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Well my 8790 came in, Initial impressions.

post #1 of 12
4/8/04 at 2:43pm
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Ordered it Friday April 2nd, 2004
Recieved it Wednesday April 8th, 2004

PCTORQUE amd Sager do a very good job. It would be nice to at least least see a status on the website. Even if it is nothing more than "Order being configured", until you get the e-mail.

ON the outside of the box it indicated that I had 1 60 Gig HD, so thanks to the car adapter the first thing I did was boot it up and validate that there are in fact 2 60 Gig Drives in my machine.

LCD is perfect, so far. Not a single bad pixel. Resolution is just right, although I now understand why some people want a Higher Res 17 inch LCD. Adobe Photoshop CS runs great.

After Bible Study tonight it will be a few more tests and installs. Thanks to the joys of mlb.tv and this guy I can Install product, run tests, and Watch a baseball game on the same machine at the same time.

Yes the notebook is loud, But not terribly so. And Yes this guy has some heat issue, but I just got a destop replacement in the size of a notebook, I cannot say I am surprised.

Will do some testing with Far Cry, and UT 2004 later this week/weekend.
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post #2 of 12
4/8/04 at 3:03pm
Nice, sounds like a good machine except for the SCREEN of course (my biggest issue.)

Nothing like a night of bible study then killing mo-fo's in Far Cry and UT2004.
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post #3 of 12
4/8/04 at 3:29pm
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Originally Posted by camlost
Ordered it Friday April 2nd, 2004
Recieved it Wednesday April 8th, 2004

PCTORQUE amd Sager do a very good job. It would be nice to at least least see a status on the website. Even if it is nothing more than "Order being configured", until you get the e-mail.

ON the outside of the box it indicated that I had 1 60 Gig HD, so thanks to the car adapter the first thing I did was boot it up and validate that there are in fact 2 60 Gig Drives in my machine.

LCD is perfect, so far. Not a single bad pixel. Resolution is just right, although I now understand why some people want a Higher Res 17 inch LCD. Adobe Photoshop CS runs great.

After Bible Study tonight it will be a few more tests and installs. Thanks to the joys of mlb.tv and this guy I can Install product, run tests, and Watch a baseball game on the same machine at the same time.

Yes the notebook is loud, But not terribly so. And Yes this guy has some heat issue, but I just got a destop replacement in the size of a notebook, I cannot say I am surprised.

Will do some testing with Far Cry, and UT 2004 later this week/weekend.

Where do you live? I ask because I ordered on Friday, but changed my order on Monday.
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post #4 of 12
4/8/04 at 3:33pm
I think Camlost has some serious dirt on someone to get a turnaround that fast. lol. Cause I'm still waiting for mine. *goes back to being jaded, edgy, and nervous* Congrats on your new toy, and I hope it works as great as any such awesome machine should.
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post #5 of 12
4/8/04 at 6:32pm
Perhaps he picked a lesser configuration, therefore his unit was ready to go while you guys might be waiting on certain parts (ie- 3.4 Northwood, etc.). Just a guess.

Camlost, good to hear that you're part of the club now. Your comment about not being surprised about the heat from a desktop replacement is pretty much how I feel. It's a trade-off. Silly to think that it wouldn't be hot considering the same CPU in a desktop generally has a HUGE heatsink/fan combo plus miscellaneous other supporting fans throughout the case. Makes me shake my head when I read some of the posts around here about heating issues
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post #6 of 12
4/8/04 at 7:15pm
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My configuration

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Originally Posted by Jertc
I think Camlost has some serious dirt on someone to get a turnaround that fast. lol. Cause I'm still waiting for mine. *goes back to being jaded, edgy, and nervous* Congrats on your new toy, and I hope it works as great as any such awesome machine should.

Actually I don't have any dirt on anyone. Here is the configuration though:

1008 Display: 17" WXGA+ LCD (WideScreen
1440 X 900)
1034 Processor: P4 3.4GHZ Northwood CPU
1009 Video: 256MB ATI Radeon Mobility 9700
(M11)
850 RAM: 1024MB 400DDR Dual Channel
(2-512MB)
842 Main Hard Drive: 60GB 7200RPM
539 Media Drive: 8X DVD/24X10X24 CDRW
Combo Drive
843 Bay 2 Hard Drive: 60GB 7200rpm with
bracket
372 RAID: No
702 Keyboard Layout: USA
1025 TV Tuner/Subwoofer: Subwoofer
372 Floppy Drive: No
1010 Modem: 56K RJ11 Phone Modem
853 Network Card: 10/100/1000 NIC
365 Operating System: Windows XP
Professional
1023 Battery: 8 Cell Li-Ion Smart battery
990 Car Adapter: Direct Car adapter
781 Port Replicator: USB Port Replicator
1041 Wireless Network: Internal 802.11g
TURBO (108Mbps) wireless
852 Bluetooth: Internal Bluetooth
1028 Card Reader: Internal 7-in-1 Card
Reader
1029 Camera: Integrated Digital Video
Camera
==============================================

I did pay for overnight shipping, so it goy here one day earlier than someone else's might, but then the way I look at it if I paid 3K for a Computer what's another hundred to make sure it got here the day after it was shipped.
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post #7 of 12
4/8/04 at 7:18pm
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Originally Posted by Angst!
Where do you live? I ask because I ordered on Friday, but changed my order on Monday.
Arkansas.

However as mentioned before I paid for overnight shipping. They processed and built for Friday, Monday and Tuesday, and shipped it Tuesday Evening.
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post #8 of 12
4/9/04 at 10:37am
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Originally Posted by natedog81
Nice, sounds like a good machine except for the SCREEN of course (my biggest issue.)

Nothing like a night of bible study then killing mo-fo's in Far Cry and UT2004.
Well It's looking like it will actually just be the Notebook tonight, as Bible study was canceled.

I actually like the screen. 1440x900 seems absolutely perfect for the screen size. Fonts not too big, and not too small.
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post #9 of 12
4/9/04 at 5:22pm
Sheeeeeit.... I ordered on Monday night, paid for over night shipping, and Tom said it will PROBABLY ship NEXT wensday.... Errr... Guess you got the last one!!!
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post #10 of 12
4/9/04 at 6:50pm
Buster,

The fact that you didn't get one right now and will have the updated one may not be a bad thing. Remember that song about "unanswered prayers"?
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post #11 of 12
4/9/04 at 7:06pm
Or be careful of what you wish for...
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post #12 of 12
4/9/04 at 7:10pm
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Originally Posted by G-Omaha
Buster,

The fact that you didn't get one right now and will have the updated one may not be a bad thing. Remember that song about "unanswered prayers"?

hmmm.... sounds familiar, but cant pin point the song.
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