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    M11x r3 with i7 for 1100$ Canadian

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by arkkane, Jun 28, 2011.

  1. arkkane

    arkkane Newbie

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    Just pulled the trigger on a m11x r3. Took me a couple hours dealing with a sales rep and I think I got a decent deal. Got the base model with a core i7 which also includes a 2gb of memory for the gpu. This upgrade cost 150$ which normally cost 250$. I then got him to knock off an additional 50$. So it cost 1100 + tax which came to 1230$. Used my prepaid MasterCard which doubles the warranty to two years. You don't even need good credit to get one of these since they are prepaid(10$ initial fee). I was thinking about ordering from the USA since they generally have better deals so I am very glad to not have to deal with the border. Let me know what you think of this deal. I'm pretty satisfied.
     
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    sasquatchimo Notebook Guru

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    Seems like a decent deal. What were the rest of your configured specs? HDD? RAM?
     
    sasquatchimo, Jun 28, 2011
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    arkkane Newbie

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    No upgrades from the base. 4gb memory, 320 gb harddive. What do you guys think about the hybrid drives? Are they worth it or should I just spring for a ssd?
     
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    tonkatrain Notebook Consultant

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    I put a hybrid drive in mine and it was a good chunk faster than the stock one. However just as a test i tried putting in an SSD and the hybrid drive was left in the dust.
     
    tonkatrain, Jun 28, 2011
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