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My Area51m 7700

post #1 of 60
5/5/05 at 12:28pm
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Like everyone else in this section i ordered my Area51m Laptop last monday the 1st very excited i will post the specs soon, but the bad news is the guy on the phone screwed up my e-mail and so instead of geting the phase updates via e-mail ihave to check on the site to see how it is coming but i am very excited about my laptop and just wanted to join in the celebration of the community here.
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post #2 of 60
5/5/05 at 12:33pm
welcome to the phase game, i just went from phase 9 to phase 2 due to upgrades but they reckon it shouldnt effected delivery to much.

so watcha getting, specs??
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post #3 of 60
5/5/05 at 12:34pm
You can call Alienware's customer support at 1800ALIENWARE and get your email corrected.
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post #4 of 60
5/5/05 at 12:57pm
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I called them and although helpful they said it would take 24 hours to change and it still hasnt changed so i got past it

Ok and here are the specs just going to copy and paste
  • Area-51m 7700 Case with 17" WideSXGA+ 1680 x 1050 LCD Display with Built-in Camera - Xeno Grey - Includes Clearview Enhanced Display Technology
  • Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor 550 w/ HT Technology 3.4GHz 800MHz FSB 1MB Cache
  • 1GB Dual Channel DDR2 SO-DIMM at 533MHz - 2 x 512MB
  • Area-51m 7700 NVIDIA GeForce™ 6800 Go with 256MB of DDR3 memory
  • Intel® High-Definition Audio (24-bit, 192Khz) with 7.1 surround sound
  • 80GB 5400 RPM ATA100
  • 8X Dual Layer DVD+/-RW / 24X CD-RW Combo w/Software
  • Internal Wireless 802.11b/g miniPCI Card
I believe that is the basics anything i am missing let me know. And also comments on my decision to go with the Nvidia instead of the Radeon?
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post #5 of 60
5/5/05 at 1:16pm
oh FYI the site doesn't usually update very often when it comes to phase changes, Most of the time you are better off calling AW and ask what phase you are in.
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post #6 of 60
5/5/05 at 1:21pm
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about the phases for the first three days it drove me crazy but now being on phase 9 in only three days either i am very very lucky or something is going to happen
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post #7 of 60
5/5/05 at 4:09pm
Beats my 7700 factory config, but I also had to buy under a strict budget.

You might want to consider something faster than a 5400 rpm drive. You haven't stated here what you're intending the laptop for, but generally people who buy an Alienware either want a gaming machine or have a tech industry job. So in almost all cases, a faster drive is advisable.
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post #8 of 60
5/5/05 at 4:26pm
7200 should suffice, But, I don't mind using the 5400 drives...I got the two 160 gig 5400 drives. I am in the tech industry, but there was no need for me to dish out more for faster load times, which I probably wouldn't have noticed...I just needed the freakin space....both drives are 75% full...geeze
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post #9 of 60
5/5/05 at 4:56pm
Congrats on your new rig!
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post #10 of 60
5/5/05 at 11:20pm
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I wish i could have opted for a bigger faster hardrive but causs of cash it was the one thing i thought i could do without.
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post #11 of 60
5/6/05 at 9:24am
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Woohoo! now at Phase 12! i cant wait!
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post #12 of 60
5/6/05 at 9:41am
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also since it is going to be shipped soon can any one give me a estimate on how long shipping usually takes i Live in Rhode Island and i was just wondering once it ships what day i should take off and stay home waiting for it.
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post #13 of 60
5/6/05 at 6:10pm
A day after they ship it your FedEx tracking page will have an estimated delivery date. Although that date is not always correct, I have noticed it to be pretty spot on most of the time.
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post #14 of 60
5/6/05 at 6:30pm
Welcome to the Alienware Community, Alnuts!!
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post #15 of 60
5/6/05 at 9:21pm
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Thank you and i called the service guys today they told me that the laptop should be shipped out on monday/
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post #16 of 60
5/6/05 at 9:49pm
Yeah, but call them on Monday so you can find out when the real shipping date is.

I'm just kidding, of course. But you never know. My laptop has been on hold for a week while they print up paperwork so anything's possible.
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post #17 of 60
5/6/05 at 9:53pm
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i compleltely believe you and i will not be calm until i have the laptop in my hands. Now i need to prepare by getting a wireless router for the home anyone have any suggestions as to a strong secure router?
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post #18 of 60
5/7/05 at 7:16pm

Ordered a Area 51m - 7100 on Wednesday 5/4/05

I am currently in Phase Four.

But I got a bit of bad news from Alienware today:

There will be a slight delay in your Alienware order, because the part(s) listed below are temporarily backordered. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause, and assure you that we are doing everything in our power to expedite the process.

1- AREA-51M 7700 5.2B GREY 17" SXGA+ W/CAM ..................... Expected Date: to be announced.[i]

OY!!!!

Here are the specs for my machine:

Area-51m 7700

Operating System: Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional with Service Pack 2
Case: Area-51m 7700 Case with 17" WideSXGA+ 1680 x 1050 LCD Display with Built-in Camera - Xeno Grey
Processor: Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor 570J w/ HT Technology 3.8GHz 800MHz FSB 1MB Cache
Motherboard: Intel® 915P Chipset Supporting PCI-Express
Memory: 2GB Dual Channel DDR2 SO-DIMM at 533MHz - 2 x 1024MB
Video Card: Area-51m 7700 NVIDIA GeForce™ 6800 Go with 256MB of DDR3 memory
Sound Card: Intel® High-Definition Audio (24-bit, 192Khz) with 7.1 surround sound
Hard Drive: Extreme Performance - RAID 0 - 120GB (60GB x 2) 7200 RPM ATA100 - Hitachi
Optical Drive One: 8X Dual Layer DVD+/-RW / 24X CD-RW Combo w/Software
Optical Drive Two: 8X Dual Layer DVD+/-RW / 24X CD-RW Combo w/Software
Floppy Drive: USB Floppy Drive
Ethernet NIC: Integrated 10/1000Mb Gigabit Ethernet NIC
Wireless Network: Internal Wireless 802.11b/g miniPCI Card
Bluetooth: Belkin® Bluetooth™ PCMCIA Type II Adapter
Modem: 56K Modem with V.92 Technology


So now I suppose I just wait!

Jswear
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post #19 of 60
5/7/05 at 7:19pm
Yeah that is some bad news...however there are rumors that this is because they are performing a hardware revision on the motherboards. Perhaps this is the start of getting the new 7700 boards that will support the nvidia ultra card???
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post #20 of 60
5/7/05 at 7:24pm

Area 51m-7700

So Snoslices8,

Are you enjoying your new machine?
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