My MiB comes through....

Well, after three years of agony and ecstasy (ecstasy when it was working, agony on the many occasions when it wasn't), my Alienware Critical Support rep (my MiB!) has come through...I'm getting a full price at purchase credit upon return. Essentially, I send my ol' 7700 baack and I will have roughly $4800 to spend (I'm not returning my Ozma 7's baby!!). Well, nothing I can find out there right now compares with what Justin and Xotic PC have coming my way in terms of the 9262 lappy....so I'm going to go with a desktop! So I'll have an awesome new Sager 9262 from Justin and Xotic, but I'm trading in a broken 7700 for a brand new desktop...

...to Justin and Xotic...THANK YOU! I cannot wait for my Sager!

...to my AW MiB! THANK YOU for making good on a bad product. It took two years, way too long, but you have come through and have proven that, while sometimes we have to be way too antagonistic with you, you, in the end, are standing up to be counted....geeez, a new sager and a new AW desktop in the same span...I'm gonna go nuts!!!

pat!

 

lucky >.< (mi

 

agreed lucky bum you are enjoy the best laptp in the world and also one of the top desktops too

 

awesome man!

 

thanks folks, i do feel truly lucky, it's a happy time! kind of makes up for all the GAR!!!! time I had when the 7700 died....

My family is getting an AW desktop! They don't even know how cool that is!!!!

later,
pat!

 

Nice, that is a ton of money! Best wishes with your new notebook.

 

Thanks Chaz! I'm entirely more excited about the Xotic Sager than the new desktop...what it DOES do is make the family a little less jealous! (or mad that I spent so much on the lappy!! ).


later,
pat!

 

what paint job are you getting?
im really considereing one of these
i just need to find the right place with the right price as i live in england
if i lived in US without a doupt it ould be XoticPC

when is it going to be delivered?
are you going to do with review? with pics? benchmarks?
sorry im just really interested how dual 8800's will work.

 

Phantom Gnome, I think Xotic ships overseas, I'd really give them a hard look...

Okay, let me answer some of your questions as best i can!

* The paint job is a custom design by me (kind of)....since the case is silver, I went with a GOLD paint job on the LCD and bezzle...it really offsets the silver nicely! I created an interesting logo that is mostly blue/black to go on the center of the LCD...the logo is a captured screen that features a night sky w/ a rising moon on the right side and a rather nifty golden orb in the center (it is from Alphaville's new website...stunning). Since the moon dominated the right, I asked the Xotic art folks to redo their own logo and make it gold and white instead of red and grey...oh baby it looks sweet!

* Think about Xotic, so far it has been a wonderful experience

* My hope is it will be delivered by the 24th. Adding a paint job honestly does add two weeks as it is a meticulous process of you sending them design specs/artwork/requests, them sending you proofs of what they think you want, you approving, etc. Basically, that's a GOOD thing...no surprises, right?

* I will definitely do a review here w/ pics, just to give people an idea of what the process was like receiving, pics of the rig, etc. I can do some general benchmarks, depending on what people want, etc. (If someone has any suggestions on what benchmark program they'd like to see used, that's fine, too!)

* As for the SLi, remember, mine is coming with ONE 8800 first and when nVidia/Clevo/Sager release the drivers for the SLi, they're sending the second, so initially, I'll be operating off one card but will have the second in by early April no doubt!

hope that helps,
pat!

 

yeah im thnking XoticPC for the paint job (i know it wont improve the laptop but it will make it nice^^)

but as i live in UK i would have to pay £400 for the shipping and VAT

im trying to get a design done before i order^^

not sure about the program to use but i would like to see if you have any of them

Sins Of A Solar empire
TES: Oblivion
Age Of Empires
Blakc or white
world in comflict
Enemy Territory: Quake Wars

guild wars
Battlefield 2142
Halo 2
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Shadow of Chernobyl
Unreal Anthology

Half-life 1 & 2
crysis

did you buy it with the dual? and they sending the second card?

 

Guys, let's stick to the original topic of this thread, you can create another for those sort of questions PhantomGnome.

 

Sorry Chaz ...

Back on topic, again, I'm definitely pleased with what AW has done for me...yes, it took too long but it did, indeed, end up being fair. Now I have to decide what to max out, what to leave as a middle ground, etc. What I HAVE to get used to is in desktops, you can pretty much upgrade anything you want later, which I'm definitely NOT used to w/ lappies!

pat!

 

Since I'm going desktop this time, i'm more inclined to get my monitor somewhere besides AW. I definitely want 24" for the 1920x1200 reso and DEFINITELY want the glossy screen....it has been AGES since I've even spec'd out a desktop so I'm not at all familiar w/ a place to look for monitors...any suggestions?

thanks all,
pat!

 

I'd get an alienware moniter

 

pat,

try Newegg, TigerDirect or Dell Store or where ever thing you can find cheap.

 

thanks for the ideas folks! i'm really leaning towards the glossy samsun 24" w/ 1920x1200 reso at 3000:1....

later,
pat!