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    *OFFICIAL* "All Powerful" M15x Owner's Lounge

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by sleey0, Sep 22, 2009.

  1. catacylsm

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    I recon 5 series ati,

    Or something with semi/full dx 11 support, it'd be a great oppertunity for ATI if they dived right into the top brand gaming notebooks :) (well i class alienware as top anyway)

    And my experience with ati has been golden, the things about driver support and all that, isn't as bad as what i originally thought and so on and there very powerful.

    i7 in 15inch is godly though, or am i a bit too excited here haha.
     
    catacylsm, Sep 23, 2009
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  2. Ty Haegs

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    if that was the case then I would purchase a m17x instead of the 15x... but I am not getting my hopes up.
     
    Ty Haegs, Sep 23, 2009
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    Sorry, but I LOL'ed when I saw "OWNER's" Lounge yesterday.
     
    Marvie100, Sep 23, 2009
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  4. lilyang

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    lilyang, Sep 23, 2009
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    I agree. The german Dell site offers few CPU options compared to the US site, for example. But you can order the missing Core Duo CPUs by phone. I wonder why they don't show on the website, though.

    Maybe the shiny and great ATI cards will be optional to only you lucky US customers ;)
     
    chong2k, Sep 23, 2009
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  6. HiHu

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    HiHu, Sep 23, 2009
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  7. Mandrake

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    Told ya it still had the peak. :p

    it's been posted a few times already. dub it in english and that would be different. ;)
     
    Mandrake, Sep 23, 2009
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  8. HiHu

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    what could be different ? i'm disapointed because of the gpus.. 240/260 is lame.. i mean, it's ok for the price and all, but i was expecting at least a 280m.. :'(
     
    HiHu, Sep 23, 2009
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  9. Mandrake

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    I think most were hoping (and still are) for an ATI option. I want to see if they release it for the M17x.
     
    Mandrake, Sep 23, 2009
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  10. Koshinn

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    I like the change they did to the top of the LCD.. no more fingerprints from just opening it up!
     
    Koshinn, Sep 23, 2009
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  11. chong2k

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    chong2k, Sep 23, 2009
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  12. HiHu

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    when do you think the official announcement will be made and where ?

    its 11.33am here in France and i'm a little bit lost with time zones :p
     
    HiHu, Sep 23, 2009
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  13. Mandrake

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    9am EST is my guess (4 more hours). Looks like the LED option is only for 1600x900. Also the 920 proc is a huge price jump. At least the 260 is not that big of a price difference.
     
    Mandrake, Sep 23, 2009
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  14. HiHu

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    ok.

    i don't know which one i will take to be honest.. m15x, m17 or m17x... arghhhhh
     
    HiHu, Sep 23, 2009
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  15. Koshinn

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    wow it's expensive... is it always that expensive in europe?
     
    Koshinn, Sep 23, 2009
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  16. Mandrake

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    The M17x is. The M17 will remain the best value for Europeans. The could also get the Clevo M980U which is the same spec as the M17x just much cheaper.
     
    Mandrake, Sep 23, 2009
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    That is ridiculously expensive, even for Europe, and seems to place the M15X so close to the M17X in terms of price and bulk that serious buyers must be torn.
     
    Shirtbuttons, Sep 23, 2009
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  18. Kevin

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    GT 240M, that's gross. All Powerful hahahaha.
     
    Kevin, Sep 23, 2009
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  19. HiHu

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    i agree with you
    i'm so f..... upset about that lame gpu in the m15x.. seriously..
     
    HiHu, Sep 23, 2009
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  20. alexnvidia

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  21. HiHu

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    yeah to that... they would have put a voodoo 1 instead of a 240 it would have been the same thing for me lol
     
    HiHu, Sep 23, 2009
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  22. v_c

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  23. Doomy

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    I can't see why if they could include a 260M GTX they couldn't do a 280M GTX.
     
    Doomy, Sep 23, 2009
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  24. Trelawney

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    Cool and phew!

    I think Dell/Alienware didn't want to undervalue the M17x so soon, hence I can breathe a big sigh of relief as a recent top spec M17x owner. My Netbook I use for portability, but I still think the M17x is maturing and will show its true performance under Win7 with updated nVidia drivers.

    The only reason why I would like to have used the i7 and 8Gb+ RAM is for local or network rendering applications. i7 really cuts through those CPU intensive processes!

    Also for EU, I paid £4100 (after 7% EPP) for fully stacked M17x which I hope will last as long as my M1710 (still going strong after 2 years). I think Pound for Pound (Euro for Euro :D), Dell aren't going to get that many punters here in these hard times (I would have thought).

