Anyone going to get the new M11x?

Sach you're joining the AW bandwagon too?

 

no way it will have core i3 or i5 in the next couple of months - maybe next fall.

you won't miss it anyway IMO

 

What about the 12in HP 2530 with the SL cpu that can be had for under $860 new last I checked?

 

probably not going to get it

 

Dont feel like getting it. Or the refreshed M17x. Im quite happy with my current M17x set up and I think I will be for the next 3 or so years if nothing explodes.

 

This thing is PERFECT for my needs!!!!! Beautiful + small laptop + yet powerful for lan parties and a desktop core i7.

I guess Ill get this if it is not over 1.2k

 

The screen is just too small for gaming. I have a 10in netbook and couldn't fathom gaming on a screen that small.

 

if you had nothing else you would

its not about that, its something you take as a netbook it just can do more i n a pinch

 

I will get the M11x definitely, but only after a brand new refresh M17x with RGB LED

BTW (slightly off topic) I just heard some interesting points about Crossfire being better than SLi from the3vilGenius on another thread, and was just wondering if that is the general consensus?

Apparently ATI cards have a newer architecture, and the GTX280m is considered an old card by now.

I suppose my concern is that Nvidia put extra things into it like CUDA physics (sorry if I just labelled that wrong), where as ATI doesn't. Do ATI have a similar technology?

Does anyone know if they will offer the M11x with an ATI option? What's the best GPU they can put in a form factor that size anyway?

 

Any full specs released yet(broken record)?

 

i'm most likely getting one of these hopefully they get a ati option cause i might not get one with the nvidia card

this little beast is perfect for my need i have a m17 with a quad and cfx but it's kinda heavy and 1h30 of batterie life is sorta a pain


so a smalll and log atterie life laptop is good and that one is perfect since i hate IGP


@Baerius crossfire wil best sli any time (58xx series are bulls*** on the other hand) direct compute and open cl will kill cuda soon physisx is a lie and dx10.1 card will have an adventage over dx10 ones when dx11 games will be out there
so ati win in the m17x

 

For me, my M17 problem is I can't find a bloody backpack that fits it and all my schoolbooks in.

The battery up till now hasn't been a problem because when I CAN use it it's only usually in one lesson a day, so 60 minutes. However, when I move on to A-levels with a load of free lessons then the 6 hours battery will come in handy.

I can say now, there is a 0.1% chance there'll be an ATi variant. The laptop comes with the nVidia GT335M, and I think that's the ONLY option.

The laptop DOES have an IGP and will only get 6.5 hours when it's on the IGP. It'll get 2 hours of gaming on the dedicated card, so possibly about 3 hours idle on it.

 

i'm lucky mine fits in my backpack with my books for school but my class tipicaly are 3hours long so i have to shutdown wireless BT crossfire and turn screen all the way down to last for it and on b14 i have been able to reach 2h30 or something but still it's not enough and the m17 don't like at all powersaving featur so it's like stutttttterrrr al the way


well i think they are advertising the nvidia cause of the way people think nvidia>ATI
i know it has an igp only i hate beeing stuck to one oe having the option to switch perfectly fit my need

 

Ah I see what you mean now, you don't like only having an IGP. Yeah, being able to switch is a damn nice feature.

They're using the nVidia most likely due to availability more than anything else, and probably has to do with the card's power compared to the heat it makes.

 

the lower end ati don't generate that much heat my frien got a vaio from sony that use a 4570 and i'm not even sure it has a fan to cool it the thing can also manage 3hours of use with a 15" screen at full brightness and wireless on





we just need to pray it's not soldered to the mobo if it's we are screwed

 

I'll be getting one "and i shall call him mini me" i love the fact that we can have a matching mini laptop to our M17 or M15's

 

Can anyone give a pro opinion on GPU ? I hear that 335M should get around 7-8k in 3dmark06 so its pretty damn good ;] I have LG p310 (13.3inch 1.6kb) with 9600m gt ddr3 now and I OC it to around 7.4k in 3dmark. Can someone say if it will be overclockable ? It would be amazing to get around 9k on it ;] I just wanna play Bad company 2 xD thx

 

If it performs around that range it would compare to systems like this which would play a decent amount of titles

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=4996105



http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=3662788

 

its an intel core 2 solo the "u" something 1.3 ghz edit* su7300. Its an above average cpu, I'd buy it if only they put a better processor or option to change it manually.

"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmsNjoiv1Ww"

He says the processor in mid video.

