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Poll Results: Where Did You Buy Your S96J

 
  • 50% (14)
    GentechPC
  • 21% (6)
    Powernotebooks
  • 14% (4)
    Mwave
  • 0% (0)
    ComputerHQ
  • 14% (4)
    Other (Specify Please)
28 Total Votes  
post #21 of 43
6/18/06 at 1:26pm
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Originally Posted by wave11
I ordered from Gentech on the 11th, looks like just before they ran out. Same setup but with the 7200 RPM hard drive and 2GB of ram. I went with 2 day shipping cause I cant wait for it. It hasnt shipped yet. But Gentech did have the best price

I'm in exactly the same boat actually. I needed the laptop by the 23rd so I ordered on the 11th from Gentech and it still says processing on the online tracking thing. Also went with 2 day shipping and now I'm glad I did it so the chances of getting the laptop by then are better.

And in response to the other poster, it looks like they are backordered now, but it seems after ordering on the 11th when it said "In Stock", it went to "In stock but low quantity" and by now the ETA for stock is end of the month according to the website.
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post #22 of 43
6/18/06 at 1:53pm
ehhh , I don't know what to do now. I guess these notebooks are very popular now. Do you think if I ordered it from another place it would come faster? Or should I just suck it up, order it and wait for gentech?
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post #23 of 43
6/18/06 at 8:45pm
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its backordered everywhere, im hopefully gonna order tomorrow monday, im getting fed up of having to wait to order, i was gonna order friday, then saturday, then today, but looks like I will have to wait to order as I have no checks but hopefully will be getting them in the mail tomorrow.....
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post #24 of 43
6/18/06 at 10:29pm
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Originally Posted by Truth
I'm in exactly the same boat actually. I needed the laptop by the 23rd so I ordered on the 11th from Gentech and it still says processing on the online tracking thing. Also went with 2 day shipping and now I'm glad I did it so the chances of getting the laptop by then are better.

Yea, when I got the call to confirm the order they didnt say anything about it being out of stock. I would think they would have said something if it was. Hopefully I will have mine by the weekend. My old Dell Inspiron is shot after using it all weekend.
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post #25 of 43
6/19/06 at 12:26am
mwave for $655 shipped with wifi and dvdrw. gets the job done
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post #26 of 43
6/19/06 at 2:23am
Do they install the parts? or is it just strictly you buy laptop/parts and you build it?
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post #27 of 43
6/19/06 at 9:00am
Thread Starter 
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Originally Posted by mem
Do they install the parts? or is it just strictly you buy laptop/parts and you build it?

You can have them install parts for $49, but im still gonna order of gentech, today hopefully FINALLY!!! AHHH!!!
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post #28 of 43
6/19/06 at 10:23am
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Finally I'll be ordering today!!!
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post #29 of 43
6/19/06 at 12:31pm
haha, I think I might order today..do you have XP already? My specs are the same as yours except in getting a 100 GB 5400rpm HD and a T2500.
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post #30 of 43
6/19/06 at 1:38pm
Thread Starter 
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Originally Posted by mem
haha, I think I might order today..do you have XP already? My specs are the same as yours except in getting a 100 GB 5400rpm HD and a T2500.

Nah, im gonna order XP with it, so damn expensive though, everywhere I look Win XP is alot of $$$ for an OS.

Maybe Ill run linux on it?

Nope.
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post #31 of 43
6/19/06 at 3:07pm
Thread Starter 
I finally ordered!!! Specs as in sig.

+1 for Gentech.
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post #32 of 43
6/20/06 at 2:32am
Wow, Pretty good deal, Im considering the T2400 only because of the new chip thats coming out this year. I could buy it and put it in the S96J and it would work with a bios update. (I think, please correct me if I am wrong)

As soon as I get that straightened out I'll be on my way to ordering, let me know when your ship date is and what not if possible.

Thank you - mem
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post #33 of 43
6/20/06 at 3:32am
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Originally Posted by mem
Wow, Pretty good deal, Im considering the T2400 only because of the new chip thats coming out this year. I could buy it and put it in the S96J and it would work with a bios update. (I think, please correct me if I am wrong)

As soon as I get that straightened out I'll be on my way to ordering, let me know when your ship date is and what not if possible.

