Is That A Notebook? MALIBAL's Six-Core, Dual-GPU, Speed Demon

By Thomas Soderstrom
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Combining top-end desktop and notebook components, the MALIBAL Nine X7200 is the workstation you can take with you. Today we see how it compares to our fastest “desktop replacement” notebook, and how well it stands up to a similarly-configured desktop PC.

As Good As “It” Gets

In spite of its weight and occasional noise, the MALIBAL Nine X7200 is still far more portable than any combination of desktop PC, monitor, keyboard, and mouse. This is especially true if you consider that an Uninteruptable Power Supply would need to be added to the desktop PC’s component list in order to make it useful away from any power outlet.

There are a few things you can do with the X7200’s battery, such as checking email, surfing the Web, or viewing a presentation while you’re on that trip between the home office and corporate office. We’ve heard the argument that nobody buys a high-end desktop replacement notebook to check email, but we have to wonder who would be willing to tell their boss “no sir, I did not close that multimillion-dollar deal because my system is too good for such petty tasks.” Bottom line: notebooks do notebook things--no matter why you originally purchased them.

Conclusion

Any gamer looking for the performance of a high-end desktop processor in a notebook doesn’t have to look far to see that the X7200 is their best choice, since its available dual GeForce GTX 480M graphics cards lay waste to any other portable solution. The words hot, heavy, and noisy only apply if you have something to compare against, yet the X7200 is incomparable to other notebooks. With its combination of top-end desktop CPU and top-end mobile graphics, the X7200 is the most powerful notebook money can buy.

MALIBAL wants to be your supplier of the X7200, making a strong argument for its brand, in this case, with three years of labor coverage and US-based 24/7 tech support.

Thomas Soderstrom
Thomas Soderstrom
Thomas Soderstrom is a Senior Staff Editor at Tom's Hardware US. He tests and reviews cases, cooling, memory and motherboards.
86 Comments Comment from the forums
  • Darkerson
    Dear god, that thing is a beast...
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  • compton
    I'm not sure how awesome this is in practice. I'm sure someone out othere needs this, but that person would have to be blind to appreciate the asthetics.
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  • iam2thecrowe
    its more of a portable pc than a notebook. look at the power consumption. Even its own power adaptor cant keep up at max load.
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  • Darkerson
    In this case, its not really about looks, as much as its about "portable" brute strength. And it seems to have plenty of that...
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  • bombat1994
    this is why we cant have nice things,

    but seriously, the 480m is just a small 450
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  • thats actually really good performance from a top end system
    at most rates it is still fairly close to a desktop in price also
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  • maxiim
    This quite useless if you want all that power for gaming, you surely cant have it on the go with a battery provided....might as well build a with almost the same specs for less money.
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  • compton
    Its the same price as a base model Kia Rio just about. Kudos to them for the engineering needed to make this gear work in a mobile chassis. I may not be sold on the concept, or see the need of, but I hope they sell a ton of them. It is kinda cool just because its so powerful -- but for the price you could build or buy two highly specialized systems. It could be a mobile workstation or for AV production work on site instead of just for gaming. Clearly these ultra powerful 'notebooks' are a niche segment, but there are quite a few now. Someone must be buying them.
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  • sudeshc
    Not that impressive to me main reason for Lappy is portability and thats where this lacks i wounder even if under no load how much heat it would generate and also the battery wont last long..
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  • Crashman
    comptonIt could be a mobile workstation or for AV production work on site instead of just for gaming. Clearly these ultra powerful 'notebooks' are a niche segment, but there are quite a few now. Someone must be buying them.Actually, that's what the X7200 is! Tom's Hardware got the "gaming" version simply to show off its capabilities to enthusiasts, but the Quadro versions are equally viable (and likely more valuable) in their own respective markets.
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