*OFFICIAL* "All Powerful" M15x Owner's Lounge, *Part 2*

@dttran83
Here you go:

 

Thanks for uploading that Roxy. We have practically identical systems so I'll compare mine to yours, if it ever arrives in the mail XD.

 

i just ran a 3dmark and got 10850, what have u guys got?

 

11,002

10 chars -_-

 

okay, so stealth mode was the culprit, turned it off and here are the new scores:
processor: 7.1
memory: 7.3
graphics: 6.7
gaming graphics: 6.7
hard drive: 5.9

Here's my unboxing video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idhCd0VDepc

 

Kevblah.... YOU DROPPED IT! Epic fail indeed. Also I feel very sorry for you if you are sleeping in one of those tiny beds.

Otherwise great unboxing.. one of the best I've watched. I picked red too... looks so AWESOME. That made waiting for mine just that more unbearable.

 

Nice scores there guys. Has anyone with a Dell XPS M1730 picked one of these up yet? Desperately need to compare the size of these two machines! No point in buying the M15x if its the same size as the XPS! I need something more portable for travel with work, yet still able to play games on at a decent tick. Any info much appreciated!

 

Hi people. Just registered. Nice to see a very active thread.

I love the m15x, but it did have some problems when I got mine last month.

The bios update did fix my keyboard lag problem, and the new synaptics touchpad driver, did fix the last commandcenter problems I had.

However, my touchpad is still really laggy and slow(works somewhat fine in ubuntu, which suggests that it is a driver problem). It says here http://www.notebookforums.com/thread230034.html, that the bios update should have resolved the touchpad lag, but my lag persists. Does anyone else experience the same problem?

Also, when connecting my m15x to my tv, through a Displayport-to-HDMI adapter, i get no sound... (and yes, I changed the displayport to default sound device).

Can anyone help? I'm running win 7 64 bit.

 

Everyone seems to be having problems with the touchpad even after the first round of updates. Then again everyone seems to be using their external mice 99% of the time anyway (Go figures eh).

As for the displayport question I can't help you yet as I don't have the laptop yet. Sorry.

 

I have no touchpad or keyboard lag with my system. The touchpad is not as smooth as I'd like it during movement but it's easy to get used to. I'm using all stock drivers except for the display driver (186.81 WHQL).

 

Thx. Yeah, I'm using an external mouse too, but once in a while, you want to be able to use the computer without carying the mouse along with you.

If anyone else with an displayport-to-HDMI adapter, can test if it delivers sound to HDMI devices, it would be great. Kind of important, since most devices have HDMI, and not displayport. At least important to us people, who like hooking the laptop up to the tv, to watch movies.

 

I have an adapter but it's late here so I'll test it for ya tomrorow.

 

Hmm yeah, ok I misspoke. It's not exactly laggy, but if you compare the movement to a usb mouse, there is a LOT of difference. It kind of stutters.

This doesn't happen in Ubuntu, where the touchpad movement is as smooth as an external mouse.

 

Thx, I would really appreciate it. (It's only 11.45 am here ;-))

 

Closest one is the Sager 8690 but the fans on that thing are louder than a desktop. I speak from experience by the way. In my honest opinion (after going through about 5 diff notebooks) there isn't a single 15.6"-16" (and probably all 17" except it's bigger brother the M17x) notebook that comes close to the M15x in build quality, it's that good. Dell has really impressed me with this notebook and that says a lot because I'm very picky (just ask the Asus guys). The last notebook that I loved so much was my Dell XPS M1710, that thing was a tank with near perfect build quality and this thing tops it..really amazed BTW I took this thing to panera bread while I was studying for a few hours and I had a couple people come up to me and compliment it.



Beautiful.

 

Specs on your SSD please.

 

Awesome Joker I'm just that more excited about the notebook now after hearing you talking about the quality ^^ great stuff

 

In M15x may lead to multichannel audio receivers, or only stereo? (S/PDIF)

 

Hey Kevblah are you using the free version? If you do can you give me the link to download it. I can't seem to find a window 7 version of it. Thank!!

