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    Help Prepare Me Wise Ones...

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by msparrow88, Nov 26, 2008.

  1. msparrow88

    msparrow88 Notebook Evangelist

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    ok guys,
    i
    just ordered my M17!
    estimated ship date is December 10th, so i have a couple of weeks to b4 it arrives...

    to prepare for its arrival, what programs such as harddrive imaging programs, driver downloads, fps programs, gpu and cpu bencmark programs, etc do need to download and have ready for day one with my M17?..

    what are the essentials every alienware user needs?

    thanks for the advice
     
    msparrow88, Nov 26, 2008
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  2. gaming_zedman

    gaming_zedman Notebook Evangelist

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    Personally, I opted to load up one of my fav games and play it for a while, before I started worrying about all that other junk.

    you know, enjoy it before you start pulling your hair out because your drivers arent scaling properly or something.
     
    gaming_zedman, Nov 26, 2008
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  3. fusionsenses

    fusionsenses The Unbannable

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    I mentioned it over 50 times, image your hard drive first before installing or updating your driver. You will have more hair.

    Macrium Reflect home edition is free imaging software, for real.
     
    fusionsenses, Nov 27, 2008
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