Before buying... about firewire/expansion/dpc latency/warrenty

[TimTam]

Hello,
I'm configurating an Enigma i7-720 laptop with 8gb of ram, 500gb 7200 HD and I cant see whether:
1) It has a firewire port? (do you have a laptop with?) 6-pin or 4-pin?
2) An expansion slot (for xpress card)?

Also, does the full warrenty option covers everything besides my own damage? Because I saw you are mentioning "excluding wear and tare", which is pretty odd - cause let's say that after 2.5 years the screen/motherbord fail, you might blame it on "wear and tare"... it seems a bit tricky.

Lastly, is there a way to know what is the dpc latency test results of such specs?

Thank you!
Looking forward for your reply

Tom

Chassis & Display
Enigma II: 15.6" Full HD LED Backlit Widescreen (1920x1080) Super Clear Glossy
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Mobile Processor i7-720QM (1.60GHz) 6MB Cache
Memory (RAM)
8GB SAMSUNG 1333MHz SODIMM DDR3 MEMORY (2 x 4GB)
Graphics Card
1GB ATI® Radeon™ HD 5650 PCI Express - DirectX® 11
Memory - Hard Disk
500GB WD SCORPIO BLACK WD5000BEKT, SATA 3 Gb/s, 16MB CACHE (7200 rpm)
DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
8x SATA DVD±R/RW/Dual Layer (+ 24x CD-RW)
Memory Card Reader
Integrated 3 in 1 SD Card Reader
Network Facilities
ONBOARD GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS 802.11N CARD (AS STANDARD)
USB Options
4 x USB 2.0 PORTS AS STANDARD
Bluetooth & Infrared Options
INTEGRATED BLUETOOTH ADAPTER (£7)
Battery
Enigma Series 6 Cell Lithium Ion Battery (4,800/5,200 mAh)
Power Lead & Adaptor
1 x UK Power Lead & 90W AC Adaptor
Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Office Software
FREE Microsoft® Office Starter 2010 (Limited functionality Word & Excel)
Anti-Virus
BULLGUARD INTERNET SECURITY - FREE 90 DAY TRIAL
Notebook Mouse
INTEGRATED 2 BUTTON TOUCHPAD MOUSE
Webcam
INTEGRATED 2.0 MEGAPIXEL WEBCAM
Insurance
1 Month Free Laptop Insurance inc. Accidental Damage & Theft
Warranty
3 Year Gold Warranty (2 Year Collect & Return, 2 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£69)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 4 to 6 working days
Quantity
1

Price: £919.00 including VAT and delivery.

 

[PCS]

Welcome to our forums.

1. For the full specification, please click on the "detailed specification" tab. Unfortunately the Enigma II does not have any 1394 firewire ports.

2. Our warranty does not include the following:

1. Accidental Damage.
2. General wear and tare, misuse, neglect or damage by the buyer.
3. Incorrectly installed goods.
4. Consumables (Ink Cartridges, batteries, etc).
5. Data Recovery & Backing up of data, files and programmes.
6. Remedy of incorrectly installed/incompatible software which is not provided by PC Specialist Ltd.
7. Remedy of viruses.
8. Compatability of 3rd party software/hardware.

This list is not exhaustive. For full Terms and Conditions, please click here.

Also, please note that based on the warranty package you have selected, if your screen failed after 2.5 years it would not be covered either way, because the option you selected only covers parts for 2 years. If it was to fail inside your warranty it would be replaced. But for example if you sent back your laptop with a cracked screen it would not be repaired.

3. We have not run DPC latency tests on this specification unfortunately. Due to the many thousands of permutations available it's impossible for us to bechmark every scenario. However, several of our forum members have reveiwed the Enigma II and are very happy with the performance:

http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?1423-Enigma-II-owners-what-are-your-impressions

http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?1583-Enigma-II-Review&highlight=enigma