It sparkles slightly like metallic paint. The glossiness looks visually appealing and gives the NP9260 a bit of style which it otherwise lacks. Pushing on the back of the screen yields no rippling, thankfully.Īlmost all of the surfaces with the exception of the bottom, the top of the lid, and the area directly below the LCD screen on the chassis are glossy and extremely smooth to the touch. The amount of flex in the display is average – it is not the most rigid display nor is it the most loose. There is some flex when the display is twisted from side-to-side but this is understandable considering the size of the display. The LCD screen on the NP9260 measures 17” diagonally. I believe this was a good decision by the designers because using an ordinary shape keeps the look as neutral as possible. The corners are rounded slightly but that is about it for curvature – everything else is a straight line. The shape of the NP9260 can be described as one big rectangle. Such quality should be expected of a machine carrying the price tag this one does. The entire chassis feels solid as a rock. I was not able to detect any flex, even on the mini football field-sized palmrests. All of the materials on the exterior of the machine have a high-quality feel to them. Obviously there is no need to make this machine lighter – portability is not the point of the NP9260. The weight and sheer size of this machine require it to have a rugged construction. The plastic used is much thicker than that used in standard notebooks because this notebook needs to have a lot of structural strength. The NP9260 is constructed of sturdy plastic. The above picture illustrates the height of the NP9260 compared to a soda can. A typical 17” notebook for comparison weighs around 8 – 9 pounds, but this is no ordinary notebook is it? I actually recorded the weight of the NP9260 to be 12 pounds, 2 ounces I suspect the extra weight is due to the addition of the extra video card and the second hard drive. The machine weighs 11.55 pounds with the 12-cell battery pack installed. The NP9260 is one of the largest notebooks currently available. It is quite obvious that the NP9260 is not a machine for everyone, but it certainly has many practical uses for its target audience.įrom a design standpoint there is nothing astonishing about the NP9260 except for its size. It is not uncommon for a gaming desktop to have a 500 watt and up power supply this machine at most takes 280W. This machine has a much smaller footprint than that of a desktop and also uses less power. No messy wires and no multiple trips to the car to pick up components – you only need one bag with this machine.Īnother great use for the NP9260 is as a replacement for a desktop. The NP9260 is a great LAN party machine – unlike a desktop, it is an all-in-one device and even though it is huge, is far easier to transport than a desktop. The NP9260 packs more power than any other notebook on the market and will give even high-end gaming desktops a run for their money. It is better to think of this machine as a “portable desktop” rather than a notebook. The Sager NP9260’s main audience is gamers. The quoted price for this configuration is $3,634. 2x Nvidia GeForce Go 7950GTX video cards with 512MB DDR3 each.17" WSXGA+ (1680×1050) Super Clear Glare Type screen.2x 80GB 7200RPM SATA hard drives in RAID 0 (data striping) array.Our review machine is configured as follows: It features desktop-class Core 2 Duo processors, an expansive 17” widescreen display, and up to two Nvidia GeForce Go7950GTX video cards for the best possible gaming performance.īefore we begin this review, I would like to give a special thanks to Donald Stratton of for sending us this evaluation unit. The Sager NP9260 is an extraordinarily large desktop replacement notebook aimed primarily at the gaming crowd.
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