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post #161 of 328
9/13/06 at 4:08am
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Originally Posted by Hammerhead
cpu-z shows my memory as CAS 3.0.

It is 3
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post #162 of 328
9/13/06 at 6:19am
Dude, im in exams block is the most important time of my highschooling life. And i cant concentrate, i've orded an m9700 and im honestly getting sidtracked majorly by it lol.. Never the less, cant wait for it to come. My guess 3 more weeks MAX. since i live in australia i orded the m9700 from america and am getting a mate of mine to send it here. Gonna take awhile for it to come here thats all.
But when it arrives...OOHHH BABY!
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post #163 of 328
9/13/06 at 7:03am
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Originally Posted by Bryan'sM505x
how long is the battery life on the m9700? and what do u think the 3d scores will be on the single nvidia go 7900 256mb? around 6k?

Yep, should be in the low 6000's. I ran a single card during my overclocking by accident and saw 7300... I'll run the single again at stock settings tomorrow to give you a better score.

Not sure about battery life yet. I used it for about an hour and a half tonight on battery wandering around my property checking out wireless hotspots and it didn't warn me in that time that I was running low. Just had the net up and running though, no gaming. There are three homes within my range that have unprotected wireless networks so I was able to connect easily through their signals...
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post #164 of 328
9/13/06 at 7:05am
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Originally Posted by Mr. India
Dude, im in exams block is the most important time of my highschooling life. And i cant concentrate, i've orded an m9700 and im honestly getting sidtracked majorly by it lol.. Never the less, cant wait for it to come. My guess 3 more weeks MAX. since i live in australia i orded the m9700 from america and am getting a mate of mine to send it here. Gonna take awhile for it to come here thats all.
But when it arrives...OOHHH BABY!

If you're smart enough to order an m9700 I'm sure you'll do fine on the exams... Hope your mate doesn't decide to keep it himself... lol...
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post #165 of 328
9/13/06 at 7:21am
lol yeah he better not keep it...but yeah i've finished the bulk of my exams and almost party time! I like bought this thing off the alienware US site and like 3 days later it was on the alienware AU site. But get this its like over a grand more on the AU site... rediculous!, so i guess i ended up making a good decision by buying it overseas and saving a grand, and also benifiting from alienwares back to school deals
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post #166 of 328
9/13/06 at 7:23am
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Originally Posted by Mr. India
lol yeah he better not keep it...but yeah i've finished the bulk of my exams and almost party time! I like bought this thing off the alienware US site and like 3 days later it was on the alienware AU site. But get this its like over a grand more on the AU site... rediculous!, so i guess i ended up making a good decision by buying it overseas and saving a grand, and also benifiting from alienwares back to school deals

Good deal...

What's it going to cost to have your buddy ship it from the states?
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post #167 of 328
9/13/06 at 8:00am
lol for him to worry about not me ...it was my birthday about a month ago so he said he'd be more than happy to pay for the shipping costs inc. insurance etc.
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post #168 of 328
9/13/06 at 11:12am
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Originally Posted by pepsirules2k
Still on Phase 5. Dang it!!! I am excited;very,very excited

Ordered same day, made an order change and got the extra 100 dollar promotion and they still ship it out the day they estimated... which is TODAY! Phase 10 baby!
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post #169 of 328
9/13/06 at 12:40pm
Congrats HH! I know it's been a long wait for ya my friend! Enjoy it!
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post #170 of 328
9/13/06 at 1:36pm
haha~ gr8 posts. I had orderd the 7700 about 2-3 weeks ago.. and called yest to adjust it to the 9700.. and now after reading around here I feel much better about doing so * seems to fit my needs *. Quick Q aswell ~ any suggestions on XP service pack 2 vs. the media version it seems everyone is getting?
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post #171 of 328
9/13/06 at 1:52pm
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Originally Posted by Shifteee
haha~ gr8 posts. I had orderd the 7700 about 2-3 weeks ago.. and called yest to adjust it to the 9700.. and now after reading around here I feel much better about doing so * seems to fit my needs *. Quick Q aswell ~ any suggestions on XP service pack 2 vs. the media version it seems everyone is getting?

Hi Shifteee, welcome to the forums...

I ordered my m9700 with MCE because I wanted the tv tuner so I could record motoGP and Formula 1 races and burn them to disc. Everything runs the same as regular XP when not dealing with the media center stuff. It lets you organize pics, movies and mp3's conveniently, and there's the tv tuner with tivo type functions.

I don't see much difference between the two other than the extra stuff in MCE. Networks fine.

If you want the tv tuner, you'll have to get MCE, otherwise Home should do just fine. XP pro has some additional functionality but mostly for corporate network environments.
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post #172 of 328
9/13/06 at 1:55pm
The only reason you would want Media Center would be for the TV Tuner, sure the extra ability to keep pictures and music organized is nice, but not really needed, and it saves you money if you get XP Home or what ever.
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post #173 of 328
9/13/06 at 2:36pm
Heh, thanks! This forum is awsome ~ findin lots of usefull info and plenty of topics to keep me entertained at work. I don't really need pro I suppose.. I've just used it for 4 years now and have attached myself to its nooks and crannies * and I have it incase I do anyhow *. So looks like MCE for me. Money isn't an issue aswell = GO big or go home IMO :] bwhaha. I could go for some more pics on the 9700... I'm getting impatient here :[
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post #174 of 328
9/13/06 at 3:13pm
If you're getting Windows you minds well get XP Pro. Dont know about how well media center stacks up against the two already XP but if at anything you should never get the regular home edition windows.
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post #175 of 328
9/13/06 at 3:44pm
.... so could I order the MCE.. just to get the tuner and remote.. then just instal my Normal XP pro? Or is it all programed into MCE and what not..
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post #176 of 328
9/13/06 at 4:38pm
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Originally Posted by Shifteee
.... so could I order the MCE.. just to get the tuner and remote.. then just instal my Normal XP pro? Or is it all programed into MCE and what not..

You can do that. Someone around here did that, then found seperate drivers for the internal tv tuner. AW only has the MCE drivers posted. They just installed Nero7 and the drivers were auto loaded in the process.

I've always used pro also, have several extra copies, but until I find a reason to switch I'm going to continue to use MCE. It's working fine.
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post #177 of 328
9/13/06 at 4:53pm
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Originally Posted by Hammerhead
I did take it with me when I drove my wife to a doctor's appointment and tried to use it in the car. It's kind of big to use between myself and the steering wheel while driving around, and the glossy screen isn't good outdoors. All the light reflections made it hard to see.



Those are quite some benchmarks you got going on...pretty amazing laptop.
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post #178 of 328
9/13/06 at 4:59pm
Hows the internal of that system?

I dont know if I either just missed it or you havent posted anything about it but hows the room inside of the system?
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post #179 of 328
9/13/06 at 5:18pm
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I posted this pic elsewhere, but here it is again...



It's pretty efficiently packed, but there's still enough room for good air flow.

I'll have more pics with the review...
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post #180 of 328
9/13/06 at 5:26pm
Hey hammerhead now do you see how small the coaxial connection is? Lol.. It is tiny!

Have you used your tv-tuner yet?
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