Quick question about m11x

Hi, just a quick question, i need a nb with a bit of battery life, i found an M11x at 400 euros with those specs, can somebody plese tell how much will i be able to use it? I definitely trust more some real users speaking
CPU: Intel Pentium Dual Core U4100 (1,3GHz, 2MB, 800MHz)
RAM: 4 GB DDR3 800 MHz
HD: 250GB SATA 7200 RPM 16MB
GPU: GeForce GT 335M 1GB

And (sorry but I haven't followed alienware recently because of the University) is it possibile to upgrade the CPU?
Thanks a lot guys

 

I think you can't upgrade the CPU, and for the battery life you want to know how many hours while playing? Surfing? Idle?

 

Taking it to uni it will last me from 9 in the morning until 6 at night, with about half an hour of that gaming. That's with the overclock and discrete off (but with both on while gaming) and lowest dimness. Normally I have about 20% battery left over as well.

I would safely give it 7-8 hours of general use, gaming you'd get probably around two and a half hours, never sat down that long with it on battery though.

Tsukurimashou is correct in saying you cannot upgrade the CPU. Only upgradeable parts are the hard drive and the RAM, although if you've already got 4gb of RAM upgrading isn't really going to give you much of a gain. If you want to get extra performance from the CPU, you can overclock it in the bios with a quick switching option. You can also further overclock it with either overclocking software or a hardware pin-mod, but I don't know much about that stuff.

I would honestly recommend it for someone who studies but also wants the power given by a gaming 'notebook' and the cool factor of owning an Alienware

Hope that helped!

 

Yes thanks! Just another quick question, I heard the battery is "Built-in" so it's not possibile to buy another battery and replace it when the first one is drained, is that true?
Thanks again!

 

Yes, back up what Martin said. I have the exact same R1 with the same processor. Before, I used get about 8 hours with the Intel graphics, Wifi and light set to max. Now, maybe because I use the machine more and more on the battery, I can only achieve the same result if I have the Wifi and the screen dimmed to about 30%. With wifi on power saving, I get around 7. All this is doing word processing and some browsing.
You can replace the battery but you would have to take the machine apart. So you would not be able to buy a new battery and hot swap for more life.

 

M11xR1 SU4100 is fine, but just be aware that it doesn't support Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x). M11xR1 SU7300 does support VT-x.

This means you can't run a Microsoft Windows XP Virtual Machine just in case you pony up for Windows 7 Professional with expectations.