Hello everyone! :D

I just ordered my Alienware M17x on the 21st and the anticipation is killing me! Any AW owners from Penang, Malaysia here? From what I've heard, Dell has a factory here, in Penang. Do they assemble the M17xs here too? If so, how long do you think it takes? It's been a week now and I'm on edge. xD

(Btw, I'm from Penang.)

Anyways, I hope I didn't break any forum rules or whatnot by posting this thread. Also, I was wondering whether one needs a cooling pad for the M17x? I would probably be gaming 24/7 (taking a one month hiatus from work just to spend quality time with my laptop xD).

 

Hi, congratulations in advance.
If you want to know how many users are on your country i would suggest to you go to this thread: http://forum.notebookreview.com/alienware/497177-global-alienware-where-did-they-land.html

For the cooler, well, i think you dont need it, anyway, around the forum you can find a bunch of pots about it

 

Hey thanks Cmag. =)
Just checked out the link you posted, sweet. Looks like Malaysian-AW owners who post here are pretty hard to come by. Dx

Off-topic:
Anyone knows how to deal with win32 Virut? I checked out several forums but the only viable way is to reformat the PC. Anyways, I ran a scan using Avast and detected a few .exe files that were infected in my external HDD, so I deleted them all. A few of them were something along the lines of systemrecovery.exe-ish. After that, I can't reformat my external HDD but I ran several tests and they came out clean.

So, the question that's been bugging me is: Can I safely transfer .iso and .avi files from my HDD to my M17x? :3

 

Take it easy man, for virus and stuffs go here please: Security and Anti-Virus Software

 

OK. Will do.

 

Hi dude! Always welcome new AW owners. Congrats! Hope to see you more often in NBR.

Yes, the Dell fac in Penang builds some dell models. From what i know all Precision series is assembled here. Studio, XPS and AW are assembled in China.

See my sig for delivery expectations. +/- a couple of days depending on supply of certain parts.

 

Whoa! 11 days?! That's fast, really fast. I hope mine comes within 2 weeks. It's been 9 days since I ordered it. Whooosh!!

I can't wait! xD

 

Man, first of all congratulations for your new laptop. I live in Cyprus and just got my m17x-r2 as well. Had to order from a friend in the US as they don't carry them officially over her if not at all. I also ordered a cooler because here temps go up to 42 Celsius sometimes. I use the laptop in an air conditioned room, however i want it to be feeling cool and fine all the time.
I ordered an NZXT Cryo Cooler which seems to have reappeared in the market after quite some time. I think there was scarcity in the market as it was sold out!