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post #1 of 25
12/15/03 at 5:55pm
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Alright, now i havnt gotten the comp yet...but when I do, about how much time do you think ill have to put into setting it up and getting it started. I know there was a huge update that took forever that i just did to the desktop...but what has to be done to these beasts...?

-Tom
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post #2 of 25
12/15/03 at 6:03pm
Besides filling in the standard Windows XP startup information, NOTHING. The thing is ready to rock 'n roll when you turn it on. Just install you game and PLAY!
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post #3 of 25
12/15/03 at 6:04pm
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Originally Posted by Alienware3.2
Alright, now i havnt gotten the comp yet...but when I do, about how much time do you think ill have to put into setting it up and getting it started. I know there was a huge update that took forever that i just did to the desktop...but what has to be done to these beasts...?

-Tom

take the laptop from the box it came in. take the adapter from it´s little plastic bag. use the adapter to connect the laptop to your prefered source of electricity. press the big button that turns the beasy on. watch it get into windows superfast. update gpu, agp, bios (optional). install your favourite game. ENJOY!
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post #4 of 25
12/15/03 at 6:04pm
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Originally Posted by Alienware3.2
Alright, now i havnt gotten the comp yet...but when I do, about how much time do you think ill have to put into setting it up and getting it started. I know there was a huge update that took forever that i just did to the desktop...but what has to be done to these beasts...?

-Tom

Like in any computer you get - windows update, anti-virus definition update.
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post #5 of 25
12/15/03 at 6:07pm
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sweet thanks guys...i didnt know if there was anything "special you had to do..

-tom
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post #6 of 25
12/15/03 at 6:08pm
well i dont think its going to take to long to get my stuff on my other labtop onto my new one. The only thing thats going to take sometime is moving my MP3's but I have tose on CD anyways.
I have a cable modem so updates wont take long
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post #7 of 25
12/15/03 at 6:09pm
If you had any prior experience to WinXP than you probably shouldn't have asked that. That's what I say so I don't want to get into an argument ok.


Meh
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post #8 of 25
12/15/03 at 6:15pm
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lol, ok...sorry, i have had some experience with XP, as my desktop has it, although it is Home edition...dont want an argument either, just wondering if there was anything wierd that alienware made you do that had to do with the comp, not specifically the op system..
sorry man


-tom
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post #9 of 25
12/15/03 at 6:27pm

Personaly

Personaly I formated and reinstalled windows as soon as I got it. This was because i had some driver issuse that was casueing the mouse to jump and skip and at the time i did not know what it was(now i knowit was teh A+B+G card set to passive scan all was well) I am a notoriout tweaker i tweak everything tilli get it just right then tweak it a little more. I also love the site of a fresh windows install all that extra space just waiting to be filled with all my crap. It's a wonderfulthing. Luckily with the restor CD formating an re installing windows took about 45min That is blazing fast considering my desktop took about 3hrs!
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post #10 of 25
12/15/03 at 7:47pm
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Originally Posted by Braingoo
Personaly I formated and reinstalled windows as soon as I got it. This was because i had some driver issuse that was casueing the mouse to jump and skip and at the time i did not know what it was(now i knowit was teh A+B+G card set to passive scan all was well) I am a notoriout tweaker i tweak everything tilli get it just right then tweak it a little more. I also love the site of a fresh windows install all that extra space just waiting to be filled with all my crap. It's a wonderfulthing. Luckily with the restor CD formating an re installing windows took about 45min That is blazing fast considering my desktop took about 3hrs!
haha, yes. nothing beats the feeling of a brand new, clean and nice comp! it´s always so much fun figuring out how you are going to categorize your files and folders, how that and that and that will be and so on. oh i love it. can´t wait to get this damn computer to work completely. i refuse to bother with how i have things set up now that i do not know if i will have to send it back to alienware.
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post #11 of 25
12/15/03 at 7:49pm
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Why send it back?
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post #12 of 25
12/15/03 at 7:52pm
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Originally Posted by Alienware3.2
Why send it back?
i´m eXPeriencing some some problems when playing games. i think it´s my GPU that is extremely fond of generation neoncoloured dots all over the screen when i play=)

EDITED SO THAT NOONE WILL START TO BELIEVE THINGS: for heavens sake! do not even for a second think that i will go and get a sager or some nasty thing like that instead. i will just send it back to get it fixed. haha.
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post #13 of 25
12/15/03 at 7:59pm
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true true, haha, stick with the ALIENWARE!!! muah!
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post #14 of 25
12/15/03 at 8:03pm
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Originally Posted by Alienware3.2
true true, haha, stick with the ALIENWARE!!! muah!
haha! we must keep our heads down a bit, or else craig will soon say some of his famous things.

lets just say that i dont want either clothes, cars or computers that does not reach the same beauty-standard as i do=)
therefor i use only french militaryclothes, i drive only saab, and game only on alienware=)
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post #15 of 25
12/15/03 at 8:04pm
Craig's not going to be here for a few days. I think. Or a week. I think.






Meh
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post #16 of 25
12/15/03 at 8:12pm
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Haha! good deal good deal, drive the good old saab
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post #17 of 25
12/15/03 at 9:22pm
Well I don't have an Alienware yet I only have 1,000 cash but I will tell you that the first thing I do When I get a Pre built like my Dell 8200 is format it. These are the steps

*load Partition magic 8.0
*format C: so I have C,D.E 10gig each
*load win XP Pro
*tweak it. error reporting off system restore off, bah bah bah
*load all my video editing software Combustion 3.0,Maya,3ds max all of it.
*Run diskkeeper 7.0
*run norton ghost to make an Image

Then I load games and stuff. I hate all the BS that they load AOL this MS that bah

No Name
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post #18 of 25
12/15/03 at 9:25pm
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Originally Posted by No Name
Well I don't have an Alienware yet I only have 1,000 cash but I will tell you that the first thing I do When I get a Pre built like my Dell 8200 is format it. These are the steps

*load Partition magic 8.0
*format C: so I have C,D.E 10gig each
*load win XP Pro
*tweak it. error reporting off system restore off, bah bah bah
*load all my video editing software Combustion 3.0,Maya,3ds max all of it.
*Run diskkeeper 7.0
*run norton ghost to make an Image

Then I load games and stuff. I hate all the BS that they load AOL this MS that bah

No Name
I know exactly what you mean by loading all the BS. I like a clean virgin system. I would feel dirty and cheap if I left it the way it came in the mail.
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post #19 of 25
12/15/03 at 10:17pm
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So your saying the best thing to do is to reinstall the OP? To be better off...
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post #20 of 25
12/15/03 at 10:22pm
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Originally Posted by Alienware3.2
So your saying the best thing to do is to reinstall the OP? To be better off...
that is the best thing, yes.
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