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post #1 of 12
5/31/04 at 7:39pm
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I'm currently looking to purchase an Area 51 Extreme... Probably Saucer Silver.but may go with the Green... Anyway, I wanted some imput from other AW users before i purchase one... If you have one now, Newly or a bit older, What would you have done differently now that you had a chance to play with your new toy? Would you change or add anything... would you perhapse purchase a less inexpensive model and downgraded? Just curious to read your thoughts. I have no intentions of looking to Dell, Gateway, or any other maker at this time. I love the style of A.W. Also, love what I see in the performance... Any suggestions before I make my purchase would be greatly appreciated...
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post #2 of 12
5/31/04 at 7:52pm
How sweet...

Fresh meat

Darth, we got another one here... come join me and bring you wife's chainsaw-powered strap on with the chrome spikes you were telling me about in another thread

As for the question, I was happy with my configuration: Pentium 3.2 Ghz (which was the fastest at the time) with 2 x 512Mb of RAM, 60Gb drive and the 16.1" screen with the DVD burner.

The machine has done right by me so far...
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post #3 of 12
5/31/04 at 8:39pm
We are running out of room on these here boards . . .
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post #4 of 12
5/31/04 at 8:39pm
Welcome SK,

I'd say get the best Valued CPU (3.2GHz) and 1GB of RAM (2x512) to start with. You can always slap in a new CPU once prices come down if you've just got to have a 3.4GHz machine.

I'd also recommend either the 60Gb or 40Gb 7200RPM drive as it will be just about as fast as a desktop drive due to the RPM rate.

Other than that, I am still waiting for AW to come out with a 4x +/- DVDr but if you just need to have one built in now, I'd go for the + drive for Data and the - drive for movies. Opinions on this vary so do some research.

Hope that little bit helps...again, welcome

-Craig
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post #5 of 12
5/31/04 at 9:16pm
The only thing I regret about my purchase was that I should have gone with 1024 megs of ram instead of 512. 512 works fine right now, but later on I will probably end up purchasing more.
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post #6 of 12
5/31/04 at 10:24pm
Craig,

You do realize that notebook HDs are faster than their desktop counterparts, right? The Hitachi 60Gb at 7200 RPM are one of the fastest on the market period (and the fastest used in a lappy so far).
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post #7 of 12
5/31/04 at 10:32pm
ooo no 10,000 rpm's in a notebook?
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post #8 of 12
5/31/04 at 10:34pm
I was referring to comparisons of 7200 RPM drives...

Actually there was a review a few months ago where that HD actually bested some 10K RPM drives... but I want to see some more tests before I take that one with more than a grain of salt.
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post #9 of 12
5/31/04 at 10:36pm
Oh I was just being sarcastic, no hard feelings, but wow I would have never thought that this HD would beat a 10k. It kinda seems unlikely...
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post #10 of 12
5/31/04 at 10:42pm
I seen that comparison too. Lots of bang for the buck with 7200 RPMs
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post #11 of 12
5/31/04 at 10:50pm
Still takes a heck of a time to install KotOR, but then again, its 4 gigs lol
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post #12 of 12
5/31/04 at 10:50pm
hell yeah... and I know that the WD Special Editions at 120Gb running at 7200RPM will beat many 10K drives... I know that with my lappy HD, I am almost always after at loading stuff compared to a desktop HD
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