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<description>I don&amp;#39;t think this is the wrong forum for it, but here&amp;#39;s my situation:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I&amp;#39;m about to purchase a new Dell Inspiron 1720, and it comes with Vista Home Premium already installed.&amp;nbsp; The graphics card is a 256MB NVIDIA® GeForce® 8600M GT also.&amp;nbsp; I&amp;#39;ve looked through the forums with regard to the Vista graphics problems, as well as the GeFore 8000 series causing massive indoor lag.&amp;nbsp; I&amp;#39;m love seeing MxO really spec&amp;#39;ed out (which is why I&amp;#39;m getting the higher-end customizations for it), and I want to frap movies and take great screentshots.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My questions are these:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. Should I just wipe Vista when I get the laptop in and install XP?&lt;br /&gt;2. If I do that, do I have to worry about any hardware Dell might&amp;#39;ve built exclusively for Vista put into my computer, and would cause problems?&lt;br /&gt;3. And are the GeForce 8600&amp;#39;s specifically causing indoor lag like the 8800&amp;#39;s?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I&amp;#39;ve already tried to talk to Dell myself, but they always give me someone whose primary language is not English, even when I just chat via keyboards with them.&amp;nbsp; All I get is contradictory answers.&amp;nbsp; I just don&amp;#39;t want to buy this thing and MxO not look great on it like it should.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please, O hardware gurus of this forum, help me!&amp;nbsp; And thanks in advance for any help given.&lt;br /&gt;</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2007 10:44:25 GMT</pubDate>
<author>ArchDuke</author>
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<title>New Laptop: Should I wipe Vista and install XP for MxO?</title>
<description>&lt;cite&gt;ArchDuke wrote:&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;I don&amp;#39;t think this is the wrong forum for it, but here&amp;#39;s my situation:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I&amp;#39;m about to purchase a new Dell Inspiron 1720, and it comes with Vista Home Premium already installed.&amp;nbsp; The graphics card is a 256MB NVIDIA® GeForce® 8600M GT also.&amp;nbsp; I&amp;#39;ve looked through the forums with regard to the Vista graphics problems, as well as the GeFore 8000 series causing massive indoor lag.&amp;nbsp; I&amp;#39;m love seeing MxO really spec&amp;#39;ed out (which is why I&amp;#39;m getting the higher-end customizations for it), and I want to frap movies and take great screentshots.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My questions are these:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. Should I just wipe Vista when I get the laptop in and install XP?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #0099ff;&quot;&gt;If you do wipe the laptop and install windows xp you will run into the problem of indoor lag with the 8000 series on XP.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2. If I do that, do I have to worry about any hardware Dell might&amp;#39;ve built exclusively for Vista put into my computer, and would cause problems?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #0099ff;&quot;&gt;You shouldn&amp;#39;t have to worry about it, from what Im aware there isn&amp;#39;t really to much vista specific hardware.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3. And are the GeForce 8600&amp;#39;s specifically causing indoor lag like the 8800&amp;#39;s?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #0099ff;&quot;&gt;Yes all 8000 series cards are having indoor lag problems in windows XP.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I&amp;#39;ve already tried to talk to Dell myself, but they always give me someone whose primary language is not English, even when I just chat via keyboards with them.&amp;nbsp; All I get is contradictory answers.&amp;nbsp; I just don&amp;#39;t want to buy this thing and MxO not look great on it like it should.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please, O hardware gurus of this forum, help me!&amp;nbsp; And thanks in advance for any help given.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;Its hard to say you go with Vista and you get graphical errors and will make filming hard because you might run into a texture that does not agree, but you will be able to go indoors. Go with Windows XP and you dont have the graphical errors but will get indoor lag and would make filming inside tough because you jerk around and the screen freezes.&lt;br /&gt;</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2007 10:56:58 GMT</pubDate>
<author>Kybutra</author>
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<title>Re:New Laptop: Should I wipe Vista and install XP for MxO?</title>
<description>Just make sure you back up all your pr0n ahead of time. &lt;img src=&quot;/mxo/images/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;SMILEY&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2007 13:25:58 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Re:New Laptop: Should I wipe Vista and install XP for MxO?</title>
