Digital Home Thoughts: Eurocom's D900F Panther For Serious Workers Only

"Designed to serve as either a portable replacement for a mid-range graphics workstation or a high-end game machine, the D900F Panther features Intel’s fastest Core i7 Extreme desktop processors, RAID support for up to four drives and, purportedly, the user’s choice of Nvidia’s latest GeForce or Quadro graphics."

It was only a matter of time before Core i7 CPUs worked their way into laptops. While Eurocom's attempt uses the older Core i7-965 Extreme CPU, it still represents the top of the line kind of laptop where one favours horsepower over weight, size or portability. Not surprisingly, the Panther is a 17" laptop, which seems to be the minimum size for mobile workstations and desktop replacements. Yes, it is capable of gaming, but the monster seems designed more for workstation performance so for those of you wanting to process video or other CPU/GPGPU intensive tasks, this is the laptop to go for. I've got a 17" heavyweight myself, and while it does not compare to the portability of netbooks, when you need to get a real amount of work done, nothing compares. For details, check out Tom's review.