Go-l Hollywood Review - Page 3

I agree with John Mother; add a review to ResellerRatings pronto! Here's the link to their RR page, courtesy of JM's other post.

There is no such thing as a stupid question Brett. Dual channel is a function of the motherboard not the memory sticks. However to get dual channel to work reliably it is recommended that you purchase matched (ie. same batch) pairs of memory.

Of note I read an article linked somewhere else on these forums that did some serious benchmarks on the SiS vs 865PE chipsets (single channel vs dual channel memory in particular) and came to the conclusion (much to my surprise) that a SiS chipset with all its enhancements was as good as the 865PE running dual channel. Goes to show that Intel is not always god (were they ever?) when it comes to making silicon go faster.

Aussie, very good point. To be exact, Dual Channel is the function of the chipset, not really the motherboard. SIS just released a true Dual Channel chipset as well, so I'm sure we'll see this eventually take place of the chipset they are using now. Go-L shouldn't have told people they were getting something when they werent.

Well I s'pose the chipset is stuck to the mobo so, yes you are more technically correct.

On that SiS with dual channel support I wonder if it will be *faster* than the 865PE given their single channel chip already matches the dual channel 865PE?

http://www.sis.com/support/learn/drg...5_655fx_en.htm

Here's info on one of them.

Might wanna try a different analogy considering Apple and IBM both make their own (Apple pretty sure, IBM positive) and that they have extremely high build quality.

This is a case of the exact same product.

i second that.

the only thing that apple and ibm have in common are the processors fabricated by IBM's for it's high-end servers are the same chips that are shipped in Apple desktops. that is where the similarity ends.

Apple doesn't build their own PowerBooks, someone else does. They do, AFAIK, build their own desktop systems though.

actually, they outsource both the production of their desktops and laptops to LG of Taiwan.

i thot IBM has other ppl building laptops for them. in fact, i am sure that most of the major players buy laptops from manufacturers in taiwan as the island is pretty much the center of notebook development. I read that Dell, IBM, apple, they all have some sort of connection to taiwan makers.

To the guy that bought the GoIHollyhood, i think u should send it back. A tweaked Win XP is not necessary for the price. You can simply go online or forums and im sure ppl are willing to help u tweak it.

I still fail to see how people, intelligent people, can be conned in paying $2000 more for what is essentially the SAME thing.

As they have been saying for millennia, "There's a sucker born every minute!"

With the population what it is now, its probably more like one every mili-second.

Liebermann Inc isn't all that different from Voodoo PC or Falcon-NW. The only problem is, Liebermann does not do their advertising too well. For that reason their website looks somewhat like a scam. If they had kept their claims a little less grandiose people might focus more on their products than their words. All in all they are another boutique builder. It is normal for boutique builders to charge more for tweaks and boosts.

alienware is like that. Same thing but pricy paintjob and logo

@sbc - I've bought ABS computers in the past but for the reasoning that I had someone recommend me to them, and they were cheaper than their counterparts. I think the Go-L situation is a little different.

As for Go-L, something does seem shady to me but I can't really say for sure, therefore I will keep my mouth shut!

deltawalker, what are you talking about? Comparing Go-L with Falcon and Voodoo is like comparing your local chop shop with Mercedes Benz. At least Falcon and Voodoo tell it like it is, they don't fluff their specs up with marketing lies, and they offer some actual value difference then their competition. You just have to be willing to do the research to understand. Start with www.resellerratings.com.

wonder why Meddude has not posted at ResellerRatings?

Has he even posted here lately?

You guys are shure getting worked up over this machine.

I got the 4794 from ProStar and its almost the same machine. Its a good machine to be shure, but I'm not shure about some of the claims Go-l makes.

His has some add-on software for a ramdrive and some very cool stuff for the task bar and Explorer. Thats pretty good, but nothing earthshattering. MyIE is just as insecure as IE is tho. I like Opera quite a bit if anyone is interested (also Mozilla and Firebird are good). Also, mine has a 3rd USB plug on the left side above the floppy drive and next to the PCMCIA slot. I am curious as to what is there on your machine.

I took the panels off the bottom one time when I was bored, too and I have a few observations:

1) The fan nearest to the serial number sticker (over the RAM) is covered for some reason on mine. Its there, just covered, but nothing has caught fire yet so im not worried.

2) The area under the PCMCIA slot that the (I assume) subwoofer occupies on the bottom would, on mine, be filled by the internals of the floppy drive I have yet to use. I am wondering what's there, and what the left side of the machine looks like, but I think they attached a card reader to the USB line and excluded the FD to make room for the sub. I could be wrong, but I wonder how mine would sound with a sub.

3) The hard drive is right under the Windows liscence sticker and the battery is right next to that. Open it up and there will be a blue pack of cells that looks like it belongs in a radio controlled car, but im shure it costs $100 for some reason.

4) There is a heat pipe sinking the processor to the big copper disapator. It works well and only gets really hot when you really flog the proc. Like with UltraFractal set to full detail (games dont even make it THAT hot). The keyboard gets pretty warm too BTW.

5) That slender little panel right under the Holywood label is (I think) where the Bluetooth adapter goes. There is a similar place for the 11B componet. Both have antenna wires run to them.

Perspective buyers:

I dont know about Go-l and their extras, but the 4794 and 4774 are both standup machines as far as I can tell. I dont know if it matters where you get them from, but you could set yours up like his yourself (software wise). I dont know if the hardware was modified by Go-l, but I assume the most they did was tweak drivers and install a streamlined version of Windows. I dont know why the install turned out so big in this case. XP usually installs to ~ 1 GB, not 5+ (==> ).

Also, a couple tips to MEDDUDE:

The USB drivers are annoying because the chipset on these machines is just a bit too new. I had to get drivers from the ProStar site to get mine going at 2.0, but I also installed my own OS, so I dont know whats going on there. Your machine really should have had them out of the box.

Your TV tuner wont work untill you get USB 2 working because it connects via USB to your machine. You just dont see it hanging off. It does work well for being USB.


Side note: this is my first post and if I did something stupid, well, sorry...