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    Gateway P-7811FX Review

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by Chk, Aug 13, 2008.

  1. Chk

    Chk Notebook Consultant

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    Odd, the review says the 7811 has both bluetooth and a fingerprint reader, neither of which have been mentioned thus far.
     
    ashura, Aug 13, 2008
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    The images in the review show a fingerprint reader at the base of the touchpad, but Wong's images do not. Someone's lying and I'd say the review since they could've lifted their images from old models while Wong shows pictures of his in the packaging.
     
    The Freedom Moose, Aug 13, 2008
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  4. Chk

    Chk Notebook Consultant

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    Best Buy doesn't really offer laptops for people who are laptop savvy, plus if it gets hacked, that's more money for them, maybe laptop magazine got it from somewhere else.
     
    Chk, Aug 13, 2008
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  5. The Freedom Moose

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    well the 7811fx is a best buy exclusive...
     
    The Freedom Moose, Aug 13, 2008
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  6. ashura

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    The writer also lists the price as $1399. There's something very off about this review.
     
    ashura, Aug 13, 2008
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    Very! It's prolly a mag tryna get ahead of things in a hurry and gain some rep for itself. Sadly, it's not fooling us.
     
    namsu666, Aug 13, 2008
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    I posted a comment asking about this, maybe the author will respond?
     
    Jakamo5, Aug 13, 2008
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  9. madmook

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    Such a low, non-widescreen res on a 1920x1200 screen.... shameful. They shouldn't have run any of their benches on 1024x768.
     
    madmook, Aug 13, 2008
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  10. Chk

    Chk Notebook Consultant

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    OK OK so maybe the review is fake, but! the benchmarks seem similar....you think their watching us? :)
     
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    What a waste of a thread!
     
    maskedformed, Aug 13, 2008
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  12. Chk

    Chk Notebook Consultant

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    waste? people always deny things that don't seem feasible, I'm just the guy who dug up the arrowhead not the Native American who made it.
     
    Chk, Aug 13, 2008
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    I think there could be some truth to that review...but then again..who knows...
     
    adamjon858, Aug 13, 2008
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    I still want to know how he got the 7811 with a fingerprint reader and bluetooth... and for 1399. I'm about to call up gateway and pretend I work for a pc reviewer have them send me this thing.
     
    Jakamo5, Aug 13, 2008
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  15. royk50

    royk50 times being what they are

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    well computer shopper posted a review which is on par with this one, pathetic.

    saying fan goes off for no appearant reason (voodoo?) and that it preform sub par on dx10 (using one RTS to get to this deep insight).
     
    royk50, Aug 13, 2008
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  17. Jakamo5

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    where can I get a review unit ffs
     
    Jakamo5, Aug 13, 2008
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    Yeah seriously, why wouldn't they just keep it simple and offer the bluetooth and fingerprint reader, as obviously it doesn't make a big difference to them, and it's already designed that way.
     
    kuram, Aug 13, 2008
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    Engadget also incorrectly describes the 7811 FX's CPU when it copy + pasted the info from our forums.
     
    maskedformed, Aug 13, 2008
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  20. DDMATTISON

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    I got mine yesterday. It does not have bluetooth or fingerprint reader.
     
    DDMATTISON, Aug 14, 2008
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  21. ryo1000

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    "In Crysis, we set the resolution to 1920 x 1200 and all of the texture settings to Very High, and averaged just 17 fps"
    i just tested it on my 6860 and it goes to about 5 FPS at very high even at 1440*900...

    "When we set the system to optimal, the game defaulted to High settings and a resolution of 1024 x 768; we averaged 21 frames per second, and gameplay was more fluid. "

    and 24 here with the same setting dx10, there is definitely something wrong with this review.
     
    ryo1000, Aug 14, 2008
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