Alienware New Model Speculation Thread

I also agree, the slightly more aggressive styling is far more striking than the- in comparison- docile appearance of the M11x, I hope the upcoming R3 follows this trend.

 

Guys, the battery life for M14x in the Japanese page is not yet finalized.
The number "7" is just a number for one their references. For minimum weight they put number "6".
For battery life, maybe the details on how they measured it (not yet update).

 

would have been nice if the m14x had the touch sensitive buttons up on the top right like the new m17x r3

also its good to see that all models are 3d ! ( m11x needs external )

 

If all the new models are launched on the 19th, based on past history, does Alienware/Dell usually make them available for order straight away? Or will we be waiting a month or so? I only ask because I just got a M11x 4/8, and I might as well return it if the R3 is coming out.

 

Nice!! +rep as requested

 

Been away awhile, what's the latest on a release date for the M14x?

 

The only thing missing from the M14x is silver trim...

@ Docsteel: looking like the 19th, along with the other two laptops.

 

To m14x buyers

Will you take out your optical drive and replace it with a caddy ?

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Also if i got a caddy and put in a ssd and filled it with games would it make the laptop slow ?

And would it be as quick as a normal internal hard drive ?

 

Put the ssd into the normal hdd slot, load all your things you want to load fast onto that. Just use the caddy for a 750gb drive for storage.

 

IF I get an M14x, then no. The single HDD is enough for me; I'll put my 500GB Momentus XT into it. Might buy some sort of caddy to use my other drive as an external.

A lot of the space on my 2nd drive is used up by movies so I really don't need that with me all the time.

 

I would normally say "yes", but as I don't know what the battery life is like, or how a second HDD would affect battery, I'm not sure.

If the battery ends up being much the same, then I'll probably get a 500GB XT drive for OS, games, and apps, and a 1TB 5400RPM drive for storage. (I'm prety sure the caddies let you use 12.5mm drives.

 

I'd expect the battery to be around the same sort of level as the M11x. Might be a more powerful processor, but when it's running idle it shouldn't make a hige difference, and with improvements to Sandy Bridge...in any case it should be at least 4-5 hours of productivity. At least that's what I'm hoping for (and what I'd expect).

Yeah, caddies should support 12.5mm drives.

 

is there any 500 gb ssd on the market ?

 

There is a 400gb and it would cost over a 1000.

 

Yes, if you feel like paying $1000, there should be no problem.
Besides adding a 12.5mm HDD, you will raise the weight of your lappy by quite a lot.
I usually have enough with my 160GB SSD, all my media are on a portable external drive and nowadays with the cloud and stuff there is always a way to get your file wherever you are.

 

They need to start coming out with 1TB internal HDs now. :\

 

They already have. Newegg.com - Computer Hardware,Hard Drives,Laptop Hard Drives,1TB

 

Yes. If you want 1 tb,just buy it and put it on your m14x...

Also with the screen. If you want 1080p. JUST BUY IT!

 

I hope the new m11x R3 will have a price of around $1500, i doubt it though, probably be the i5 version..Plan on getting a bare unit (lowest specs) with the best processor assuming the graphics are all the same..But I'm not sure I can get one..I want one though..Or maybe even an M14x if the price is right..

 

Those are 12.5mm 2.5in HDDs, won't fit in the drive bays of the m17x r3. Don't know how they'll fit in a 14in...

 

I think vmod r1 performance is very close to r3 . Just my speculation. I definitely will get the best pricing to performance processor as I speculate that the gpu will bottleneck the cpu.

 

how would you buy a new screen that would fit an alienware ?

 

Nah, according to those who've done the vmod,getting the SU7300 @ 2.0GHz only got to about the processing power of the i5 on the R2..The R3s are probably gonna be at a whole different level, but I do see your point on the GPU being a bottleneck since they can only probably fit in a mid-end GPU, probably a 1GB GT5xx series..So then the bottleneck becomes the GPU this time instead of the CPU like on the R1 lol..Well maybe the M14x will cost somewhere around the $1500 range..Doubt it though, but that would be a dream..

