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post #21 of 39
11/17/05 at 10:44pm
Yeah I heard you say that before. But you may want to run on battery every now and then to exercise...though battery technology has increased leaps and bounds. 'Memory' and just flat charging batteries to death may be a thang of the past?

Would you buy a $300.00 professional grade drill with just one battery?

Zoid
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post #22 of 39
11/17/05 at 10:46pm
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well i wouldent get one at all, and how much battery life you think this computer will give me?
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post #23 of 39
11/17/05 at 10:53pm
It was a rhetorical question.

Congrats Imperial Guard! Can't wait for your pix and review.



Zoid
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post #24 of 39
11/17/05 at 10:55pm
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Thanks, anywayz i wana no teh battery life!!! can anyonme gimi a range of what they think it will be? and where did ya get that dvd x platinum thing i needs it!
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post #25 of 39
11/17/05 at 11:02pm
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o and one last thing hows alienwares service? excellent i hope. any stories anyone may wana tell me before i order this thing, just so i know there service dont wana get a good computer and end up with bad service.
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post #26 of 39
11/17/05 at 11:39pm
Alienware's service can be up and down... I've had moments where there were huge run arounds.. speaking to several tech support agents about one issue.. I will tell you this though - Alienware's depot service, though they do often times fix the problem (sometimes not all that were spoken about), out of the 14 times I've sent my laptop in, its come back with a noticeable scratch on the surface... one time I sent it in specifically for that problem and they sent it back with cut up Alienware stickers covering the numerous scratches.. a joke? I dunno...

In contrast, there have been a few very responsive and pleasant people to talk to... the only downside to that is that Alienware's depot service is a different department altogether and often the support agent you talk to will not see the final product before shipping.

Not sure if they still do this.. but they ALWAYS reformat your computer.. ALWAYS... and about battery life.. don't expect too much :P I don't have a 7700, but any desktop replacement will give you roughly an hour to two.
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post #27 of 39
11/17/05 at 11:58pm
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thanks for the info shadedred really helped out
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post #28 of 39
11/18/05 at 3:03am
Here ya go, just played Fear on highest settings on pure battery (booted from battery and played til it died).... 62 minutes. (system is a 7700 with 3.6 p4, 2x60GB 7200 raid 0, X800 256mb ddr3)
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post #29 of 39
11/18/05 at 3:54am
Empirical data...

Oh yeah, I'm killin' me!

Zoid
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post #30 of 39
11/18/05 at 8:46am
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mmmkay thanks everyone for the info! it is greatly appreciated
Thanks Alot Everyone!
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post #31 of 39
11/18/05 at 2:24pm
Say you wanted to use a laptop like the one you were playing FEAR on to watch a DVD. Would the battery last as long as a movie would? The Area 51 makes a big deal about using the DVD without booting. It would be a shame if 3000+bucks can't replace my 200 dollar portable DVD.
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post #32 of 39
11/18/05 at 3:40pm
games take the most battery juice because the GPU is really cooking. DVD playback isn't far behind tho.
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post #33 of 39
11/18/05 at 5:42pm
congrats, you all contributed to a 11y/o's fantasy.
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post #34 of 39
11/18/05 at 5:59pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by Imperial Guard
SubTotal: $5,591.00
Shipping: $111.12
Discount: $0.00
Tax: $0.00
Order Total: $5,702.12
for 5700 you can get a fx60 dual core with sli 7800 gtx 512 @ nforce...it blows the 7700 away for the rest you can buy a high end bi*** for tonight ... how can you pay 5700 for that?
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post #35 of 39
11/18/05 at 7:08pm
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well i need somten portable but power isnt a problem not like i can hook up that computer at my school. and its got alien eyes!!!! and where can i get one of them fx60's, which computer? i cant use a desktop for now. AND I REALLY LIKE ALIENWARE ALOT, but not even there aurora desktop offers an fx60.
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post #36 of 39
11/18/05 at 7:17pm
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i just read an article and iot said it wont be realesed until the 2nd week of jan. said it would go easy over 15k for 05 benchmarks, will this procesor be avaible for use on the aurora m7700?

Also i got a question on upgrades, do you do like a trade in for the pieces and pay the diffrence cuz ill just upgrade to wahtever they have in the future, well if anyone knows how the upgrades work leme know!
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post #37 of 39
11/19/05 at 1:40am
Quote:
Originally Posted by Imperial Guard
will this procesor be avaible for use on the aurora m7700?
At a guess, hell no. I'd be amazed if it used the same chipset.
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post #38 of 39
11/19/05 at 3:35am
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finally i have decided to order this computer and im geten it w/ the fx-57 i will order somtime this week, i just wanted to do somore research so it should only be a few and i will most likely order it on monday yay! so when i do order it the wait is gona be so hard...well only 2months about beta not be any dealys or ima be pissed.
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post #39 of 39
11/24/05 at 11:35am
Hehe, will you actually be able to tell the difference on the chips? X2 V.S. FX57. I would probably not worry about hte FX chip for now. Thats alot of money you can save for something later.
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