*OFFICIAL* M11xR2 Owners Lounge - Part 1

I have a question. When you guys put your laptop to sleep and wake it up, does it take about 10 or so seconds before you can start doing anything? For example, I had a browser window and outlook minimized. After waking up, I clicked on one of them to maximize it but nothing will happen after about 10 seconds. Then everything is at full speed. I have a 500GB Seagate Hybrid installed if that matters.

 

No, once I've logged back into my session everything is instantly accessible. Same drive in my system, but even when I was running with the stock 160GB there wasn't any delay after waking.

 

Hmm. Maybe it's time to reghost my computer. Now that the driver issues have been ironed out, I won't have to go through all these uninstalls as before to get things working right from a fresh install of Windows.

 

Good news guys (well at least for me ) my unit is being shipped in two three days. it is in the packaging department. I am super super happy. going for a vacation on 24th so it is arriving just on time for me to test the machine days and nights to make sure everything is working perfect. then of course take it with me into the plane

 

You re-register with the same email each year. No need to change email. All they want you to do is touch base with them once a year and they send you a new activation code good for another year. I have been using it for years.
Cheers!

 

Good to know, thanks!

 

My m11x r2 arrived last Friday and broke right after a few hours....pfffft

I am really bad luck and yea, dell sucks

 

broke how?

 

yes, fyi I live in Japan and the product is made in China.

Now I am sending it back and get a new one.

 

True, and the drive takes care of this so it is "invisable" to the PC. It caches frequently used bits of data, so "learns" and improves with use.
Data writes go streight to the HD, not the SSD bit.

While pulling speeds equal to or faster than fast 3.5" drives, reviews show it runs hotter and uses more power than non-XT Momentus.

My current thinking is to wait for version 2... but it is tempting.

 

hey can any1 tell me if it is possible to put 2 hdd in m11x r2? i want to add the
Intel SSDSA2MP040G2R5 X25-V for installing my windows and the default 320 as secondary. I only ordered my first laptop 3 days back and it is currently in production its saying. Should i get the 40gb ssd since my budget is around 100 bucks.

 

It is not possible to add in another hard drive.

 

what was the problem?

 

Why don't you try the Seagate Momentus XT?

Supposedly it's a HDD with a bit SSD in it. It's supposed to be faster than regular HDD's but not as fast as a real SSD, but it's 500 GB, and it uses a bit more battery for the added speeds supposedly. Some people who have it might be able to tell u more.

 

The SSD portion of the drive is just a 4GB read buffer. The drive "learns" what you used the most so it caches the files needed by that program onto the SSD portion. Any writes done are made back to the platters themselves. It does take a few times before the drive learns what you use the most. Windows does seem to boot a bit faster and the most used apps will launch faster as well. Not overly sure about the battery life though, I've heard the same thing that it is lower than another mechanical drive.

I'm either getting a WD500BEKT or the new Seagate 7200.5 750GB 7200RPM, depending on which one is faster..

 

Momentus XT power requirements explored a bit in this review
Benchmark Results: Power And Efficiency : Momentus XT Review: Seagate's Marriage Of The HDD And Flash Memory

 

GIZMODO R2 REVIEW

Dell M11xR2 Review: The World's Smallest Gaming Laptop Goes i7

 

Review was spot on. I especially liked how the review mentioned about its future.

 

I think the review coincided really well with this thread today. I found the thread not only to be an interesting read, but also an important eye-opener for new buyers.

http://forum.notebookreview.com/ali...iver-support-when-considering-r1-r2-time.html

 

well i received my r2 today and i must say its pretty neat. however, the bad thing was that when i was looking at the bottom part where the speakers are...the 3 screws in the area were LOOSE. like literally you can see the bottom plate ready to fall off. i was pretty disappointed that they didn't check it. overall, good computer =)

 

I got mine yesterday! Nice little beast!

At first i only unboxed the M11x and went in a quiet room to check the fan noise.

As i checked my charger I had to lough... I am German and we have electric sockets with two! holes:

http://www.piccolauniversitaitaliana.com/de/faqs/images/f_schuko_plug_and_socket.png

My power cord had 3 pins like this:

http://www.telefon.de/images/big/motorola_syn7455.jpg

The power cord of my Toshiba fits, so I could charge the M11x

Alienware will resend the right one.

The fan runs continously, but very quiet. After a complete discharge / charge (Settings: Lowest backlit, wlan on, alien fx off) the battery shows with 93% 5hrs and 4 mins. Thats awesome I think!

The subnotebook is VERY heavy, but also very solid and doesnt look cheap at all.

You dont think you have a toy in your hands, feels like a real beast ; )

3DMark 06 said: 6894 Points.

Later more.

 

Embarrassing, they sent you an American power cord!

