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    Best Buy discontinuing 7811FX?

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by Poizonous, Oct 6, 2008.

  1. R R Kirsteins

    R R Kirsteins Notebook Enthusiast

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    Got mine sept 2008 at BB in McHenry IL. for $1200.

    Love it for photoshop. Upgraded to 2 - 320GB 7200 RPM Seagate momentus. Did clean install of Ultimate 64 bit and partitioned both disks with Paragon Partition Manager 9.0. Added a 4GB Lexar Jump Drive Lightning as 4GB Ready Boost. Velcroed to top of battery. Fast..............

    Those worried about overheating take note..............

    This is a big heavy laptop with a shiny glossy finish. Probably will be too much to carry everywhere so you'll probably use it at home or plugged in. Get a Antec notebook cooler and use it and you'll rarely hear the fans blowing.

    PS: Looking for sources on a Intel dual core extreme X9100 processor so I can start pricing them. It's the one upgrade I'm thinking of doing. Anyone know where to find one of these new?

    Raymond
     
    R R Kirsteins, Dec 13, 2008
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    R R Kirsteins Notebook Enthusiast

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    Found X9100's on amazon. Cheapest $800. I'll wait for price to drop.

    Intel® Core™2 Extreme Processor X9100 Intel 3.06 GHz 1066 FSB 6MB shared L2 cache dual core extreme mobile processor 44W TDP 45nm / uFCPGA8 / TrayAW80576ZH0836M

    Meanwhile..................What can I do with the HDMI port? I know about hooking up to a HDMI capable TV set, but does it just output audio? I see HDMI audio appears as an option when you right click the volume icon / properties in the task bar. I have mine set to the external headphone output as default using a speaker system..............

    Raymond
     
    R R Kirsteins, Dec 31, 2008
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  3. Diablo

    Diablo Metalhead

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    you can output video and audio over hdmi.
     
    Diablo, Dec 31, 2008
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  4. R R Kirsteins

    R R Kirsteins Notebook Enthusiast

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    So I can play an audio CD without video and choose to hear it through the HDMI port and use an HDMI cable to hook up to an audio reciever / amplifier that has an HDMI in port?

    Is HD sound the advantage here?

    Raymond
     
    R R Kirsteins, Jan 1, 2009
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  5. flynnaz

    flynnaz I am a Night Elf Mohawk!

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    On my P-171x fx and my P-6860 fx, I only get stereo through HDMI, maybe the newer models get dolby.
     
    flynnaz, Jan 1, 2009
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