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    Going to university, parents suprise me with this email!!

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by arammid, May 31, 2008.

  1. arammid

    arammid Notebook Enthusiast

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    Wooo Going to university and got this email. surprise from parents! I hope its fast, its the one I wanted.
     
  2. GRB

    GRB Notebook Deity

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    haha; a nice surprise :D

    but it will be at least a month probably till you get it
     
  3. Bog

    Bog Losing it...

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    Wow, that is an amazing system. Congratulations on your entrance to university!
     
  4. dtwn

    dtwn C'thulhu fhtagn

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    Very nice. Congratulations. Hope you like your brand new toy.
     
  5. The_Observer

    The_Observer 9262 is the best:)

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    Do you wanna switch parents.lol

    Happy gaming and don't forget an insurance or something in that sort.
     
  6. arammid

    arammid Notebook Enthusiast

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    Yeah they told me shipping date is like middle of July.
    I was worried about the battery life so I called up alienware to ask about the Smart Bay battery and they said its out of stock for the m17x and that in a month if I call back they will have it and sell it seperate to me for 10% off.
     
  7. Xirurg

    Xirurg ORLY???

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    agee,have fun ;)
     
  8. MICHAELSD01

    MICHAELSD01 Apple/Alienware Master

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    That's an incredible system! Your parents went all-out on that, without holding back on anything! You know, Father's Day is coming up ;)... lol.
     
  9. arammid

    arammid Notebook Enthusiast

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    Yeah I gotta insure it. My moms an insurance agent so I'm sure she can hook that up somehow incase it gets stolen.
     
  10. arammid

    arammid Notebook Enthusiast

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    I already got my dads gift in the mail lol :p
    A nice huge massive Snap-On toolset he always wanted. Cost a little over a grand.

    If your not familiar, Snap-On is basically like, hmm, how can I compare it, the OCZ brand name of ram, as opposed to no-name ram. lol I dunno, It's what all the mechanics drool over lol.
     
  11. MrDJ

    MrDJ Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    congratulations, what great parents youve got.

    i hope you know this means you will be...........
    washing the car
    doing the gardening
    hoovering the entire house
    doing the washing up after each meal
    and finally have to get grade As

    good luck
     
  12. exiled

    exiled -_-

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    congratulations on the surprise. the only thing i have a problem with is the 4 gigabytes of ram since you could of saved a bit more money. and turbo cache doesnt seem like it works as advertised. still a good system never the less. now you just have to make sure to get a big enough bag to carry with to the university. if only my parents were as nice as yours. im about to go to university and i had to pay half for my laptop :(
     
  13. CeeNote

    CeeNote Notebook Virtuoso

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    Holy crap that's a nice surprise... yeah I'd be careful about it getting stolen. They stole a lot less valuable stuff when I went to college a couple years ago.
     
  14. Greg

    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Very very nice. Overpowered :)D) but wow...congrats!

    You'd better take care of that baby, very very well. Always lock it down, password it like crazy, and never let it out of your sight if you are away from your dorm room.

    No doubt you deserve it, or no doubt you're a spoiled brat :)D).
     
  15. Livre

    Livre Notebook Consultant

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    Congratulations on both your acceptance and the laptop!
     
  16. HaloGod2007

    HaloGod2007 Notebook Virtuoso

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    wow your lucky dude, nice parents and machine, my parents wont even buy me a pack of bubble gum when im on campus, congrats and enjoy showing it off in class
     
  17. Nirvana

    Nirvana Notebook Prophet

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    lol my parents never surprised me! envy....
     
  18. crystak

    crystak Notebook Evangelist

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    Looks like you've got amazing parents :D!
    They either know something about computers or they just went and ticked the most expensive options, although in that case they should have gone for the 2x 64 SSD :D.

    But anyway, yeah it's a great machine! Good luck with it and don't let a thief become lucky.

    By the way, what are you going to study?
     
  19. Callidor

    Callidor Notebook Evangelist

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    That is one hell of a machine...enjoy it and congratulations!
     
  20. Agatius

    Agatius Notebook Consultant

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    You only got the 1 year warranty!? With a system that expensive you better upgrade that to 3 ASAP! =P
     
  21. GRB

    GRB Notebook Deity

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    You can upgrade at any time while the original warranty exists (so you can upgrade to the 3-yr at any time during that one year). So, while you don't have to upgrade now, I would also agree with upgrading to the 3-yr at some point (I also have the 1-yr and will be upgrading)
     
  22. JBthatsMe

    JBthatsMe Notebook Geek

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    @arammid
    My brother is a lead mech. at benzo and he has $65,000 worth of snap on tools. Snap-on is the sh*t!
    -J.B.
     
  23. brainer

    brainer Notebook Virtuoso

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    dude! you have great parents there! they rock! Enjoy your beast when it lands :D
     
  24. arjeee

    arjeee Notebook Geek

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    so err...where does your brother live again :)