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[pad11]

As Bill Murray once so succinctly said in Scrooged..."what the hell, it's only mmmm ma..money....!

I pulled the trigger!  I'll use this thread to post status updates and pics when it comes!

pat!

Model: Sager 9262 (uses Clevo D900C/D901C motherboard)

Display: 17" WUXGA Super Clear Ultra Bright Glossy Screen (1920x1200 native reso)

Color: Arctic Silver

Exterior Finish: Custum Skins and Paint Job (I'm spending a bit here to personalize this thing to take the sting out of not buying an Alien -- if I chicken out, I can save a bit by NOT doing this)

Dead Pixel Policy: Standard 30 day

Processor: Intel Core 2 QUAD Q6700 2.66 GHz w/ 8MB L2 Cache - 1066 MHz FSB (they offered a Dual Core at 2.93 GHz but it was $400 more, only a dual core and only a 4MB cache)

Video Cards: SLI Enabled DUAL PCI-Express nVidia GEForce 8800M GTX (1042 MB Total) w GDDR3 DX10 Video Cards (User Uprgadeable!)

RAM: 4,096 MB DDR2 800 (2 SODIMMS) Dual Channel Memory

Optical Drive: Combo 8x8x6x4x Dual Layer DVD +/-R/RW5x DVD-RAM 24x CD-R/RW Drive w/ Software (I don't need a blue ray on my lappy, although its only another $400 to get it).

Primary Hard Drive: 200GB 7200 RPM (Serial-ATA II 300 -- 16 MB Cache)

Secondary Hard Drive: 200GB 7200 RPM (Serial-ATA II 300 -- 16 MB Cache)

Third Hard Drive: 200GB 7200 RPM (Serial-ATA II 300 -- 16 MB Cache)

Raid: Raid 5-Stripe

2.5" SATA Enclosure and Back-Up: USB 2.0 SATA Aluminum Enclosure + 1600 GB 5400 RPM SATA Hard Drive (I need to get into the habit of backing up my saves!)

Memory Card Reader: Internal 7 in 1 card reader

Bluetooth: Internal Bluetooth 2.0+ EDR

Wireless: Built In Intel PRO-Wireless 4965 802.11 a/g/n

Camera: Built in 2.0 megapixel Camera

TV Tuner: Built in Multi-regional TV Tuner w/ Remote

Sound Card: Creative Labs Sound Blaster X-Fi 7.1 Xtreme Audio Notebook Express Card (plus the internal one as standard)

Speakers: Integrated System Speakers

Case: Tripp Lite Corporate To-Load Black Leather Notebook Case

Battery: Smart Li-ion Battery

AC Adapter: Extra Power Brick

Fingerprint Reader: None (only $80, but I worry about it going fudgy)

OS: Windows Vista Ultimate 32/64 Bit Edition w/ Drivers and Utilities CD (MUST REQUEST DUAL BOOT W/ XP, willing to pay extra for that although our tech folks can do it too for free, so maybe I'll hold off)

Warranty: Sager 3 Year Part and Warranty w/ Lifetime 24/7 Customer Support.

[katmandu2]

Excellent Pat! I've very excited for you!!!  A new toy!!!   

So....when will it arrive?  Also, what does their logo look like? Is that what you're going to personalize it to?

Kat

[pad11]

my logo's attached!  Since it's a silver lappy, I'm asking them to paint the LCD and bezzle in the metalic gold used in the center orb here and the text, and blend/fade it into the dark blue/black of the sky/background of the logo....I'm also asking them to change their company logo to a gold and white version to put on the left of the logo to balance the moon on the right!

I'm so geeky!!!

pat!

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[RhiannOn]

I'm so geeky!!!
pat!

  
I think there is a little bit of geek in all of us = and that is a good thing  .
My geekiness,...is that my monitor screen must be spotless.  I hate it when i see a streak if there is a black background, and if i see other monitors screen marked it's like  ..I know pathetic 

Have fun with you new lappy Pat!!!!!!  It's always so exciting when one gets a new/upgraded pc.

[pad11]

thanks rhiannon!

i'm looking forward to it!  and i'm the same way about my monitor!

pat!

[MaxBeta]

   HEY!!..you two.. I ALSO like my monitor to be squeaky clean.. even though I'm blind in one eye and can't see out of the other... 

...so can I be considered geeky too?  ... 

[City Builder]

I don't notice my monitor is dirty until I can't see the images anymore .  Where we live it's so dusty that I can dust off the television in the morning and by night there is a coat of dust on the screen again.  Fortunately the LCD monitor doesn't attract dust all that bad but it does get dusty after enough time.  Now I just want a new 26" monitor to replace this 22".  Samantha only has a 19" so she'd like to get a hold of this viewonic 22" so it shouldn't be a hard time convincing her to let me spend the money (when/if we ever have enough to spare) to buy a 26" monitor.  It would be so awsome to be able to play games on a 26" monitor.

[MaxBeta]

   HAR Har!!  I sure can understand that coming from a guy who has A "bug" in his Sig.   hehe  I wonder how many thumb prints on other peoples monitors.. that Thing has caused already... 

I'm quite happy with my 22" Samsung .. I don't want a larger Desk..this one is just right.
I do have two monitors in use already..my office looks like Control Central and has for a longtime now.  The only thing I want to renew is my chair..as I age I just seem to require more ...padding I guess.   

[RhiannOn]

   Yeah, you got to have a descent pc chair, otherwise the  muscles/bones start to moan.

Regarding desks, we bought a newish and much stronger desk for me a week back as I had  bought a 2nd hand black Dell trinitron, 21inch,  CRT (weighs a ton lol ) a few weeks ago for a whole $125.00 (cheeeeep) and my ole desk would rock  from side to side when our cat jumped on top of the monitor to snooze.  That is quite often her resting place when I am on the pc  and as I had visions of the monitor and desk crashing to the ground, wiping out my pc on the way down a newish desk was on the menu.
The new desk does not wobble and I have room..lots and lots of room!!!!!!!!!   
The things we do for our hobby   
The screenie is of my previous, but very reliable 19 inch Phillips monitor with my pc companion  on my old, not so strong,  slightly cramped desk. 


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[MaxBeta]

   As I surfed my way through a half dozen reviews.. this info seemed to be repetitive enough to post for pat!!'s consideration.

It deals with conclusive summary of performance testing by several reviewers.  They came up with this info...mostly for the OS implications.

Test results - in a nutshell

• Comments
• In Crysis, Windows XP 32-bit was faster than Vista in every situation by up to 20%.
• Windows Vista 64-bit in DirectX 9 was about 5-10% faster than DirectX 10.
• The 169.28 driver from laptopvideo2go was about the same speed as the stock driver. Using the stock drivers will be fine for now until better drivers for the 8800M GTX come out. Using Vista, the stock driver came out ahead most of the times.
• Keep in mind that at these FPS rates, even 2-3 FPS can make a big difference. I would recommend Windows XP 32-bit for anyone looking to maximize their system on Crysis. We will see if this changes when SLI becomes available.
• Unreal Tournament 3 ran the same on both Windows XP and Vista. At maxed details and max resolution, the FPS still hit 60. Very solid.
• Call of Duty 4 ran almost as fast as UT3. I maxed all details and max resolution and got an average of 57 FPS. Enabling 4x anti-aliasing dropped this to 39 FPS. Whether or not you need anti-aliasing is always up in the air, personally I don't use it.
• Call of Duty 4 in Windows XP ran 5-8% faster than Windows Vista.

I guess it is something to continue investigating.. to make sure what is the best case scenario as to OS application.