 

You just need any 14 inches display compatible with the connector...
Like this ones: 14 inches LCD Screens (8372) ScreenTek Inventory Search

But, wait. You can't find any 14 inches laptop with 1080p display. Maybe this hardware doesn't exist. Maybe that is why m14x doesn't have 1080p option.

If someone find a 14 inches display with 1080p. Please post it...

 

There is a toshiba 13 inch screen with 1080p.... it was used on the Sony Z series

 

Does anyone have any idea on the prices of these rumored lappies? Probably not cause I'd probably have seen 'em already lol

 

I think you overestimate how far laptops are customisable. A different 14" 1080p screen might not work (and changing screens is a pain), and the 1TB hard drives are 12.5mm thick, too thick to fit in most laptops (probably including the M14x).

Yeah. It's not going to have a price of around $1500. It'll be significantly cheaper than that.

$1500 is the base price of the M17x. There's no way in hell an M11x is going to cost that much, at least where base price is concerned. It'll likely be $1000 or less at base price, with a couple of processor options, and HDD options, and that's about it.

The M14x will also almost definitely start below $1500, although exactly what processor that will start with, I don't know. However, I would 99% expect that a M14x with a 2620QM will cost less than $1500 (M17x comes with that as base spec).

 

When you get your laptops in the UK do you still get a name plate ?

And has anyone taken of there nameplate to get it engraved themselves ?

 

I used to work changing screens of laptops. All kind of brands and models. 0 problems so far. But like I said, first find any laptop with a 14 inches screen (not 14.1) with 1080p...

Maybe this guy is considering that price in his country...

 

I'd highly doubt that it will be $1500. Even if my config was $1500, I wouldn't care anyway since I get the Dell employee discount which is around 20% off...and is stackable with other promotions. As usual with all my laptops, I'd buy the fastest processor (and most powerful GPU available) and pass on the rest.

So yeah, red i7 M11x R3, here I come once good deals come through

And on a side note, will the M11x R3 support XMP? I wanna throw this memory on it: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820104230

 

Hey yeah you're probably right..That made me feel a lot better lol..It's just I remember buying the R1 (with C2D/4gb ram/250gb hdd) at $1000 then the R2 came out with the i7 proc bumping the price to $1200(with 2gb ram and 160gb hdd i believe or 4gb ram/160gb hdd or something) so my train of thought is that the R3 will cost slightly more than the R2 when it comes out..Just like the R2 cost a bit more than the R1..I plan to get the highest proc which would be the i7 3.2 or something, so I hope you're right with the prices being less than $1500..

Same here, I just get the best proc and graphics (which is why I love the M11x, having just 1 GPU option makes it cheaper and easier to decide.. ) although I hope the new processors don't bump up the price too much though..Being i7 and all..

 

Any word on what colors the M11x R3 will be available in? Hopefully Lunar Shadow wasn't eliminated..

 

I read that you can get it in black or red..Sorry no Lunar Shadow I believe..Although the design now looks like that of the M17x with the black patch thingy on the lower side of the back side of the screen..Not sure if this is true though..

 

Fair enough. Personally though I wouldn't want a 1080p screen in a 14" notebook; that's just too small. (Plus, having a lower res screen allows for higher graphics settings at native res)

If you're getting the highest processor then it probably will be higher than $1500, the upgrade to the highest proc on the M17x is something like $350 (highest proc. on the M17x and M14x should be the same).

 

Well even if it would cost $350, with only 1 GPU and screen option, if the base price is somewhere around $1000 or $1200 even, then it would still be at the $1500 range which is what I'm aiming for..

 

That was $350 up from a 2620QM. It'll be more if the M14x has a lower base processor. And there are two screen options.

Still, it won't be much more than $1500.

