Ok, but nowhere have I seen someone attempt to softmod their 7600.
Personally, if someone wants to risk the life of their laptop, by all means try it.
Because once you do it, I dont think its possible to go back.
So instead of asking,...
Right now you can get a nice Dell Precision M65 for around $1500
http://www.dell.com/content/products...en&s=bsd&cs=04
You could also buy a Barebones Asus S96J or Z96J and have a reseller put in the CPU, HDD, RAM, Wireless...