*OFFICIAL* "All Powerful" M17x-R2 Edition Owners Lounge!

Indeed mate, bTW did you resolve your DPC issues yet and what is Kobalt's comment on it?

 

In Israel, Dell sells m17x-R1 w/1920x1200, 280m GTX SLI, 4 gigs 1066Mhz memory,q9000 and 1 year basic warranty for 4,300 USD so UK prices are very attractive to us ...

 

Ugh! My order has been delayed. It was scheduled to ship tomorrow, Feb. 4th. but now it's showing order delayed, estimated delivery date of the 12th. Bummer! Anyone else delayed?

 

yep, delayed from 2/5 to 2/15

 

I think Israel gov need tax money due to war, same thing happens in my country before they defeat LTTE terrorists about year ago.

 

Well, there are no import taxes in israel, just 16% VAT.. so the rest is not going to the goverment, it's going directly to dell's pocket.

 

Do you still have it?? With ATIs?
It never happened to me after the switch.

Actually, I was thinking about getting the RGB (just the part not labour) from Dell. Does anyone know the prices?

 

Btw, meant to post this Sunday. I ordered a I-Inc iH-282HPB 28" Class Widescreen LCD Monitor from CircuitCity.com (owned by Tigerdirect) for $276 after my Bing cash back. If interested search circuit city in Bing shopping for 10% off. I got 15% on Sunday. Like I've said before, my AW is a desktop replacement so of course I had to replace my monitor. Peace.

High-level specs: I-Inc iH-282HPB 28" Class Widescreen LCD Monitor - 1920 x 1200, 15000:1 Dynamic, 800:1 Contrast, 16:10, 3ms, VGA, HDMI

 

Arm and 2 toes

 

Do you know the model and make for the RGB screen?

 

hell.....that's a lot! I thought it's pure tax. I need to pay 200% import tax + 15%VAT for the original value of the computer if it's worth more than $1000

No tax for computer items less than $1000.

 

Hope not, will check it.

 

I hope I don't get flamed for asking so forgive me if it's been asked already but where are the AW's assembled, in Texas or China?

 

China........

 

I'll check when I get mine

 

Still eta of 2/9...not delayed here

 

It appears that very few systems with an 820QM are shipping.

Very few.

 

Now that's not very encouraging to me.

 

Nor me.

10char

 

Can anyone with the R2 report any changes in relation to the mouse/trackpad?

 

Well, I have that proc comming and hasnt been delayed yet, if they do gonna call and raise a stink and get some more freebies

 

Pleeeeease ship tomorrow (still in boxing with next business day shipping).

 

Does anyone know whether or not the 2nd hdd chassis is included when you only have one drive?

 

Witcher got his R2 yesterday and it included the Second HD cage even though he only ordered 1 HD with the machine so i would say yes it will come with both...

 

Cool thanks.

Probably going to go ahead and order a second drive today. Didn't really think I'd need it at the time, but it's nice to have for storage.

 

BTW guys, I got the non LED screen, and it's gorgeous. Don't really notice the autodimming feature plugged in, does it a bit more on battery.

No dead pixels.

 

Nice, I'll be adding a cool 80gigs to the 500gig that it's coming with. Hey, I had to do something with the drive from my old laptop.

 

Mine reached Paris today and will be delivered to me tomorrow. Don't think the 820 is a source for delays, can't be sure though. (I ordered on 1/21 btw)

 

Damn everyone have the 820qm now I think I made a mistake

 

If it makes you feel better, while some think the 820QM is the best one for the money, I think it's actually the worst. 720QM or 920XM FTW.

 

You may be right. Be nice to get our hands on some and find out.

 

Personally, I think one is better to choose between 720 and the 920 though I ordered mine with the 820 since no 720 stock in the UK.

 

I am tending to agree with you....I should have gone with the 920, but not gonna cancel and re-order again....

 

I have bitten the bullet and changed my G73 pre-order to a m17x-r2 order. It feels like I have gone from the light to the dark side and it feels pretty great.

Since I don't have time to read the entire m17 forum, I wanted to ask, I ordered the m17 today, and it says my ETA is Friday, how is that even possible?

Also I have seen some synthetic benchmarks, could anyone point me in the way of actual gaming fps?

 

I would just wait for the 920xm to show up on the HP spare parts store for a ridiculously low price...they seem to do that alot haha

 

You are reading my mind. This system seems to be a keeper anyway.

 

Can't wait to put my 620 thru some becnhes

I have heard it runs neck and neck (and sometimes better) than the 720.

 

Nice! I was debating the same thing on this thread. But I just came from a T9600 and it was really time to try out a quad. I never had before.

 

I don't see it this way, the 820 has the best turbo capacity of them all, that's a plus. The 820 has perfect speeds somewhat faster as a QX9300 but for a whay better price tagg... The 720 is the worst in turbo and unfortunatly the 920 is too expensive when living in Europe... €1039,98 = $1454,31

So for me the 820 is clearly a winner allthough a would like to get a 920...

 

Well, with HT it evens things out a bit.

I just wish I could oc it as the TDP is way less than the quads. It would probably smoke all but the 920XM gets all the love

 

Just to let you guys know you can pick up an ES 920XM from Shirley for about $600.

Beats the $1k price from Dell

 

Yes, this one comes standart on the dutch site...
So I could always get this if your benchies are positive. And even upgrade through the HP sparepart option along the way.

 

not if you would prefer an OEM

With the qx9300s the OEMs were shown to OC far past what the ES would do

 

same here...

 

Mine's here! Just got it a few minutes ago. BTW sleey0, I can't really tell the difference in build quality/materials compared to the M15x. Palm rest is plastic just like the M15x while the chasis is a Mg/Alu alloy. The RGB LED screen is very bright and the deep color gamut hits you right off the bat. I saw a stuck blue pixel at the bottom left when I first turned it on but it seems to have gotten unstuck so hopefully it doesn't come back. Wow this thing is massive, quite a bit bigger than the M15x from what I remember. Going to clone this drive so I can install my SSD and make this the secondary. So far it's every bit as quite as the M15x and the screen is definitely one of the nicest I've seen yet on a notebook. I think you'll be pleased sleey0 but it does have that red shift just like the SXPS 16 RGB LED.

 

It probably isn't. Seen quite a few lately gotten fast EDD, but they've all been pushed back.

 

All these good reports about the screen....I need to call up dell and lay it on them heavy how unhappy I am with this low brightness auto dimming "dual" ccfl POS lol

 

Unless Dell changed the chassis of the M15x, the M17x is no comparison. Your memory must be short with this. lol

The chassis is made from Aluminum, and there is maybe a little bit of mg thrown in (around the fans etc). Yes, the palmrest is platic, but the lid and chassis are much different.

I had both at the same time and the M17x was way better.

I am glad you like it! CAn't wait to hear more!!

 

Joker

Does the mouse cursor still move around the screen all rough? And it the tp the same?

THX!