posted by pmk24
the thing is there is a market for these machines (or why would they make and sell them) and im sure that many hexus readers (including myself) would like to know how both compare head to head.

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Indeed but there is other segments of the market, we are going to deal with high end first since it will filter down

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Originally posted by td5
Did that come with an NV28 or an M9?
Ive been looking into Dell's lately, and so have a few friends.

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Came with a Geforce 4 chipset. The only downside is that Dell are REALLY slow at releasing updated drivers for it, and you cant just use stop ones because the laptop has custom functionality (screen resolution, TV-OUT etc).

The TV OUT is really good actually. 1024x768 and the colours are pretty good.

As for gaming, the laptop is great. Not sure what the response time is on the screen but there is very little blurring, and most games I throw at it run pretty well as long as you dont try and play them at insane resolutions.

The only downside is the fan can get pretty loud when the processor and GPU are running at full power, but I think you will get that anywhere.

I work on the laptop all day and use it in the evening for gaming and I am pretty happy with it. The only other downside is the keyboard which feels a little cheap.

You should try and get this company involved too:

http://www.go-l.com/laptops/index.htm

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Originally posted by Space Cowboy
You should try and get this company involved too:

http://www.go-l.com/laptops/index.htm

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beat me to it :)

was just going to post

http://www.go-l.com/laptops/hollywoo...ures/index.htm

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Originally posted by Space Cowboy
You should try and get this company involved too:

http://www.go-l.com/laptops/index.htm

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Introducing the world's fastest, most spectacular, desirable, and full featured super-notebook PC ever built.

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I think that's worthy of the challenge dave.

Sager are the ones who normally sell the same laptops as Alienware, cept they cost about 30% so it may be worth looking at them...

NS

They'll probally perform exactly the same :P as they probally both use the same oem supplier

Clevo, Mitac, ECS....

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Originally posted by David
Because this is the first of many - we are currently doing a fully loaded £1500 shootout aimed at Students and the like, as well as a media centre bash too - we are trying to do everything but it does take time.

Of course your input is valid, and if you would like to compile a list of units you would like to see compared or reviewed we will work on it.

We are just breaking in to the systems market from learning from the ground up what is hardcore within a system and what isnt.

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I'll get cracking :) thanks!

my tosh is fastest, I was clocked doing 70mph with it in my car the other day ;)

Well on that count my HP wins easy ;)

I accidently ended up doing 130mph after I passed a 911 Turbo in my (dad's) 530d at a little over 100 and he obviously didn't like that. I was keeping up with him for about a second :D

Sagerites will raise hell if they're not included in the test. Never heard about Liebermann before but they look to have some sick rigs. Plus for the more sensible lot, tossing in a Dell wouldn't hurt. So there are your usual suspects:
Voodoo, Alienware, Sager, Dell and Libermann.

http://www.rkymnt5.com/alienware/voo...w_11_26_03.htm

Careful how you break any bad news to alienware, you might get angry letters from the CEO ;) :D

for anyone interested by thses two companies

there;s also Falcon Northwest, they use CM cases :0
afaik, they dont do laptops tho..

http://www.falcon-nw.com


edit. and they're one of the few places that still sell the best CM case. the 110:)

Yeah im buying a voodoo M-750 or a M-855. The price is $4300 US, and im only 17 years old! So there is a big market for them. Voodoo is very busy and is selling systems like no tomorrow. Also im betting the Voodoo will win, they always do when it comes to alienware vs voodoo.:D

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Originally posted by td5


....And I wondered why I stopped visiting this site! Its almost like you editors and such need a new toy to play with, despite the fact there's no need for it to be done on a "review" basis for consumers! Yeah, "oooh that alienware is nice" for 5mins, but its bloody useless otherwise!

(waits for ban :))

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I can't afford any of the cars reviewed on it but I still like watching Top Gear.......its not about need,sometimes its just nice to aspire.

voodo make some of the fastest, but expensive too

toshiba are good in price world.

I see what Hexus is doing. To anyone who is complaining this is nothin to do with a student laptop. This is for somone who might want a hell of a fast laptop instead of a desktop PC. Aleinware and Voodoo have been saying they have the fastest for ages and surely they cant both be identical so this review is just to see who's is faster not if its suitable for students.

Well done hexus! Any way u can get ATI and Nvidia to make a new card for a review? With a £500 Price tag and see whos is faster? :) Cause id love to see that!!! MY ASUS 9800 XT will beat Nvidia anyday :P

Please respond to last part. i know answer is no but i liek to think on the positive side of things.

Thanx PyRo

why not ask www.go-l.com to participate too? I'm sure bunji will be able to hook you up. ;)

Check this out though...

http://plex.us/outbursts/liebermann.html

Im not too sure anymore
The Alienware Area-51m's kick ass though. Look so much better than the Voodoopc laptops. They'll perform pretty much exactly the same and are just generally better...

Everyone should own one
If only i had the money....

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Originally posted by Oakey
why not ask www.go-l.com to participate too? I'm sure bunji will be able to hook you up. ;)

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What because he getts the same mails the rest of us do :P

Aint they all about the same speed when you drop them off a cliff? :)

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Originally posted by Nellachar
Check this out though...

http://plex.us/outbursts/liebermann.html

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Ahh, so the people they actually need to speak to are Sager then..

Interesting :)

What happened to this then ? Were they reviewed ? :)

Sorry to dig up an old thread but I am probably going to get a 17" clevo and it seems hard to find info, although I am finding now that almost all the most expensive laptops are clevo ones.... :D

Suppose I better go check the hexus main page ..... ;)

It has been done by maimum PC mag!

The fastest laptop in the world is the Dell XPS... :p

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Originally Posted by myth

It has been done by maimum PC mag!

The fastest laptop in the world is the Dell XPS... :p

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Heh - beaten to it :heckle:

Would still be good to see battery life though.

Not much, esp with all that power there :)

i priced up one of there top end lappys just short of 1500 for it.....

Woo ancient thread revival. though the guy is right.

Anybody heard of a Sun Microsystems or SGI laptop? A mate had a works "laptop" that was used for ASIC design, had to be mobile so they could take it to the clients. Would have been 5ish years ago. Think battery life was 20 minutes.

dooh didnt see the date, but foud

Sun Ultra 3 Mobile Workstation review

this is what you want :p

Sager NP9262 User Review

with SLi GTX's :D

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Originally Posted by Faliceer

the mobilstar 9195 at compamerica.com is the best laptop in the world
This is the worlds fastest laptop, running at 5.8 GHz, and having two of the most powerful laptop graphics cards it is the superior laptop to anything you might ever see otherwise if you buy this laptop get prepared to pay 5000$+
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5.8ghz? o rly? you esurrected a 5-year-old thread for that? :rolleyes: