Posts by Mr. Disturbed

It's the exact same as the original 450xl (had one last year, LOVED IT). It just has some upgraded hardware. Great buisness machines, and with the 128mb 9600 should fly through games pretty nicely too. Good find!

Tried this out last night on the 505x, very sluggish at full detail, ran pretty smooth at medium, and crystal on low. Anyone else try? Post your experiences C.

Quote: Originally Posted by jpm8447 I had the same problems with my first 505x. I returned it to the gateway store and they couldn't find anything wrong but they gave me a new one anyways.. This one also BSODed. ...

Issue seems to be resolved. I just wiped the lappy clean, and installed my own copy of XP Pro, and all new device drivers. Seems plenty stable now. And I must say that so far I am impressed with this machine. I haven't been able to...

No they didn't say they only have one in stock... what they did say is that I would have to have the thing sent through the service center first, and if THEY deemed that it was an unfixable problem, they would give me a new...

Well after reading up on the board here, and going to the store, I finally decided to take the plunge and join the proud owners of the 505x/xl club. Went out to the local (about an hour from my house, lol) GCS, and picked up a 505x...