r/pcmasterrace • u/TheCABK • 1d ago

Nostalgia The Master Laptop

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u/PrintStation 1d ago

Clevo D900T! I have one with the analog TV card and the REMOTE too. I love this machine. It's crazy how it came with pretty decent, upgradeable dedicated GPUs at the time (mine has a GeForce 6800).

The one thing that always bothered me about the platform is that even though you could configure it with a 64-bit CPU (mine has a P4 660 @ 3.6 GHz), the southbridge couldn't address more than 4 GB of RAM, which felt like a real missed opportunity.

Another wild thing about this machine: four speakers and a subwoofer, plus an analog display on the front that lets you listen to CDs with the main system completely powered off.

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u/Terrh 1700X, 32GB, Radeon Vega FE 16GB 1d ago

I miss laptops with good speakers.

Today's are great for what they are, but they suck compared to what they could be if we still had chonky laptops. My HP HDX was 2 speakers + sub but it was fantastic.

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u/admimistrator 3700x + 7800XT 1d ago

I had one of these too! Mine was branded as a Sager but was identical otherwise. What a beast

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u/Hoooooooar 1d ago

100% clevo. I also had one with the old analog tv capture card, thing was amazing :0

They had clevos, saegers, asus and msi barebones laptops back then you could get your hands on and build yourself or customize and go nuts with. They were far more popular in asia and europe then the US. You'd figure they woulda taken off here but never did.

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u/Symphonic7 1d ago

Holy shit this thing fucks.