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December 14th, 2009, 13:05
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Now that's a shocker, isn't it? A gaming laptop that isn't particularly friendly on your wallet? It's true, Origin's Eon18 (http://www.engadget.com/tag/origin,eon18/) is not the machine to consider if you're ready to make the step up from a netbook but aren't yet willing to step into quadruple-digit price tags. As tested by Laptop, the Eon18 was half-way to five-digits thanks to its $5,952 cost, but that money gets you a an Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9300 (http://www.engadget.com/tag/qx9300) chip running at 2.53GHz, dual 160GB SSDs, a pair of GeForce GTX 280M (http://www.engadget.com/tag/gtx+280m+sli/) graphics cards, a lovely airbrush job on the lid, and a power brick that on its own, at three pounds, weights more than some of the competition's machines (no concerns about inadequate juice (http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/dell-facing-massive-e6400-and-e6500-overheating-and-underclockin/) here). That configuration delivers unbeatable I/O performance but, when it came to the all-important gaming benchmarks, was found to be comparable to Alienware's M17x (http://www.engadget.com/tag/m17x), and thus not exactly worth the $1,000 premium -- unless you really dig flame jobs.
[Thanks, Mark]Origin's Eon18 gaming laptop reviewed, found to be a great performer, not a great value (http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/14/origins-eon18-gaming-laptop-reviewed-found-to-be-a-great-perfo/) originally appeared on Engadget (http://www.engadget.com) on Mon, 14 Dec 2009 07:47:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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Now that's a shocker, isn't it? A gaming laptop that isn't particularly friendly on your wallet? It's true, Origin's Eon18 (http://www.engadget.com/tag/origin,eon18/) is not the machine to consider if you're ready to make the step up from a netbook but aren't yet willing to step into quadruple-digit price tags. As tested by Laptop, the Eon18 was half-way to five-digits thanks to its $5,952 cost, but that money gets you a an Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9300 (http://www.engadget.com/tag/qx9300) chip running at 2.53GHz, dual 160GB SSDs, a pair of GeForce GTX 280M (http://www.engadget.com/tag/gtx+280m+sli/) graphics cards, a lovely airbrush job on the lid, and a power brick that on its own, at three pounds, weights more than some of the competition's machines (no concerns about inadequate juice (http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/dell-facing-massive-e6400-and-e6500-overheating-and-underclockin/) here). That configuration delivers unbeatable I/O performance but, when it came to the all-important gaming benchmarks, was found to be comparable to Alienware's M17x (http://www.engadget.com/tag/m17x), and thus not exactly worth the $1,000 premium -- unless you really dig flame jobs.
[Thanks, Mark]Origin's Eon18 gaming laptop reviewed, found to be a great performer, not a great value (http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/14/origins-eon18-gaming-laptop-reviewed-found-to-be-a-great-perfo/) originally appeared on Engadget (http://www.engadget.com) on Mon, 14 Dec 2009 07:47:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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