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post #1 of 18
2/1/06 at 8:11pm
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i just purchased my first laptop. its a gateway mx3215. its got the 1.4mhz, 256MB memory but ive already ordered a gig, 60 gig hd, wifi, and memory card reader. I couldnt pass up the deal at best buy for $550
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post #2 of 18
2/2/06 at 3:10pm
92lammer,

Please share your experience/impression about this model. Is it powerful enough for PhotoShop appl. (when adding more mem, of course)? Is really the mem maxes out at 1GB, according to its spec?

I've been thinking to get one too, but I couldn't find any review online.
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post #3 of 18
2/2/06 at 4:12pm
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Originally Posted by 92lammer
i just purchased my first laptop. its a gateway mx3215. its got the 1.4mhz, 256MB memory but ive already ordered a gig, 60 gig hd, wifi, and memory card reader. I couldnt pass up the deal at best buy for $550
Nice! Welcome to the Gateway club! $550 for any modern laptop is a steal, nice find! Post some pics in the gallery if you get a chance
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post #4 of 18
2/2/06 at 11:21pm
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Originally Posted by tom_handheld
92lammer,

Please share your experience/impression about this model. Is it powerful enough for PhotoShop appl. (when adding more mem, of course)? Is really the mem maxes out at 1GB, according to its spec?

I've been thinking to get one too, but I couldn't find any review online.

so far its been great, my memory should be here in a day or 2 so then ill really be able to tell. the screen is awesome. should be a pretty quick machine once i upgrade the memory and it should run photoshop fine. ill let you know.....im gonna install photoshopCS2 once i get the memory installed
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post #5 of 18
2/2/06 at 11:43pm
Did you have a chance to run Super Pi on this machine? I'm torn between this model (due to the price) and the eMachines W4620 sold at Walmart.

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Originally Posted by 92lammer
so far its been great, my memory should be here in a day or 2 so then ill really be able to tell. the screen is awesome. should be a pretty quick machine once i upgrade the memory and it should run photoshop fine. ill let you know.....im gonna install photoshopCS2 once i get the memory installed
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post #6 of 18
2/6/06 at 8:33pm
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well the memory came in today.........hella lot faster. im gonna install PS to see the true test. any benchmark tests you would like me to run guys? ill post pics later tonight.
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post #7 of 18
2/9/06 at 3:51am
Could you run Super Pi at 2 million digits. This could test the processor power. FYI, here is the page to download or refer to: http://www.geocities.com/hjsmithh/Pi/Super_Pi.html.



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Originally Posted by 92lammer
well the memory came in today.........hella lot faster. im gonna install PS to see the true test. any benchmark tests you would like me to run guys? ill post pics later tonight.
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post #8 of 18
2/9/06 at 9:43pm
i ran it but what does it mean?
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post #9 of 18
2/12/06 at 3:52pm
What is the result you have (i.e., in min, seconds)? This will tell you how fast your processor is (to some extent). You may read numbers of threads about Super Pi in notebookreview forums.

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i ran it but what does it mean?
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post #10 of 18
2/18/06 at 3:24pm
I bought this model at Best Buy. So far I have been very happy with it. I upgraded the ram to 512mb. I would highly recommend this. 256mb just doesn't cut it. The built in WiFi is excellent as well. I install a lot of wireless systems in hotels and it's great on reception. It's lightweight frame makes moving from router to router, setting them up, very easy.
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post #11 of 18
2/18/06 at 9:00pm
What is the battery life? Are you satisfied with the overall speed (Celery 1.4 ghz and 60GB HD 4200rpm)?

Thanks


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Originally Posted by amaberry
I bought this model at Best Buy. So far I have been very happy with it. I upgraded the ram to 512mb. I would highly recommend this. 256mb just doesn't cut it. The built in WiFi is excellent as well. I install a lot of wireless systems in hotels and it's great on reception. It's lightweight frame makes moving from router to router, setting them up, very easy.
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post #12 of 18
2/20/06 at 9:46pm

Great machine, but not pin-moddable

I bought this lappy yesterday from BB for $450. Great laptop, good build quality and nice little screen. I upgraded the memory from 256mb to 1gb right off the bat. Hard drive quiet, but slow. So I threw in a "spare" Hitachi 7200 rpm. Now MUCH faster. I also got annoyed from the constant fan running. Knowing that Celeron M's have speedstep disabled, I put in my Pentium M 1.6 cpu. Great design, cpu easily upgraded as it's only under a cover underneat laptop. Now runs much cooler and battery life went from 2.25 hours to 3.5 hours (estimated) Now feeling a little gutsy, I decided to try pin-modding it. This cpu has run happy in my desktop overclocked @ 2.13 @ 533mhz bus. The via/s3 chipset is supposed to be able to run @ 533 so I did the pin-mod. Turned it it on and of course it still only running @ 1.6ghz. Tried a different pin-mod location and still no go. For the adventuresome out there make sure you orient yourself correctly with the socket as the socket in this one is oriented 180 degrees from a standard centrino socket. If you don't know what I'm talking about you shouldn't be pinmodding lol.
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post #13 of 18
2/21/06 at 6:48am
You're the man

BTW, when you disasembled the laptop, did you see any additional memory slot underneath somewhere like keyboard? It's just strange this lappy only has one slot



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Originally Posted by magbarn
I bought this lappy yesterday from BB for $450. Great laptop, good build quality and nice little screen. I upgraded the memory from 256mb to 1gb right off the bat. Hard drive quiet, but slow. So I threw in a "spare" Hitachi 7200 rpm. Now MUCH faster. I also got annoyed from the constant fan running. Knowing that Celeron M's have speedstep disabled, I put in my Pentium M 1.6 cpu. Great design, cpu easily upgraded as it's only under a cover underneat laptop. Now runs much cooler and battery life went from 2.25 hours to 3.5 hours (estimated) Now feeling a little gutsy, I decided to try pin-modding it. This cpu has run happy in my desktop overclocked @ 2.13 @ 533mhz bus. The via/s3 chipset is supposed to be able to run @ 533 so I did the pin-mod. Turned it it on and of course it still only running @ 1.6ghz. Tried a different pin-mod location and still no go. For the adventuresome out there make sure you orient yourself correctly with the socket as the socket in this one is oriented 180 degrees from a standard centrino socket. If you don't know what I'm talking about you shouldn't be pinmodding lol.
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post #14 of 18
2/21/06 at 4:21pm
Can sombody send me the driver disc they made for this computer (Or upload the files)? I accadently formated my drive before making my recovery disc trying to install XP Pro. Im willing to paypal 10 bucks for it.
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post #15 of 18
2/21/06 at 7:37pm
t5s,

I feel sorry for that happening. I suggest you chat online with GW staff, and I'm sure they can help you with that. I experienced with this situation with my previous GW laptops, and the staffer sent me a link (ftp) for downloading.

Good luck!



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Can sombody send me the driver disc they made for this computer (Or upload the files)? I accadently formated my drive before making my recovery disc trying to install XP Pro. Im willing to paypal 10 bucks for it.
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post #16 of 18
2/21/06 at 8:25pm
they said they dont do that (ftp) and that they are out of driver cds that are $20.00 for the moment so i will have to ship them my laptop so they can recover it for me which i think is bs.
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post #17 of 18
2/22/06 at 12:07pm
If you have a ftp site I can upload an iso of the driver cd that you need.
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post #18 of 18
3/1/06 at 2:34am
magbarn, have you attempted any new upgrade on the MX3215?
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