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My 4th Alien =D m9750 w00t w00t!

post #1 of 84
7/12/07 at 6:31pm
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[1] Area-51® m9750

Video/Graphics Card: Dual 512MB NVidia® GeForce™ Go 7950 GTX - SLI Enabled
Chassis: 17" WideUXGA 1920 x 1200 LCD with Clearview Technology - Stealth Black
Processor: Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T7200 2.0GHz 4MB Cache 667MHz FSB
Memory: 1GB Dual Channel DDR2 SO-DIMM at 667MHz - 2 x 512MB
Operating System (Office software not included): Genuine Windows Vista™ Ultimate
Tuners and Remotes: With USB Mini Media Center Remote Control and Single NTSC TV Tuner
System Drive: Single Drive Configuration - 100GB Serial ATA 1.5Gb/s 7,200 RPM w/ NCQ & 8MB Cache
Primary CD ROM/DVD ROM: 8x Dual Layer CD-RW/DVD±RW Burner w/ LightScribe Technology - View Demo
Wireless Network Card: Internal Intel® Wireless 4965 a/b/g/Draft-N Mini-Card
Sound Card: High-Definition Audio with surround sound
Warranty: 1-Year AlienCare Toll-Free 24/7 Phone Support w/ Onsite Service
AlienRespawn: AlienRespawn v2.0 Recovery DVD – Windows Vista Edition
Alienware Extras: Alienware® Mesh Cap
Alienware Extras: Alienware® Mousepad
Alienware Extras: AlienInspection - Exclusive Integration and Inspection - $100 Value - FREE!

Oh yes! btw they just offered the new light scribe optical today...

I'll have an extensive review and probably a comparsion w/ a full blown XPS2 Red Top (My Uncle's massively expensive pride & Joy) comparison

soooo excited!!

I was going to wait until AW comes out w/ the 8xxx series GPU's for the m9750...but I figured I could always upgrade later =P

I'll be adding 4gb of Ram & a 200-250 2nd Hdd myself

also I'll be duel booting XP Pro until Vista has some stable drivers/SLI drivers out
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post #2 of 84
7/12/07 at 6:58pm
Thought I would say congrats.
I just ordered my first (in the sig).

And I'm lazy, I figure I'll let them install the RAM.
Though I'm planning on duel booting Linux (which can use the full 4GB) and XP.
No plans for at least the next year or two to use Vista.
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post #3 of 84
7/12/07 at 7:04pm
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nice!

Welcome to the Forums and the AW family...

I'm a Linux Dummy...Do I need to buy Red Hat to install Linux?
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post #4 of 84
7/12/07 at 7:09pm
hehe ... ordering the new computer while still in the honeymoon phase ... good move!

Congrats, Yang.
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post #5 of 84
7/12/07 at 7:11pm
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Originally Posted by shazza View Post
hehe ... ordering the new computer while still in the honeymoon phase ... good move!

Congrats, Yang.

haha well, I kinda told the wife I already ordered it before we were married...so technically it was already on order =P

just waiting to hear back from the mothership etc. haha
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post #6 of 84
7/12/07 at 7:15pm
Congratulations Yang. I'm envious of that system. I'm sure it will kick major behind, especially after your added upgrades.
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post #7 of 84
7/12/07 at 7:21pm
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Thanks! I'm absolutely stoked =D

first time I've gone Nvidia in 2 yrs (last Nvidia I had was a BFG 6800 Ultra)

Last 2 machines had ATI x850 & x1800...really stoked on my 1st time tweaking w/ SLI and Benching on it =P
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post #8 of 84
7/12/07 at 7:23pm
Congrats! I thought about going dual-video card, but I thought I'd wait for the DX10 cards before doing that.

You don't need to buy RedHat for Linux. There are a large number of Linux versions that you can get. You can even download RedHat's version for free...the only problem with many of the free versions is that you don't have paid support...like you can't call in and expect them to fix anything.

Linuxquestions.org might be a good place to start learning a little more, if you have the time.
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post #9 of 84
7/12/07 at 7:25pm
Congratulations! It seems that it as they continue to upgrade their configuration options, it appears that it was wise to wait. I wish I knew that in April
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post #10 of 84
7/12/07 at 7:38pm
Replacing the RAM in the m9750 is a piece of cake. It took me one minute to unscrew the back panel and replace the RAM its that easy and its way cheaper to buy it from like Newegg...
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post #11 of 84
7/12/07 at 7:41pm
As coldsleep mentioned, you don't really need to buy anything for Linux.
And judging by his tag, I'd say he has more then a passing knowledge of *nux

There are many "distros" you can use, aside from RedHat.
My current laptop is running Fedora Core 5, I'll probably run Ubuntu on my new laptop.

I tend to use Windows for games, Linux for everything else.

I haven't yet seen anyone running Linux on the m9750 yet, and as its new I'm not sure the driver support. So it'll be an interesting experiment getting it all working

Nice DVD drive on yours btw.
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post #12 of 84
7/12/07 at 7:43pm
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thanks cold sleep for the link...i've always wanted to mess around w. linux....
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post #13 of 84
7/12/07 at 7:46pm
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Originally Posted by littlefrankus View Post
Replacing the RAM in the m9750 is a piece of cake. It took me one minute to unscrew the back panel and replace the RAM its that easy and its way cheaper to buy it from like Newegg...
The week before I ordered my m9750 I just upgraded my desktop. My Geoforce 5950 died, and at the same time one of my hard drives also died. Two deaths at the same time, it was a pain in the rear isolating what was wrong. Hard drive it seemed like, but it would randomly die when not accessing the drive, due to memory corruption in the graphics card. After the end of a very long week, I ended up with a nice new 750 GB drive and Nvidia 8800 w/640 MB RAM graphics card, but I lost most of my sanity in the process. When I ordered my laptop, I traded money for sanity. I had enough swapping parts
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post #14 of 84
7/12/07 at 8:01pm
sounds like bad luck figuring out if the RAM is bad is alot easier than a vid card going on the frizs.. I keep my old RAM so if something happens I can trouble shoot..
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post #15 of 84
7/12/07 at 9:37pm
Congrats on your stellar config.
I'm jealous of your Lightscribe drive. That's a great feature for another measley $25.
Good choice going with SLi. You can upgrade later and have framerates that Pwn U Suxorz! in the meantime.
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post #16 of 84
7/13/07 at 12:44am
Congrats Yang... I twisted your arm to get you to go for the m9700, but now you've gone and one upped me...

I'm sure you're going to love it, and I'm looking forward to your review.
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post #17 of 84
7/13/07 at 12:45am
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Thanks HH =D

Can't wait w00t!

How's the remodeling coming along?
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post #18 of 84
7/18/07 at 9:49pm
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w00t...shipped today & should get it on friday...too bad I'm on vacation in florida until saturday
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post #19 of 84
7/18/07 at 10:15pm
glad to hear that you were able to to order it... the wife let you order it and keep it...

just wait next she will want to be using it all the time....
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post #20 of 84
7/18/07 at 10:44pm
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w00t...shipped today & should get it on friday...too bad I'm on vacation in florida until saturday


WHHHAAAATTTT???? And you didn't call? I dunno why not ... just cause you're on your honeymoon or something?

If you're at Disney, maybe you can catch up with Red...

Congrats on the fast shipment.
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