*OFFICIAL* Alienware M11x Owners Lounge - Part 2

ok I have had enough of this madness
I cant beleive this laptop has caused so many threads in a short space of time, I didnt even realize it was available in the UK till tonight ...

I was going to wait till i finished work in the morning and order it then BUT after having trouble keeping up with the posts
(and im just sat here reading them never mind work!!)and only half way through the hardwareheaven review decieded im going to order in a bit

question is and this is really important!!!!!!


what colour keybaord illuminations are people going for

 

GREEN! Supah dupah GREEN! Like da smiley over there.

 

You can change it to whatever you want when you want. The order page is for initial setting. So for me I'm purple lol

 

Try not to disrespect other cultures, please. Without even an apology in regards to one of your earlier post, you are being rather rude. While the US have a holiday almost every other month, the Chinese, and most Asian countries, only have their lunar new years. Do keep in mind that they don't get a single day off for Christmas or New Years.

Edit: OK, I have read your apology. For future reference, please be more respectable to unfamiliar culture traditions.

It is indeed a full two weeks.

 

All this hooplah about processor power.. Just get the machine and slap in an SU9600 processor. Same chip, same socket, just different multi. I'm going to.

 

pmsl

AHH coooolio. coz i wOz stuck between mars red and the blue one, that must be what you can do in the command centre software thingy... im sold....

 

RemindIng myself to plus rep you when I get back on a laptop lol

 

Just a minor correction: the US doesn't really get a holiday every other month. The only workers who get off like that are either federal/state/local gov't or bank employees. The rest of the private sector enjoys maybe Christmas off.

 

Asus N10 with Atom and Nvidia 9300GS is inferior to Athlon Neo MSI with ATI integrated graphic. Tested myself.

But on paper the Nvidia GPU is superior to the ATI chipset.

I agree that a 2.6 ghz core2 duo cpu with a 4ghz cpu won't make that much difference, GPU will decide (except in RTS like supcom but anyway...).

But we are talking about two generation of CPU. the M11x will never maximize its GPU or only in a few FPS game...

I have own this M11x cpu in a Panasonic R8. I had the same chipset than on my lenovo. The performance were clearly superior with a P8700 CPU.

Also GT335M is not that far from GT330M. Same goes for GTX280M and GTX260M.

You have a M17x I believe, I can sure you than a Pentium4 with GTX280m is clearly inferior to a C2duo with GTX260M.

It's not an average Core2duo cpu, I have experienced it 1 and a half year and I know what I am talking about. It's not an atom but it's not P8600, trust me on this.

Well, I might be wrong, we'll see that in the reviews...

 

Thank you I think pretty much EVERY Asian countries celebrate, or used to celebrate, Lunar New Years. The Japanese used to do it, and the Koreans still do.

 

LGP310 => 8600MGT with P8700 => same size than M11x and lighter, perf should be similar.

I can game anything on it and "push it" as you say and it's not hot. Well, not really need to OC the CPU like with the M11x though.

AW marketing targets gamers, while Sony target professionals, it has nothing to do with the notebook performance.

 

what are you smoking there, how is 13" same as 11"?

 

Perhaps we should talk less about holidays, and more about the topic at hand.

 

not trying to justify the way I said it, but solely to explain myself, when I said "crap" I didn't mean it in a disrespectful way. I refer to most everything even things I really like as crap. Guess its an unwashed american thing.

E.G.: I'm dying to get my hands on this alienware crap I ordered.

 

I think what he might be referencing is how well the Sony keeps cool compared to the Alienware when pushed. The Sony might not be made to handle constant gaming like the M11x in terms of ventilation.

I'm also looking at the Sony site and it says "Starting at $1799.99" which is much higher than the M11x.

 

Its impressive how people keep comparing the m11x to laptops outside its genre.

 

Of course this is almost meaningless because of how long you'd have to wait if you waited to buy this thing until I did this, but I fully plan on comparing the results of everything this alienware crap (with the pentium su4100 everyone hates in this thread) can do compared with my hp dv7t quad with an i7 720 and a 330m after I receive it.

