i guess i can sacrifice ONE Assignment then. Goodbye my full marks. Even if i get it today, already too late.

you should know this is common issue when new technology comes out..even top notch and reliable notebook company cannot avoid these delay problems..first gen i7, Sandy Bridge, Ivy Bridge, when they first came out..these things happened..i remember when i purchased my customized gaming notebook 3 years ago..i had to wait more than a month but yeah the rig is still running fine and flawlessly until today..

p/s: on ur assignment, when there's a will, there's a way

Received 2 of my RE-15 this afternoon. Just got back from work and its unboxing tiiiiime..

Let the poison game beginnnnn..lol

my poison is 12 months away.

Poisoned to the max, i'm so jealous....... I guess i wont get a chance to post a photo of it when i get it then. (busy hell) Let the pros review it.

Wow didn't know u bought 2... when did u ordered it?

More poisons plz lol

more poison coming... now still installing the windows 7.. >_<

This post has been edited by erszebeth: Jun 25 2013, 06:51 PM

I pre-order as soon as Prince J accepting the pre-order... I cant wait because I've been waiting for Haswell since april...

nice one, and the box too. Makes me wanna go over to your place to have a look at the laptop

Nice one...now lets take a look inside hehe...

I read that Illegear laptops are built on barebones Clevo laptops. Does that mean the upcoming 13" Illegear model will be like an upgradable version of the Clevo W230st? If so, that would be great.

This post has been edited by Disclaimernotice: Jun 25 2013, 08:47 PM

Time for poison! Do share some review.

Noob double post.

This post has been edited by Cranky guy: Jun 25 2013, 08:47 PM

is RE-17 = W370ET ?

Awesome box!

Make sure you share your review with the rest of us here ya!

Hello guys..

Sorry for the late review. I've encountered several compatibility issues regarding RE-15. The driver that comes with it mainly for W8 OS. But I'm using W7, so need to find myself a suitable driver.

First Impression:
The laptop is super light. I really mean it. It is a 15 inch laptop, but I found it to be super light. My previous Asus N43SL felt way heavier than it and suprisingly it's lighter the MBP 15. The size is slightly larger than my Asus N43SL and friend's m14x but for sure felt lighter than those 2. Surprisingly, this RE-15 can fit in into a 14 inch case. Now I dont feel regret on getting this instead of RE-13. I really thought this RE-15 is gonna be big and heavy, which turns out to be otherwise. Small, lightweight and I dont feel the burden of carrying it around. Plus the 15" FHD already makes the icon on my desktop really small and tiny. I can't imagine on how it'll look on RE-13 FHD display. I know we can change the reso to 900p or 768p, but what's the point in getting a FHD screen but use lower reso for it. Well that's just my opinion, everyone have their own preference.

Architecture
I choose default back cover colour, and I really like the colour though I'm very afraid I might regret it at first. I'm quite surprise with the finishes of this RE-15. The build quality though its based on mainly plastic, but its great. I hardly feel the presence of a plastic feel. Another thing is, it is a perfect camouflage. Now I shouldn't be worried and afraid to use this RE-15 for meetings and appointments etc, and I dont feel worry of using it in the public places because I bet most of them doesn't know the beast lies within the laptop. I really having difficult times using my former m17x for my works as it will attract a lot of attention.

The keyboard feedback is marvelous. Its really soft but so responsive. So I would say RE-15's keyboard is perhaps (IMO) on par with those on alienwares.

However, the 'Onkyo' brand printed on the palm rest is not really up the hype. The speakers are really weak. Lacks of bass and mid-bass details. High note can be distorted at times. I've heard lots of laptop speakers, and this is surely not the best I've heard. The sound quality is below average. Even my 5 years old Acer 4937G produce better sounds than it. Though all of this can be solve by using external speakers. Edited : The sounds slightly improve with clearer and louder sounds. This is all thanks to the Creative Sound Blaster. For the link download, check under the 'software' below.

Software
Similar to Alienware, RE-15 is totally absent from bloatwares. From the registry, only 16 software/drivers present right after the driver installation.

To those of you who plan to use Windows 7 on this laptop, you guys gonna have a hard time. The drivers that come with the laptop is mainly for Windows 8 though some of it is compatible with Windows 7 OS.

First problem is the wireless problem, I can't use the driver that comes with the CD, I need to search it on my own where you can find it in the link below.
Realtek Wireless Driver for RE-15 W7

Second is the USB 3.0 problem. Up until now I still can't use the USB 3.0 connector but I'm sure the driver lies there somewhere. Here is the driver as promised ftp://dist:distft@sftp.clevo.com.tw/W350ST-07_USB3.0.rar

Third is the Audio problem though it easily done. I just uninstall the Audio driver that comes with the disc then it works charmingly. I believe the nvidia driver comes with the HD Audio itself. Update 29/06/13 : I just installed Sound Blaster the sound produced does improve. Clearer and louder. Credit to Prince J for the recommendation.

Fourth is the LAN driver conflict. I repair the driver with this driver (SID code:1581786) and now it works flawlessly. Credit to johuru93 for the driver link.

I'll update this post if there is any problem in the future.

P/S: Though I'm having tons of drivers and software issue with RE-15, I didn't encounter even once BSOD.

Performance:
Haven't done any stress test on it so far as I'm busy trouble shooting my drivers problem.
Up until now, I've only tried Guild Wars 2, ultra setting, games work charmingly. Forgot about the FPS, but if I'm not mistaken, it should lies somewhere 40~60 fps. The same with Skyrim, all ultra without any problems. I'm gonna try Sleeping Dogs, Crysis 3, and Metro Last Light later tonight.

Probably gonna go through some benchmark tonight after working hours.

The Haswell, I can really feel the improvement over my sandy bridge cpu. It is really responsive, fast, no problem at all in doing multi tasking, and the battery run times by normal surfing and some microsoft word, about 4~5 hours and still have 10~15% battery power left. Haswell did really a good job in preserving the battery usage.

Thanks for the time you guys reading my lousy review.



This post has been edited by erszebeth: Jun 29 2013, 03:19 PM

Nice review.
Just curious how is the temperature when the CPU and GPU are under full load.

Haven't install any temperature reader software yet (forgot actually) as I'm still figuring out on my USB 3.0.. huhu..

The temperature is really cool in idle mode. Under heavy stress, the speaker area and the right hand site palm rest felt pretty hot, but from my judgement, it still haven't past 85 deg celcius. I'll confirm about that later.. huhu... the rest cool or moderate temperature...