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    My new RED m17x pics:)))

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by bigelvis, Aug 13, 2009.

  1. bigelvis

    bigelvis Notebook Guru

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    Hi

    Finally arrived, below some photos, it's so beautiful :)))
     

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  2. Scytus

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    Beautiful photos

    I personally was never interested in red, but those tilted my perspective a bit :p
     
    Scytus, Aug 13, 2009
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  3. bigelvis

    bigelvis Notebook Guru

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    some more photos:
     

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  4. Mandrake

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    Yeah those pics are better than previous ones posted here.
     
    Mandrake, Aug 13, 2009
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  5. Scytus

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    I can see that the camera is red as well xD
     
    Scytus, Aug 13, 2009
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  6. bigelvis

    bigelvis Notebook Guru

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    Yes. it's really nice, below compared to my beautiful m1710 as well
     

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  7. lordqarlyn

    lordqarlyn Global Biz Consultant

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    nice....very nice!!
     
    lordqarlyn, Aug 13, 2009
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  8. Mandrake

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    M1710...one of my favorite lids of all time. I had a black one.
     
    Mandrake, Aug 13, 2009
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  9. bigelvis

    bigelvis Notebook Guru

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    Yes, camera is red as well :) but my wife chose the colour of it, the colour of m17x was my idea, but I'm really happy with my choice
     
    bigelvis, Aug 13, 2009
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  10. kilthro

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    Wow Nice Pics!!!

    After seeing those, Red does look good.

    Thanks!
     
    kilthro, Aug 13, 2009
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  11. Charles P. Jefferies

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    Beautiful! It's a nice deep red color.

    My review M17x is black, but if I were buying one it would definitely be red.
     
    Charles P. Jefferies, Aug 13, 2009
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  12. cookinwitdiesel

    cookinwitdiesel Retired Bencher

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    that red does look nice

    I still like my silver though, free and scratches wont show
     
    cookinwitdiesel, Aug 13, 2009
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  13. frozenarcticguy

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    Ooh la la. How about some benchmarks on that bad boy?
     
    frozenarcticguy, Aug 13, 2009
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  14. cookinwitdiesel

    cookinwitdiesel Retired Bencher

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    because red definitely means faster! haha
     
    cookinwitdiesel, Aug 13, 2009
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    Reminds me of one comercial where an old man was standing by the curb yelling at a parked red car "slow down!!"
     
    frozenarcticguy, Aug 13, 2009
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  16. Mandrake

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    Are you providing pics?
     
    Mandrake, Aug 13, 2009
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  17. cookinwitdiesel

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    pics of the silver? I can tonight, been too busy OC'ing the laptop haha

    It definitely does look nice :) especially on my silver Cryo
     
    cookinwitdiesel, Aug 13, 2009
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  18. airplaneman

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    That looks really nice! A lot better than I imagined.
     
    airplaneman, Aug 13, 2009
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  19. sleey0

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    +++++++++REP GIVEN!

    THanks for the AWESOME photos of the RED beast!

    You are the first to put up proper lighting photos depicting how AWESOME the RED truly is.

    I can't wait to get mine now.....
     
    sleey0, Aug 13, 2009
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  20. cookinwitdiesel

    cookinwitdiesel Retired Bencher

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    lol someone is excited ;)

    the rest of the laptop is nice too...besides the color haha
     
    cookinwitdiesel, Aug 13, 2009
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  21. sleey0

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    I know I am excited! LOL

    It's just no one has provided those kind of pics (showing a DEEP red).
     
    sleey0, Aug 13, 2009
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  22. SargeOsis

    SargeOsis Notebook Geek

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    Great looking laptop! I orderd mine at the start of July so that wasn't an option. Needs a Ferrari logo on it!
     
    SargeOsis, Aug 13, 2009
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  23. cookinwitdiesel

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    it is starting to sound like I got my laptop in record time....it even gets to me fast, that's how fast it is! haha

    (12 days order to delivered)
     
    cookinwitdiesel, Aug 13, 2009
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  24. haquocdung

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    Absolutely beautiful!!!!
     