    Also the many M17x critics screaming on the Dell forums may have put many off from going through the hell they have been through with M17x from ordering to support issues and poor QA (I was lucky apart from 8 calls to Dell, multiple promises broken by Account Manager, and 3 hours to tech support, where I knew more about the M17x than they did - I count myself lucky compared to many of those tales!) /grin

    Trelawney
     
    Trelawney, Sep 23, 2009
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  25. alexnvidia

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    i think alienware is being overly cautious this time, especially after all the area-51 m15x overheating issues. now they are careful not to repeat the same mistake, which is a mistake from our perspective. such a bulky design should include adequate cooling capability for the top end graphics solution. looks like we'll all (those who held back from getting M17x like me) be stuck with GTX260M.
     
    alexnvidia, Sep 23, 2009
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  26. v_c

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    I have managed to add it to my basket, and I also have a 5% coupon the works on the machine. i am going to wait until I can find the EPP link for this model, cos i'll get 10% off if its over €1600.
     
    v_c, Sep 23, 2009
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  27. shavenrat

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    About European prices...this is not expensive, it's normal...unfortunately :(

    The base price in America will be 1399$ with +110$ for 260M...it has been like that until now...

    A base M17X starts from 1999E in Europe...and it's too much!!!

    I still think that M15X is too expensive, if compared to Clevo's one...I could call some salesman and ask for 100E less if sold without OS, but they usually dont do that...so probably Clevo FTW :D
     
    shavenrat, Sep 23, 2009
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  28. v_c

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    Well the base model M15X will be a little under €1400 in most European countries (depending on tax rate). And it is only about €110 to upgrade to GTX260M. So it should be close to the W860CU pricewise.
     
    v_c, Sep 23, 2009
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  29. shavenrat

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    Pricely it should be similar...but Clevo is smaller, lighter and have full keyboard...

    The M15X should have retro-illuminated keyboard, green gaming color from every hole (this is positive :) ) and DELL warranty...

    Still have to check pictures and prices of both NB tonight (when they will be out in Europe)...maybe tom I'll order one of them :D
     
    shavenrat, Sep 23, 2009
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  30. Sonicjet

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    But then you have the third GTX260m user that may be the deciding point.
    Newegg's toy.
     
    Sonicjet, Sep 23, 2009
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  31. Mackan

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    So anyone planning to get the GT 240M?
     
    Mackan, Sep 23, 2009
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  32. Marvie100

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    Whos going to start the [-OFFICIAL-] Alienware M15x European Order Status Thread... ?
     
    Marvie100, Sep 23, 2009
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  33. Kevin

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    The W860CU is only coming with the GTX 2 80M in the US.
     
    Kevin, Sep 23, 2009
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  34. HiHu

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    I'd like to, but it's not available for France yet :(
     
    HiHu, Sep 23, 2009
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  35. v_c

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    Really? :eek: Did not know that, havent been reading the Sager forum lately.

    All I can speak for is European prices, and €1500 with an i7 and GTX260M is pretty reasonable.
     
    v_c, Sep 23, 2009
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  36. HiHu

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    in terms of performance, do you think M15x will run source games (left4dead, team fortress 2), crysis, cod 6 modern warfare 2, kind of smoothly ?

    I don't know if I order and m17 or a m15x.. i can't afford a m17x actually :/
     
    HiHu, Sep 23, 2009
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  37. v_c

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    Yeah, it will play those games very well. GTX260M is a good performer, and it is not a new card so its abilities are already well known. Just google for some benchmarks.
     
    v_c, Sep 23, 2009
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  38. HiHu

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    thanks for your reply.

    but do you know how long this card will last ? an estimation for instance ? i just want to know if I can give the m15x a shot or not ? i'd like my laptop to last 2 years i would say..
     
    HiHu, Sep 23, 2009
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  39. ERosov

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    why wouldn't it?
     
    ERosov, Sep 23, 2009
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    Its up for the US folks. Nothing on EPP yet. :D

    M15x

    Base price $1499 and it comes with the 240 and starts with 3gigs of ram.


    Edit: oh and the 4870 is available for the M17x..just a heads up!
     
    Bubbamel, Sep 23, 2009
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  41. alexnvidia

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  42. v_c

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    You can get to some other European pages by changing the URL where it says 'uk'. (to 'fr' or whatever). Seems to be base €1399 in most EU pages.
     
    v_c, Sep 23, 2009
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  43. Mandrake

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    Now we know that leaked pic with the red bubbles was the desktop.
     
    Mandrake, Sep 23, 2009
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  44. Dio

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    So what does intel turbo boost actual do....is this some kind of dynamic OC and how does it work?
     
    Dio, Sep 23, 2009
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  45. catacylsm

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    Its looking really nice, it has a gtx 260m so thats not bad.
     
    catacylsm, Sep 23, 2009
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  46. Mandrake

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    Ok I was wrong about the price, I apologize. Where's Sleey0 and the evalue code already?
     
    Mandrake, Sep 23, 2009
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  47. Dio

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    epp not workie yet I need to wait :(

    got epp working seems it worked based on a m17x I screwing with in my cart leftover lol.
     
    Dio, Sep 23, 2009
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  48. Mackan

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    ''Stealth Mode - turning off discrete graphics.''

    But there is no mentioning if there is integrated graphics...
     
    Mackan, Sep 23, 2009
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  49. Mandrake

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    Surprise surprise complete care not an option through EPP. This is the M17x ordering nightmare all over again.
     
    Mandrake, Sep 23, 2009
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  50. Dio

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    It doesnt look like complete care is available?
     
    Dio, Sep 23, 2009
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