Recent content by NoahLH

So, the main problem with iBuyPower is the customer service, right? Wouldn't buying from a 3rd party insulate me from that for the most part?

I saw an add for a barebones laptop and I got excited, but when I looked more closely they weren't barebones at all. Does anyone have good/bad things to say about Sager or the Sager build? My one concern is battery life. Anything sub 3 hours would be dissapointing.

At the time of the OP I didn't realize it was an option, but now I'm also considering building my own laptop. How much could I save doing a build like this myself? Also, how much more difficult is it to build a laptop than a desktop?

What's the problem with iBuyPower? I've looked for bad press but haven't found much.

Also, please feel free to suggest other brands, or modifications to the Sager Build.

I need a laptop for potentially computationally intensive consulting work (R, Matlab). Graphics shouldn't matter much, except that I may connect to a few external displays, and I'll be generating some 3D plots. I will almost certainly be dual-booting into Linux, and possible using Linux...