Finally got my FX7. Yay!

Very nice pics. The color shifting purple is one of my favorites. Looks very nice.

Can't wait to see your review and experience with it once you power it on!

Mmmm, purple. Very nice =).

That is really a nice looking machine I love the color!

I had this problem with my Aviator EX6 notebook, and they ended up having to replace the entire motherboard to get the audio DJ and clock to function. This reminds me that I never posted my pics of this machine with the Fire Mist Pearl paint...

Looks nice.

Hey that is a great looking laptop! Congragulations on your purchase. I know that you are going to love being a member of the Hypersonic family

is it me or arte most problems asociated with ex7, cx7, ex6 and fx 7,s is the mother bourd?........woulda thaught clevo would have smartened up there act by now.

Who knows. My FX7's screen went belly up 4 days after I got it, but it's probably a motherboard thing too.. The backlight turns on, there's just nothing displayed. External monitor works fine.

It's gotta go back to get fixed. Even after I get it back, I'm not sure i'll be able to trust it.

I ordered a Dell XPS M170 just to be safe.

so when you get your fx7 back you'll have a fx7 and xps 170?

Maybe. We'll see. I haven't made my decision yet. I love having an FX60 in a notebook, but that doesn't mean a hill of beans if the machine isn't completely reliable. For $4200, I should be GETTING a machine that's completely reliable. But if you read all the Clevo D900K-based threads (like the Aurora 7700, FX7, Sager equivalent, etc), these machines just don't seem to be ready for prime time. Seems like there's some issues to be ironed out. I hope they can do so.

Regardless, I can't be without a computer as my job requires I have one at all times - even over a weekend. I'm a network engineer, and a lot of our network upgrades get implemented after business hours or over the weekend. If something goes wrong, I have to VPN in and fix stuff.

For less money, Dell is giving me 24x7 on site support (which includes nights and weekends) through our citigroup employee discount/purchase plan. This knockoff Clevo clone has already failed me in a matter of days, and has failed several others in these and other forums. I don't know of any company who offers same-day support of these systems regardless of which boutique outfit you go with.

I really like the FX60 AND having a fast RAID0 stripe in a notebook. But unfortunately no other notebook company can match the 24x7 onsite service Dell can offer when it's purchased via a corporate offering. I was kinda silly to think I wouldn't have problems with this Clevo unit based on everything else I've read in here. At this point I have to have a reliable system. Maybe the dell WON'T be more reliable - but at least if it fails, i'm looking at hours, not days, of turnaround time.

If it means I need to have 2 notebooks, so be it. It's not like that computing power will go to waste.

I have a 13 yr old son who's addicted to World of Warcraft.

Network engineer means you just sit around like a security guard and do nothing Dude, I was a "software" engineer but really neither you are I earned the title "engineer".

Don't give up on your FX 7. Mine has been running with no problems (except for the first day, all fixed with a new videocard).

No offense... but unless you're in charge of designing and implementing a world-wide network that encompasses every major continent and involves thousands of Optical Circuits, Frame Relay clouds, Routers, Switches and the like to span hundreds of thousands of workstations, tens of thousands of servers and 55 trading floors, then you should really speak for yourself on what the term "Engineer" means.

I earn my living, and have done so at the same corporation for almost 13 years. Be careful whose job you try to belittle. Your resume may just pass my desk someday, and you might just need a favor. Keep that in mind the next time you decide to call the wrong person a glorified security guard, "Beavis".

LOL. I doubt my resume will pass your desk dude. At least I can laugh at my former job title. You take yourself a little to seriously. My software controlled major parts of paper mills for a major fortune 500 company (PLC interfaces with huge equipment). My automation software replaced many live workers. I still don't think I was really an engineer as the guys who did the real design or electrical-level building and design really deserved that title (I have a business degree with an MIS option but when to school with many electrical, chemical, and other types of engineers). I could have gone your route or programming after graduation. My security comment was in jest. As I said you need a thicker skin. Don't worry, you job will be outsourced anyways You might consider learning to speak Pakistani or Indian I am lucky to not have to worry about that crap anymore and I am in a much better financial position for it. Best of luck to you.

Hey, i'm ok with tossing out a joke if you know it's funny - but without knowing someone or what they do for a living, you're inadvertently making negative remarks about someone's livelyhood.

I'm not a kid... I'm a husband and father of three - and this is how I provide for my family. I take my career seriously, as will most people my age. The responsibilities we have and the amount of work we do is reflected in our titles. That may not have been the case for you, but it's certainly the case for me.

It's ok to joke with someone if you know them. But you don't know me. So tossing out the suggestion of "growing a thicker skin" is another hunk of advice I can do without. I'm proud of what I do and I won't take it lightly when it's the sole reason my family is able to thrive. When you have a family of your own, you'll know exactly what I mean.

And I'll leave it at that.

When you have a family of your own, you'll know exactly what I mean? LOL. I am 39 have been married since 1989. My wife and I have a 5 year-old (he will be 5 in May). Dude, I traveled 40 percent of the time as a software "engineer" but quit to help my wife run her vet clinic (6-doctor practice). We married when she was almost 18 and I was 21. We got her though 8 years of college and myself through 4 (I will go back to get my MBA once the boy is in first grade). Before going back to school I was a deputy sheriff. Your assumptions (that I am purely ingnorant and have no life experience) are a bit off base.

I made a generalized comment that you did not have to internalize as you did. If I really offended you I do apologize (I would not have done so had I realized you would get so bent). If you care to understand my "sense of humor" about our IT fields, go rent 'Office Space'.

Maybe we should just forget the original comment as we probably have more incommon than either of us care to admit (IT geeks, FX owners, etc).

Fair enough.

lol wow that was amuseing if anyone feels belittled here its me , im a nurse a part business owner and a chef, so everything but IT (though this is my passion) .... hmm makes me want to second think giving advice out to people when theres folks like you guys lurking around these forums.

Well, I think part of the reason is that the term "Engineer" is misused in the job market. You can pretty much use the term for any position. The very basic definition is "one who uses knowledge to solve practical problems."

Nurses, for instance, can be several engineers in one

You're a Pharmaceutical Distribution Engineer, not to mention a Hemodiagnostic Collection Engineer, the list goes on and on...

A lot of people trivialize the role of an engineer because the title is used so arbitrarily. Maybe it *should* be, I don't know. Remember Ed Norton from The Honeymooners? He was a sewer worker, but called himself a "Subterranean Sanitation Engineer".

DB's wife probably has someone walk the dogs in her vet's office from time to time. You could call them Canine Podiatric Mobility Engineers.

The guy who pumped my gas this morning was a Petroleum Transfer Engineer. (I live in NJ where it's illegal to pump your own gas. Doesn't that ROCK?)

Anyway, Nothing but love for DB. Simple misunderstanding cleared up.