 

http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/...etail.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=dhs&cs=19&sku=A2988285

what do you guys think about this SSD ?

 

yeah its the free version, just go to the futuremark website...its pretty easy to find

 

Sorry for the crappy iPhone pictures, but here is a side-by-side comparison of the M15x and the M17.

 

@kevblah..congrats on finally getting your laptop. is that SSD you got pretty sweet ? any sounds coming from it ?

 

Sorry i mean your video driver.

 

Oh, no. I updated my drivers. It's currently 186.81

 

I update to that driver version too. I also heard good thing baout 186.62. Might give it a try later.

 

I just got my M15x and want to benchmark it. What other good programs are there to bench it besides vantage? Also, does vantage have a free version?

 

Is this benchmark result normal? I keep seeing you guys get 10000-12000 numbers but I'm not sure what test you are running and what the configuration of the test is...

 

Just got order confirmation
EDD:21-December-2009

 

x333 maybe u got stealth mode on? i dunno :/

 

Oh the 10k number ish is the 3dmark06 test.
http://filehippo.com/download_3dmark06/

 

Ah yeah. I had stealth on the first time I ran the 3dmark06. I just ran again and got a much better result.

Its just so easy to accidentally hit the stealth button...

I only get 6.3 on the Harddrive WEI though, I've seen others on here get 6.9 or so. Anyone else with a SSD mind sharing their WEI numbers?

 

kevblah great unboxing vid! but can you post a video of you playing crysis or like a pretty demanding game. plz

 

Dell called again today and gave me a 50 dollar gift card.
They also added the mini 10v for 99$.... but they're gonna delay the ship date again. Apparently it's "prioritized" building now

 

When did you first order Jas000n? How many times has it been delayed? Sorry it's hard to keep track of everyone individual status.

 

i ordered 10th of november. It's been in the build stage since then... it was supposed to ship today but i called and it's still in build stage.
the rep told me the facility that's making my m15x is slow or something.

 

What is your new EDD? I spoke to a rep yesterday and he told me the worst mine could be is Dec 14/15 but my EDD is stil Dec 11th. I ordered on Nov 17th.

 

My EDD before was December 7th or so. Now it's 17th.
He said in about two weeks.

 

I have been using the new 195.55 beta driver from nvidia's website, and it seems to run really well. At least I felt a noticeable improvement in borderlands, though it might just be confirmation bias from my side.

http://www.nvidia.com/object/notebook_winvista_win7_x64_195.55.html

You can find the newest beta driver to your system here:

http://www.nvidia.com/Download/Find.aspx?lang=en-us

That is, if you are not afraid of using beta drivers.

 

YAY new drivers!!!

 

I decided to get the 256 GB Crucial Solid State Drive...should get it on the 3rd of december or sooner. can't wait

 

Coolio, I got 11624 from using that driver.
Originally 11002.

 

awww - a Christmas baby

 

you gotta love christmas babies...their the best.

 

Can anyone on ubuntu run some benchmarks?

$ sudo apt-get install phoronix-test-suite
$ sudo phoronix-test-suite benchmark root-12884-25954-26691

I am not getting above 550 on scimark2 under 9.1 native.

You can see below that I got 660 under VirtualBox on an HP dv6t.
http://global.phoronix-test-suite.com/?k=profile&u=root-12884-25954-26691

 

Glad to hear that I'm not just imagining the improvement then.

 

256GB SSD drives costs £551.99 inc. VAT....
and there is no SSD option on dell....omg

 

vek2001glm may I ask why u have written "500GB SATAII (sucks) " in your signature? :S Is it a bad drive? What brand is it?

Got a bit worried now

 

to make a long story short im specifically talking about the two 500gb SATAII's I've already gone through. Im not saying all of them suck, just the ones that i've recieved from dell. i was really not satisfied with the performance and the clicking is ridiculous...but if you can put up with that then the 550gb's should work fine for you.

the two drives i've already had were seagate drives.

 

How are people finding the 1080 DP screen? I am considering not doing it, seeing as the screen is only 15' - and also isn't really beneficial if you end up gaming I guess (will hamper performance?)