 

Not quite. That looks to be a UK plug.

 

Yes, it was UK

 

DOH! my mistake. I swear, I need to not post on the forums right when I wake up.

Edit: Oh yeah, congrats on receiving your M11x Vamosso Have fun with it.

 

Just put in my order for an i5 with 4gigs of RAM....can't wait

 

Yet we must

 

GOT IT! My i7 came in yesterday actually, but I missed the FedEx guy so I had called in and asked to pick it up this morning. It's sitting in my car inside of a fancy black box! I think I'm coming down with a cold... I should probably head home from work now...

The guy at the FedEx office asked if I had two packages because he noticed another fancy black box in the storage room.... Maybe someone else's M11xr2 came in??

 

Congrats on getting yours
Mine doesn't arrive till the 21st

Though, you should of taken both...

 

@erarure grats man! i just got mines today too =] thank you baby jesus
@noah14 give me like 10 more mins

 

Mine arrived today as well. I forgot to bring my external optical drive to work so I can't migrate to the Seagate Momentus XT until I get home.

 

I got mine today here is two issues already that i need somebody's confirmation in the forum who have the unit already.

1- the mouse keypad doesnt come with scrool down up bar? Is there any way to enable that?

the more important issue is follows...

2- the keyboard get lower almost in the middle of the machine. the keys b-g-h-t-y-6-7 seems lower on the keyboard then the keys on its left and right. It may be the desing for more confortable typing and gaming or it may be the defect. If somebody can confirm that for me on their machine i would appreciate it. if not i will have to RMA it. thanks in advance.

 

1) you are correct and no

2) Mine is the same way, it's been this way since my R1 and my R2 now. It's not exactly eye candy but yours is fine.

 

Hey guys after 3 long weeks of waiting finally got it today=] but still gotta wait another week for my brother to mail it to me cause im in okinawa atm. heres some basic pics of it. sry for the bad quality but from the looks of it nothing is wrong with the hinges or the keyboard so thats a good sign ill post up a review and better pics in like 2 weeks
imgur: The Simple Image Sharer

 

thanks alot. saved me from sending the unit back. i ll be posting wprime, 3dmark pcmark results soon.

 

Contra Howard, you can enable the scrolling with the touchpad. Control Panel -> Mouse -> Device Settings -> Settings. (Pretty sure that's where it is, anyway. I installed the scrybe drivers, so it's different now, but I know I enabled scrolling the day I got it, which was before installing the scrybe drivers. Anyway, if it's not there, try the looking in the synaptic system tray icon's settings. )

 

will try thanks for the update.

while typing an email and nothing else running on the backround the system froze instantly. Including CTRl+Alt+del didnt work, had to turn it off from the power button. Now it freaks me out more to test it hours and hours. It seems like I am not having any luck with new machines that i get. Will keep using and try to see if it freezes again. Will keep you updated all.

 

lol holy crap, the vertical and horizontal scrolling works when you enable it. i never knew there was an option and was sad i thought it didnt have it, but now that it does, im glad =)

 

must be my bad day then, let me try

 

By the way, need to order one more for friend, most of the END OF JUNE coupon are all expired, besides 3% DPA discount, any other way to knock more money off of this configuration? Its pre-configured page, kinda hard to use BING on this.

Dell Alienware M11x Intel Core i7-640UM Quad-Core ULV 11.6in Gaming Laptop $1099 Deal - Reviews and Compare Prices

http://configure.us.dell.com/dellst...-227502-E01201A0C216088C0A01216088A0A1A0A0F14

 

It uses a synaptic touchpad, so you can download this:
Download - SYNAPTICS | Scrybe

and it will add more options to enable some simple multi-touch gestures, like 2 finger scrolling, chiral scrolling and pinching. Note: you'll have to enable those options in the control panel->mouse->Device Settings->Settings.

 

whats the highest multiplier for turbo boost on the i7?

 

I think the highest is 17

 

cool thats what i thought thanks man.

 

IS it possible to add an GPS to the m11x r2 ?

 

Impossible! I mean, the thing is so cramped inside! They couldn't even add a disc drive.
Take a look: YouTube - Alienware M11x Teardown **READ SAFETY PRECAUTIONS PRIOR TO REPLACING PARTS** (Official Video)

 

what about the place where the sim card is supposed to be ( WAN?)?

 

Hmm, maybe...
Though I still have doubts.

 

If you got the Gobi WWAN option, GPS is enabled on COM5 if you turn it on in the Dell Mobile Broadband app.

 

I did not order it but is it possible to add it myself( i heard there r no cables installed of it)?

Possibly getting an aftermath part?

found this: http://forum.notebookreview.com/alienware-m11x/490089-gobi-wwan-antenna.html