by Rei Ito

Prostar D900F is the world's first Intel Core i7 laptop computer. It comes with Nvidia GeForce GTX 285M 1GB GDDR3 Video Memory will provide unprecedented levels of 3D Graphics performance. 17” WUXGA LCD display will make your gaming experience more dynamic and realistic. Optional 3 hard drives will make the maximum storage of 1.8TB capacity. 12GB Maximum DDR3 1333MHz can handle all your needs for graphics and gaming.

Build & Design

Prostar D900F has a nice black design. Comparing to Prostar’s common gray color design, I will give it a 9 of 10 score. This system is quite heavy and large, it weighs in at 11.78 pounds and is about 2.35 inches thick. The build quality does is average. The material is basically plastic and metal. There is no new material for an advance notebook.

The hinge design for LCD is an A++. There are two long steel stripes connecting to LCD and LCD back case. This will spread the pressure each time the users open and close the lid. This new hinge design for LCD will make it survive for a long time.

The palm rest area is huge and comfortable. Prostar D900F is equipped with a Synaptics touch pad with a matte finish. It is easily to move cross, and sensitivity is excellent. I try it with a sweating finger, and the response is good. The touchpad button gives a gentle click with a good feedback. The touchpad looks very stylish.

Display

The 17-inch glossy 1920x1200 pixel display is the best I ever see. WUXGA is the highest resolution for notebook display. There is no light leakage, color reproduction is perfect, and view angles are superb. You can look from any direction you like and the picture is crystal clear. The high contrast and glass view makes colors pop off the screen. This LCD makes your gaming experience more realistic.

Input and output device

Prostar D900F has four speakers and perform surround sound effect. There are two on each side of the keyboard and two in the front of the notebook. The four speakers reproduce sound across all levels of the spectrum; high and low notes are accurately reproduced. Having four speakers does help boost music power and adds a nice surround touch.

On the right side of the notebook, there is 1 Kingston Lock port and 4 USB ports. On the left side of the notebook, there is also a HDMI-out , ESTA port, Firewire port, Express Card slot, LAN-port, card reader and optical drive. There are four jacks on the front of notebook: headphone jack, microphone jack, S/P DIF output jack and line-in jack. There is a DVI-port and a DC jack on the back.

The full numeric keypad on the keyboard is a must for accountants. The palm rest area is huge and comfortable. Prostar D900F is equipped with a Synaptics touch pad with a matte finish. It is easily to move cross, and sensitivity is excellent. I try it with a sweating finger, and the response is good. The touchpad button gives a gentle click with a good feedback. The touchpad looks very stylish.

Performance

The specifications of the test unit as follow:

• Intel Core i7 Extreme 965 processor (3.2GHz, 8MBL3 Cache, 6.4GT/sec QPI)
• 17-inch WUXGA display
• nVIDIA GeForce GTX 285M with 1GB DDR3 Video Memory
• Triple 320GB 7200RPM Hitachi hard drives in RAID 0 performance mode
• 12GB DDR3-1066MHz
• Intel Wireless 5300AGN
• 8X max. DVD Burner Multi Drive

3DMark06 Results and Comparison:

Notebook	3D Mark 06 Results
Prostar D900F (Intel Core i7 Extreme 965 3.2GHz, nVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M with 1GB)	15,088
Prostar 9194/Clevo D910C (Core 2 Quad Q9650 3.0GHz, Dual nVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTX with 1GB)	12,088
Dell XPS M1730 (Core 2 Extreme X7900 2.8GHz, Dual nVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT with 512MB)	8,545
Alienware M9750 (Intel Core 2 Duo T7600 2.33GHz, nVIDIA GeForce 7950 GTX with 512MB)	7,328
MSI MegaBook GT627 (Intel Core 2 Duo P8600 2.4GHz, nVIDIA 9800M GS with 512MB)	8,323
ASUS A8Ja (Core Duo 1.66GB, ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 with 512MB)	1,985
Apple MacBook Pro (Core Duo 2.00GHz, ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 with 128MB)	1,536

Pros:

• Best processing power with Intel Core i7 or Xeon Processor
• Best hard drive capacity with 3 hard drives and RAID
• Excellent quality of LCD Display

Cons:

• 1 Hour Battery Life