I got it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Discussion in 'The Lounge' started by Spock96, Jan 5, 2012.

  1. Spock96

    Spock96 Major Geek 'Spocky'

    Hey guys,
    You know I've been bugging recently about my laptop my college is giving me right?
    Well............................ I GOT IT TODAY!!! It's a Dell Latitude (Not sure the mode) I'll find that out when I get time. For now I'm off. YAAAAY NEW TOY!!
    Spock96
     
    Spock96, Jan 5, 2012
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  2. LauraR

    LauraR MajorGeeks Super-Duper Administrator Staff Member

    lol....yay for new laptops! Is this given to you, or do you have to pay? If not...double yay for free laptops! LOL
     
    LauraR, Jan 5, 2012
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  3. BoredOutOfMyMind

    BoredOutOfMyMind Picabo, ICU

    Where is the college giving a free Latitude away?
    What are the installation restrictions?
     
    BoredOutOfMyMind, Jan 5, 2012
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  4. Spock96

    Spock96 Major Geek 'Spocky'

    Nope I had to shell out $2,000 for it and it's mine forever! Haven't had time to "play' with it yet though.
     
    Spock96, Jan 5, 2012
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  5. Spock96

    Spock96 Major Geek 'Spocky'

    Spock96, Jan 5, 2012
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  6. LauraR

    LauraR MajorGeeks Super-Duper Administrator Staff Member

    $2000??? Why'd you go through the school then?
     
    LauraR, Jan 5, 2012
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  7. Spock96

    Spock96 Major Geek 'Spocky'

    They didn't tell us what type it was.
    I don't know.
    PS: Using it right now!!
     
    Spock96, Jan 5, 2012
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  8. Phantom

    Phantom Brigadier Britches

    Good deal on the purchase of your new Dell Latitude E6520, Spocky!:cool They are pretty good lappys, i.m.o.:) Now go do all those school assignments on it - you know you want to. ;)
     
    Phantom, Jan 6, 2012
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  9. Spock96

    Spock96 Major Geek 'Spocky'

    Well, That's a new one. Haha :-D
    I'll do school work. Along with music, maybe games etc. :-D
     
    Spock96, Jan 6, 2012
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  10. augiedoggie

    augiedoggie The Canadian Loon - LocoAugie (R.I.P. 2012)

    There better be an i7 quad in there!

    :eek The school probably got a cut.

    That sounds like a scam to me.:innocent They should have been upfront with the specs. You young sir, know better than to buy something unknown.;)

    Anyways, looks like a nice machine. I was customizing it before I got bored and racked it up to $2600!:-D
     
    augiedoggie, Jan 6, 2012
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  11. LauraR

    LauraR MajorGeeks Super-Duper Administrator Staff Member

    I'm sure the school got a discount, so I'm thinking you have first rate hardware in that thing.:)

    heh
     
    LauraR, Jan 6, 2012
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  12. Spock96

    Spock96 Major Geek 'Spocky'

    My CPU monitor shows 8 Cores. It says Core i7 vPro.
    I know. :-D
     
    Spock96, Jan 6, 2012
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  13. augiedoggie

    augiedoggie The Canadian Loon - LocoAugie (R.I.P. 2012)

    Excellent! I don't know how that compares to a desktop i7 quad but it is a good sign. Does it have the 5400RPM dinosaur drives or a 7200, that makes a real difference on performance, especially on boot up and launching apps.
     
    augiedoggie, Jan 6, 2012
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  14. Spock96

    Spock96 Major Geek 'Spocky'

    it's got one of them new drives where the BIOS is stored on the HD.
     
    Spock96, Jan 6, 2012
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  15. augiedoggie

    augiedoggie The Canadian Loon - LocoAugie (R.I.P. 2012)

    That's a new one for me. I would assume UEFI?
     
    augiedoggie, Jan 6, 2012
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  16. fleppen

    fleppen Gumshoe

    Oh yes, can't you just wait to fire up a good old SPSS session? ;)

    Congrats on the new toy Spock!
     
    fleppen, Jan 6, 2012
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  17. DavidGP

    DavidGP MajorGeeks Forum Administrator - Grand Pooh-Bah Staff Member

    Sounds a nice Laptop Spocky, congrats but some specs on whats inside would be interesting to read, I know the link you posted but thats generic and what you may get, as I'm just wondering why $2K although that's £1500ish for me.

