If you afterward gaming laptops you ability accept heard of Origin PC, but there is a acceptable adventitious that you haven’t. The founders of the aggregation breach from Alienware not too continued ago (after the Dell accretion though) and founded their own company. Now they advertise high-end, gaming-focused computers to bodies who amount customization and chump abutment aloft all else. Their laptops are about white box versions of units from companies like Clevo.
The EON15 is their newest rig, accepting been appear yesterday. It features:Video Card: 1GB GDDR3 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285M or 280M
Display: 15.6-inch Full HD 1920 x 1080 – (1080p) Widescreen (16:9), LED Backlit
Processor: Intel Core i7 processors
Memory: Up to 8GB Dual Channel DDR3 – 1333MhzOptical Drive: Up to Dual Layer Blu-ray Burner Combo (BD-R, DVD+-RW, CD-RW)
Hard Drive: Up to 256GB Solid State Drive
Network Adapter: Built-In Wireless 802.11 a/g/draft-n
Audio: Integrated High-Definition Audio with 4 Channel support
Media Card Reader: Built-In 7-in-1 Media Card Reader (MMC/RSMMC/MS/MS Pro/MS Duo/SD/Mini-SD)
Operating System: Genuine Windows 7 Premium or Ultimate 64-Bit
Keyboard: Full size keyboard w/ numeric pad and Touch Sensitive Volume Control and Access Buttons
Starting at price: $1,899
The end result is something that looks a lot like Alienware’s M15x gaming computer after some upgrades. The Alienware currently starts at $1199, though the Origin can handle more powerful graphics (Nvidia 280M or 285M instead of 240M or 260M) and has some better gear used in its stock setup. The EON15 only has two processor choices right now, the Intel quad-core Core i7-720QM or the 820QM, there is no option for a lower-end CPU or to go with a top-of-the-line chip.
The $1899 built starts with just 2GB of RAM and a 250GB disk, so some of the components remain quite pedestrian despite Origin not trying to compete for the entry-level buyer. The chassis itself looks quite underwhelming, and pretty far removed from the increasingly customized designs used by some companies. This was also the case with the 18-inch EON18.
If you want to go crazy with the paint job though, Origin has you covered. For $159 you can go from the standard black to your choice of eight different solid or metallic finishes and for $259 you can go with custom art on the lid of your computer (Origin’s or your own).
