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    Is it worth buying the M11x currently on sale?

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by tylapple, Jan 11, 2011.

  1. tylapple

    tylapple Newbie

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    I'm looking to buy one, but would I be better off waiting for r3?
     
    tylapple, Jan 11, 2011
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  2. kovboi

    kovboi Notebook Consultant

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    You'll get lots of opinions, no doubt, and it really depends on your own needs and price/performance curve. One thing's for certain: the r3 remains rumor and speculation in the absence of an official announcement. I got an r1 with the Black Friday deal. I love it. Fingers crossed that the hinges hold up.
     
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  3. tylapple

    tylapple Newbie

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    Is the current sale for the r1 or r2? I only see the one m11x on the website.
     
    tylapple, Jan 11, 2011
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  4. Thaenatos

    Thaenatos Zero Cool

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    Depends on what you need the laptop to do. I work my r1 pretty hard and to be perfectly honest I am glad I got the r1 over the r2. The battery life cannot be beat and the temps are unmatched for what it can do.
     
    Thaenatos, Jan 12, 2011
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  5. bavman

    bavman Notebook Evangelist

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    Its just the r1 on sale, the one with the core2duo cpu, not the i5/i7.
     
    bavman, Jan 12, 2011
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  6. Salue

    Salue Notebook Consultant

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    no all M11x got 200 dollar discounts !
    so like core 2 duo is kinda old :p
    i have the R1 dont have a regert played all my games XD
     
    Salue, Jan 12, 2011
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  7. some guy

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    there may be a few reasons to get a R2 over the R1, but for me with the R1 at $550 the R2 isnt worth the $400 difference when buying new. refub is a different story however.
     
    some guy, Jan 12, 2011
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  8. Rjdeli

    Rjdeli Notebook Geek

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    take the 200 bucks you save and buy ocz vertex2 120gb ssd :) rock out with your C*** out brotha.

    Fresh clean install on a SSD & fully tweaked system for maximum performance and it feels faster than my beast alienware desktop upstairs. NO DOUBT GET IT WHILE ITS ON SALE!!!
    Put it this way I have a computer witha 17k 3dmark upstairs and I don't use it to game anymore lol. Gaming from the lazyboy is so much better!
     
    Rjdeli, Jan 12, 2011
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  9. roxxor

    roxxor Notebook Evangelist

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    +1 here to buying the R1 on sale and kitting it out with an SSD. Then upgrade to an R3 just before your 1 yr warranty runs out and swap-out the SSD. Had I not bought an R2 6 months ago, that's what I'd do right now.
     
    roxxor, Jan 12, 2011
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  10. laststop311

    laststop311 Notebook Deity

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    if you dont have a laptop and need 1 the current deal on the r1 is a killer deal. Besides you can always upgrade to the r3 down the road like roxxor said just as the warranty runs out. Then you can sell the r1 to a friend or give it as a gift to some 1 or sell it on ebay and recoup most of the 550 you spent.

    If the r1 was this cheap when I bought my envy 14 I probably would of got the m11x. the envy 14 ended up only bein a few hundred more dollars and it had just better components all around so I had to go that way but at 550 cant beat the r1 plus no more radiance screen for envy 14 anyways and thats just poo
     
    laststop311, Jan 12, 2011
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  11. xarthos

    xarthos Notebook Evangelist

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    Get an R1 you will love it. I sure do. I don't have any interest in owning an the R2.
    If an R3 is released I might think it over but for now this thing is a beast.
     
    xarthos, Jan 12, 2011
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  12. Docsteel

    Docsteel Vast Alien Conspiracy

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    Just gaming with GPU-bound games, get an R1 and forget it.

    Using it for general multitasking with CPU-intensive apps and/or CPU-bound games, get the R2 IMHO, but most people will be happy with an R1.
     
    Docsteel, Jan 12, 2011
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