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post #21 of 136
9/9/06 at 11:35am
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Woot! Mines here! FedEx guy just dropped it off

I tried to take a pic but the batteries are like dead in my camera, so I dunno if the pic was good lol.. but yeah.. its here! Will post pics and review later today
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post #22 of 136
9/9/06 at 11:47am
AWESOME TO HEAR FOR YA!

CAN'T WAIT FOR INPUT PICS AND YOUR OVERALL OPINION, Can't wait for mine next week altho fedex currently shows FRIDAY for mine bummer...
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post #23 of 136
9/9/06 at 11:52am
Congrats Wicc

3 more days and mine is here. Seriously, how long does it really take for FedEx to reach MI when it's supposedly making no stops
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post #24 of 136
9/9/06 at 4:02pm
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Updated!

Added the review vBulletin is annoying and doesnt actually edit the threads topic with the new one so if an admin / mod sees this can tehy edit it to the new one for me? Thanks

I'll post more pics soon, Im setting up a gallery for all the pics on a site
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post #25 of 136
9/9/06 at 4:31pm
yay at exactly 2:51 P.M i got mine! I'm really loving this laptop!
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post #26 of 136
9/9/06 at 6:50pm
Wic,

Nice review, I wanted in on that bundle thing too but was already getting heat for the 1266 pricetag from wife, if I went to the bundle it put me into the 1400 range and I would have been shot out of the sky...

Anyways I do wanna know more about how the laptop fits and transports with that backpack, I might still be ordering it online soon...

I wanted that pendrive too so im bummed hehe
and the headset I am a Senn freak, 590's 585's & 485's currently

I am a bit bummed to hear this the second review on these speakers being low quality, i sure am wondering how much it would take to get to them and replace them, there hastobe a better set or something, maybe for the sound being low consider running thru something like winamp and turning eq on for a boost or something?

I am excited for ya and can't wait for mine to come too, lmk as you use the backpack (inside shots would be awesome too especially with the 3450 in it), and the burner wondering how loud it gets etc, it came with nero right? If so what version...

One question was it a money thing or just no need for, but why did you go with the 5400 60 gig? I had a dell 600m that had a 30 gig 4200 rpm drive in it and when i upgraded the drive to a 60 gig 7200 rpm it was like night and day the way the thing booted up I was so impressed with the rpm improvement i ordered the 100 gig 7200 rpm, granted i was going from 4200 to 7200 vs 5400 to 7200 but still I wonder why most stats i see for these orders are 5400?? I realize mine might get a bit more hot though in the long run...

Umm lets see, since your not within a few hours drive I can't invite myself over for dinner but as you use it more curious of fan noise and overall heat issues like Sky had (cpu needed more thermal paste on his).

Thanks too for takin the time to take pics and write the review must have been hard to do when I know you just wanted to mess with it.

Bill
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post #27 of 136
9/9/06 at 6:58pm
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Heh thanks for the comments

Actually, right now I havent used the burnder or backpack at all. But, the laptop itself is silent. No noise at all from it. And mine doesnt seem to be getting hot at all. Ive had it plugged in and on since I got it at 10:30 this morning and it hasnt bitched about heat, no noise, ect. Its running awsomely.

I'll deffintly post some more shots of the backpack for ya, digital camera batteries are charging right now so Im just waiting for that to finish up and I'll post some for ya. The backpack is big though. Lots of room. And even on the back inside reverse side where the laptop goes, it has CD holders lol. Its pretty cool.

Oh, and it comes with Nero Express 6.0.0.6
Nero Express NeroVision Express 2 SE
InCD 4
EasyWrite
Reader Content + Templates
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post #28 of 136
9/9/06 at 7:46pm
Only other comment was about the Green Main Headers being hard to read but then again I am going on about 2 hours of broken sleep today, we had storms last night and my 5 yr old was in and out of our bed most of the night.

Thanks again tho for the great pics and review information...

I hope my choice to go with a 7200 rpm drive in an effort to max speed of unit - doesn't come back to haunt me heat wise...

Bill
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post #29 of 136
9/10/06 at 3:37pm
after reading wiccan's review i am remembering that my haedphone/mic ports were hard to plug thins in, but after i worked on them, things just slide in with ease, and stay in.
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post #30 of 136
9/10/06 at 4:22pm
damn, I don't like the sound comments, is it really that bad? just like in apple macbook?
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post #31 of 136
9/10/06 at 4:34pm
I don't think the sound is that bad at all. Sure it could be better, but it's good enough for me. I turned up the CD volume all the way, and the sound on AOE:III is fine too.
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post #32 of 136
9/10/06 at 5:13pm
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You have to go through a lot of settings to get it to work better and sound a bit louder. It could be better, by far. But hey, its a laptop.
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post #33 of 136
9/10/06 at 6:27pm
so will it be loud enough to see movie with about 10 people?
will that be enough to use the laptop during car drive?
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post #34 of 136
9/10/06 at 8:59pm
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If the car isnt loud it should be. If not you could get an adapter to hook it up to use your car speakers. The DVD drive works great, no issues with that.

