Alienware New Product Announcements/Speculations: Fall/Winter 2010

I wish the make m15x slimer lighter (under 7.5lbs ) & with dual hard drives
& a even better screen would be a Plus
that would be awsome

 

awesome but impossible
Thinner design - you sacrifice cooling
Dual HDD - heavier
better Screen is always possible
or Alienware can do all this and just blow our minds and prove me wrong

 

They could make it thinner by doing all that but they'd have to sacrifice build quality in the process by using an all plastic design. Would anyone really welcome that? It would become a glorified Asus at that point.

 

Not necessary, they can use Kevlar, carbon enclosure...
This way, the case would be very strong without taking much space. They would be able to improve cooling with this space.
Of course you can add 1000 bucks for the config...but it would be amazing.
Can't wait for the CES to start! Hope we won't be disappointed...

 

SB will require a new motherboard/chipset. But that's not to say it couldn't be fit into the same chassis.

 

Any news on the M11x?

 

Hey guys got a question, if I buy a alienware M17X, and the upgrades comme out, can I upgrade it by sending it to AW? And if so can I have discounts in the new parts by replacing it with the old parts?

 

Upgades if available can be bought and installed by Dell.

Many upgrades can be done by the user as well and maintain the warranty.

If you buy dell parts (upgrades) they will be covered under the laptop warranty.

Dell does not typically give discounts on upgrade parts, you can sell your old parts.

 

See this: 10 char

 

Depends what you want to upgrade
if you even think you will be able to upgrade the GPU

even if they say it will happen, just forget about it
when its time for it to happen they will make excuse
part is out of stock

why cos the people who are buying new laptops then will get
1st choice, cos the ones who already bought it
are already suckerd in

 

I'll explain better so I can have more choices of purchase of the M17X. I live in Portugal and alienware it's been selling for the first time in my country not by Dell directly, but by Fnac, it's a good shop and now it's giving a good discount with 10% discount from a M17X with 2500 euros as a price, the specs are these:

Intel® Core™ i7-740QM Quad-Core
6 GB DDR3-1333
1 TB HDD
LED UXGA 1920x1200
Dual ATI Radeon Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit

They offer now a vodafone pen with no charge(with the tarifary as our choice) and a discount of 349 euros in the laptop, so what do you think? What should I do ? This is becoming a hard choice.

 

m11x needs a new gpu before it needs another cpu update...

 

hopefully they will follow with a 435gt or 445gt

 

Wow, Right after I ordered mine Maybe I should of waited till Christmas time to order.

 

Yeah, its hard to imagine a CPU upgrade with no GPU upgrade.

 

hopefully with the new processors that they are going to fix the hinge problem!

 

i should have waited as well but you know what by the time we get ready to buy again a new all together m11x might be out not just a change in cpu.

 

If that's the case then it's 'nice' but no biggie.

One really needs to see this complemented with a GPU upgrade too.
There's other things too like USB 3.0 and SPID but guessing that's not an optional upgrade on an existing motherboard like a CPU increment.

Anyway, I do like a bit of raffia work around the edges to keeps things relevant. [Upgrade approved by mum]

Compare Intel® i7-640UM with i7-680UM

 

It a very small upgrade, is like going from the current i5 to the current i7, but is a good option, faster (even a smaller boost) is always welcome...

 

the CPU and 'NVIDIA GT 440M 1GB' from the new 17" XPS would be nice

 

from what I've heard ( I heard alot of things lately ) is that the GPU's in the new XPS lines are DDR3 or GDDR3 not GDDR5, so wouldnt that be a downgrade?
some people have said to have for example: 2GB or 3GB GPU it can onlymean that its DDR3 so it might be a downgrade from what most of have

 

I agree with the first part, here is the info:

Google Translate

 

makes me think or hope that they also going to throw an ati 6000 series gpu in the mix

 

I want my R3, with the 460 or 470 GPUs and USB 3 now!!!

Been waiting for a year now lol


Sandy Bridge would be nice as well

 

I am in the same position. I think I will wait for a update on either m15x or m17x before buying.

m15x needs RGB Leds screen with 1200p res.
m17x needs 460 or higher SLI. 6xxx would work too.

 

Yeah that would be a good incentive to spur Christmas sales in advance of SB.

Yeah, I think I might just get another M17x unless the next M15x is really special (much lighter).

You have a good point. The 16:9 screen on what was clearly meant to be a 16:10 laptop looks strange - like a last minute design change.

 

Alienware M17x R3 coming soon with Radeon HD 6970/6870 GPU - SlashGear

 

AMD bah, I want NVIDIA GPUs lol

 

Nah amd 6000 series will be fin

 

I just took the plunge and got an OEM 920xm.

I'll wait til this time next year before I upgrade to SB.

 

Nah, it was a wise decision. With the OC'ing capabilities of the current platform, I doubt he will regret the purchase any time soon.

 

When is buying a 920XM a bad idea?

 

The 920 XM is great, there is no reason to not get it. Also, it's very important to not over estimate the performance of SB. Though it may turn out to be an amazing platform, it has not been proven so yet and even if it is. The current platform is amazing and will still be for quite some time after SB.

 

As it should be. Just wanted to make sure people didn't assume that my stand on buying a non-SB was a bad idea... 920XM's are awesome even though they aren't SB's.

 

So any way, if R3 is in development, when can wee expect it to hit market?

 

yea really any info would nice besides the following
Dell News, Tips & Tricks - All about Dell - News, Tips, Tricks, Secrets, and more...

 

No one knows besides people working at AW or Dell. They almost never leak any info so really your guess is as good as anyone else here.

 

Maybe CES will give us more Info

 

I agree it is looking more And more like the m17x r3 or new m17x is going to be coming at CES. I just want two things a new gpu for the m11x and a better psu for the m15x so I can maybe get one with a 480m gtx or a 6970 mobility

 

so when is the next CES

 

January 6th I think...

 

If the next m15x has 480m
im getting one

 

Eat your heart out lol
Dell Alienware SX17 mobile phone

 

is that real !!!!!! do want !

 

I highly doubt it, after it said wrote moves instead of movies.
I call shinanigans!
Nice try.

 

why not tegra 2? booo lol

 

I noticed the same thing lol. Plus it would be pointless to market an AW phone since AW itself is a niche brand. Unless Dell just rebadged their existing Dell Venue phone.

 

Now that's a cool idea for a cellephone

 

Dell does a bad job of releasing strategic leaks and creating buzz like Apple does.

 

Got some interesting news from theinquirer.net:

It seems that Acer and Gateway is already producing some limited Sandy Bridge laptop and that AMD has finally released their first 6000M series.

This might be good news as it might mean that AW will be able to produce Sandy Bridge with AMD 6000M series laptops before CES in January.

Source: AMD 6000M Series

Sandy Bridge Laptops