 

Damn... I love Lunar Shadow on my R1... I guess i will have to sacrifice color for more performance in the R3. Worst case i'll pick up a m15x lunar shadow when it goes on sale.

 

Aww man! I hate being obsessive compulsive, I mean I literally have to get either the best or the lowest setting..:| It's stupid I know lol..i was talking bout the M11x R3 btw.. But if you think the prices of the M14x would fall around the $1500 mark that's even better..Might go for an M14x although with best proc/screen options, the price might be too steep..

I've always wanted the nebula red color.. I just hope Alienware doesn't put in a $100 premium on the nebula red like they did before with the M17x..That's just plain mean..:|

 

Ah, right. Well the M11x R3 should definitely fall below $1500, maxed out (except a top spec SSD).

But yeah, I believe (At least, I hope, unless Dell are going to overprice it) that a good spec M14x should definitely fall around the $1500 or below mark. Top spec shouldn't be much above $1500, thanks to the fact that there's only one GPU option.

There shouldn't be a premium on the red this time around.

I'm not a fan of red though, don't know why. Or silver, for that matter. Black's the only colour I like out of the options.

 

How will the M14x GPU perform with 1600x900 resolution in most games?

 

Medium to high settings depending on the game.

 

The 1 GPU option makes it a lot easier definitely, it keeps the price low and it keeps obsessive compulsive people like me to only worry about the proc (well with the M14x the screen which kinda sucks, that's around $150 upgrade probably..:|). Well i just hope Dell doesn't put a massive premium this time around..So we'll see if the $1500 budget can get me an M14x..

Well I have mine black and well the glossy finish makes it look old when it is old..I mean you can clearly see the scratches, the smudges of God-knows-what and the not-as-shiny-as-new feeling which makes it look real old..I think that's why they made the R2 matte or rubberized instead of shiny..Red just seems like a good change from plain black. (Don't get me wrong, black is my favorite color, I mean everything I own is black, followed by red.)

 

I'm running max settings except for anti-aliasing (usually at 4x, 8x if lucky) on all my games (call of duty MW2/BO being the most graphics intensive, I've heard Crysis 2 runs on max settings as well) except for Splinter Cell: Conviction (medium settings, no idea why it can't run on high)..And I'm using the old GT335M with a core2duo 1.6GHz processor..I'd say a GT550 would have around a 20% increase in power plus the i7 would just blow away any processor bottleneck one might have..IMO

 

The M18x is supposed to have dual 460's right, and not the 485's?

 

why there is still no forum for m14x?

if finally maintains an acceptable price, it is possible to buy it

 

I hope the price doesn't get crazy too though..I believe the M15x prices are a bit off as of now, i mean the i7 upgrades are crazy..You can get the new M17x R3 with decent upgrades with the prices of an upgraded M15x..I mean I'd expect the prices to at least lower a bit..If they price the M14x like they price the M15x, the price would be too steep..I hope they price it somewhere nearer the M11x price range as to the M15x price range..I mean that would make it a really competitive laptop in the gaming scene since the 14" form factor would be perfect..

 

If you didn't get FF14 yet do yourself a favor and stay away from it, really horrible game (i have played it for 3 weeks, it was a torture)

 

I'm guessing around 1300$ USD. That's with the screen upgrade and processor (i5 to i7) included. I can't see it being any higher and I'm certain it will not pass the 1500$ mark unless you go all out and grab the overpriced SSD for example.

 

God I feel faint lol..I mean if prices fall within those lines, It'll be a dream! Just to give you guys an idea, if I sell my R1 here with 250GB HDD and 4GB ram (I have the factory installed stuff with me) i can sell it for around $800, if the prices are what you speculate it to be, then I just have to add $500 and I got myself a new 14" kick butt lappy! I think my mouth is watering lol, prices here are crazy so yeah, it's an advantage since I bought my lappy in the USA..

I think it's too optimistic though, I mean if those are the prices of the M14x, where would the M11x R3 prices fall at? But it would be great if that were the case though..M14x would be a steal! lol