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posted Jun-01-2007
I must agree with a couple of the previous posts. WidowPC is a good company, although I have had some issues.
Everything went fine with ordering and shipping. No delays. The computer was a beast, huge and heavy. Not your ordinary laptop, and not very mobile. The performance was great for a while, until I had a few issues which any computer can have. The hard drive died and there were issues with the video card. Also, the battery does not work anymore, it died also. I had sent it back and it was fixed with no issues. Although, after about a year now it is about dead. My warranty has expired and now the power button has issues. Usually, if you hold it down for 5+ secs. it will turn off (used maybe because it crashed etc). Mine unfortunately, dimmed the screen and powered off the main components and froze the OS. I have to manually unplug the power cable and plug it back in. Then, I have to press the power cable before it passes POST or else the keyboard wont work and the OS wont boot. Another problem I have had all along is the heat. The case was not designed very well to dispense of heat. I didn't notice many problems in the beginning, but now the processor is about burnt out. It has caused the whole computer to crash. The processor is almost smoking because it is so hot and you can definitely smell it. Since it is dying, the computer crashes about every 20-30 mins of usage. I must then wait for about an hour to turn it back on. No dust, no overclocking, not even games now.
In conclusion, WidowPC is a dedicated company and has pretty good support. Although the machine itself (what you should really care about) has some issues over time and is pretty much a desktop. Not something I would enjoy carrying around. If you are a gamer and carry it around once and a while, then ya its ok. But again, if your a gamer the performance is nice, until it starts dying. I have somewhat turned away from games now that I haven't been using them for a while and am going to purchase a Gazelle from system76 (system76.com), which isn't toward gaming. Hopefully this has helped you future buyers in making a good decision about the company and the hardware/case they supply. Good luck!
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