Availability: P1 Express Dual

I dont suppose the P1 Express Dual is for sale any where?

The only place i could find it for sale wanted -way- more than it was worth.

i've looked and i cant readily find any place to buy these notebooks...Does LG just not sell their notebooks in the US?

 

No, they don't sell in the US. From what I've read, they had a non-compete w/ IBM in the US and even tho it's apparently over, LG never bothered to start selling in the US afterwords. You can get it via canadian retailers, here's a couple

P1 @ cancomputer

P1 @ titan networks

 

2.3 k cdn is as low as it'll get ??

btw where are you guys located ? in canada or australia?

 

also, check NCIX, www.ncix.com

 

Hi, I'm from singapore and this model P1 just launch here if you guys interested let me know

 

Anybody know any new information about this laptop, or anybody get a P1 recently? I'm curious about what the chassis is made out of, and what resolution the laptop comes with. PEACE!!!

 

Hi, here are the real specs.
http://www.cancomputer.com/index.php?sku=3860&PHPSESSID=51bbedda23aa698abaed9ffcac60fbff
Also, yes this laptop is sorta released in Canada, unfortunately I can't find it anywhere... im still searching so i can do a mini review.
But i will call LG on friday and get some more info and so that i can call them and see one in real life.

Also i did find a mini review of the Lg P1 this one had a 1.8ghz and X1400.
Here's what it said (sry can't find the link )
- The reviewers found this notebook as a Desktop Replacement and considered it as one.
- They like the quality of it
- Beautiful screen with wide viewing angles + glossy screen
- They like the keybaord and that it has a unique numpad... yes the keyboard is fullsize 99 keys.
- Batterylife was 3 hours using the Power modes with a 6 cell battery.

We don't know the exact setting for the calculations for their batterylife but my guess it would be around 3.5 hours, with 800mhz, downclock the GPU, run at as low screen brightness as you can possibly read at... meaning around 60-70%, but if you can handle going lower then do so. Put Wifi on, turn off Bluetooth.

So hopefully this would get 3.5 hours with a 2.0ghz and a X1600.

When i did speak to the LG rep like 2 weeks ago, he did say it lasted like 4-4.5 hours... but that coulda been salesmen pitch lines or something lol.

As for the Materials it is using, Magnesium allow on the insides, and plastic on the outside, this is the same for the chasis and lid.

Once I find one on display in Ontario, hopefully near me, will double check all of these things...

Supposedly Futureshop is spose to have it but I've checked the site and still don't see anything and shipments were spose to be recieved about 1 weeks ago :S, so i dunno lol.

ohwell just wait and see i guess.

Thanks,

MysticGolem

 

WOWZERS! Thanks for the excellent update. Very useful information! :-D

 

I'm quite curious, however, what the differences are between the following two models:
P1-P200A9
and
P1-J225A8

 

I was wondering that myself, it's kind of hard to decipher LG's model numbering. This vendor has a lot of different model numbers with relatively detailed specs if you want to try and crack the code

 

yah i nitocied that too, and here's what found out.

On the LG site for Canada, the P1 model number is P1-P200A9, and the specs are:
http://www.cancomputer.com/index.php...ed9ffcac60fbff

as for the other model number, it might have been another number from antoher country that the Canadian companies used for temp. for pre order untill the real model number came from when they shipped the P1s.

I still have no clue where to find one in Toronto... if anyone can find it plz let me know so i can do a mini review ASAP...

Thanks,

MysticGolem

 

Ok guys, I just made a quick call to LG, they said the LG P1 has not arrived to any stores yet... the dat of which it would Arrive is March 15-20th... he said more around the 20th.

All big retailers will be getting them, Futureshop, Bestbuys, and w/e else you can think of.. HECK im hoping Costco can get it!! you all know why!!

I will constantly check Futureshop and Bestbuys website when the date get close to the ETA, only gotta wait 1.5 weeks... lol

We got lots of hopes with this baby.. hehe

Thanks,

MysticGolem

 

Most of the online vendors I've seen offering the P1 are selling model P200A9,

P200A9 @ cancomputer
P200A9 @ pccyber
P200A9 @ comtec
P200A9 @ insight

These two guys are offering model "J225A8/B", although I suspect one of them is a typo.

