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ITC Millenium ?????
I was looking for a new laptop and came across the Brand name ITC. I have never heard of ITC but the specs on this are very good for the price. Maybe too good for the price. Has anyone heard of them before.
http://www.p4laptops.com.au/4300-spec-full.htm
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I don't know them...does your government have an agency that tracks businesses? Surely they would have a report on them...
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hmm, unless you're on a major budget, I always say that buying brand name and getting a good warranty is the way to go.
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Thanks. That is basically what I was thinking. Almost too good to be true. [:p]
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I stumbled across the same site Grumpy did while I was looking around researching the prices for notebooks after my ancient desktop PC died. From what I've been able to gather after scouring the net for reviews of the ITC brand, it seems that while it is not nearly as well known as Dell, Acer, etc. it does appear to be respectable. I've checked through all the computer magazines I could find, and each issue there was a review of an ITC notebook amongst the other well-known brands. The reviews, while brief, were positive about the ITC products and assuaged my apprehension about this being an untrustworthy brand.
The only thing I could find regarding the company p4laptops.com.au on the other hand, was this thread. There seemed to be a few customer acclaims about the company, but I don't trust them enough to believe them. The specs for the notebooks they are selling on their site are the best I've found available here in Australia though, and while not the cheapest, they do reasonable prices. Dell's best (smaller display size and less dedicated video memory) is approximately $400 cheaper for similar specifications.
So far the ITC Millennia 7200 is at the top of my list, though I'm a bit nervous of P4Laptops.com.au. Is there anyone who has actually dealt with this company and can give an opinion of their service?
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I'd be very leary of the service and would make that the number one concern. I got a Northgate a few years ago because of similar things, great specs, aweseome price, but the service was horrible and the machine was pretty bad too. Granted for 600.00 at the time it was still a great deal so it wasn't too bad, it just wasn't what they were advertising or what I was expecting to get.
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Hi,
I've dealt with both P4Laptops and ITC directly while living in Sydney, I purchased a Millenia 4201 from P4Laptops which is actually made by a company called Uniwill - I complained that it was underperforming (about 2/3 of the performance I was expecting) and P4Laptops listened and quickly replaced it with a free upgrade to the next model the Millenia 4300 (also a Uniwill machine - the 258SA0) which performed brilliantly. Unfortunately four months later the 4300 just wouldn't turn on any-more - ITC took it back straight away and promptly replaced the motherboard, cpu and me moemory, but by this time the Millennia 7200 was about to be released and I was keen to upgrade - so ITC offered me an awesome trade-in deal on the 4300 such that it didn't cost me any more than if I'd bought the 7200 to begin with. The Millennia 7200 is made by Clevo (model# D870P) and sold in the US as a Sager 8790 - it is undoubtedly the most powerful, the most feature-packed and beautifully designed and built laptop I've ever encountered in 15 years as an enthusiast. It beats ANY brand-name laptop (Toshiba, IBM, DELL, HP, Apple) for both performance and build-quality - hands down! I've now dealt with ITC for numerous other add-ons to the 7200 (wireless Turbo-G, TV Tuner, bluetooth etc.) and similarly - in 15 years of being a computer enthusiast (7 years as a professional) I have never encountered better customer support, service or professionalism from any IT company PERIOD (no I don't work for them by the way). So there you have it, ITC Millennia 7200 - you'd be crazy NOT to buy one!
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Oh yeah, the specs and benchmark scores of my Millennia 7200 > Pentium 4 3.4GHz (800MHz FSB), 1GB Dual Channel DDR400 Memory, 256MB Radeon Mobility 9700 Video, 1 x 60GB 7200RPM primary hard disk, 1 x 80GB 5400RPM secondary hard disk (both running on Promise IDE RAID controller for improved performance), 17" WSXGA+ 1680x1050 super-bright LCD screen (new upgrade), Giagbit LAN, 56K Modem, built-in 54G-Turbo (108Mbps) Aetheros Wireless card, built-in Bluetooth adapter (used with Logitech MX900 Bluetooth mouse), built-in 7-in-1 card-reader, built-in TV-Tuner and capture card with IR remote, 4x TEAC DVD-/+RW drive (for true 4x burning in both DVD formats - recent upgrade), built-in video camera for video conferencing (MSN Messenger etc..) built-in separate numeric keypad, DVI (digital) video out with HDTV adapter, 6.1 surround sound with SPDIF out, 4 high quality built-in stereo speakers - and the Benchmark scores (Win XP) - 3DMark 2001SE = 11905 (stock), 13321 (stabily overclocked 500/300MHz [GPU/RAM]);
3DMark '03 = 3390 (stock), 3961 (stabily overclocked); Aquamark 3 = 27130 (stock), 31835 (stabily overclocked); SiSoft Sandra 2004 ALU = 10325 MIPS; SiSoft Sandra 2004 FPU = 4190 MFLOPS.
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Has anyone got the ITC website to work? www.itchannel.com.au
All the links seem to go to a /# and do not work.. ive tried from 3 different PCs on different networks (work, home, friend).
Ive emailed them and got no response.
For those who have one, or have seen one, whats the screen like? Im coming from having a Toshiba with the CSV screen, much like the Sony Xbrite technology... plus have been using UXGA resolution.
Has anyone tried the TV tuner? Is it digital or analog? remote? PAL/NTSC? etc. no details ive found as yet.
I sent an email to P4 after reading comments above, and will see what they can do... But based on other vendors not holding my breath for a reply (go forum!)
On a time constraint to buy a laptop by end of June (Aus financial year...) and can't get a response from a vendor. Really like the Sony A series with 17" WUXGA and 2GHz chip but not officially available in Aus... what to do... ITC 7200 might be next best...
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Hello All,
I purchased an ITC Millenia 7000 from www.p4laptops.com.au late last year and have had no troubles at all. www.p4laptops.com.au are just a reseller on behalf of www.itchannel.com.au. They delivered the laptop within 4 days of my order which was great.
The 17 inch widescreen is sharp and very easy on the eyes. I also purchased the TV tuner card which I am not totally happy with. I had had it (or maybe the software) lock up the OS (XP Pro) on the very odd occasion. The Tv tuner is analog which is a little bit of a pain. The Tv tuner has also locked the OS on the odd occasion.
The laptop also has a large fan on the bottom which when on a desk is very close to the desk surface. Being so close means that the fan is quite noisy when sucking through the air. Another intersting thing is that the power pack also has a fan which I have never seen on my previous laptops.
All in all the company has been great to deal with and the laptop has been much better than anything on the market at a similar price. I know I will be going back to them for my next latop.
Cheers,
Craig