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Yeeeee-Haaaawwww!
Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2009 11:21 pm
by DaddyHoggy
Have just be told I can order one of these "for work"....
DH's shiny new RL laptop
2nd from left - with the SLI 9800GT...
Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 3:49 am
by Captain Tylor
Jealous
Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 7:31 am
by overmage
3dmark06 of 12184. Nice!
my new laptop only has 6633. Ah well, but I'd be wary of Dell laptops after a few years.. but if you're only getting one for 'work'...
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Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 5:02 pm
by Lestradae
Cool
How does one join Torchwood and get such a shiny laptop for free, too?
Must ... stop ... teasing ... DaddyHoggy
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Re: Yeeeee-Haaaawwww!
Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 5:50 pm
by Screet
DaddyHoggy wrote:Have just be told I can order one of these "for work"....
DH's shiny new RL laptop
2nd from left - with the SLI 9800GT...
NICE!!!
Make sure that you get Vista 64 bit, otherwise you cannot really use the additional memory beyond 2 GiB!
The vendor of my machine pre-installed the OS and took 32 bit while offering "64 bit technology" - and won't exchange the OS. I tried to talk to M$, but those are only robots repeating over and over that I need that vendor to exchange it without listening that that vendor sells 32bit as 64bit and doesn't exchange it. *GRRR* At least they should put pressure on such companies or stop them from selling their products!
Screet
Re: Yeeeee-Haaaawwww!
Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 6:27 pm
by harry747
Screet wrote:
Make sure that you get Vista 64 bit,...
then get frustrated with it and go back to XP, like so many others...
Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 7:22 pm
by DaddyHoggy
Very paying extra to have Vista taken off and XP-64bit installed instead...
Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 8:10 pm
by Screet
DaddyHoggy wrote:Very paying extra to have Vista taken off and XP-64bit installed instead...
Hey, I bet you don't want to play DirectX 10 games, so this may be the even better solution
I tried to get my original XP X64 on the Vista machine as secondary OS for DirectX9 and other games, but somehow the installer always hangs up
Screet
Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 8:39 pm
by DaddyHoggy
We only use DX10 for tech demos of emerging technologies - so we'll have one or two machines (we're buying four of these) with dual boot XP64/Vista so we can demo DX10 - we currently use four machines (desktop) networked together - two running XP, two running Vista - playing S.T.A.L.K.E.R. - Clear Skies to highlight the diffs between DX9 and DX10
Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2009 9:12 am
by Selezen
Nice. Ooh, very nice!
Be careful with Dell though, they can be a bit machiavellian as far as support goes. Products are generally good, but I found they were built to fail after a certain lifespan.
This is just my experience, but be careful with the power connector...