Ordered GT70. Arrives tuesday. questions...

[Silverman]

I used to game on PC's years ago. This was back in the days of 600MHZ, Pentium III's and TNT 2 ULTRA.
These were the days of Everquest, Quake III and the massive disappointment of Daikatana. Good times..
I then switched to consoles and have been using them for my gaming fix for the last however many years.
I am now getting back into computers and I can't wait.
I have recently been familiarizing myself with the new tech but find myself a bit confused on where to start.

With regards to the GT70...

Once i get the beast, what is the first thing i should do with the it before it is ready for BF3 and it's kind?

Do i need to install drivers, hardware updates or should the thing be good to go out of the box?
Any other basic tips i should know?

Lay it all on me.

-Thanks

[Meaker]

It should basically be good to go, since it's a "new" (rebranded) chip, you need to wait for drivers to catch up to it.

[Heihachi_1337]

Your laptop should be game ready right out of the box, but there are a few things you should do first.

Check your system and components to make sure everything is there and working properly.

Register your warranty with MSI, I can not stress this enough.

Install a good anti-virus such as Avast! or AVG and team it with Malwarebytes Anti-malware.

I would recommend either Firefox or Google Chrome for web browsing.

The usual Flash Player and Java Script installs should always apply.

Install your games, and have fun.

[TribalOne]

umm you forgot to add a couple of sick days in there so you can develop a new relationship with your new best friend :P

[Heihachi_1337]

umm you forgot to add a couple of sick days in there so you can develop a new relationship with your new best friend :P

Yeah, this is true. Thanks for adding that.

[Silverman]

yeah, I'm pretty pumped. i found PC gaming to be much more engrossing than consoles. I got a week before summer classes begin and I'm using up my vacation days. Now if i could just get rid of my GF I'd be set.

I'll post my admittedly neophytish impression upon arrival.