New to Alienware - M11x?

Hope im not posting in the wrong spot, still new to this forum. But I have never spent a lot of money on a laptop I have a crappy little aspire one netbook and im itching for the M11X machine I've read a lot of good reviews on it and just wondering if this is a good deal, its $1,199 Canadian.

System Color Alienware M11x, Lunar Shadow
Processor Overclockable Intel® Core™ i7 640UM (4M Cache, 2.266 GHz Max Turbo Frequency)
Operating System Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium, 64bit, English
Security Software McAfee SecurityCenter, 30-Day Trial
LCD Panel 11.6-inch WideHD 1366x768 (720p) WLED
Memory 4GB Dual Channel DDR3 at 800MHz
Hard Drive 320GB SATAII 7,200RPM
Video Card 1GB NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 335M
Wireless Cards Alienware M11x a/b/g/n 2x2 MIMO Wireless
Sound Options Internal High-Definition Surround Sound Audio (5.1)
WebCam 1.3MP Web Cam

Is there anything that you guys think is a MUST have that i dont have?? Also the most IMPORTANT questions.....what color LOL

 

I'm in the same boat as you coming from an aspire one to the m11x however I didn't get my machineyet. I'll be getting it in a couple more days and I'll let you know how good it works out.

 

Looks good. I don't think anything really needs to be modified. Maybe an SSD would be nice, but those are EXPENSIVE.

 

Order by phone. Save that in cart and haggle the price down. I've had good luck getting amazing deals.

 

That looks like the going price right now for that laptop. If you have the option to configure it online, I'd reccomend you add bluetooth wireless since it's cheap and helps make you future-proof.

 

Also beware that it could take up to a month for you to get your system, lots of delay going on right now.

 

Ya i was talking to the guy over the phone how could I haggle the price down? I'm definitely ordering by phone apparently its faster to get your machine that way. But ya any tips on how you knocked the price down would be awesome lol

 

This should help you, it helped me:
http://forum.notebookreview.com/alienware/456885-aw-dell-ordering-advice-how-save.html

Also, read my thread I just made:
http://forum.notebookreview.com/alienware-m11x/499820-great-epp-deal-m11x.html

 

Look at this:
Haggling with Dell
It's like the freakin Bible when it comes to saving money with Dell.

Edit: GRR!! You beat me tk, just by a minute!

 

I sold my Aspire One 532 last night, and I'm looking forward to my m11x Friday. The AspireOne is a great machine for the price, but it always left me wanting more. At least with the m11x I know there is no more to want!

 

nice setup! looks familiar! the only thing i would consider changing is a solid state hard drive.

 

As much as I agree with you guys on the solid state hard drives, I would skip it and wait until they fall in price a bit. The computer currently will run quick, once you think it is getting slow drop the money on a new SSD and a 2.5" enclosure for the hard drive that is currently in the system. This is what I am gonna do 6 months or so down the road. It will be like a new computer again!

 

Please don't buy the factory SSD. It has the edge in storage, but that's it. It's slower than every SSD in the market right now,and there are newer SSDs rolling out in the next few months.

 

Wow thanks for all the info guys I'm definitely going to give dell a call and see if I can work out a deal.