[-OFFICIAL-] Alienware M17x Owners' Lounge

Isn't that how it always works? I'll but the new Calpella then sell the one I don't like, lol.

 

yeah if i can sell the one last msi LOADED 1651 system i have ill be in for sure for a m17x... im just under 1000$ short and i can almost make that up from that 1651.. anyone interested lmk ... hint ... hint.. ill be listing it hopefully this weekend when i get back home

 

I just placed my order since the cc was paid off.

Called into the EPP phone number and had them build it

7% for EPP
4% for dell account
Free shipping
and had them do the custom nameplate



System Color Space Black – Anodized Aluminum
Operating System Windows Vista® Home Premium (64-bit Edition) with Service Pack 1
Processor Intel® Core™2 Quad Q9000 2.0GHz (6MB Cache, 1066MHz FSB)
Memory 4GB Dual Channel DDR3 at 1066MHz
Mouse Pointer Mouse Pointers, Standard
LCD 17-inch WideUXGA 1920x1200 (1200p)
Video Card Dual NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 280M, 2GB – SLI® Enabled
Hard Drive 500GB 7,200RPM w/ Free Fall Protection
AlienFX Color Astral Aqua
Avatar Alienhead Glow
Wallpaper Alien Cyborg
Windows Style Windows Style, Default
Adobe Software Adobe® Acrobat® Reader 9.0
CD ROM/DVD ROM Slot-Load Dual Layer Blu-ray Combo (BR-ROM, DVD+-RW, CD-RW)
Wireless Internal 300Mbps Dual-Band a/g/n Wireless with MIMO Technology
Service 3 yr In-home Service after remote diagnosis + Complete Care
Factory Installed Games World of Warcraft Preinstall Edition
RSS Feed Alienware RSS Feed
Bluetooth Internal Wireless Bluetooth® 2.1 with EDR
Custom Nameplate

 

That will be the die shrink of Clarksfield Quads to 32-nm in Q3/Q4 2010.


Then Sandy Bridge. ;þ

 

Hi all,
I've made up my mind and want to buy a mx17.
I would like to have a suggestion from you.

1)I would like to buy the 1490x900 screen option. Reason for that is that I want to play at that resolution and I think playing at native is always better.
Any reason why this choice could be wrong?

2) Is this laptop going to be upgradable? I mean if a more powerfull cpu/gpu comes out?

3)Furthermore, will the 280 sli give me a lot more power than my 8800 sli I have at the moment? Consider I will choose the qx9300 and the games I will play are ETW, oblivion, Fallout 3, gtaIV, gothic 4, mafia 2, assassin creed 2, basically I love RPG's.

Thanks in advance for your help.

 

1) well, 1440x900 on a 17" screen is gonna look mighty big. but hey, each to his own.

2) yes.

3) big yes.

 

The 8800 cards you have now are better.

 

Congrats! Abducted in PA!

 

personal choice imo..

yes

yes but as i responded in your other thread it will not be like going form integrated to 280 if you know what i mean, yes for sure will be improved but not a 50-100% improvement..

 

Well the next iteration after calpella would probably not be as significant as the change from FSB to QPI; considering FSB is old technology, and when spending 5k+ on a laptop, I'd rather have...ya know...new technology xD

and no i doubt I'd It would be a loop such as the one you explained. The last significant change to the platform architecture was in 2005, when Intel switched to the Napa platform which brought Core 2 duo processors (instead of Pentium M) to notebooks.

So according to what I've been trying to learn more about QPI vs FSB, its a change that people might want to wait a month or two for, as intel will be basing their future lineup of centrino platforms around having QPI, rather than FSB.

 

Love to see your reasoning behind that statement.

Edit: Never mind. I forgot about thread trolling

 

not... really.

 

Thanks. The hard part is going to be waiting for it. estimated delivery 7/10 .. that is brutal

 

Plan on buying Blu-Ray? That would be a good reason to go with the higher rez.

 

^^^ good point

 

Most of us believe it will be sooner. If it helps at all I bought a M1730 last month from Dell and it took 7 days from the time I ordered it to receive it. I know it wasn't a new release but it's a glimmer of hope.

 

Based on what?

 

Thanks a lot guys, you are very kind, as usual!-)

 

This is the same person that called someone racists for saying Obama was fiscally irresponsible. Don't mods have a way with dealing with these people?

 

Yea, I am hoping. I have ordered many systems from Dell and have always had the ship/delivery day out a month but at most took 2 weeks.

 

no one really knows if the m17x will have some major bios issue or something upon release (a la ASUS w90) cause no one has gotten a production model yet.


you should probably be able to use an international credit card on the US site...but i cant say for certain since i just used a US one

 

They certainly should. This is the wrong place for discussion like that.

 

8800's better lolololol

 

I'm thinking about buying the m17x, but the prices in Sweden is really high, would 4.500 $ be worth spending on a rig like this:

4 096 MB 1 067 MHz DDR3
Dual 1 GB SLI® GDDR3 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M
160 GB HDD (probably going to add another one later, is that easy?)
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T9600 (2,80 Ghz, 6 MB, 1 066 MHz)
17-inch Wide UXGA-resolution (1 920 x 1 200)
Internal Swedish/Finnish Qwertz Keyboard (Qwertz!? I Want Qwerty! d*mn Dell)

 

i don't see why not. but you could also upgrade your current m17 to HD4850s and get similar performance.

 

That isn't worth the $4500 (if your talking of US Dollars). Man, that is WAAAAY overpriced.

I would def wait a bit and see if prices come down, but IMO, of course

 

+1000 on the 4850's for your m17....

 

If anyone wants a T9800, I have a QS that I'm looking to sell. Probably for about $250.

 

I just got a call saying the comp is shipping in 4-4 business days so maybe its a lot less of a wait then we thought

 

i mean 3-4 :/

 

Dell CS called you? Please elaborate

 

But Alienware is owned by Dell from first so whats with that acquiring thing?

 

haha, 4-4

I like you, you're silly

 

Uh, no.

AW was always a seperate company and had zero ties to Dell - until last year when it was purchased by Dell.

 

so Alienware name will be changed to Dell then? So Dell M18X or something in future?

 

Hey now Nvida...give us some details on how you found that out man...you are killing me!

 

Fiat bought Ferrari....but you don't see them changing Ferrari's name?

 

+100000000

 

Alright. Hope Dell reduces unwanted shipping charges and other prices.

 

Dell almost always has free ground shipping.

You just have to wait for the M17x to come out first and age a little

 

You're losing track of time, it's bee 3 years already.

 

Well they called and didn't want to talk to me, they wanted to call my father lol.
I call my father asking him what they wanted he says they wanted to confirm the shipping address. I ask him when they start shipping it and he says the CS told him 3-4 business days nothing else was said.

 

where are you located, nvida? US??

 

I'm so tempted to buy this

Anyway to tell if it's OEM or retail? Based on the price I would guess it's retail.

 

you are all so excited, It'll come calm down xD

 

Yup in the OH

 

I'm right next to ya in NW PA

 

When did you order it? I ordered it on June 3rd with next day shipping.

 

Reppin the midwest lol

 

on june 2nd