*OFFICIAL* Alienware M11x Owners Lounge - Part 2

I am using drivers from laptopvideo2go driver for my 330

when i go to nvidia 's notebook driver section,
it suppose to detect which driver i need,
it came up asking me to go back to the notebook manufacture 's site for the driver...

 

hi guys i talk to sales rep luckly i was able to pull out a great deal please let me know how is this deal. after taxes my price comes to $1311 with shipping and everything. now thats teh regular price. he told me that i will be getting $100 rebate once i receive my laptop. so please let me know how is this deal is it good enough? i tried my best to get more but thats all i got .

 

The card is technically either the Intel 5100 or 5300 dual band 2.4/5.0 GHz half mini-PCIe card, otherwise known as the Dell DW1520. I'm not sure which one the DW1520 is but either way, this card rocks.

I want to say that it's the 5300 because I recall someone saying they streamed HD movies (which the 5300 supports but the 5100 does not) but I can't be sure.

 

Good if your in Canada I think. In the US we got Su7300, 4gb ram, 250gb 7200rpm, bluetooth for 750$ before tax.

 

I knew you could do it! Congratz! Judging from what other Canadians are paying, you got a pretty good deal. Don't get your hopes up for the rebate tho. My hatred for any "rebates" other than Bing CB is as high as the Himalayas.

 

Without the EPP discount I received, that's what I would be paying in the US so good job! You have to know that there are a couple of other factors in selling a product to another country other than a straight 1=1 currency conversion, so don't be too bummed that you didn't get it for the US price. This is a great deal.

 

i got that set up for $817 before tax. ehh...
edit: and by the way can we talk more about this battery issue? i didnt know there was proper ways of doing things to maximize battery life. Can anyone elaborate on how this works? specifically with the battery the m11x uses?

 

thanks a lot for all the feedback. i am glad that i was able to do it too. so now i think i am gonna place the order. but he said that i will get it in march. ahhhhh thats a long time. but i think its worth it. do u guys thing that i should any other things in this laptop or is this good build?

 

Thats good enough. Told you the phone was the way to go. Most people have March EDDs and since Febs a short month anyway so don't fret.

 

i am confuse on one thing weather i should get silver or black? like in the dell website the picture difference is like big silver is looking pure silver and black is looking pure black. any idea guys which one looks good ? or which one u guys order?

 

Here's another treat to help pass the time.

Dell released official Manual and specs:
http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/Alw_lp_M11x/en/index.html

Or pick your language.
http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/Alw_lp_M11x/

 

We are much worst $1,149 before tax

 

Welcome back to the thread, steveninspokane.

 

@arsa = Silver if you think thumbprints aren't your thing. Black if you want cool blackiness. And you can always look and read people's sigs to see what colour they've got.

 

@Abused

I remember a whiles back, with a lot of electronics the regular way to maximize battery life was to fully discharge, then fully recharge the battery. otherwise, the charge memory on the battery would get all effed up so you'd get 75% charge because you decided to plug it in when the battery wasn't fully discharged. Something to that effect. I heard this rule no longer applies though.

 

What is the 50$ off coupon? Does it work in canada? If not what are coupons that would work in canada?

 

Canadian

Just to clear up

Bluetooth is standard

 

@kawser the card should be the same as the US

 

Hah, thanks, I have been feelin like crud the last few days, and then also I find not coming here every 10 minutes is helping me to feel more patient in this waiting game.

 

YEP I edited it LOL

 

i don't think there is any coupon avalible for canadians my friend. thats the sad part. but i still got $100 off just talk to the rep the one could help u . i am sure u can find one .

 

I'm in western washington .

@Brendan:
I got a 50$ coupon code thing for signing up for the EPP newsletter or something like that.

 

Just to clear it up...bluetooth may be standard for Dell Canada...however Dell US you have to add it to your system...didnt want anyone getting confused.

