The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.

Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

Go blue!

Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by ichime, Jul 31, 2012.

ichime Notebook Elder

Reputations:

2,420

Messages:

2,676

Likes Received:

3

Trophy Points:

56

Shell is ANODIZED blue, thanks to Rob at Able Anodizing in Brooklyn, NY, looks even better in person!

Also, has two Radeon 7970Ms as well as a Sony Optiarc BD-5850H 6x Blu-Ray burner (a lot quieter than the older panasonic DVD burner I had).

Next plan is installing the custom grille I made that sits below the palmrest. I'll take pictures of that once that's done. In the meantime, I hope you like

ichime, Jul 31, 2012

#1
aznpos531 Notebook Evangelist

Reputations:

457

Messages:

636

Likes Received:

1

Trophy Points:

31

Looks awesome to me! Oh the joys of an aluminum frame!

aznpos531, Jul 31, 2012

#2
Ithian Notebook Consultant

Reputations:

33

Messages:

116

Likes Received:

1

Trophy Points:

30

Buddy! That's a great looking piece of hardware. Blue just works! Love it thanks for sharing.

Ithian, Jul 31, 2012

#3
Doctor Magneto Notebook Consultant

Reputations:

101

Messages:

265

Likes Received:

1

Trophy Points:

31

Awesome job ichime! the color looks like BMW Alpina. Alpina Blue!

rep+

Doctor Magneto, Jul 31, 2012

#4
pau1ow Notebook Deity

Reputations:

1,336

Messages:

1,181

Likes Received:

84

Trophy Points:

66

Looks amazing !

pau1ow, Jul 31, 2012

#5
Klk450 Notebook Evangelist

Reputations:

13

Messages:

325

Likes Received:

55

Trophy Points:

41

That blue looks outstanding!

Klk450, Jul 31, 2012

#6
jinda Notebook Evangelist

Reputations:

174

Messages:

571

Likes Received:

35

Trophy Points:

41

Lol I thought green and red GPUs has a new competitor

Srsly, I hope I have an aluminum casing
Looking really good!

jinda, Jul 31, 2012

#7
CptXabaras Overclocked, Overvolted, Liquid Cooled

Reputations:

1,024

Messages:

1,335

Likes Received:

236

Trophy Points:

81

It looks so nice... really nicely done and a real nice choice of color.

CptXabaras, Jul 31, 2012

#8
SlickDude80 Notebook Prophet

Reputations:

3,262

Messages:

4,997

Likes Received:

3

Trophy Points:

106

looks really nice bro! Good job!

SlickDude80, Jul 31, 2012

#9
Greywolf22 Notebook Deity

Reputations:

849

Messages:

1,453

Likes Received:

7

Trophy Points:

56

Looks fantastic!! Really like that color.

Greywolf22, Jul 31, 2012

#10
trooper1414 Notebook Deity

Reputations:

241

Messages:

794

Likes Received:

50

Trophy Points:

41

This is brilliant...now just waiting for my 17x to be sold and then i can buy a aluminium based 18x

trooper1414, Jul 31, 2012

#11
Tsunade_Hime such bacon. wow

Reputations:

5,413

Messages:

10,711

Likes Received:

1,204

Trophy Points:

581

That's pretty sick man, I like. Maybe you can put out an Ideastorm on Dell's site to get that color added. I've considered powder coating my R2..

Tsunade_Hime, Jul 31, 2012

#12
Optimistic Prime Notebook Evangelist

Reputations:

572

Messages:

521

Likes Received:

95

Trophy Points:

41

Wow, that looks very nice. I would be tempted to work out a design if I could get that as my base color, haha.

Optimistic Prime, Jul 31, 2012

#13
B4n6k3 Notebook Evangelist

Reputations:

176

Messages:

300

Likes Received:

18

Trophy Points:

31

Imagine when you brought it to cafe, and everyone starring at it.....

nice finishing also mate.....

B4n6k3, Jul 31, 2012

#14
Mexic00ls Notebook Deity

Reputations:

563

Messages:

857

Likes Received:

23

Trophy Points:

31

that looks awesome, sadly i can't find any good places around here that do that kind of quality work

Mexic00ls, Jul 31, 2012

#15
GrassCube Notebook Geek

Reputations:

36

Messages:

75

Likes Received:

1

Trophy Points:

16

Looks awesome! the blue is a really good color for the R1/2

GrassCube, Jul 31, 2012

#16
bigtonyman Desktop Powa!!!

Reputations:

2,377

Messages:

5,040

Likes Received:

277

Trophy Points:

251

Great work!! Looks awesome!! I wish My machine was that color.

bigtonyman, Aug 1, 2012

#17
imglidinhere Notebook Deity

Reputations:

387

Messages:

1,077

Likes Received:

59

Trophy Points:

66

I need to change my pants now...

imglidinhere, Aug 1, 2012

#18
Prasad NBR Reviewer 1337 NBR Reviewer

Reputations:

1,804

Messages:

4,956

Likes Received:

10

Trophy Points:

106

Awesome! I knew it'd look great in navy blue!

Prasad, Aug 1, 2012

#19
kingkong8 Notebook Consultant

Reputations:

26

Messages:

103

Likes Received:

0

Trophy Points:

30

Wow! That is one hell of a kind! If alienware team see this awesome blue, might they add with their color options. Stealth black and red are ancient! Maybe its time for new "breed" of aliens!!

kingkong8, Aug 4, 2012

#20
ichime Notebook Elder

Reputations:

2,420

Messages:

2,676

Likes Received:

3

Trophy Points:

56

Custom matte grille with speaker splitters removed:

ichime, Aug 5, 2012

#21