Solved Need New Lappie

[HammerHead]

Guys, I know zilch about Laptops. I found one at new egg and wonder what the opinions on it are.

MSI GT Series GT70 0ND-491US Notebook Intel Core i7 3630QM(2.40GHz) 17.3" 16GB Memory DDR3 1600 128GB SSD 750GB HDD 7200rpm BD Burner NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675MX - Newegg.com

Oh yes, does it have WIFi and is Win7 64 bit drivers available? It comes with Win8.

 

[Semicolon]

It really depends on what you plan on doing with the laptop.

 

[DeaconFrost]

It mentions the WiFi type and brand in the description, but it isn't one I've ever heard of. You'll have to check MSI's site for specific drivers, but there's nothing wrong with Windows 8. If you had 7 already, I wouldn't tell you to go buy 8, but if you have 8 already, I wouldn't tell you to go buy 7, either.

 

[HammerHead]

WiFi

I have never heard of the WiFi mentioned either. I'll have to search it.

Uses:
Office 2010
Legacy (Family Tree Database)
Corel Draw X6

 

[linnemeyerhere]

I have researched MSI laptops when I was shopping for my new lappy. I ended up going the other way and getting a base model i3 as it was for 90% work. I was impressed with the MSI's also the ASUS lappy's. This appears to be a very powerful lappy and for this kind of money I'm sure lots of options are available. Key will be what exactly are you going to be doing with the rig as mentioned above. I do like the two ssd's in raid plus the spinner !

 

[HammerHead]

Phone

I found a phone number for support. I'll call.
Here is another description.

GT70 0ND-491US •Windows 8•Intel® Core™ i7-3630QM Processor•17.3" Full HD Anti-Reflective Display (16:9; 1920 x 1080)•NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 675MX 4G GDDR5•Exclusive TDE Technology (GPU Overclocking)•Full-Color Programmable Backlit Keyboard by SteelSeries•Killer™ Game Networking•MSI Cooler Boost Technology •World-Class Dynaudio Premium Speakers•64GB SSD + 64GB SSD + 750GB Hard Drive (7200RPM), Super RAID•16GB DDR3 1600MHz System Memory•Blu-ray Disc Burner•USB 3.0 x 3; USB 2.0 x 2; HDMI Output•Built-in 720p HD webcam•Audio Boost Technology•802.11 b/g/n Wireless LAN with Bluetooth

Notice the web cam

 

[Bongo]

It should come with Wifi, Killer™ is the Wifi
Look at this page about 1/2 way down you can chose Windows 7 64 bit OS and get the drivers.
MSI Global ? Notebook & Tablet - GT70 0ND

Jerry

 

[HammerHead]

Good Find

Good find Bongo!

 

[Bongo]

You're Welcome, that is a good buy on that laptop with them specs. Where I bought my laptop that Gt70 would run about $2000.00 with them specs.

MSI GT70 0ND-492US - XOTIC PC - MSI Custom Gaming Laptop

 

[HammerHead]

I'm Hooked

It's from MSI. Never been there, but here goes.

 

[linnemeyerhere]

Please report back how you like it....and I think you will! MSI with Haswell as a breakaway mobo for gamer's at a real value!

 

[HammerHead]

I'll Comment

I want to load Win 7 onto it. I'll need to read up because if I wipe the OS I don't know what the SSD's will be like they are in a raid config. I guess I will end up loading on to one SSD and then config a raid pair.

 

[HammerHead]

Recieved

Ok, I am checking the new lappie out. MS's junk evaluator rates it at 7.0. Everything is 7.8 except Graphics. Am considering installing Win7, but Win8.1 release is not far off. This machine has two ssd's in a raid config. So I have looked up a driver for the install.

I need to check out the bios. Really runs nice. To bad about Win8. Is there a tutorial on burning a install disk with all of the updates on it? It would be nice to skip all of that after loading.

 

[HammerHead]

Downgraded

Couldn't take Win 8 any longer. Downgraded to Win 7 Pro. Most things are working. Only have one problem in Driver Manager (unknown device) which I believe is the Web Cam. Having no luck finding a driver. Loaded one from MS. The unknown device went away and I have an imaging device, which is working? I must be missing some software because I can't get it to function.

 

[ICIT2LOL]

FWIW Hammerhead I personally would not recommend Toshiba's I have had some real bad experiences over the last four years and have had that many fixes in too. The only real good thing you can do with a Toshiba is to plonk an SSD (plus a decent amount of RAM) into it and an OEM of whatever OS you want.
I don't know why this is probably because of the fact that they are not made in japan anymore because they sued to be the laptop of my choice.

I don't go that much on Acer for that matter either. Samsung, Asus, Sony, HP, Compaq (basically an HP) and Lenovo would be the ones I would choose.

Now I must admit I didn't read from the beginning but for general use the HP G6 is good value HP Pavilion g6-2331tx Notebook PC (D9G69PA) | HP® Australia

 

[HammerHead]

Cam Driver

I just picked a MS "generic" driver and loaded it. It put an imaging device in my device manager and then I found a software called Video Booth an Walla it started working. Video Booth is a piece of crap I need to look around and find another freebie. It came with the Ask toolbar and has a nag screen. But I made some progress. Right now I am not aware of anything screwed up after downgrading. Machine really works nice. Oh yeah, I need to look into my raid config. I'll post a clip of my disk manager.

 

[HammerHead]

Raid Problem?

When I boot I get the screen to configure Raid. It shows I have a pair of disks in a zero configuration (striped). which is what I want. When I look at the disks in disk manager they look funny to me. Is this what you should see?

 

[ICIT2LOL]

Just get rid of the Askbar HH it is a piece of crap as far as I am concerned. If you find it hard to get rid of with the Cont Panel then it is done easy through regedit.

Plus I posted this a bit earlier The Windows 8 Start Menu reimagined and reinvigorated | TechRepublic=

might try that on my spare - yes Toshy which I have revamped.

 

[HammerHead]

Better Clip

 

[HammerHead]

Disk Manager

The clip was showing the disks correctly. I had to work on them with a (Easeus) partition software. I finally got them straightened up.
All in all I am satisfied with the MSI laptop. It really runs nice. Down grading to Win 7 Pro x64 was a boat load of work. But, every driver for win 7 was available I just had to find and load them. I have one unknown device in device manager. It's a radio switch that there is no driver for. It turns out it is not needed. Once again this laptop preforms really well.