M17X a failure???

Why are some people calling the M17X a failure? I have one and it is fantastic. Plays almost all games on the highest graphic settings. When I read reviews for the system before I bought it reviewers were just short of calling it the best thing since sliced bread. I could see how the M15x could be a failure with its cooling and hinge issues. Now Im not one to care what people think, but just wondering if im missing something. It was pricey but I didnt expect two high powered graphic cards, Blu Ray, and some prestige to be cheap, plus the American tax payers paid for mine, Oorah Goverment work !!!!!!!!

 

Well, if yours is fine, you shouldnt worry about what other people say.

And mostly, people that are saying things about it, probably dont even have it..

 

its a amazing laptop and runs great it was just wayyyyy over priced. Now its more reasonable

 

I would say its a failure. I bought one in Sept 2008 and had all the bells and whistles. Cost close to $4500. Its been a large paper weight and I have not been able to use it at all. They have replaced the mother board, multiple backlit keyboards, multiple video cards, LED board and case, not to mention approx. (4-5) clean OS installs done over the phone and at their location. The very first time I pressed the power button this last time I got it back, I recieved error messages. When I called the critical dpt, I was told that the OS was corupt. I guess the FedEx driver opened it up and messed up the OS after the AW tech fixed the machine. Now they want it sent back for another 2 weeks to try agian. I have asked for a new M17x but was basically told no, this trial and error will continue forever. It now appears to be be lawyer time and I cringe when I think about it..................

I don't think I am unreasonable to want a $4,500 LT to work out of the box.

Ummmm Ya, I would says its multiple failures.

 

that quadro and 4 gigs of ram if you got those form AW thats why it was like lol

sorry to hear about that though first m17x horror story i heard

 

Actually I forgot to update my bottom. I upgraded through AW to add an additional 320Gb hardrive and upgraded to 8GB ram. I paid the premium to go through them to avoid any warranty issues.

Funny, what warranty????

 

ughh it does not void your warranty to upgrade hard drive and ram .... so you way over paid

 

I here you...but, I can't even get them to agree to the warranty they have, much less after mods if I did them myself.
Thats why I paid the extra.

 

Have you tried contacting some of the Alienware reps on this forum? You can find a list of them here:
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=374326
They are very helpful.

 

contact Roswell

1866 Roswell

 

Actually i think that the fail in M17X is the ugly lid

 

i wonder if the m9700 lid will fit ... like on the m17 .... so you could put a m17 skull cap m9750 skull cap m9700 skull cap

 

I dontt like the skull cap, I like the smooth lid of the M17x.

 

it wont i looked not with out some modding