<description>&lt;cite&gt;Mave wrote:&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;Just make sure you back up all your pr0n ahead of time. &lt;img src=&quot;/mxo/images/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;SMILEY&lt;img src=&quot;/mxo/images/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;SMILEY&quot; /&gt;&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;There is an option to purchase a laptop with XP installed instead of Vista, if I recall. Saves you the work of reformatting a brand new laptop. &lt;img src=&quot;/mxo/images/smilies/69934afc394145350659cd7add244ca9.gif&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;SMILEY&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(If you do choose to stay with XP anyway)&lt;br /&gt;</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2007 15:16:19 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Re:New Laptop: Should I wipe Vista and install XP for MxO?</title>
<description>&lt;cite&gt;0rexis wrote:&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;cite&gt;Mave wrote:&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;Just make sure you back up all your pr0n ahead of time. &lt;img src=&quot;/mxo/images/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;SMILEY&amp;lt;img mce_tsrc=&quot; /&gt;&amp;quot; /&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;There is an option to purchase a laptop with XP installed instead of Vista, if I recall. Saves you the work of reformatting a brand new laptop. &lt;img src=&quot;/mxo/images/smilies/69934afc394145350659cd7add244ca9.gif&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;SMILEY&lt;img src=&quot;/mxo/images/smilies/69934afc394145350659cd7add244ca9.gif&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;SMILEY&quot; /&gt;&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(If you do choose to stay with XP anyway)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;Who need to back up pr0n when you have a ser.... nvm&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If it does indeed give you the option for XP see if you can change the card because having lag inside with the 8000 series blows big time.&lt;br /&gt;</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2007 16:09:48 GMT</pubDate>
<author>Kybutra</author>
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<description>&lt;p&gt;V pointed me toward this thread.... kinda funny. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Dell is replacing my laptop with the 1720. (Long story...)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#39;ve spoken to 3 supervisors and countless technicians and customer service reps. They&amp;nbsp;can offer you a 5&amp;nbsp;(something) if you want XP, being that the 6000 isn&amp;#39;t available anymore. They &lt;i&gt;may &lt;/i&gt;put XP on it for you at request (ONE rep told me) B U T some of the drivers and components were specifically made to run with Vista (like I said, so I was told). That also means if you have software issues, it&amp;#39;s somewhat your problem, not theres. &lt;img src=&quot;http://forums.station.sony.com/mxo/images/smilies/1cfd6e2a9a2c0cf8e74b49b35e2e46c7.gif&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;SMILEY&quot; width=&quot;15&quot; height=&quot;15&quot; /&gt;&amp;nbsp;So, yea, I&amp;#39;m getting the 1720 as well, with&amp;nbsp;Vista. I&amp;#39;d like to cringe now.&amp;nbsp; I&amp;#39;m glad to popped in here, anyone else have info?! &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2007 16:12:59 GMT</pubDate>
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<description>Seems like I&amp;#39;m screwed either way I go.&amp;nbsp; I really want the new laptop, but really don&amp;#39;t want the indoor lag.&amp;nbsp; MxO&amp;#39;s a good portion of what I do on my computer.&amp;nbsp; That, and I hope all my old software (Photoshop, Premiere, etc) will work on it.&amp;nbsp; Or should I just scrap the Dell idea and find another?&lt;br /&gt;</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2007 22:38:23 GMT</pubDate>
<author>ArchDuke</author>
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<title>Re:New Laptop: Should I wipe Vista and install XP for MxO?</title>
<description>&lt;cite&gt;ArchDuke wrote:&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;Seems like I&amp;#39;m screwed either way I go.&amp;nbsp; I really want the new laptop, but really don&amp;#39;t want the indoor lag.&amp;nbsp; MxO&amp;#39;s a good portion of what I do on my computer.&amp;nbsp; That, and I hope all my old software (Photoshop, Premiere, etc) will work on it.&amp;nbsp; Or should I just scrap the Dell idea and find another?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well you can try to find another laptop, only problem is most companies are fully shipping Windows Vista with their systems now.&lt;br /&gt;</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2007 22:50:08 GMT</pubDate>
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<description>&lt;p&gt;Hiya Archy!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#39;s just my 2 cents, but if I were in your shoes, I&amp;#39;d keep Vista on the laptop if it comes that way from Dell.&amp;nbsp; First, laptop hardware is always shaky because they&amp;#39;re trying to cram desktop performance into a smaller, more custom hardware footprint.&amp;nbsp; That means that the drivers and supporting software Dell will load onto the machine&amp;nbsp;will be more geared towards the machine than anything you jury-rig from your own XP install and some downloads.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Second, while I will agree that Vista&amp;#39;s a very different animal from XP, they share this in common:&amp;nbsp; it&amp;#39;s taking a while for the OS to really come into its own.&amp;nbsp; It&amp;#39;s going to take a bit of time I think before the problems inherent in Vista&amp;#39;s launch are truly addressed with newer drivers (anyone remember Windows 2000?