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Area51m Owners...Interesting News update!

post #1 of 12
2/4/04 at 9:15pm
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Hi all,

Looks like your investment on this notebook keeps getting better. I also hear that ATI's M11 VPU kicks ass again, beating Nvidia's 5700


http://www.sis.com/news/press/presco...3ea24aef3d1a5e

http://www.hardocp.com/article.html?art=NTg0
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post #2 of 12
2/4/04 at 9:54pm
We have a winner!

POST THAT MADE MY DAY!!

Nice work man...Prescott MMMMM!

-Craig
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post #3 of 12
2/4/04 at 10:55pm
So are you guys saying that we could upgrade our lappies to the Prescott?
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post #4 of 12
2/4/04 at 10:59pm
yea im confused about the whole investment thing.... I mean we cant upgrade processors... lol this just pisses me off more knowing that soon i will be even lower on the AW chain.... since i first ordered ive fallen pretty low from the maxxed out AW pc

3.2 ghz....
Now theres a 3.2 ghz EE and soon a Prescot....

and a few other minor stuff lol its just annoying...
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post #5 of 12
2/4/04 at 11:09pm
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Originally Posted by AlienGreen751
yea im confused about the whole investment thing.... I mean we cant upgrade processors... lol this just pisses me off more knowing that soon i will be even lower on the AW chain.... since i first ordered ive fallen pretty low from the maxxed out AW pc

3.2 ghz....
Now theres a 3.2 ghz EE and soon a Prescot....

and a few other minor stuff lol its just annoying...
I dont view the EE as an upgrade over the regular 3.2ghz p4.... at leats as far as laptops are concerned... basically it willd o nothing more than drain your battery faster
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post #6 of 12
2/5/04 at 12:01am

Wait a minute

So, we can or can't upgrade the processor?
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post #7 of 12
2/5/04 at 12:39am
I don't care about the battery so much. It is that cache that is very interesting to me.
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post #8 of 12
2/5/04 at 1:24am
SamG we cant upgrade the processor.... well at least we cant upgrade it like we can the video card... im not sure now actually damnit ur making me ocnfused lolololol
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post #9 of 12
2/5/04 at 1:27am
cause the alienware rep guy told me that u can upgrade the processor, like the ram, and video card...
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post #10 of 12
2/5/04 at 1:38am
well it wont be "do it your self upgradeably processors" like the vid cards
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post #11 of 12
2/5/04 at 1:51am
You might be able to do it yourself (voiding warranty) if you went and bought the processor and stuffed it in there. But then again, that would be hoping the bios would auto-sense the processor. Although, there is really no differents in the processors except the cache. I wonder if AW would talk you through it on the phone like the bios update stuff...lol probably not.
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post #12 of 12
2/5/04 at 5:07pm
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From what I know, Alienware Tech support said to me that everything in the laptop is pretty much upgradeable, including the processor. I believe, however that you must buy the processor from Alienware and speak to a Tech Rep, so that you DO NOT VOID Warranty.
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