    I'm using one of my boilerplates.... :)

     
    DavidGP, Jan 6, 2012
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  18. Spock96

    Spock96 Major Geek 'Spocky'

    Specs will be up soon.
     
    Spock96, Jan 6, 2012
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  19. DavidGP

    DavidGP MajorGeeks Forum Administrator - Grand Pooh-Bah Staff Member

    Too slow...... I already passed out! ;) :major
     
    DavidGP, Jan 6, 2012
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  20. Spock96

    Spock96 Major Geek 'Spocky'

    I downloaded Speccy and ran it. Now how do I upload it, it has personal info on it can I remove that?
     
    Spock96, Jan 6, 2012
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  21. augiedoggie

    augiedoggie The Canadian Loon - LocoAugie (R.I.P. 2012)

    You should be able to import the log into notepad and edit it there, then just attach it to your post.
     
    augiedoggie, Jan 6, 2012
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  22. Spock96

    Spock96 Major Geek 'Spocky'

    Ok, Thank you augie. I'll do that tomorrow if I have time.
     
    Spock96, Jan 6, 2012
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  23. augiedoggie

    augiedoggie The Canadian Loon - LocoAugie (R.I.P. 2012)

    BTW, good catch. David should edit his boilerplated note.;)
     
    augiedoggie, Jan 6, 2012
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  24. Spock96

    Spock96 Major Geek 'Spocky'

    What did I catch?
     
    Spock96, Jan 6, 2012
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  25. augiedoggie

    augiedoggie The Canadian Loon - LocoAugie (R.I.P. 2012)

    Your personal details, many folk post the log in toto with their key, MAC address etc. for everyone on the 'net to see.
     
    augiedoggie, Jan 6, 2012
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  26. DavidGP

    DavidGP MajorGeeks Forum Administrator - Grand Pooh-Bah Staff Member

    Always had had a note on this

    But maybe it needs a bit more clarification as in say

     
    DavidGP, Jan 7, 2012
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  27. Spock96

    Spock96 Major Geek 'Spocky'

    Spock96, Jan 8, 2012
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  28. augiedoggie

    augiedoggie The Canadian Loon - LocoAugie (R.I.P. 2012)

    Looks good my man.;)
     
    augiedoggie, Jan 8, 2012
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  29. Spock96

    Spock96 Major Geek 'Spocky'

    I LOVE it. Still go straight to my desktop though. Haha.
     
    Spock96, Jan 8, 2012
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  30. Phantom

    Phantom Brigadier Britches

    You're sporting an i7 quad core with 8 threads, as I suspected. Still a very nice piece of kit, though, Spocky.:cool

    Glad you're enjoying it. ;)
     
    Phantom, Jan 8, 2012
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  31. Spock96

    Spock96 Major Geek 'Spocky'

    I've been thinking about this Laura. I guess it came with a lot of software. I got the Gold Warranty and 3 years of Norton. Plus others.:-D
     
    Spock96, Jan 9, 2012
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  32. Spock96

    Spock96 Major Geek 'Spocky'

    I checked and the HD is The Dell 512e.
     
    Spock96, Jan 9, 2012
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  33. snipermike

    snipermike Private E-2

    hey spock96 its mike
     
    snipermike, Jan 9, 2012
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  34. snipermike

    snipermike Private E-2

    ok see you in school
     
    snipermike, Jan 9, 2012
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  35. LauraR

    LauraR MajorGeeks Super-Duper Administrator Staff Member


    As long as it came with great hardware, which it sounds like it did.

    Thinking I'd knock dollars off for the 3 years of Norton though. :-D




    and hello and welcome to major geek to Spock's friend, snipermike. :)
     
    LauraR, Jan 9, 2012
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