 

Anandtech think it will be i3

http://anandtech.com/tradeshows/showdoc.aspx?i=3717

I dunno. I have hard time believing a 1.3 Ghz CPU could score 6000-7000 pts even with a 335m. Maybe the i3 is the answer to this puzzle afterall. Hmmm.

2 Ghz i3 @ 15 watt TDP - does such a thing exist? Is it on any roadmaps?

 

There are ULV i5's with 18W TDP's....

 

correct me if im wrong but wont those low voltage processors actually bottleneck the graphics card? Since the GT 335 is actually fairly strong

 

The GT335 is fairly mediocre.

It's just pretty powerful in that form factor.

 

It's not that mediocre. It's better than what a lot of 15 inchers will have I reckon'.

 

keep in mind the M11x will also cost more than most 15 inchers though lol

 

$1000? That doesn't seem like more than most 15 inchers to me.

 

not in the forums here, but most people in the outside world think that $1000 is ALOT for a laptop

 

People in the inside world also think 1000 dollars is a lot of money. Some of us have to do backbreaking work for a month in construction to get +-1200€. One thousand €/dollar to spend on something that will last like 2 years looks like a big waste, especialy when you can stil feel your back hurt long after the money is spent.

Besides, you can get a decent 15 inch laptop for about 800€ with an ati hd4650 these days, which is more than enough for most people.

 

Don't get me wrong, I also value money, I am only 21 and am working construction right now - lots of fun.....

My point was simply that the majority of people here are enthusiasts who value the higher end components more than others would

 

This is the AW forum, not the Acer

 

I think my sig speaks for my personal spending habits lol

(keeping in mind I make maybe $11,000 total in a good year (before taxes) working part time as a full time student)

 

Well I have a budget of 2.4k euros at the moment but after having worked in construction for it, I really feel guilty to spend it. Although I don't know what to do with it, I'm sure not going to buy another cheap Acer laptop thats for sure. The M17x would already be in my posession if they gave 0 dead pixel warranty, and I dont trust spending 2.4k euros (which is like 10 milion dollars) on a laptop that might have a defect.

 

Heck, truth for truth:
I was going to buy a car but went for M17X instead...No Bugatti for me for the next 10 years

 

Just keep telling yourself you did it for the environment. Makes you feel proud about your choice doesn't it?

 

spend lots of money, else the terrorists win!

 

Let's just say I feel....weird, happy and deeply confused.
But at in the end - who cares what car do you ride - the most important is what your lappy looks like!

 

For what it is worth, I have not heard of a single M17x shipping out with any dead pixels

 

Well I have (in this forum), and eventhough they did replace it, they are not obliged to do so unless you have 1 pixel in the center, or more than 2 in the side area (which is like 8/9 of the rest of yorur screen, so if you got 1 pixel in that area thay can refuse to give you a new screen).

 

I'm considering getting it, I love the portability of the thing, and if it's packing i5/i7 processors at the time of it's release, I may just get one.

 

As we said earlier, CNET's reporting that it's using a ULV 1.3GHz C2D. Not terribly impressive, processor wise, but this will still be a pretty potent portable.

 

The ULV 1.3 GHz is not really a bad processor.....everyone is seeing what they are able to do with it, and for other apps and stuff, my dad has an Inspiron Mini 11z using the same CPU and he loves it. He has an HP with a T9400 in it that he does not even want anymore since getting the dell

 

Thanks @ granyte for the info on ATI, I'm gonna get xfire for my new M17x for sure.

Might get the 'mini me' alienware first though, just to get a handle on quality before the huge investment for a top of the range model...

 

Well, the quality will be different. I don't think you can really appreciate the quality of the M17x from the M11x. None of us have "felt" the M11x so we can only go by what has been stated, but many of us have an M17x, and the quality is really top of the line. On the other hand, the M11x is mostly plastic, with the intention of being lighter.

 

I'm very intrigued by this, but I can't justify getting one considering my 15" Sager can do everything this can do besides be small lol..hmmm

 

Yes, but they might still be working on factoring that extra 8 watts in.
It'd look bad on them if they said "Oh yeah, we're shoving in an i5 ULV!" then when it arrives, they say "We're sorry, that was a prediction. You've actually got a Core 2 Duo ULV.

 

hell yeah I am going to get one. Its getting kinda tiresome carrying the m17x around campus.

 

@Baerius

also when you will get your ati's look a the qualitie of details on your screen ati gives better attention to details

 

The 18W on the i5 includes the 45nm IGP+memory controller die that replaces the Northbridge. So an i5-520UM should consume 4W less power than the SU7300+GS45.

 

18W is the TDP not the power consumed by the processor.

 

True, but TDP is a good indicator regardless.