I guess it should arrive around january next year due to overwhelming preorders, manufacturing delays and ram/chassis shortages everyone is talking about, plus all the dell threads about orders being stuck in "build hell".

So, if you're planning on picking this up next year when they update the store page with molten-core i9 six-core CPUs and nvidia 1235m 500 pipeline integrated graphics and still want to know how the pentium/335m combo performed when it went on sale a year ago I guess I'm your man!

 

But there's nothing else in its genre.

 

It's the best possible available 11-inch laptop ever made for an extremely reasonable price and features that are usually reserved for $1500 base laptops so yeah, people feel it necessary to compare it on "even" ground with 13+" laptops. :-/

 

Ka-zing!

Judging by how upset people were in the previous thread when they learned the processor would be the SU7300, you'd figure we were at 16 core, 5 GHz processors and SLI in 9 inch laptops for $800

 

They are the same size and the 13 is lighter than the 11 (by 500grms!), check for yourself.

 

Let you guys in on a little secret. There will be a soft touch version coming within the next month or so. Same as the M17 was.

 

LG might be lighter, but they are definitely not the same size. Go check yourself!

Oh and this is a great site to compare if you can't read the numbers
http://www.sizeasy.com/

 

I'm aghast that they cant fit a desktop i7 920 in there. DAGNABIT I need the power! What is alienware smoking trying to offer such outdated technology, wheres my radeon 5890 graphics for crying out loud

 

What's a soft touch version?

 

I SHALT DEMAND A RAID CONFIG, 2 i9s and a Xfire config with 5970s. RAWR! All for $500 maxxed out. RAWR.

 

The rubbery type skin it is painted with.

 

I second that question.

 

What?! Really?

 

I SHALT DEMAND A RAID CONFIG, 2 i9s and a Xfire config with 5970s. RAWR! All for $500 maxxed out. RAWR. All in an 11 inch form factor with a self expanding OLED screen to 17 inches (Must be under 1 KG). RAWR. I is being resonable. RAWR

 

So its not plastic but rubbery?

 

Soft Touch is interesting but after getting a 280$ off $1000 discount on this one I sort of feel like there won't be that type of discount for atleast 6months. So going to keep my order.

 

i sense some ppl who had already ordered one are gonna 'bang their balls'

 

Its a coating that has a rubber like feel to it. Much less to have fingerprints. Same paint as M17 had.

 

Same perf, same size, not same weight (M11x is fat)...I don't get your point... The Sony lacks an alienhead and funny coulours (sorry just joking) ?

 

so what is it now? hard as a rock? shiny plastic like HP lappys?

 

How about a different color option (like white) anytime soon?

 

There will be no other color options.

 

Crud... Why oh why... How far away? Before April?

The Z isn't a gaming rig. Its a rig for business pros. Its designed to fit in a briefcase, not cool a 100% load i7 with a nVidia GPU under full load as well.

 

Ditto.

It's a good bargain that you'd probably get your money back right away even if you used it for a couple months and didn't care for it.

 

NO WHITE??!?!?!? Weeps silently. Evil! Evil!

 

Japan Dell site also no white....

 

I'm so sad...
I really wanted a pretty white one.

 

Thought this morning's disappearance of Silver from the Dell M'sia site was a herald of another colour. Who'd knew it would mean I'm going to be stuck with fingerprint black..

 

Have we confirmed if the cosmo black is a glossy finish?

 

I thought the black was going to be matte?

 

Its a fingerprint magnet, that's for sure. As for how glossy/matte it is, we won't know for sure until the first shipments meet the end user or reviewers start picking up the device to scrutinize.

 

me too... oh well, prolly in later months?

 

Why white? I want alien eggplant purple!

 

I'm putting a thin cover on my M11x so the finger-print magnet stuff doesn't really matter to me.

Now I just need to find a good, thin cover with an alien-shaped head cut out of the middle...