Thank you - mem

I'm almost 100% certain that the Merom will work in this notebook.

Also, has anyone ever had any problems ordering from GenTech?
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post #34 of 43
6/20/06 at 8:19am
Thread Starter 
I will say!
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post #35 of 43
6/20/06 at 1:42pm
are they ever gonna release them with a matte screen?
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post #36 of 43
6/20/06 at 4:10pm
There seems to be two different kinds of 667MHZ memory, the (PC2 5300) and (PC2 5400). Is the 5300 one the one that most people get?

If I decide to buy this, it looks like I'm going to build it myself. I'll get the

Barebones from Mwave for $580 (they went up $30 in the last week!)
Mwave 1.83ghz processor for $243.00
Mwave Intel 3945AGM Wireless Lan $28.00
Mwave DVD-RW 65.00

Newegg: Transcend JetRam 1GB 200-Pin DDR2 SO-DIMM DDR2 667 (PC2 5300) $78.88 (68.99 with rebate but who ever depends on those)

Newegg: HITACHI Travelstar 5K100 HTS541080G9SA00 (0A26924) 80GB 5400 RPM Serial ATA150 Notebook Hard Drive - OEM $94.99

(I'll be checking that memory price and HD price elsewhere).

Total = $1089.87

The bare bones comes with the battery right?
That's only $20 before shipping more than what I could get the Acer 5672 and this has a faster processor and better video card I build my own desktops, hopefully I wouldn't have trouble putting it together.

Warranty, I guess it'll be on parts. Bah. On the other hand, I might prefer that to sending my entire notebook in for repairs.

Krista
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post #37 of 43
6/20/06 at 4:51pm
PC5300 and PC5400 are the same....some companies just round funny.

Barebones does come with a battery....6 cell.

I always do this so I apologize for being a nag, but, even if you don't need it, stepping up to a 100GB drive almost always yields measurably better performance due to aureal density.

And, ya, I prefer send out one broken part rather than boxing up and shipping the entire notebook. Though I haven't had to do any of that.......one of the benefits of hand selecting your components.
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post #38 of 43
6/20/06 at 6:02pm
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Originally Posted by hyperluminous
PC5300 and PC5400 are the same....some companies just round funny.

Barebones does come with a battery....6 cell.

I always do this so I apologize for being a nag, but, even if you don't need it, stepping up to a 100GB drive almost always yields measurably better performance due to aureal density.

And, ya, I prefer send out one broken part rather than boxing up and shipping the entire notebook. Though I haven't had to do any of that.......one of the benefits of hand selecting your components.

Hmm, I'll look at the 100 gig. It's a bigger jump than 60 is to 80 in terms of price, but I'll shop around. Thanks, I think I'd prefer that size anyway. Sure it'll add a little bit but I'm saving quite a bit doing this myself too, I think.

So long as nothing goes wrong

And the HD brackets come with the barebones too?

Krista
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post #39 of 43
6/20/06 at 7:16pm
Thread Starter 
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Originally Posted by Krista
Hmm, I'll look at the 100 gig. It's a bigger jump than 60 is to 80 in terms of price, but I'll shop around. Thanks, I think I'd prefer that size anyway. Sure it'll add a little bit but I'm saving quite a bit doing this myself too, I think.

So long as nothing goes wrong

And the HD brackets come with the barebones too?

Krista

Yeah it should, you just gotta be careful about the CD/DVD drive, its best to order that from the notebook customization page, because if you get one yourself it might fit sort of lose do to missing brackets.
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post #40 of 43
6/20/06 at 7:49pm
HD bracket is included (attached to the HD cover). The optical drive brackets may not be....double check if you can, though some say it's not a real big deal.

About the matte screen. The beautiful thing about these VBI notebooks is that you can replace the screen yourself someday if you want. There is a VBI Matrix on the Intel site that lists all officially compatible screens.....I'm not sure if any are matte, but, presumably, as this VBI thing takes off, the Matrix will get bigger. Whoa.
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