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    M11xR3 Available to order in NZ

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by yumcimil, Apr 18, 2011.

  1. yumcimil

    yumcimil Newbie

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    Looks like my Dell account manager was right. Ordering my m11xR1 replacement now. :)

    Finally I have gigabit! Quite useful for a work laptop...
     
    yumcimil, Apr 18, 2011
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  2. vorob

    vorob Notebook Deity

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    Is it some kind of meter to create thread on every piece of m11x r3?
     
    vorob, Apr 18, 2011
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  3. yumcimil

    yumcimil Newbie

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    My apologies. I hadn't seen anything mentioning an actual release. I did check first.
     
    yumcimil, Apr 18, 2011
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  4. Mackan

    Mackan Notebook Evangelist

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    R3 is popping up on more and more Dell sites now. Wait is over. :)
     
    Mackan, Apr 18, 2011
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  5. thegh0sts

    thegh0sts Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    yup, just waiting on a review to see if it's worth the moniez!
     
    thegh0sts, Apr 18, 2011
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  6. Paddon

    Paddon Notebook Evangelist

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    all of you getting the m11x r3 or are you considering the m14x ? :)
     
    Paddon, Apr 18, 2011
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    m11x still having a weak CPU. For small factor laptops is the best choice, but m14x is far away...
     
    HEUR, Apr 18, 2011
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  8. Bearsfan217

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    figures, just got my r2, and now a newer one comes out lol
     
    Bearsfan217, Apr 18, 2011
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  9. yumcimil

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    I'm actually largely fine with the r1 CPU. It's not amazing, and I do big processing stuff on either VMs (for work), or on a separate desktop box for home. A bump in general specs, new battery, working hinge, only thing I'd crave is a matte screen and a higher resolution...
     
    yumcimil, Apr 18, 2011
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    Yep. Alienware should adjust their schedules just for you :D
     
    Benchmade 42, Apr 18, 2011
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  11. Bearsfan217

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    yes they should.... or that annoying sales lady should of told me a newer one was coming out soon =) you know they have the heads up on that stuff
     
    Bearsfan217, Apr 18, 2011
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    Chemware, Apr 18, 2011
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  13. yumcimil

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    Whoops. Good spotting on the GPU differences. :) Happily my account manager's pretty slow to respond...
     
    yumcimil, Apr 18, 2011
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    And everyone said I was crazy for saying starting price was 1,300.

    Stock on Dell Australia is 1,499, which is basically 1,600 in USD. Woohoo another brownie point for me
     
    instantcold, Apr 19, 2011
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  15. bsoft

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    You can't compare US and non-US prices. Generally the US price is significantly lower than the non-US price, in part because the US price doesn't include taxes (which can be quite high) and also because manufacturers like to screw people outside the US for some reason.

    I would guess somewhere in the $1000-$1200 range as a starting price in the US.
     
    bsoft, Apr 19, 2011
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    2GB of Vram on the GT540 is so pointless it isn't even worth mentioning.

    Unless Alienware can pull something out of the hat with the 540 it will offer only a meagre GPU upgrade from the GT335m.
     
    Xaser04, Apr 19, 2011
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  17. Mackan

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    They offer 1.5 GB or 3 GB on the GT555M (M14x), or 1 GB or 2 GB on the GT540M. I also wonder what is the point? Extra VRAM doesn't make these cards faster, as far as I know. Only helps to keep a bit more textures in the memory... but 1 GB usually enough already for that.
     
    Mackan, Apr 19, 2011
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    same here, i got my R2 this month, i thought i had the top of the range specs with i5 4GB RAM, 250GB SATA DRIVE.

    If i can turn back time i would definately have gone for the M14X instead of the M11x R3. I Cant wait for the reviews of M14x.
     
    yelohotshot, Apr 19, 2011
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  19. thegh0sts

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    Well, looks like I'm another member of the "oh, I gotz my R2 2 months before zee R3 came out!" club.
     
    thegh0sts, Apr 19, 2011
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