Posts by Gooba42

Never had luck with a warranty. The only time I've ever had one that was worth a damn thing was at Fry's and out of the 6 I've paid for, one made good. I might consider upping it still but I'm still pissed at Alienware because they...

Thought I'd follow up with the spec sheet proper: [1] Aurora™ 7500 Processor: AMD Athlon™ 64 FX-57 with HyperTransport Technology Operating System: Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional with Service Pack 2 Warranty: 1-Year...

My solution to this issue was to map the E:\ to the C:\Program Files\ path. If something insists on installing to C:, then I've fooled it into installing on E:. Now the tricky bit is convincing Windows to let you do this since under...

Microsoft lists Alienware as a vendor who pre-installs XP 64 but I haven't found any information their site regarding XP 64. I'm not really savoring the idea of needing to install an unsupported OS in order to tap the hardware...

You might note earlier I said I spent life insurance money on this machine. While I was suddenly able to afford a really great toy, I still only make hourly wages slightly above the minimum. I get no paid time off and I'm a shift...

And today at around 8:30 I called to see if anything had happened to my ship date with the 3 phase jump. The guy on the phone ¨confirmed¨ that my order was at stage 10. When I asked why it told me 12, he said ¨Oh yes, 12...¨ and went on...

Okay and between yesterday at 8 AM and today at 7 AM it´s gone from phase 9 to 12. Even the guy on the phone said it was at 9 so supposedly this isn´t a case of it not being updated.

I´m still waiting on my AW machine but my current Win2k/Gentoo machine is working alright. I believe I used a System Restore .iso I found on Freshmeat to do the NTFSresize from and shrank my windows partition, then after Scandisking...

I called them today and was told I can probably expect to get it the 20th. Allowing 5 more days of phases and 5 days ship time (business days of course, weekends when I´m home and available to sign for it are right out) I can expect it a...

I checked the configuration and the only cooling system that wasn´t delayed was the liquid ALX. I could pay the extra and get a fancy schmancy cooling set up that´s more than I need and get it on time or I can order an in-stock run of...