woot new laptop ordered :)

[JiF]Mike · Post by **[JiF]Mike** » Tue Nov 04, 2008 3:55 pm

Check it out: Gateway P-7801u NoteBook Intel Core 2 Duo P8400(2.26GHz) 17.0" Wide UXGA 4GB Memory DDR3 1066 320GB HDD 7200rpm DVD Super Multi NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS

It's bigger and heavier than my current laptop, but not much. The best part is, work payed for it. Woohoo! Can't wait for it to arrive!

Lonewolf-McQuade · Post by **Lonewolf-McQuade** » Tue Nov 04, 2008 6:53 pm

Sweet! DHS just ponied up for a Compaq 8510p for me... it runs BF42 exquisitely on the road with the right bandwidth (Hilton Hotels are the best!) It's like early Christmas right?! I KNOW!!!

[JiF]Mike · Post by **[JiF]Mike** » Tue Nov 04, 2008 7:08 pm

haha..I didn't think about that...early xmas...but hell yeah! I'm using an HP zv6000 now, and it's pretty good but starting to die. Gets a lot hotter than it use to, fans grind at times, and it likes to freeze at random times for no apparent reason, even after OS reloads. 4 years out of a laptop isn't bad though! I've been trying to get a new one for a year now but I'm always given a hard time cause as they put it "you're always ordering some new tech" but it's never for 'MY USE' I say! lol...well finally it's my turn.

I'm hoping I'll get it before my trip to MO next week, I'm sure it'll be fun carrying on the plane.

Maybe I can get 42 to work on it and play a little during lunch...my only worry is it has Vista on it, and evidently NVidia is lacking XP drivers for the video card.

Lonewolf-McQuade · Post by **Lonewolf-McQuade** » Tue Nov 04, 2008 7:25 pm

I can't wait for in flight broadband.. then I'll have a few hours to play 42 while I'm in the air!

[JiF]Sgt. hUTCHIE · Post by **[JiF]Sgt. hUTCHIE** » Tue Nov 04, 2008 8:17 pm

Hey Mike,

Nice Laptop - I'm soooo jealous.

The 9800M GTS should be capable of some reasonable gaming.

My new work laptop was a mere Dell Vostro 1700 with a 17" screen, two 250 GB 5400 HDD, 3 GB Ram and a 8600M GT

So Mike ya got me on most things, but my boss the managing director is a miserly meley mouthed SOB so that's my excuse.

Hang on thats's me, I am the MD - oh well...

hUTCHIE

[JiF]Blind Trooper · Post by **[JiF]Blind Trooper** » Tue Nov 04, 2008 8:37 pm

I've already got a fairly new laptop that works alright with BF42. Now I just need a desktop to play BF2 and Neverwinter Nights 2 ;_;

I'm actually thinking of getting an Alienware desktop. From what I've read, it's well worth it for a almost-pure gaming computer.

[JiF]Brick · Post by **[JiF]Brick** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 12:55 am

Just say no to Vista (if you want to play BF42 on it)
I predicted Gateway was going to get bought out or die years ago. Thats why I have a financial advisor for my 401K

[JiF]zougathefist · Post by **[JiF]zougathefist** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 1:12 am

Blind Trooper wrote:I've already got a fairly new laptop that works alright with BF42. Now I just need a desktop to play BF2 and Neverwinter Nights 2 ;_;

I'm actually thinking of getting an Alienware desktop. From what I've read, it's well worth it for a almost-pure gaming computer.

Don't buy an AlienWARE, they are incredibly overpriced, if you shop around you can get a higher spec Gaming macine for at least 20% less than a list price alienware.
you can even buy a box that looks just like the alienware one for cheap.
Don't be fooled by the marketing/branding axis of evil.

[JiF]Mike · Post by **[JiF]Mike** » Thu Nov 06, 2008 8:47 pm

Arrived today! Damn is thing thing sexy...

After mesing around a lil with it I decided to use my Vista Ultimate upgrade I bought when Vista first came out. Home Premium just isn't gonna work in an office environment. I started the upgrade and since my upgrade disk was pre SP1 it told me to do a fresh install..ok I thought...here goes an hour and half. Less than 30 minutes later Vista was reinstalled fresh.

I'm impressed so far, now to just download sp1 and all the drivers.

[JiF]Blind Trooper · Post by **[JiF]Blind Trooper** » Fri Nov 07, 2008 3:19 am

[JiF]zougathefist wrote:
Blind Trooper wrote:I've already got a fairly new laptop that works alright with BF42. Now I just need a desktop to play BF2 and Neverwinter Nights 2 ;_;

I'm actually thinking of getting an Alienware desktop. From what I've read, it's well worth it for a almost-pure gaming computer.
Don't buy an AlienWARE, they are incredibly overpriced, if you shop around you can get a higher spec Gaming macine for at least 20% less than a list price alienware.
you can even buy a box that looks just like the alienware one for cheap.
Don't be fooled by the marketing/branding axis of evil.

Got any recommendations? I've shopped around, but everything I've found looks to be as expensive (if not more) then AlienWARE.

[JiF]lini · Post by **[JiF]lini** » Sat Nov 08, 2008 12:40 am

Looks like a pretty good modern notebook, Mike. Though the killer question for me would be: Does it have a glare type of display? I can't stand these - and unfortunately nice, gaming capable notebooks hardly come with matte displays anymore nowadays...

Greetings from Munich!

Manfred / lini

[JiF]Mike · Post by **[JiF]Mike** » Sun Nov 09, 2008 4:01 pm

I don't really now. glare hasn't been an issue yet. Installed CoD: WoW today, and it works great! So far I have been very very happy with this laptop. Suppose I should do some work on it at some point, but I am vacation now for the week.

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