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

$670 - no.

$350 - yes.

It sucks you guys get shafted with prices

 

Another i7 review at AnandTech.com.

Much better runs for gaming benchmarks.

 

The only unfair thing might be that we can OC our processor like the core i7 can but im geussing they didnt take the time to do that.

 

Does anyone know the answer to this. I signed up through alienware, but cant find out how to sign up for dell.

 

Just use this

http://www.dell.com/us/en/eep/df.aspx?refid=df&s=eep&cs=6097&link_number=17970705

 

Yea, sure does. At least the base price isn't as much of a total rip off this time at $1499 to $1935. The M17x is $1799 to $2786.

But we do get free Nebular red to make up for it.... almost worth while huh? =P

 

bing cashback is 15% for dell!

 

Only studio and inspiron notebooks sadly

 

What is special about this configuration? Didn't add it up yet

 

Hmmm

The epp link didn't stay.

Just go here and choose healthcare in the drop down menu

 

Oh why thank you that makes more sense now

 

Wow I really did miss the party!

Has the M15X been announced early?

I would never consider a smaller notebook as I use my M17 as a desktop but the coreI7 sounds appealing.

I hope you guys are happy with your new machines....have fun!

 

Sorry dont want to read all these pages.....

have you ordered Sleeyo? what config?

 

Thanks tony!

Glad you could join us here lol

 

Isn't there a cap on Bing cashback?

 

Haha also the config which you posted before was exactly what I wanted and with the discount 2200 is not a bad price, just wish I knew how much life the 9 cell would give

 

i would suggest the thread starter to gather all the relevant info and post them on the main page so we dont have to go 70+ and counting to read the latest updates. more organized that waytoo. it would be nice to include coupon discounts for US, UK, etc as well.

 

Quad check the pic

If the 260 is handicapped I'm gonna be pi$$ed off to no extent!

 

Driver page is being created now.

 

My Components

SYSTEM COLOR Alienware M15x, Cosmic Black edit
PROCESSOR Intel Core i7 720QM 1.6GHz (2.8 GHz Turbo Mode, 6MB Cache)
OPERATING SYSTEM Windows Vista Home Premium (64 bit) + Windows 7
Home Premium Upgrade Coupon

VIDEO CARD 1GB NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 260M
LCD PANEL 15.6-inch WideFHD 1920x1080 (1080p) WLED
MEMORY 4GB Dual Channel DDR3 at 1066MHz edit
HARD DRIVE 500GB SATAII 7,200RPM
INTERNAL OPTICAL DRIVE Slot-Loading Dual Layer Blu-ray Reader
BATTERY OPTIONS Primary - 9-cell (85Watt) Lithium-Ion Battery
WARRANTY AND SERVICE 2Yr Ltd Hardware Warranty,

Ordered.

 

Dunno what to say bro other then the fact they reference (65w) ? Could mean the lowered power version ?.

 

Exactly, quad

Maybe AW couldn't get a 280 to work in the limited 65W slot.

 

first review of the M15x! check it out

http://www.driverheaven.net/reviews.php?reviewid=843

your question about the GTX260M has been answered. it's the full fledged thing! 550MHz core 950MHz GDDR3. guess you can sleep well tonight sleeyo

 

That may not bode well for putting a 280 in there or a 4870 if that is the case.

 

Lord...finally seeing that black chassis that suits it MUCH better then that terrible red finish on the other video and that LED screen plus finding out that my dad is indeed eligible for a Boeing discount even though he only contracts is really making me waver here.....

 

According to the review the 260 is not handicapped.

Oh, and the battery does stick out a little and lifts the laptop up slightly.

 

That is one of the ugliest laptops I've ever seen. Makes my G51 look like a supermodel of laptops. The clevo w860cu looks 100x better.

 

Thanks for the informative post, joker.

Some would say you're trolling, but I digress. Please don't come in here and make comments like that (especially the Clevo part).

It will start a flame war and then the thread could close.

Thanks!

 

Completely subjective, IMO the w860cu is the plainest looking thing next to white bread. That said I still agree its design is bulky, as is the the w860cu if you read the dimensions on that beast and probably going to have me pass this generation until they can make these diesets smaller and thus making the prospect of a i7 15' truly portable.

 

the battery lifting the back up is a plus to me

that is something the M17x needs. I always have to prop up the back when using it on a table

 

darn! no user customizable OverClocking available! what's the point of extreme edition 920XM???

 

Turbo oc's for ya

 

they have the memory config options.

 

I can't see paying the extra though from the 1.7 to the 2.0? Unless someone can convince me its worth it?

 

Not really. It only OC's when less cores are in use. What if you want to bump a 1.73 up to 2.0 on all cores?

Hopefully some sort of hacked BIOS will be figured out for this thing

 

Go for the 820.

Seems to be the sweet spot, IMO.

 

Why is expressing an opinion that is relevant to the topic perceived as trolling by you? I'm sure I am not the first nor last to feel this laptop looks atrocious. Comparing it to other laptops like the Clevo which are it's direct competition is valid and completely on topic and far from trolling. If I posted something like, "AW is the sux, Clevo rules LOLz!" that would be trolling. If Dell was smart, they would have taken the looks of the Studio XPS 16, improved on it (thicker chasis, better ventilation) and called it the M15x. Oh well...

Edit: Actually the W860CU is pretty close to what I described above...looks strikingly similar to a SXPS 16.

 

Well, if your not using a core(s), what's the point of locking the other cores to a lower clock?

Doesn't make sense to me

 

like what? more voltage to the proc?

 

And the 1640 isn't nice looking IMO but you don't see me making those comments in the Dell section now, do you?

 

also there is no display port to hdmi cable so bad choice from dell there

 

No but if you did it wouldn't be trolling. Besides, I think you're in the minority with respect to the SXPS 16's looks--it's one of the best looking laptops on the market.

 

Yeah I was really surprised by this. DisplayPort should have been supplemental, not a replacement for something as widely used as HDMI. You've got to wonder what these AW guys were smoking...

 

the whole point of paying so much more extra for 920XM is for the special unlocked multiplier which alienware M15x decides not implement the use of this *gift*. if that's the case no one is going to be willing to pay the price premium for 920. im just hoping the initial BIOS release is not ready and the full production BIOS contains real OC fuctions.

 

I think the xps 13 looks alright but IMO the 16 looks terrible and cheap when I saw it at BB but it is geared to a different audience, it is not technically trolling but honestly you knew someone was going to say something about your comment

 

Same as the W860 - I think it looks awful, yet I haven't gone in there forum and said omg it's horrid - the M15x looks 1000x better

 

Well I've said my 2 cents so I won't continue to harp on it's looks. Enjoy your new laptop boys.

 

the driverheaven review shows the BIOS

No cpu OC is there yet aparently just memory

 

Joker

How is the single 260 performance in you Asus? Is it good enough?

Just trying to get a feel for how the M15x will perform....

 

the driver heaven review did some very basic game benchmarks too, not that thorough though in my opinion