Posts by johnlinford

<short horror story> So, I'm typing along on my oh so lovely Sager 5680 with UXGA screen, when, without warning, my brother fires a paint ball at me, misses me, and cracks it all over my screen! However, this AWESOME screen is so...

Quote: Originally posted by l337hxr what hard drive did you get? the hitachi 7200rpm ? how'd you know it died? Yes, that's the drive. I know it died because it sounded just like a coffee grinder. Erererere...

This really ought to go under the "Thank PC-Torque" thread, but I wanted to make sure that it was notice. *Ahem* After about three days of use, the hard drive in my brand new, absouballoulootly beautiful 5680-V died. I...

WOW!! PCTorque is the best! Laura is AWESOME! I had that *slightly cynical* post up for less than five min before Laura had sent an e-mail to Sager for me. I've just got off the phone with her, offering my thanks. Yes!! I've...

Dead pixles! Ha! My 5680 shipped with a bad hard drive! Really, I had the thing running for only three days before the disked started grinding like a coffee machine. I called PCTorque, and they pointed me to Sager's tech support (Tom...

Hey! When my new 5680 arrives, I'm going to want to benchmark it. I've done a search and find mention of 3DMark 01 and 03, and Spec7.1 proe. I found 3DMark on the web, but they want me to pay for it. I can't find Speck7.1 Are...

Quote: Originally posted by BlackBeard Ordered mine on the 28th...If they kept shipping out laptops today and monday I might have gotten mine by next Friday...Guess I'll have to wait till like the 23rd ish...GAH!!! I'm...

Quote: Originally posted by mcl Next Wednesday. To you mcl!!! Just kidding! But..... I GOT MY NUMBER!!!!!!!! WOOOOOTTT!! YIP! From the UPS website: In Transit [ On-Time ] ...

So, I paid on the 22nd and haven't received a # yet. No BT, no DVD-RW. I see that mmarkin has got his number. You guys think there's any chance I'll get mine soon? What's more likely: tommrow or next Wed?

Carefull, I've been hollered at on this forum for trying to get people to sell me stuff, quote prices, recommend dealers, etc. In fact, it was Adam who did most of the hollering. Just a warning. I'll get out of your thread now.