@arsa- i got mine in black

And in regards to the different prices being thrown around. I got mine black, su7300, 4gb ram, bluetooth, and 500 gig HDD. Mine with coupons/tax/free overnight it same out to $1,296. Reading what i have read i wish i had jumped on the bandwagon sooner and configured on the main dell website then called EPP. But oh well...guess i will have to clutter my comp with abunch of stuff to even get close to using all 500 gigs.

 

Only think I can think off is the EPP discount which is 5% for AW

 

I have epp and reps are really weird. One told me 7% for the m11x and another told me 5% for the m15x. And my moms work says its 7%

 

Well I only got 5% let me know what you get

 

what is this epp and can i get on my order too? also i wonder do i get a option to add my name on the back plate on this laptop? i thought we could do that stuff on alienware laptops? but it didn't ask me for that when i was customizing my laptop> thanks aagain

 

i think only the good us of a gets the engraving option

 

I believe it is only an option for US buyers

 

@arsalan = you've just made it obvious that you didn't read the buying advice I gave you the link to. And yes only USA gets engraving.

 

Thanks for link, I am very familiar with SSD, I have a 160gb Intel X25-m in my desktop. Was more curious with actual performance in m11x to get an idea if there is a signifiacant boost with the weaker processor. I know in my desktop the performance is insane but I know much of it is dependent on the processor and controller coupled with the ssd. For instance netbooks don't notice much more gain than some 7200rpm platter drives. Whereas desktops give a total transformation.

Basically I am just wondering how much bang for buck you get performance wise coupled with su7300 and whatever controller the m11x uses to see if it is even worthwhile going ssd in this machine.

 

sorry nuke english little week .

 

What system did you order? ( This is for the m11x ) I configured the sytem to 1099 and i called in. Asked for my epp code number i gave it to him. I told him the system i wanted. He said with the epp discount and taxes it was 1154.94

Original 1099
Epp DIS 76.93 (7%)
Taxes 132.87
Total 1154.94

So i would call back if i were you and get your 7%

 

Not trying to sound mean here arsa...only way i can say it....no engraving for you?

 

If he wanted it bad enough go to the us site Configure the name plate the way you want it. Screenshot it get the dimensions from a user. And go to an engraver

 

So, 8 gigs of RAM will do nothing for me compared to 4 gigs? It'd be a money saver if so.

 

Actually, because the US of A gets engravings, it means they have to wait longer. We who don't get engravings get ours earlier. Tradeoff.

 

@chikinchasah = Yep, get an Intel SSD off ebay if you got that much dough lying around, so much more of a better upgrade.

 

Knowing that engraving would lower the laptop's value on eBay, I didn't engrave anything. If I did engrave tho, it would probably be something like "A$$ Kicker 9000."

On a side note, would engraving "Bill Gate's Laptop" on the plate make it worth more on ebay?

 

Jon = leave it blank. then get steve jobs to sign on it. Macboys eat that.

 

@BREND what is the epp and what kind of discount i should tell my rep? i am alrady getting $100 rebate. ,

@logan u love to joke around lol. i like it .

 

I do have the dough, sir. Maybe I should get a gaming mouse, then and a nice stand or something so I can play while lying or sitting down. (I'd like a recommendation for the latter item)

 

If your in canada you need to work for a company that has epp. I cant give you my code because sadly in canada the codes can be traced back as they are unique to each person at least with RBC

 

If he doesn't give me the crazy "you want me to sign a pc?!?!" look and secretly sent ninjas to destroy my laptop, then maybe. Actually, bring it on!

 

get a razer orochi, a razer kabuto, and a cooler master infinity. Also, an intel x25-m G2 160GB, but definitely ebay the last one because it is much cheaper there after buy it now and BCB than any retailer site.

 

Balmer signed a MBP a few weeks back..

 

Thats the gist of it, kissfan

@jon = refer to the post above mine.

@chikin = listen to eggsy.

 

lol 300 pages. what are you all getting engraved on yours (for those of you who can)

im getting:
älcäl

 

arsalan = EPP is a program that has employers partnering with dell which allows employees to buy dell stuff at a discount.

 

@kissfan
Yeah, I know. But, in the signing process, Balmer completely destroyed the Apple logo lol