As long as you go through the settings and get it to work correctly it should be. Just be sure to turn up the volume for the correct settings in Volume Control, as well as the volume control of the program you are using for the DVD.

But it should be fine.
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post #35 of 136
9/10/06 at 9:33pm
I'm praying mine comes tomorrow. If they truly deliver before 10:30 I'll be worried. I'll be gone to class from 9:30AM to 11AM on Tuesday, if I miss it I'll be really dissappointed.

I'm happy with the grey color. The cyborg green is pretty nice and has a great look to it, but I can't see myself bringing a green laptop into a presentation or work meeting.

I have my USB powered folding speakers, so that should take care of the sound quality for me. What settings did you fool with to increase the quality? Intel's site says the 945GM chipset supports 7.1 High Definition audio, which is what the Sentia is supposed to have.

You said the speaker/mic jacks take some force. Sounds like it's a nice secure fit, or it really takes some pushing making it inconvenient?
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post #36 of 136
9/10/06 at 9:56pm
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Originally Posted by Guerrilla
I'm praying mine comes tomorrow. If they truly deliver before 10:30 I'll be worried. I'll be gone to class from 9:30AM to 11AM on Tuesday, if I miss it I'll be really dissappointed.

I'm happy with the grey color. The cyborg green is pretty nice and has a great look to it, but I can't see myself bringing a green laptop into a presentation or work meeting.

I have my USB powered folding speakers, so that should take care of the sound quality for me. What settings did you fool with to increase the quality? Intel's site says the 945GM chipset supports 7.1 High Definition audio, which is what the Sentia is supposed to have.

You said the speaker/mic jacks take some force. Sounds like it's a nice secure fit, or it really takes some pushing making it inconvenient?

hey, can you give me a link to the folding usb powered speakers you have? thanks
and also I don't understand too about the sound quality, on web site it does say 7.1 Surround System
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post #37 of 136
9/10/06 at 10:14pm
http://www.si-technologies.com/front...p?productID=39

Those are the ones I have. I love them. You can use a USB with a power adapter or it takes 4 AAA batteries. They fold flat and snap together face-to-face to protect themselves.

The USB adapater cable:

http://www.si-technologies.com/front...sp?productID=4

Those are "Gen 3", there's another "Gen 3" that are black and other cheaper versions.
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post #38 of 136
9/10/06 at 10:34pm
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Originally Posted by Guerrilla
I'm praying mine comes tomorrow. If they truly deliver before 10:30 I'll be worried. I'll be gone to class from 9:30AM to 11AM on Tuesday, if I miss it I'll be really dissappointed.

I'm happy with the grey color. The cyborg green is pretty nice and has a great look to it, but I can't see myself bringing a green laptop into a presentation or work meeting.

I have my USB powered folding speakers, so that should take care of the sound quality for me. What settings did you fool with to increase the quality? Intel's site says the 945GM chipset supports 7.1 High Definition audio, which is what the Sentia is supposed to have.

You said the speaker/mic jacks take some force. Sounds like it's a nice secure fit, or it really takes some pushing making it inconvenient?

It takes some force to get them in. Kinda like having to "rape" the port to get them in xD But yeah, once they are plugged in, they arnt going anywhere which is a good thing. After a few times of plugging things in it starts working out so its a bit easier to use.

The speaker issues are just the laptop sound itself. I adjusted the main volume controls and the programs I was using. Ventrilo still needed to be boosted all the way using their sound booster for some reason. Dunno, some programs run more quiet then others.

Windows Media Player did fine though, that was nice and loud.

As for the 7.1 High Definition audio, Id say its only from the headset jack to get the full ability of that. The speakers arnt the best sounding things in the world, not that they should be on a laptop anyway. But they work, guess thats fine lol.

I'm going to post some more pics up soon of the ports, and dimensions. Doing something on game in my MMO so cant work on them yet. Havent installed anything since my reformat on the Sentia except a few small things so I still havent gotten a chance to test any games out.

>.>
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post #39 of 136
9/10/06 at 10:42pm
I also wanted to ask about the processors,
the stock one is 1.6 and there is 2.0 but for 200$, which you think I should get?
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post #40 of 136
9/10/06 at 11:27pm
I'd suggest the 2.0GHz processor. It's another $200, but it doubles your cache from 2 to 4MB. 2.0 is the "sweet spot" for the Core 2 Duos. A lot of review/benchmarking sites say the boost from 1.66 to 2.0 is much more noticable and worthwhile than the 2.0 to the 2.33.

I forget the actual benchmarks and percentages, I'll find them and post a link.

If money is a concern, I'd say go for the 2.0GHz and cut back to the stock 512RAM and then order a 1GB stick later. Or even a pair of 2GB sticks to dual channel later down the road.
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