Posts by simtech

look - a $2000 laptop sitting on my front porch in Minnesota weather! Closer image "Signature required" sticker... No one signed for it here. initial opeining of box laptop box inside First view -...

I waited around all day until about 3:30 and then I had to leave for about 30-45 minutes. When I got back home it was sitting on my front porch! So much for the "signature required" FedEx mumbo jumbo. Good thing for...

Quote: Originally Posted by Guntizzle what phase ya on now? im on 3... GAH LIED!!!! 9.. hehe, but i did order on 12/18, not 31 liek u... AHHH 10 now! its shipping!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ME too... finally phase...

On a side note, before I actually purchased my Alienware I was not sure about all the "phases" in ordering of which folks were talking about. One could make a pretty accurate guess from all the posts, but I thought it would be...

Quote: Originally Posted by fizzle no i would NEVER EVER buy a laptop from BestBuy. simply hate there "geeksquad" who know nothing about anything. plus overpriced. Yea, I was young and foolish. And...

We'll see. I ordered my m5500i mj-12 series on 12/31 and the invoice stated a delivery date of 01/09/2006. As of today I'm still stuck in phase 3 and now I see where the coupon code for $50 off was missing from my invoice.

Quote: Originally Posted by fizzle you cant be serious can you? no it will not void the warranty. Hmmm - I see that you have never bought a laptop from BestBuy. I was informed there that my old laptop had no...

Upgrading the memory won't screw with the warranty, will it?

There's been some discussion as to the difference between the MJ-12 and the Arre-51 m5500 series notebooks. I went ahead and ordered one on 12/31 and will try and provide as much info as possible as far as benchmarks and photos. I...

Go to trendmicro.com and run the free online virus scan (choose the spyware option too). If it finds ANYTHING then delete or repair it. I do the Trendmicro thing whenever I get a noob's PC to repair. It's the best thing that I found...