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  25. bigelvis

    bigelvis Notebook Guru

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    Thanx Guys for nice words, I'm really happy from the system, but I see same cons like:
    - brightness is not at the same level on the left edge as in the middle of the screen, but I can see it especially on a dark picture, but it's still very good display 9/10
    - touchpad (as other says) is not as good as on my m1710 and e1705, should be more slippery for me, I have to get used to work on it

    I'm downloading vantage now but it could take a while because I'm running on mobile hdspa broadband (max 1MB/s on my location), I have to wait for ADSL till the end of next week :(
     
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  26. resu

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    Wow that looks really good, worth the $100 bones IMO. Thanks for the pics.
     
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  27. Megacharge

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    Yep nice pics but I definitely do not like the red, IMO it is butt ugly, but everyone has different tastes and I'm sure you are very happy with it.

    After seeing many pics of the sliver and red I am happier than ever that I chose black.

    +rep for posting these pics, thank you.
     
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  28. Mandrake

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    I'm back to wanting just the lid again. I'll wait until Gabe says it's available.
     
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  29. zfactor

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    wow i actually think the red looks pretty good there.. very nice.. still like silver the best myself but id get red before black
     
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    Apologies for putting a downer on it but I think it looks absolutely horrid, kind of cheapens the premium look. Of course, this is just my personal opinion, everyone has different tastes and i'm glad you're happy wth it.
     
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    I just can't imagine thinking the M17x looks "horrid" in any color. lol

    I bet fuscia would even look nice... :p
     
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    eeewwww...
     
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  33. averagejo3

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    Nice pics. Red looks hot.

    PS, Klithro, could you post info on your OC of the Q9000 on the Benchmarking thread?
     
    averagejo3, Aug 13, 2009
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  34. Krane

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    Ain't having choices grand?

    I hate those colored coded phone plugs though. For some reason they look infantile to me.
     
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  35. sgilmore62

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    Your pictures are awesome! First photos of Nebula red that I have viewed looked pinkish, terrible! Yours are much better. I have always thought that a plain annodized aluminum case would be the ideal for a high performance portable computer and Dell delivered 100%.

    If there was anything I would change about this PC it would be 1) the outline of the letters on the keyboard(I realise that this is a hallmark traditionally of Alienware computers but it does not fit here.)

    2) I would do away with the Alienhead logo(for similar reasons as #1)

    3) I would definitely do away with that edge to edge display(sheet of plastic over the screen) BS.
     
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  36. The_Moo™

    The_Moo™ Here we go again.....

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    the outline on the keys actually helps when typeing since its illuminated you can see the ...welll... outline better


    don't be hatin on my alienhead :p

    E2E i could live with out :p
     
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  37. sgilmore62

    sgilmore62 uber doomer

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    "the outline on the keys actually helps when typeing since its illuminated you can see the ...welll... outline better"

    I can't remember the last time I needed to type an outline....
     
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  38. The_Moo™

    The_Moo™ Here we go again.....

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    im just saying for gaming ....

    plus it looks cooler .....

    See OCZ whitebook VS AW Whitebook :p

    each to their own though


    BTW i played a school in football in your town ;)
     
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  39. Mandrake

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    I don't think the alienhead will be going away anytime soon.
     
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  40. kilthro

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    I kinda like the alien head... its unique
     
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    Very nice photos.
    Makes my waiting even more painful!!!!!
     
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    Very Nice!
     
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    I wish M17x also had a Logitech display. :(
     
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  44. cookinwitdiesel

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    what...?! logitech does not make displays dude....never has
     
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  45. sleey0

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    I think he meant one of the logitech gaming displays (like the 1730 had).

    lol

    Meh.. It was more gimmicky than anything else, IMO.
     
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  46. Quadzilla

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    The M17x feels like a tank that just so happens to fit in a backpack would be the best way for me to describe it .
     
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  47. Quadzilla

    Quadzilla The eye is watching you

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    The palmrest and surrounding areas are plastic but a very sturdy plastic and nothing flimsy at all.
     
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  48. Mandrake

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    Gotta ask why did you bother with the m15x originally if you're a mac user?
     
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  49. Mandrake

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    nice gift. So the M17x is a replacement for the old m15x. That's a pretty good deal. You could probably make a profit by reselling it.
     
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    Really great pictures. I really like the red, feels like something an alienware executive would have personally made for him. I wonder if they could change the black in another colour so it matches the red even better. Maybe something for future models.
     
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