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    New lappy up & running

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by skel, Mar 10, 2007.

  1. skel

    skel Notebook Geek

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    Well gang,

    I finally persevered through my shipping problems, and today I assembled my new laptop! It seems like such a long time that I've been researching, pondering and planning, but now I am finally ONE OF YOU. Check the sig for the specs.

    I installed XP this afternoon. It seemed to me that many of the device drivers weren't loaded by default (e.g. ehternet card, pci, audio, etc.). However, once I put in the driver CD, everything came together. I'm planning on dual-booting Vista Ultimate. Once Vista matures, I'm going to pick a Linux distro to replace XP.

    I downloaded the Notebook Hardware Control utility, and I was blown away! What a neat app! I love the semi-translucent dashboard that pops up on the right side of the display.

    Well, back to the grind. Gotta keep configuring/loading/tweaking!

    -skel
     

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  2. Sylenxor

    Sylenxor Notebook Guru

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    Wow, looks amazing!
     
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  3. Gophn

    Gophn NBR Resident Assistant

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    congrats on the new notebook.

    tell us how it goes.

    Note: I noticed your Sig saying:
    it should be Clevo M570U-A or just Clevo M570U... same thing really

    the Clevo M570A was a discontinued model with a Pentium M.

    Its not a big deal, but more of an FYI for you.
     
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