It has been a few weeks since I recieved my Saucer Silver m9700 and I'm just now realizing how amazing this computer really is.
My first intention towards purchasing this computer was to play games on it and still be able to lug it around with a lot more ease than a desktop. It has in every way, shape, form, and gratification lived up to the reviews and praises from the people here on NBF. I thank you all for the ability to gladly hand over a few grand for something that seems like it should cost a whole lot more.
I've got another laptop at my disposal and I do mean disposal. It takes the brunt of my online searching and stupid nonsense downloads of music and photochopping leaving the AW for what it was made for (gaming). And I do have to say it does it without breaking a single drop of sweat on it's more than asthetically admirable brow. I cannot put into words at how uber sweet this laptop looks in comparison to many of the hum ho boring run of the mill laps out there, my toshiba included. The workmanship is stellar without a single creek or cracking noise aroused when lifting the screen mount from it's locked position. Even the cd/dvd drive feels solid when opened. When carrying it to another spot in my house or to a LAN event I don't feel like I'm carrying some fragile piece of ancient tribal pottery that would break at the slightest hand gesture. It is just quite simply a very solid machine.
+ points of personal interest:
Full (Fn) keboard. Something I really really wanted given that I hate using the way up number keys in regards to finally having a full keypad.
I don't use the touchpad much which having it the same color as the rest of the case makes it very nice on the eyes and not distracting.
I like the set-up of usb ports due to my comp. desk array which gives me the ability to easily spread things out without getting a bunch of cords in a ratsnest.
SLI Dual Graphics Cards. Not to mention that the single GPU set-up works marvelous most of the time and scores great in the 3dMark challenges. But the mere fact that there are games specifically aimed at taking advantage of the multi-gpu platforms gives me goosebumps especially when seeing them in action with all the settings maxed out.
Did you hear something? I'll admit that the m9700 does produce fan banter. However given the fact that there are 2 fans working to keep 2 gpu's cool and a cpu, I must admit it is a very quiet beast. Almost like a slumbering dragon until it wakes up and gives chase during a long sitting of F.E.A.R. or Far Cry and the fans crank out forge like heat.
Can I brag? I could and I don't think any of you would disagree. However I didn't purchase this to brag. No I purchased it to feel free. It has allowed me to not have to worry about system requirements when looking at the lastest RPG or RTS that I just have to play. It has given me the freedom to look forward to upgrading the puny 2ghz processor to the 2.4ghz once my 1 year warranty is up. It also gives me the satisfaction of playing a game at full when the memory of Tribes online @ 14k dial-up was everything I thought I ever needed 10+ years ago on a Pentium 2 266mhz processor with only 2gigs of HD space and a 100mb Zipdrive was the sweetest thing on the block.
Random stew. 3dMark 05 score out of box was a scant 6293 however AW sent it with the SLI showing enabled yet it was not and I had to reboot to get a score of 8692. I then discovered it was sent with surprisingly the Turion 1.0.0.0 Driver. Haven't a clue about that. So updated and then recieved an 8790. For 3dMark 06 I got a 5061 in SLI. I did once use the Nvidia nView to oc and got a 9947 in 05, but I don't really feel like pushing it any further especially since I only have 1.5gigs of ram and the 2ghz chip.
All in all I've found this computer to be easy to use. Simple to update and find new drivers. It is just amazing what it is capable of and I'm looking forward to many many months of use and abuse out of it.
Congrats to all the other m9700 owners. You've got one wicked sweet pc in a sleek sexy package.
My first intention towards purchasing this computer was to play games on it and still be able to lug it around with a lot more ease than a desktop. It has in every way, shape, form, and gratification lived up to the reviews and praises from the people here on NBF. I thank you all for the ability to gladly hand over a few grand for something that seems like it should cost a whole lot more.
I've got another laptop at my disposal and I do mean disposal. It takes the brunt of my online searching and stupid nonsense downloads of music and photochopping leaving the AW for what it was made for (gaming). And I do have to say it does it without breaking a single drop of sweat on it's more than asthetically admirable brow. I cannot put into words at how uber sweet this laptop looks in comparison to many of the hum ho boring run of the mill laps out there, my toshiba included. The workmanship is stellar without a single creek or cracking noise aroused when lifting the screen mount from it's locked position. Even the cd/dvd drive feels solid when opened. When carrying it to another spot in my house or to a LAN event I don't feel like I'm carrying some fragile piece of ancient tribal pottery that would break at the slightest hand gesture. It is just quite simply a very solid machine.
+ points of personal interest:
Full (Fn) keboard. Something I really really wanted given that I hate using the way up number keys in regards to finally having a full keypad.
I don't use the touchpad much which having it the same color as the rest of the case makes it very nice on the eyes and not distracting.
I like the set-up of usb ports due to my comp. desk array which gives me the ability to easily spread things out without getting a bunch of cords in a ratsnest.
SLI Dual Graphics Cards. Not to mention that the single GPU set-up works marvelous most of the time and scores great in the 3dMark challenges. But the mere fact that there are games specifically aimed at taking advantage of the multi-gpu platforms gives me goosebumps especially when seeing them in action with all the settings maxed out.
Did you hear something? I'll admit that the m9700 does produce fan banter. However given the fact that there are 2 fans working to keep 2 gpu's cool and a cpu, I must admit it is a very quiet beast. Almost like a slumbering dragon until it wakes up and gives chase during a long sitting of F.E.A.R. or Far Cry and the fans crank out forge like heat.
Can I brag? I could and I don't think any of you would disagree. However I didn't purchase this to brag. No I purchased it to feel free. It has allowed me to not have to worry about system requirements when looking at the lastest RPG or RTS that I just have to play. It has given me the freedom to look forward to upgrading the puny 2ghz processor to the 2.4ghz once my 1 year warranty is up. It also gives me the satisfaction of playing a game at full when the memory of Tribes online @ 14k dial-up was everything I thought I ever needed 10+ years ago on a Pentium 2 266mhz processor with only 2gigs of HD space and a 100mb Zipdrive was the sweetest thing on the block.
Random stew. 3dMark 05 score out of box was a scant 6293 however AW sent it with the SLI showing enabled yet it was not and I had to reboot to get a score of 8692. I then discovered it was sent with surprisingly the Turion 1.0.0.0 Driver. Haven't a clue about that. So updated and then recieved an 8790. For 3dMark 06 I got a 5061 in SLI. I did once use the Nvidia nView to oc and got a 9947 in 05, but I don't really feel like pushing it any further especially since I only have 1.5gigs of ram and the 2ghz chip.
All in all I've found this computer to be easy to use. Simple to update and find new drivers. It is just amazing what it is capable of and I'm looking forward to many many months of use and abuse out of it.
Congrats to all the other m9700 owners. You've got one wicked sweet pc in a sleek sexy package.
