[-OFFICIAL-] Alienware M17x Owners' Lounge

bulls don't say moo??????

 

Yea I know!! I freakin keep getting denied for a damn student loan!! so i cant get my effing laptop!

 

thats because your getting a gaming laptop with a student loan

its better you didnt get it

 

Lol they don't know that...

 

well they should .....

im just not a fan of it....

i may be young but im old fashioned...

 

this coming from Moo?
he who wants the new unit for school even though he has a great machine now?
hmmmmmm

 

Huh? Why shouldn't I be able to get one for school? I like gaming just as much as the next guy. So I need a laptop for that and I need one for school too... So why not kill two birds with one stone? IMO you are kind of sounding like a hypocrite because don't you want one for school too?

 

yes but im not taking out a student loan im earning my money one sandwhich at a time.

but i can understand wanting it and useing it for school, i do it and i enjoy it. It was the loan part i was referring to.


I am getting one but its all my money and i will be playing some games yes, thats normal

i am not trying to be a hypocrite i am just saying.

sorry if i came across that way, i told you im old fashion

@Ryu

its a great gaming machine but not so much the in class note taking machine since it dies quite quickly

its more gaming then school....yes the new one is better for gaming but it can do better job of staying alive

 

Oh ok. Yea i understand what you mean now sorry I didn't exactly understand what you didn't like. I would have love to been working to make the money for it now. But circumstances have prevented me from saving up a good amount of money to be able to buy this laptop. So the only way I would be able to buy this laptop right now is if I can get a loan. I planned on paying it off after this summer. When I can work all day every day. But right now I can't

 

i can understand situations like that .... i just see people every day taking out loans and then never paying.

like i said before i paid 20% of my minimum wage to taxes and got back 4$ or 1% due to taxes to pay for retards....


Good luck though

 

lol -was just givin ya crud Moo....

btw: if it is just for school, why not get a great netbook...if all you need is aps such as word, works, excel...etc...and a note taker....

 

No you didn't I just didn't know exactly what you were talking about.

And thats true, do you know how much battery life it should save running in stealth mode?

 

i should be able to get 2-2.5 hours

@ryjun

i looked into that but a decent net book was like 350-400

and selling my m17 @1500 i need 300 for a m17x basic model

and for another 300 SLI and another 100 WUXGA

so i chose to take the upgrade cost and not loose performance. Also i am 6'6 and about 215.. a netbook is kindaaaaa small lol

 

Hahaha that would look ridiculous! I'm going to look for a picture of that

 

All these people look ridiculous but the bottom picture is the funniest

http://www.globalnerdy.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/pocketsized.jpg

 

What's the difference between the m17x using stealth mode and the binary gfx i'm kind of unclear about it what's the difference exactly i know they shut the dedicated cards off.......

 

i think binary gfx is just using integrated graphics but everything else running full speed. Stealth mode all the components get reduced in speed and power usage.

 

thats is my understanding ^^^^

 

It's to save power. So when it shuts off the dedicated cards that's less power usage you are taking out of the battery and also it says something about having a 65W power limit in the system. So everything is powered down to maximize battery efficiency.

Does anyone know why they decided to go with the 9v battery instead of the 12v one they used in the M17 and m17x?

 

it doesn't only do it when it battery mode it does it whenever you aren't doing anything that the 9400 can handle.

 

you mean 9 cell instead of 12 cell?

save room proably or they went retarded

 

Yea sorry thanks for correcting me

 

By itself? thats cool!

 

Hey guys, do any of Dell's offers stack for example 7% discount on corporate and a coupon work together?

 

nope.......

 

hey, so is complete care worth the extra money? I just going to be using this at home as a desktop replacement....so.

 

are you accident prone? then yes...
do you have kids? then yes...

it all depends on your needs and your environment. and if you reallly want to pay the xtra dough for it.

 

Grrrr... Why does washington have 8.6% sales tax... my whole discount doesnt event cover the tax lol

 

yeah I have a kid...

also, anyone here ever extended their warranty from dell?

Just wondering how much it was. Like is the warraty cheaper when first buying the laptop and they charge more when you want to renew or are the prices still the same....

 

im pretty sure its the same price and u can extend it within the first year if i'm correct

 

wash state? if memory serves you have no property tax right?

that sounds correct...

 

Yes and we have a low income tax.... But I'm a student so neither of those really apply to me directly lol

 

true, but you asked why you have the tax so high...
i just offered the answer...

 

I stated that I was frustrated with the tax... it was more of a rhetorical question... It's going to Run me about 3,800 for my M17x... The 2 MXM 3.0's, great look, and no disk tray! are what sold me... After shipping I'm looking at around 4k Jesus my dad isn't going to be happy with me lol

 

i knew it was rhetorical...just figured i would answer anyway....lol

show him the discount you did apply and get...it should ease his pain a bit (hopefully) hehe

 

why go for such a high price config when i did a config with

QX9300
4gb ddr 1333
250gb HD
1920x1200 (1200p) display
and 1 year complete care warranty for $3499

with the 7% discount should be around $3522 so stop whining if you cant afford it or cant stop but complain then dont get it lol now as for me im trying to save every corner that i can and still get atleast the best deal possible on this system not cuz i cant afford it but since im paying for it myself i would like to get the best for my needs at a good price... I also thought you needed this for school? im not trying to kid myself on what i want this for if the sager 9282 or whatever with the i7 was your choice go for that i think you can get the base I7 and alot of bells and whistles and be around 2800 with a single gtx 280 and not to mention its a real desktop i7

 

as for me im stuck on either going for the QX9300 or a t9600 and future upgrade to a QX9300 but thats like only saving like 200-400 bucks and if i go OEM thats a savings of 25 bucks might as well get it from dell all at once choices choices

 

Woo, phase2. \o/

 

Shuya - When did you place your order? I ordered my system last night and I have an EDD of 7/02/2009...I hope they can beat that thought cause i go out of town for 6 months on 6/30/2009

 

Lol hopefully you get it sooner. i can't wait that long.

 

For all the people waiting for their new machines:

I have talked to 6 (yes 6...) different sales reps who say TYPICALLY it takes 3-5 days for build and 3-5 of it sitting around waiting to be shipped. All 6 sales guys told me they couldn't guarantee a time frame like that...but they would bet money on it...so cross fingers they go out fast

 

I extended the warranty on a Vostro 1500 I was selling to my girlfriend.

It was approx $100 per additional year.

I bought one year.

 

oh your mean selling it to your girlfriend. lol.

 

lol. she's still your girlfriend?

 

Obviously no gurantee, but we are talking about getting these systems out within a few weeks, somewhere around June 23rd?

 

the beginning of June seems more reasonable.

 

I ordered on Tuesday. But if you see my EDD, they've said 6th July. The Dell rep said this was way off and the system should be with me within the next 10 days. =)

 

Nice

You just changed my mind, I am going to order in the next few hours.

Just ONE more thing, what are most people doing for a processor, dual-core wise (I feel like quad-core is a bit overkill at this moment from what people are saying)

 

imo get the base chip and upgrade later and keep the base chip in case you need warranty

 

Yeah good idea, that is what I am about to do.