Sager NP8130 Portability and Battery Life?

[Klosteral]

I am rather interested in the Sager NP8130 (or Clevo P151HM1) because it is well built and Sager/Clevo is well known for good design. The specifications are also desireble, especially for the price.

But it is a laptop. Laptops are meant to be portable. At just over 3.1kg, it is not the lightest thing around - though that is to be expected for such equipment - but lighter than the ASUS G53 which weighs almost 3.5kg. However, with such specifications comes poor battery life. Here, the battery life is rated for 2-3 hours, which is what I would want. But similar things were said for the Clevo W860CU, which turned out to have a battery life of 64 minutes on power saving mode. I already have a solid gaming desktop which will be upgraded later this year, though I find myself traveling more and more. I want my gaming power while not at home as well as the ability to sit down somewhere and do my low processing "on-the-move" without being "plugged in".

What will the ACTUAL battery life be for this new model and how does it compare to other similarly spec'd laptops?

[Lchaim]

I am rather interested in the Sager NP8130 (or Clevo P151HM1) because it is well built and Sager/Clevo is well known for good design. The specifications are also desireble, especially for the price.

But it is a laptop. Laptops are meant to be portable. At just over 3.1kg, it is not the lightest thing around - though that is to be expected for such equipment - but lighter than the ASUS G53 which weighs almost 3.5kg. However, with such specifications comes poor battery life. Here, the battery life is rated for 2-3 hours, which is what I would want. But similar things were said for the Clevo W860CU, which turned out to have a battery life of 64 minutes on power saving mode. I already have a solid gaming desktop which will be upgraded later this year, though I find myself traveling more and more. I want my gaming power while not at home as well as the ability to sit down somewhere and do my low processing "on-the-move" without being "plugged in".

What will the ACTUAL battery life be for this new model and how does it compare to other similarly spec'd laptops?

The only thing I've read so far is on the 8150 with a 485m instead of the 460m. It's here (http://forum.notebookreview.com/sager-clevo-reviews-owners-lounges/546387-official-sager-np8150-clevo-p150hm-owners-lounge-50.html#post7067875) and it looks pretty promising.

[Omega Archetype]

I am rather interested in the Sager NP8130 (or Clevo P151HM1) because it is well built and Sager/Clevo is well known for good design. The specifications are also desireble, especially for the price.

But it is a laptop. Laptops are meant to be portable. At just over 3.1kg, it is not the lightest thing around - though that is to be expected for such equipment - but lighter than the ASUS G53 which weighs almost 3.5kg. However, with such specifications comes poor battery life. Here, the battery life is rated for 2-3 hours, which is what I would want. But similar things were said for the Clevo W860CU, which turned out to have a battery life of 64 minutes on power saving mode. I already have a solid gaming desktop which will be upgraded later this year, though I find myself traveling more and more. I want my gaming power while not at home as well as the ability to sit down somewhere and do my low processing "on-the-move" without being "plugged in".

What will the ACTUAL battery life be for this new model and how does it compare to other similarly spec'd laptops?

I'd highly recommend going here: http://forum.notebookreview.com/sager-clevo-reviews-owners-lounges/546488-official-sager-np8130-clevo-p151hm1-owners-lounge-54.html

Many in there (me included as soon as I get mine in,) own the system and will be able to help out with any questions you have.

You should also check this review out by powernotebooks.com: Sager NP8130 Laptop Review (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_k1uED7_rQ)

[Klosteral]

That video was not very helpful. It is just a spoken version of the specifications list, without much detailed information. I have seen Xotic PC's video review of the Sager NP8150 and I am quite satisfied with that, however they had the laptop maxed out with the GTX485M and i7-2970XM (I think) so that does not give me the information I want either.

The link to the Sager NP8130 owner's lounge is broken, so I have not checked there.

What is the difference between the 8130 and 8150 aside from the graphics card difference? I am looking at my local retailer's website and the base model with the same CPU, HDD etc is $90 more for the 8150 (Clevo P150HM). Can you help me understand this?
http://www.affordablelaptops.com.au/contents/en-us/d6_metabox-clevo-laptop-notebook.html

-Klosteral

[Omega Archetype]

That video was not very helpful. It is just a spoken version of the specifications list, without much detailed information. I have seen Xotic PC's video review of the Sager NP8150 and I am quite satisfied with that, however they had the laptop maxed out with the GTX485M and i7-2970XM (I think) so that does not give me the information I want either.

The link to the Sager NP8130 owner's lounge is broken, so I have not checked there.

What is the difference between the 8130 and 8150 aside from the graphics card difference? I am looking at my local retailer's website and the base model with the same CPU, HDD etc is $90 more for the 8150 (Clevo P150HM). Can you help me understand this?
http://www.affordablelaptops.com.au/contents/en-us/d6_metabox-clevo-laptop-notebook.html

-Klosteral

Yeah, I thought I remember hearing about batter life on that video review, but after watching it again it doesn't really do much.

Difference between the 8130 and 8150 (as far as I know,) is that the 8150 is more future ready. It's able to be upgraded, unlike the 8130 that will be stuck with the 460m etc. Other then that I think they're virtually the same, though I could be wrong (considering I know what I've read from others.)

Hopefully it works this time:

http://forum.notebookreview.com/sager-clevo-reviews-owners-lounges/546488-official-sager-np8130-clevo-p151hm1-owners-lounge-53.html

Those guys there have been helping me out quite a bit and I'm sure they'll let you know the differences between the 8150 and 8130! In any case, good luck!

[Flubadoo]

Well, the 8150 doesn't have a matte screen.

However, I think (don't quote me on this) that the NP8130 has an HM65 chipset and the NP8150 has an HM67 chipset. You can read up the differences on the Intel site.

[Klosteral]

But why? I was under the impression they both supported the same processors. For example, both of them have the i7-2630QM as default.

[powerpack]

NP8150 now offers the matte screen, not cheap, $240.

Both use HM65, NP8170 has HM67. And since the main difference is RAID support. Since the 15" don't have 2 HDD's no need for HM67.

[Twag]

Alright, i have good news. I am typing on my 8130 right now, and it is VERY portable, and also it has about 2:30 battery life with power saver. And also if you use MSI Afterburner, and declock the machine, i can get about 3 hours out of it.

[powerpack]

Get ready to send back?

[acheronx1]

Don't bash the 8130! I was contemplating a Sager before my ASUS. ASUS just had better specs at the time...

[Klosteral]

2:30 battery life is enough for my purposes and if you can extend it to almost 3 hours, then it should be fine.

What do you mean when you say "get ready to send it back"?

Thank you for the information,
-Klosteral

[chochocho]

2:30 battery life is enough for my purposes and if you can extend it to almost 3 hours, then it should be fine.

What do you mean when you say "get ready to send it back"?

Thank you for the information,
-Klosteral


I think he means the Intel chipset flaw where all the new Sandy Bridge chipsets start to deteriorate on some of the SATA ports. But personally im not worried at all because itll take about 5-10 years to actually notice the problem and I highly doubt ill be using my laptop for more than those years.

[kayvanmsh]

I think he means the Intel chipset flaw where all the new Sandy Bridge chipsets start to deteriorate on some of the SATA ports. But personally im not worried at all because itll take about 5-10 years to actually notice the problem and I highly doubt ill be using my laptop for more than those years.

some people are already experiencing minor issues