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post #1 of 25
6/29/06 at 12:39pm
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The price has been updated for those of you want a small price cut. That is for the m9700.
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post #2 of 25
6/29/06 at 12:48pm
My Alienware Critical Issues person just e-mail me this.

Mr. ******,

Production of the 9700’s started yesterday. Unfortunately the units configured with the UXGA display have not because we are still waiting on that part to be delivered. At the moment they have not provided me with an ETA, but as soon as I am notified I will let you know. If do not wish to wait, we can change the display to XGA and possibly upgrade something else to make up for the difference. Let me know.
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post #3 of 25
6/29/06 at 1:09pm
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I didnt order a UXGA so maybe that is why I did not recieve a parts wait e-mail thing.
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post #4 of 25
6/29/06 at 1:19pm
I did order a UXGA screen; but have not received an email. I'll call again today.
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post #5 of 25
6/29/06 at 1:19pm
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My Alienware Critical Issues person just e-mail me this.

Mr. ******,

Production of the 9700’s started yesterday. Unfortunately the units configured with the UXGA display have not because we are still waiting on that part to be delivered. At the moment they have not provided me with an ETA, but as soon as I am notified I will let you know. If do not wish to wait, we can change the display to XGA and possibly upgrade something else to make up for the difference. Let me know.

doh!

My case is with Critical Issues too and have not received this email yet. Did you request status today, or just an FYI email?


regardless, looks like another slight delay
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post #6 of 25
6/29/06 at 1:21pm
How do you have a m9700 case with the Critical Issues Team?
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post #7 of 25
6/29/06 at 1:44pm
I am able to return my Area 51m 7700 which I have had for a year for a brand spanking new Aurora m9700.

No, I didnt ask for the info, my guy keeps me updated, hes Danilo Corrons.
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post #8 of 25
6/29/06 at 4:52pm
I was sent this:

Production of the 9700’s started yesterday. Unfortunately the units configured with the UXGA display have not because we are still waiting on that part to be delivered. At the moment they have not provided me with an ETA, but as soon as I am notified I will let you know. If do not wish to wait, we can change the display to XGA and possibly upgrade something else to make up for the difference. Let me know.


Is it still really good for gaming to get the XGA instead of the UXGA? Is there much of a difference? Is it okay to just switch to the XGA so they can start making my laptop?
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post #9 of 25
6/29/06 at 4:56pm
Reposted from my Order and Process Reviewed thread

Well, with all the talk about backordered UXGA screens, I just got off the phone with a lovely Miss Grace, who said;

--there is no record of any parts backordered on my system, to include the screen
--the remainder of my balance has now been charged to my credit card.

I am under the assumption they didn't charge the balance until they were ready to build it, so, seems to be good news to me.

As always, I'll keep everyone up to date with the progress on my end.
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post #10 of 25
6/29/06 at 5:01pm
DFrey,
Personally, no, I would not go with a 1440x900 resolution screen.

I would find that painfully large on a 17" screen. My 3790 has the 1920x1200 and I couldn't imagine a lower resolution.

But, that is me. If I were you, stop by a Best Buy or Circuit City. Take a gander at the laptops they have and check the displays. If you like a lower resolution there, then maybe it would benefit you. Of course, those laptops there won't have the graphics power of the m9700, but you can get a taste for what IE and regular applications might look like.
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post #11 of 25
6/29/06 at 7:51pm
the UXGA will definately be worth the wait, expecially if its only gonna be a couple of days difference
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post #12 of 25
6/29/06 at 8:29pm
Hmm its about $100 more expensive for me...
O well i got my price adjusment a week ago. Saved $143
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post #13 of 25
6/29/06 at 8:53pm

help need advive from people who own or know alot about the m9700

im a hard core gamer theses are the specs:
processor:AMD Turion™ 64 Mobile ML44 2.4GHz 800MHz FSB 1MB L2 Cache
operating systems:Genuine Microsoft® Windows® XP Media Center Edition 2005 with Service Pack 2
display:17" WideUXGA 1920 x 1200 LCD with Clearview Technology
memory:1GB Dual Channel DDR SO-DIMM at 400MHz - 2 x 512MB
hard drive:80GB Serial ATA 1.5Gb/s 7,200 RPM w/ NCQ & 8MB Cache
optical drive:24x10x24 CD-RW / 8X DVD Combo w/Software MPEG2 Decoder//////////// graphics;dual 256MB NVidia® GeForce™ Go 7900 GS - SLI Enabled
mouse:Logitech® V270 Cordless Optical Mouse - Silver
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should i change anything thay would be of use to me 4 gaming (the stuff i didnt put is all standared) check it out;http://www.alienware.com/product_det...de=SKU-DEFAULT
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post #14 of 25
6/29/06 at 9:16pm
id upgrade to the 2G memory
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post #15 of 25
6/29/06 at 9:25pm
o,ok but why isnt 1gb enough besises im trying to kepp under $3,000

and besides im already up to $3,207 but i can spare 2 more months of $97.00 a month
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post #16 of 25
6/29/06 at 11:12pm
the memory has alot to do with how fas the game will preform
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post #17 of 25
6/30/06 at 1:35am
Well, 1G should be sufficient for most games, you might get a little bit of drag with BF2 because it's so memory inefficient. You'll want 2G if you plan on upgrading to Windows Vista when it comes out.

You can upgrade the memory yourself, but the problem is there are only two slots on the m9700, and AW uses dual stick for whatever you order. If you could order it with one stick of 1G, you could add another at a later date if you needed it...

As for the screen resolutions, I use a CRT monitor now, 22", and I play most games at 1280 x 1024, I leave the desktop at 1024 x 768 so I can read the text on webpages. It works fine.

The highest resolution is best looking for games if you have video cards that can handle it. The SLI 7900gs's should do fine at native resolution for most games, but I'd imagine we'll have to scale back on some.

Movies will look better on the higher res too.
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post #18 of 25
6/30/06 at 10:01am
not too many games will burn more then 1GB of memory, but they come close. i say 2gb just so when the next game comes out, you are all set.
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post #19 of 25
6/30/06 at 11:34am
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Originally Posted by Witchdoctor
Reposted from my Order and Process Reviewed thread

Well, with all the talk about backordered UXGA screens, I just got off the phone with a lovely Miss Grace, who said;

--there is no record of any parts backordered on my system, to include the screen
--the remainder of my balance has now been charged to my credit card.

I am under the assumption they didn't charge the balance until they were ready to build it, so, seems to be good news to me.

As always, I'll keep everyone up to date with the progress on my end.

So they have your WUXGA screen in?
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post #20 of 25
6/30/06 at 11:43am
ETA is today 6-30-06
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