Ordered a 9262

I ordered a 9262 from xotic pc with the specs below, today it went to phase 2 production.
Since i am traveling in a week, i was wondering what software, i should download, and or get for it....I was thinking of buying a brand new antivirus, i have mcAfee in mind. Too bad couldnt find the creative card, maybe in one of the stores....
I payed allot of money for this, hope IT IS the best laptop computer money can buy....**** im broke now still got to pay airport taxes....

Sure ill let everybody how it arrives and fairs....

1x SAGER NP9262 Ultimate Custom Laptop (Built on Clevo D900C / D901C)
- Warranty: 3 Year Labor* 1 Year Parts Warra
- Software Bundle (Not Installed): None Standard
- "Medialess" Microsoft Office Sof: None Standard
- Operating System: ~Windows Vista Ultimate 64-Bit I
- Notebook Cooler: Full Size Black Aluminum Noteboo
- Mouse / Keyboard Accessories: None Standard
- Fingerprint Reader: None Standard
- Port Replicator / Dock / Hub's: None Standard
- Spare AC Adapter: 1 Spare 110/220V 120W Auto Switc
- Battery: Smart Li-ion Battery (12 Cell)
- Case: Tripp Lite Corporate Top-Load Bl

- TV Tuner: Built-In Multi Region TV Tuner w
- Camera: Built in 2.0 Megapixel Camera
- Wireless Network Accessories: None Standard
- Wireless Network: Built-in Intel® PRO/Wireless 530
- Bluetooth: Internal Bluetooth 2.0+ EDR
- Memory Card Reader: Internal 7-in-1 Card Reader (MS/
- Floppy Drive: None Standard
- External Hard Drive (Back Up): None Standard
- Raid: HDD Raid Settings - OFF
- Third Hard Drive: ~ 320GB 7200RPM (Serial-ATA II 3
- Secondary Hard Drive: ~ 320GB 7200RPM (Serial-ATA II 3
- Primary Hard Drive: ~ 320GB 7200RPM (Serial-ATA II 3
- Optical Drive: ~ 2X Blue-Ray Read/8X DVDRW Supe
- Exterior Finish: Standard Finish
- Ram: ~ 4,096MB DDR2 800 (2 SODIMMS) D
- External Monitor Video Adapter: None Standard
- Video Card: SLI ENABLED DUAL (2) 1,024MB (2,
- Processor: ~Intel Core 2 QUAD Q9650 3.0GHz
- Display: 17" WUXGA "Glare Type" Super Cl
- Dead Pixel Policy: Standard Dead Pixel Policy
- Arctic Silver: Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound

 

I personally went for AVG Also need advice on what softwares to install here ^^ Just ordered my 9262 today from kobalt... A few more weeks of waiting T_T

 

weeks?? why is that?

 

I just ordered today and I kinda understand they might be busy building other people's system o.o

ETA 18th o.o

 

Get ESET (eset.com) virus protection. It has worked just as well as McAfee or Norton ever did for me, and it's very lightweight. McAfee and Norton both take over your entire machine and treat you like a child - they wont let you turn them off! ESET is great virus protection for people who arent idiots, which is everyone on this forum I'd gather.

 

avg pretty much beats out all of them....and not to mention it free...

 

I also like recommending AVG or avast! ... which are free and do their jobs.

and for a good free firewall:
- Comodo Firewall

 

free anti virus software that catches 98-99 percent of the viruses and the other 1 percent it tells you about vs paid software that works 70 percent of the time. and when it crashes..you have to call someone like me to fix it. *LOL* ill pass on "mc or nort" (aka mcafee and norton)

good call on the comodo gophn

 

Congrats on the beast!!! I use AVG and i love it, also with those 3HDD's make sure to set it to RAID0 to utilize 9262 full potential

 

Grats on your purchase, I hope she serves you well for many years. I second AVG and Avast. Both are great anti-virus programs. I use Avast myself and have never had any problems.

 

I read some articles, ill look them up, that Raid 0 does not really offer a good performance increase and in some instance it had a decreased performance like in Unreal tournament.......Ill research it further...

 

with burst rates like this....i cant see it being any worse...
bet the program at least loads up fast!..*LOL*


320x2 5400 rpm's


say Al: that is the mini pci tv turner correct??

 

I was kind of hoping of getting advice on other kinds of useful software....
like the newest drivers, mp3 players, defragmenters, ext,ext..

 

Unfortunately Xoticpc just told me that now there are no Tvtuners available for that model, and since i am traveling there is no time to waste....No TvTuner

 

i was about ready to put my bid in if they had the internal ones...

 

i am thinking of replacing the Tvtuner with the Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Surround 5.1 SB1090 5.1 Channels 24-bit External USB Sound Card since the 7.1 express card is not available, anyone has experience with this one... I love music and would definitely get it if it makes some difference....

 

ive got anther question, i have an copy of windows XP, should i install it on one of the harddrives and have double boot, or it will complicate things and not worth it???

 

i try boot on my raid partition, so you shouldn't have too muc troble dual booting xp/vista. just take a look at some of the guides posted around here and you should do fine.

quite a few people swear by it alfonz. i have never used it yet.

i did how ever just picked up one of these. actually i picked it up just for the tos plug (optical out for optical enabled laptops through the headphone jack). *LOL* haven't tried it out yet.
http://www.shopwiki.com/search/USB+Soundwave+7.1+Rohs+(B000IF2EHE)