Unlike some of Eurocom’s larger models, the Racer’s battery can be removed without any tools whatsoever.

A single 2.5” hard drive bay and mini PCIe slot are found beneath the Racer’s cover, in front of its main platform compartment.

The graphics module’s GPU and DRAM coolers are separate, but depend on the same cooling fan on the Racer’s right side. The CPU cooler is nearly as large and on the left, but it uses a smaller fan.

In minimizing the amount of space consumed by the motherboard, Eurocom is able to fit larger fans into this compact form factor.

Based on the P150HM chassis, the Racer’s 76.96 watt-hour battery has nearly the capacity as its X7200-based big-brother. That’s a good indicator of improved battery life as you check email or surf the Web. However, when it comes to enabling gaming for any significant period of time, an AC adapter is still very much necessary.

When it comes to portability, the 150 W power adapter is the Racer’s only detractor. At 2.4 pounds, seven inches long, and 1.7” thick, it makes up over a quarter the weight of the entire system, while eating up substantial space in your tote bag.
It's good to see the battery life has increased notably compared to 990x.
Overall,it's a decent desktop replacement laptop.
sure my computer still runs most current game great at my monitors max res (1600x900) but damn , i'd take one of these laptops any day for that performance booste .. here's to dreaming of winning the builder's marathon though !
But good review on the graphics chip
The single GPU 6990M is overkill for that resolution and $2000 is a joke but hey atleast you can max everything.
Idiots out there will buy this.
That is the native res on the laptop. Which is the res most would game at on a laptop.....
And as for the price, find me a better performing laptop that is cheaper please.
Troll somewhere else
1920 X 1080 isn't that hard to run, a lowly 5870M handles it well.
Whine somewhere else.
Actually, whining is what you're doing troll
Anyways, enough with the troll. Overall, the price level of this laptop seems excessive when you compare it to laptops such as G74 series and other more modest gaming laptops. But, there will always be a price premium for performance gains. As they always point out in these types of articles, it's a very niche market. In conclusion, nice review, great performance, and look forward to where our laptops will be 5 years from now
Don't like my complaint/opinion?
And price premium for performance gains?
Your limited to 1080P what more performance do you need?
It's a niche product, and just like Alienware's topshelf stuff and Razer's new laptop, its overpriced and it won't sell.
Anytime now someone reads something they don't like they toss out the troll word.
Obvious and lame.
And 6990M is like desktop 6870 in case you don't know.
Take the 5870M.
Has 5770 specs...which is still enough to play all games at 1080P and most of them maxed or close to it.
Could also be spinned on how to cheaply give new life to an aging laptop battery versus buying a new battery and price comparison of the parts vs new battery.
Tom's Hardware reviews notebooks on a voluntary basis, so if you'd like to see a company's newer product compared you should ask them to pony up.
But go ahead, keep the conspiracy theories alive. Make sure the next time 1 out of 3 systems has an Nvidia graphics card you call Tom's Hardware out on being Nvidia-biased as well.
I really wish you had picked apart the meat of the comment as far as battery modication vs replacement.