&amp;nbsp; We had this same problem).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;It may be a few months before Vista driver and software issues really start to smooth out, but I&amp;#39;m not thinking Vista is a dead-end that will &amp;quot;break&amp;quot; every game you own.&amp;nbsp; It, like XP, just needs a bit more time (and be thankful you&amp;#39;re not spec&amp;#39;ing out an SLi laptop!).&amp;nbsp; In the meantime, I wouldn&amp;#39;t be trying to use a laptop for hi-res screen grabs or movie-making; I&amp;#39;d play on it, but not expect super-sharp graphics or high frame rates:&amp;nbsp; desktops are more likely to be able to pull that off in Vista right now.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Now, here&amp;#39;s the interesting wrinkle!&amp;nbsp; With Vista giving a &amp;quot;User Experience Index&amp;quot; rating, how long will it be before manufacturers are pressured (or required!) to post the Index of every item they sell?&amp;nbsp; Given that my Vista Ultimate Desktop is pretty powerful, and ranks a 4.8 out of 10, I&amp;#39;m not thinking anyone is in a rush to do that.&amp;nbsp; Word to the wise, when spec&amp;#39;ing a Vista laptop for gaming:&amp;nbsp; best processor, and fastest HD speed.&amp;nbsp; By &amp;quot;best processor&amp;quot;, I mean don&amp;#39;t just look up the speed, go to the Intel or AMD site and make sure you know the L1/L2 cache sizes.&amp;nbsp; It does make a difference.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 1 Sep 2007 05:53:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<description>&lt;p&gt;Oh, in case you&amp;#39;re curious, here&amp;#39;s a 4.8 out of 10:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;ASUS A8N32-SLi Deluxe motherboard&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;AMD Athlon 64&amp;nbsp;X2 4200+ dual-core processor&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;3GB OCZ PC-3200 RAM, OC&amp;#39;d for performance&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;250GB SATA 2.0 (3GB/s) HD&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Dual gigabit Ethernet direct-connect to 8MBps broadband&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;256MB Radeon X850 video card&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Oddly enough, the video isn&amp;#39;t the Achilles heel in this system--it rates the processor and HD as lowest...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 1 Sep 2007 06:00:58 GMT</pubDate>
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<description>&lt;p&gt;WinterMute gives good advice. &lt;img src=&quot;/mxo/images/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;SMILEY&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Stick with the OS the machine was provided as the drivers will be tailored for that OS.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;What you really need to ask yourself is: &amp;quot; Do I NEED a laptop? Or would a desktop be ok?&amp;quot; A desktop can give you much better performance for your dollar, as well as you KNOW that the cards are replaceable.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 3 Sep 2007 19:22:45 GMT</pubDate>
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<description>&lt;cite&gt;phi wrote:&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;WinterMute gives good advice. &lt;img src=&quot;/mxo/images/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;SMILEY&lt;img src=&quot;/mxo/images/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;SMILEY&quot; /&gt;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Stick with the OS the machine was provided as the drivers will be tailored for that OS.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;What you really need to ask yourself is: &amp;quot; Do I NEED a laptop? Or would a desktop be ok?&amp;quot; A desktop can give you much better performance for your dollar, as well as you KNOW that the cards are replaceable.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Very true, and I appreciate everyone&amp;#39;s help.&amp;nbsp; I do need a laptop, being close to graduation and getting into the Radio/TV industry I will need mobility.&amp;nbsp; I suppose what I&amp;#39;ll do is go ahead and get the Inspiron 1720 and begin saving up to upgrade my old desktop.&amp;nbsp; It still runs well, but with only 1.1Ghz, 128MB AGP vid card, and 1 gig of Ram, it&amp;#39;s a bit outdated.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 4 Sep 2007 11:14:03 GMT</pubDate>
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<description>I recently ordered a comp that comes standard with vista but i told them to install XP instead only problem I have is major indoor lag but thats due to my grapics card. Well I hope it&amp;#39;s only due to my graphics card...&lt;br /&gt;</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 4 Sep 2007 12:18:47 GMT</pubDate>
