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    A few words on build quality

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by lineazy89, Jul 10, 2008.

  1. lineazy89

    lineazy89 Notebook Consultant

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    Ive had the m15x for 2 weeks now. MY m15x is holding up very well and i put it through lots of stress beleive me. My laptop changes places at least 3 times a day so it spends alot of time in my backpack. I am an EMT, so my laptop spends 10 hours a day on a bumpy ambulance. It works great. I do keep it in a spire backpack so its very well padded but even still, it has held up very well to some serious movement.

    Also, a played COD4 in my ambulance while my partener was driving over bumpy roads. (the suspension in an ambulance sucks btw) and i had no problems with screen wobble or performance (i was on batteries) So anyone who is worried that they cant use this to game on the go is quite mistaken.
     
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  2. shootydogthing

    shootydogthing Notebook Guru

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    I'm bloody surprised about that suspension thing... you'd have thought that with patients in it you'd need awesome suspension... what if you've got someone with serious back or neck injuries? I can understand that in some situations they'd use an air ambulance but they're not always available...
     
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  3. whizzo

    whizzo Notebook Prophet

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    well, with serious back and head injuries, they're strapped down so tight you'd need TNT to move 'em, right?
     
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  4. lineazy89

    lineazy89 Notebook Consultant

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    yea they are backboarded and collered. Trucks dont have good suspensions, they can be pretty bumpy. (Thats why we speed lol, to keep the bumpiness time to a minimum ;))
     
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  5. Loggie

    Loggie Notebook Evangelist

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    I had a serious back injury 3 years ago and I had to ride in one of those "bucky" ambulances! Every time we went over the slightest bump, I really felt it-I was moaning all the way to the hospital. Shootydogthing is absolutely right on this one.
     
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  6. shootydogthing

    shootydogthing Notebook Guru

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    Strapped down is almost as bad if not the same: You're shaking just as the truck does. It doesn't mean you don't shake, it means you don't shake independently of the vehicle. Your neck and things might not move in relation to each other but the vertibrey etc are still moving slightly and you're still shaking as the vehicle does. It's still not good lol
     
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  7. maceto

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    slightly of topic now....
     
    maceto, Jul 10, 2008
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  8. shootydogthing

    shootydogthing Notebook Guru

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    yeah just a little... sorry bout that


    Good to hear your laptop seems to work perfectly though :D
     
    shootydogthing, Jul 10, 2008
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  9. ash_bd

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    And good to hear from an EMT as well. You guys do a very tough job... :)

    Just clean everyday & you'll hopefully be fine :)
     
    ash_bd, Jul 10, 2008
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  10. Wraithers

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    Great to hear about gaming on the go go :)
    Glad to see things holding up on your Alien
    L8rs
     
    Wraithers, Jul 10, 2008
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  11. otaku

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    good to hear, I'd say thats a great stress test!
     
    otaku, Jul 10, 2008
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  12. benlaroza

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    Sounds great. Less than 24 hours till mine comes :D
     
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  13. cha

    cha Notebook Deity

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    glad to see your m15x is doing well :)

    you did have a thread a while back about the dvd drive not working well right? how's it holding up now?
     
    cha, Jul 10, 2008
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