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post #161 of 315
2/10/10 at 9:42am
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May I add that while only single gpu equipped, the M6500 seems to be having none of these issues, and it is based on much the same chipset, Intel made mobo, and a Nvidia gpu. Of course there is a price difference, but it's curious nonetheless.
The FX series cards have a very stable driver program as well. thus the higher cost for the cards
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post #162 of 315
2/10/10 at 9:45pm
Yeah, just got a driver update today for my M6400.

For anyone who is waiting for DX11 cards and USB 3, reminder that Office 2010 is also coming in June/July timeframe, in case you buy your Office preinstalled.
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post #163 of 315
2/11/10 at 7:26am
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Dell has stated that a bios upgrade will be released to fix the flickering problem. They did say it was a power issue, big surprise. Anyway they have until my replacement get here to release it otherwise the system goes back and this thread is a dud.
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post #164 of 315
2/11/10 at 8:56am
yeah I read that, still makes me scratch my head how it ever passed testing in the first place.

Of course we are still waiting for a fix for the R1 as well.
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post #165 of 315
2/11/10 at 9:38am
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yeah I read that, still makes me scratch my head how it ever passed testing in the first place.

Of course we are still waiting for a fix for the R1 as well.
That's the depressing part. Even the average gamer who bought a 920 w/4870XF would have been able to see this problem.
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post #166 of 315
2/11/10 at 11:30am
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yeah I read that, still makes me scratch my head how it ever passed testing in the first place.

Of course we are still waiting for a fix for the R1 as well.
These Laptop company always blaming it on each other
saying we are waiting for windows,drivers, etc UPDATES

They should not Sell there product if it doesnt work like it should

Someone need to start a Petition online to stop cheating customers
Selling a product which doesnt deliver what it claims
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post #167 of 315
2/11/10 at 11:08pm
I would like to say that this is the most comprehensive forum post I have come upon. I am looking at buying the g73 vs the m17x with near exact model specifications. It also seems wherever I look to find more info on these two laptops NWGuru pops up. I am eagerly awaiting further analysis of each. Great work guys.
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post #168 of 315
2/11/10 at 11:44pm
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I would like to say that this is the most comprehensive forum post I have come upon. I am looking at buying the g73 vs the m17x with near exact model specifications. It also seems wherever I look to find more info on these two laptops NWGuru pops up. I am eagerly awaiting further analysis of each. Great work guys.
I thought you were being sarcastic in the G73 thread.
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post #169 of 315
2/11/10 at 11:45pm
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Build quality and LCD is hands down won by the M17xR2. As a matter of fact I think the only thing the G73 is better than the M17x so far is fan noise.
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post #170 of 315
2/12/10 at 12:14am
I just want to say that as far as owning notebooks I wish I was NW! NW you get your hands on some top notch stuff to play with. And I do know not because you are a rich man. Keep up keeping the rest of us informed. And I am very much looking forward to your G73 thoughts.

I thought I would never buy a 17" but never say never. And I can deal with a little flex and plastic feel if the rest performs.
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post #171 of 315
2/12/10 at 3:42am
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I thought you were being sarcastic in the G73 thread.
haha sarcasm, me? never.
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post #172 of 315
2/12/10 at 7:23am
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Build quality and LCD is hands down won by the M17xR2. As a matter of fact I think the only thing the G73 is better than the M17x so far is fan noise.
Fan noise is important for many (me included)

LCD quality difference - a lot?

cheers ...
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post #173 of 315
2/12/10 at 10:05am
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Fan noise is important for many (me included)

LCD quality difference - a lot?

cheers ...
definitely. When you see the screen of the G73 your reaction is "that's nice". When you see the M17x the impression is

Even my wife came to see the G73 yesterday when I was working on it and the first thing she said was "I like the screen on the other one better".
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post #174 of 315
2/12/10 at 1:03pm
Yeah the M17x chassis design is also top notch if not for these issues with DPC, and throttling etc it would be the best laptop out there period.

I am still confident Dell will get things worked out, if even in a R3 release
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post #175 of 315
2/12/10 at 1:11pm
You meant if Dell leaves AW team alone to sort things out, right?

cheers ...
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post #176 of 315
2/12/10 at 1:43pm
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Lets just say the team that designs the systems is much bigger than the team that tests them.
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post #177 of 315
2/12/10 at 2:46pm
Any idea on the expected release for the bios or an update on your new system?
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post #178 of 315
2/12/10 at 3:56pm
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I received a call yesterday saying DVD drives are back ordered. They said probably not until after the 22nd.

No idea about the bios.
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post #179 of 315
2/14/10 at 11:55am
I think it's funny envisioning the scenario by which this got missed in "testing". We all know the AW folks are pretty machine intensive folks. They just left the "safety interlocks" on the power wide open through all their testing. They must have pushed these machines to their limits and then some. Then they put in the production model all the "safe limits" stuff that is standard for manufacturers and, boom, we get machines that don't work quite right. With full on power these machines were fine and performed probably to heights they were impressed with. It's only when they tried to build typical user machines that things got crazy.

They probably have to test a whole bunch of "regular" machines right now to be sure the fix works and they are probably groaning because they are so "slow" haha
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post #180 of 315
2/14/10 at 3:56pm
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I think it's funny envisioning the scenario by which this got missed in "testing". We all know the AW folks are pretty machine intensive folks. They just left the "safety interlocks" on the power wide open through all their testing. They must have pushed these machines to their limits and then some. Then they put in the production model all the "safe limits" stuff that is standard for manufacturers and, boom, we get machines that don't work quite right. With full on power these machines were fine and performed probably to heights they were impressed with. It's only when they tried to build typical user machines that things got crazy.

They probably have to test a whole bunch of "regular" machines right now to be sure the fix works and they are probably groaning because they are so "slow" haha


Knowing how Engineer's think, and Software Engineers even more so, they probably went on "specs" alone when setting the BIOS paramaters. which of course never = reality
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