M-6850fx Replacement?

Has anyone heard anything about a possible replacement for this laptop? Its being phased out at BB so im hoping someone knows if and when there will be a new model?

 

LOL. Theres only about a hundred different posts in here about it. I would link you, but there'd be too many. Its called the 7811FX

 

Dook hes asking about the 6950 (the 15in model with the ATI card in it)

As to your question... i hope so, it was a nice little notebook but i havent heard about a replacement for them yet

 

your both wrong. he is asking the the 6 850FX LOL

 

Don't I feel like the freakin icehole!I totally read it wrong, my apologies OP.

 

|hangs head in shame|

Dont worry dook, now i feel like an idiot to go along with you feeling like an icehole.

But in my defence i did actually know what the OP was takking about and gave the correct answer... i just mistyped

 

SUUUUUURRRE!! We believe you!

 

I'd give Kam the benefit of the doubt, as he mentioned 15in with ATI, he just typo'd a bit.

Dook - however, heh, well, never mind. Mebbe put down the baby oil for a while?


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I totally believe Kam and am just giving him crap.

 

Oh I know - that's why I was just givin' you crap, as well

I'm just eagerly awaiting my M-6851 (roughly like the '50FX)

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crap huh... somehow it fits the whole motif

Yeah the 6851 is a really good buy, after someone mentioned it on here i looked into it. It seems to me to be the same machine minus the FX styling..but for less money (wondered how much the FX scheme cost us)

 

Haha. Indeed. I'm feelin yer Batman Avy, btw.

 

Actually, looks like it's this:

Gateway M-6864FX

Not much diff - same mainboard as M-152XL/153XL, M-6850FX/M-6851.
Quick specs: C2D T5750/4GB/200GB-7200rpm/15.4-1280x800

Looks like just the CPU changed.

Don't forget, though, that originally, the M-6851 was the same $899 as the '50FX. Diff is it had 1GB more RAM, and something else. Costco just happened to drop it to $799.97, and when you see a price NOT ending in .99, it usually means SOMETHING is up. I think you get MORE than the $100 value buying it from Costco, though - 2Y warranty, 24x7 Tech Support from Costco, 90-day no questions asked refund INCLUDING shipping!

Machines are close enough, though.

Ok - hunted it down:
FX has 3Gb RAM, '51 has 4GB
FX has 320GB drive, '51 has 250GB
FX has DVD-RW with LabelFlash, '51 has standard DL DVD-RW no labelflash
FX has Vista Home Premium SP1 x32, '51 has Vista Home Premium SP1 x64

And, of course, FX has penny-colored accents

Question: If you do NOT want to run x64, will Gateway send you x32 media to install on the machine?


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if its a x64 medium, it might even come with x32 right onto the cd. I know on retail versions the cd has both 64 and 32 bit.

but for my 152XL, the vista cd only has 32 bit.

if gateway wont send u a 32 bit one, microsoft will, you just have to pay shipping and handling.

 

Cool - thanks for that.
I suppose I'll try with Gateway first, and if they decline, I'll go to MS.

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