5/5

posted May-30-2008

So far my experience with Widow PC has been absolutely perfect. I ordered a Sting 917D SLI (desktop replacement laptop) on February 22, 2008, and Song, the salesperson, was extremely accommodating, upgrading my order to a solid state drive and Vista Ultimate 64-bit at late notice. I couldn't believe it, but my laptop arrived in about a week's time after I placed my order. They had chosen to ship out my laptop immediately, even though nVidia hadn't yet provided the SLI bridges for the 8800 cards (it would be about three weeks, so they apparently didn't want to make me wait for my laptop). Brandon, the very nice tech support guy, shipped me the SLI bridge/drivers as soon as the bridge became available.

Here is my system configuration:
1 x Custom Sting 917D SLI
Chassis & Display: 917D Chassis, including a 17" 1680 x 1050 WSXGA+ ClearView Super Bright Display, CCD Camera, Bluetooth, Carrying Case, Battery
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo Extreme X6800 2.93GHz 4mb Cache 1066MHz FSB
Video Card: Dual nVidia GeForce 8800M GTX 512MB - Preorder only, Ships Mar 16, 2008
Memory: 4GB - 2 x 2048 MB 667MHz Kingston DDR2
Operating System: Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate Edition (64-bit) with Microsoft CD
Hard Drive: 2.5" 160GB 7200RPM SATA-150
Second Hard Drive: None
Third Hard Drive: None
Technical Support: Lifetime Tech Support (Toll Free Phone and Email)
Optical Drive: 2.5" 8X DVD±R/RW Double Layer Burner
Wireless Network Card: Internal Pro/Wireless LAN 802.11a/b/g Card
Warranty: WidowPC Laptops Three Year Parts and Labor Warranty
Software: None
Mobile Accessories: None

In addition, I have 64-bit Vista Ultimate housed on an MTRON 32GB solid state drive.

This baby is a screamer, that's all I can say. So far I've run Crysis and Oblivion on it, and it runs both games amazingly. I can actually play Crysis with very high detail settings across the board at a resolution of 1440 by 900, no sweat. Oblivion runs as smooth as butter. The system runs so quiet, I can't even hear it purr.

I'm just incredibly happy with this screamer of a laptop. It came without any bloat-ware and has run without a hitch since I received it. Other applications, like MS Word 2007 are incredibly responsive (due to solid state drive?), as is iTunes. I am elated with Widow PC, their very responsive customer support, and the fastest system I've ever used.

-Brandon

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