J225AB @ titan
J225A8 @ ncix

I think ncix & titan have had theirs up a while tho, which tends to support Mystic's pre-production model # theory.

 

my guess is that the difference is in hard drive type: one of these models is probably with PATA and the other with SATA. try checking it.

 

P1
1.66 (T2300)
512MB (667 DDR II)
100GB (SATA)
DVD Supermulti Dual
15.4" WXGA Glare
"ATI X1400 (128MB)
256 with Hyper memory"
802.11a/b/g
Home
"24bit, High Definition
Dolby 5.1, SRS"
355.2 X 260 X 37.9 mm
2.78kg
3 years
Gigabit
Yes
Blue, Figer Printer
$2899 SGD retail price

Sorry guys I'm quiet busy this week to take the photo and review of this but when i saw this WOW the casing was like OMG so nice man !! lol stay tune.

 

Received some information from the fellas at LG Korea:
Q: "What is the material in its chassis? (plastic, magnesium alloy, carbon fiber, etc.)?"
A. PC-ABS

 

hmm... for me, now the question comes down to this:
LG P1 or Asus w3j or Toshiba M100
Decisions decisions decisions!

 

Markerz and Jude thanks for the info

but it seems we are down to 3 things left.

For the LG P1 we need to know: (rate out of 1-10, ten being the best)
- Build Quality (screen flex, chasis flex, keyboard flex, wristpad flex)
- Heat and Noise (how well it dissipates heat)
- Batterylife ( give details of ALL settings in order to give us a real life experiance of batterylife)

So far i got 2 quotes on Batterylife
- LG person with the Canadian version, said 4-4.5 hours
- Person in Europe using a the European version gets 3 hours

so yah... let see,

Thanks,

MysticGolem

 

I beleive the difference between the two model numbers is as follows:

P1-P200A9: WXGA screen
P1-J225A8: SXGA screen

This is the only difference i have been able to notice between these two. Having an extrememly hard time deciding between this and asus. So far this system has more to offer then the asus, but availability is tough to come by as they dont sell directly in the US.

Decisions... decisions...

 

Hello guys,


I am in very doubt to buy a new notebook in Turkey...Could you give me an info about them? which one for you? I give an importance to screen quality and power...Sony FE screen or LG S1 Finebright screen?


LG
LG S1-PRIMT 15.4"WXGA FB, Intel Core Duo Processor 2.0GHz (T2500) 667MHz, 1G DDR2 667MHz, 100GB SATA, ATI X1600 512 MB(COOL), Super Multi DVD± RW, Bluetooth, Finger Read, XP Home,SRS TruSurround XT, SRS WOW XT, 5.1CH Dolby Digital, XTS Pro, 24bit High Definition

In Turkey,price: 2950 $ (inc tax)

Sony
Sony VGN-FE11S, # Intel® Core™ Duo Processor T2400-1.83 GHz,15.4" ONYX BLACK LCD,1 GB DDR2 667MHZ, 160 GB HardDisk sata,Double Layer DVD±RW Drive,128 MB NVIDIA GeForce 7400,Bluetooth,Integrated Camera,XP Home

In Turkey,price: 3050 $ (inc tax)


LG's specs look better,but I am very doubt for screen quality...Sony can be better.

Help meee...



regards,
CDTRF

 

i think the differences between the two canadian part numbers is

P1-P200A9: Up to 512MB Video via Hypermemory so no dedicated mem
P1-J225A8: Dedicated 128MB Video with no Hypermemory

 

I bought A P1 in March but am having all sorts of video issues with it, does anywone else have one and are you happy with its video performance? i had an old LS 50 and it was fine.. i don't like this one!!

Pedro

 

u can get it at milestoen pc. anice config for 1,400

 

hi guys,

im thinking of getting the P1, but i dunno if it's good or not. pedro is saying he's having probs with the video..not good at all ><;

 

well he didn't say what problems ... could be the machine/user's fault