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<description>Has anyone heard anything about the Intel&lt;sup&gt; &lt;/sup&gt;Graphics Media Accelerator X3100 graphics card that comes with the 1720 by default?&amp;nbsp; I bet the GeForce&amp;#39;s are probably loads better than that one though.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;EDIT:&amp;nbsp; Hell, I went and rechecked Alienware and I can get this one for just over $2k&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;b&gt;[1] Aurora™ m9700&lt;/b&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Video/Graphics Card&lt;/b&gt;: 512MB NVidia® GeForce™ Go 7900 GS &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Chassis&lt;/b&gt;: 17&amp;quot; WideUXGA 1920 x 1200 LCD with Clearview Technology - Saucer Silver &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Processor&lt;/b&gt;: AMD Turion™ 64 Mobile ML42 2.4GHz 800MHz FSB 512KB L2 Cache &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Memory&lt;/b&gt;: 2GB Dual Channel DDR SO-DIMM at 400MHz - 2 x 1024MB &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Motherboard&lt;/b&gt;: Alienware® NVIDIA® Mobile SLi Chipset &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Operating System (Office software not included)&lt;/b&gt;: &lt;a href=&quot;javascript:OpenDetailsWindow(&amp;#39;/Configurator_Pages/Details_Pages/Static_Pages/genuine_microsoft.aspx&amp;#39;&amp;lt;img mce_tsrc=&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;;&amp;quot; rel=&amp;quot;nofollow&amp;quot; target=&amp;quot;_blank&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Genuine Windows® XP Media Center Edition 2005 &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Notebook Tuners and Remotes&lt;/b&gt;: Without Media Center Remote Control or TV Tuner &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;System Drive&lt;/b&gt;: Single Drive Configuration - 160GB Serial ATA 1.5Gb/s 5,400 RPM w/ 8MB Cache &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Optical Drive&lt;/b&gt;: 8x Dual Layer CD-RW/DVD±RW Burner &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Sound Card &lt;/b&gt;: High-Definition Audio with surround sound &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Wireless Network Card&lt;/b&gt;: Internal 802.11b/g WiFi Card &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Communications&lt;/b&gt;: Integrated 10/1000Mb Gigabit Ethernet &amp;amp; 56K V.92 Modem &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Bluetooth&lt;/b&gt;: Integrated Bluetooth® Device &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Warranty&lt;/b&gt;: 1-Year AlienCare Toll-Free 24/7 Phone Support w/ Onsite Service &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Seems like that would be a better choice, any other recommendations?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 4 Sep 2007 12:51:18 GMT</pubDate>
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<description>&lt;p&gt;Intel&lt;sup&gt; &lt;/sup&gt;Graphics Media Accelerator X3100 is an onboard Video Card (It&amp;#39;s integrated into the motherboard itself)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;It is a DirectX9.0c Shader model 3.0 capable chipset (no support for DirectX 10 if you plan to use Vista in the future) that can run MxO, but it&amp;#39;s not a performance chipset and you won&amp;#39;t get very good performance.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Also being integrated you can&amp;#39;t upgrade it... The Alienware laptops (I have one) have upgradable video cards (untill the connection type changes again)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;At this point I&amp;#39;ll point to my post here: &lt;a href=&quot;http://forums.station.sony.com/mxo/posts/list.m?topic_id=36300002375&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Upgrading a video card in a laptop&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 5 Sep 2007 21:23:10 GMT</pubDate>
<author>phi</author>
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<description>&lt;p&gt;Thanks phi, I really appreciate everyone&amp;#39;s help on this.&amp;nbsp; I went ahead and ordered the Alienware m9700 above, but just with a 250GB HD instead of the 160.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Thanks again on everyone helping me out in understanding all this. &lt;img src=&quot;/mxo/images/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;SMILEY&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 7 Sep 2007 11:21:50 GMT</pubDate>
<author>ArchDuke</author>
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<description>&lt;p&gt;Nice pick!&amp;nbsp; Congrats Arch:&amp;nbsp; I&amp;#39;m sure the Alienware will do extremely well for you.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I have a friend in the animation &amp;amp; video production industry:&amp;nbsp; I think I&amp;nbsp;see what you&amp;#39;re trying to do--he had to do the same sorts of things.&amp;nbsp; In school, he needed to be able to take his work around campus, but also be able to work on it a bit, tweak&amp;nbsp;a project&amp;nbsp;if he was having trouble getting the results he wanted in the editing lab.&amp;nbsp; Once he graduated, this was the machine to take to clients, so it also needed to be able to run folio videos very smoothly (presentation is everything, don&amp;#39;chaknow &lt;img src=&quot;/mxo/images/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;SMILEY&quot; /&gt; ).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you don&amp;#39;t have it already, the best accessory for the job, is a portable USB 2.0 HD.&amp;nbsp; It doesn&amp;#39;t have to be huge:&amp;nbsp; his was 40GB and smaller than a paperback book.&amp;nbsp; But that&amp;#39;ll be the way you work on two machines at once:&amp;nbsp; keep it synced by just plugging the HD into whichever machine you want to run it on.&amp;nbsp; But one caveat: if you&amp;#39;re trying to impress somebody with playback, copy it to the local machine first--it might hiccup across that USB 2.0 cable!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Good luck to you &lt;img src=&quot;/mxo/images/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;SMILEY&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 8 Sep 2007 05:16:40 GMT</pubDate>
<author>MXOWinterMute</author>
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