*OFFICIAL* M11x Arrival Thread

So its perfectly normal for the brick to be that hot, it doesnt hurt it?
Thanks!

 

How come so many people got theirs and no one is posting a video? hands on gaming? benchmarks? reviews? anything?

The only thing I saw until now is audioless unboxing video... come on guys... mine is due March 8th and I'm biting my nails off...

 

theres a lot of benchmarks floating around here its just very unorganized.
and its barely monday these things take time. this place will be flourishing with information by friday... if people stick around and not abandon the forums after theyve gotten their toy.

 

Grats to those with their new mini-babies

 

Here's one, they are playing CoD4 http://www.bing.com/videos/watch/vi...a290065d2fe6b357e5e9a290065d2fe-1627152909277

 

CES Video... as far as I'm concerned they could have brought a version with an i7, 512GB next generation SSD drive, 24GB DDR4 memory or just plugged in a PS3 to the back of the screen

I want to see the real thing....

 

thats marketing propaganda. Real customer videos

 

hey guys, can y'all help me with a nood question.

can the m11x handle 1018hd video?


i just got my m11x it and its perfect, but i was watching some youtube videos in 720 and it played them with out a problem in fullscreen. when i tried 1080, it played the video but when played in fullscreen it starts lagging and skipping a few frames.

ire checked and rechecked to make sure nvidia was on but same result. or is it just not capable on playing 1080?

thanks in advance.

 

Mine is finally getting here today!!

 

You mistyped 1080 as 1018.
The default installation of flash is version 10, which does not support hardware video decoding, meaning the cpu is used for the entire decoding.
The cpu of the M11x is only fast enough to decode 720p flash video.

If you install the beta version 10.1 of flash that supports hardware decoding, 1080p flash videos should run smoothly too as then your nvidia gpu will be used.

 

yea you need to put the load on the graphics card for 1080p to run smooth

 

thanks, i'ma try and download the flash 10.1.

 

I'm now a proud owner of a m11x.
Does anyone recognized that the fan is off for about 1-2 minutes and then turns on with a high rate for about 30 seconds even the temps are around 40°C ? This seems a bit annoying to me. Maybe Dell should adjust it a bit better.

 

In regards to the power supply, the M11X is not drawing that much power, so I doubt the supply brick should run very hot. "Hot" is subjective, of course, but I have three lappys and none of them run "hot" by any measure.

Now the 360 brick - THAT runs hot!

 

@rush = My old Dell studio 15 brick was warm enough to be a feetwarmer in winter (Australian winter, kinda like winter just put wind where the snow is )

 

Yes, Dell is infamous for skimping on power supplies I thought the M11x was rated at 65watts? Should be more than enough to not cause a heavy draw to jack up heat.

 

This thread is significantly lacking more pics.

I will add some tomorrow.

 

Exactly my thoughts. Every other M11x thread is basically the same one, including this one.

 

there is currently a service tag problem. The tag number can be rubbed off by the lightest touch. All current owners please read:
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?p=5928891#post5928891

 

I examined the fan speed problem a bit more: as soon as the GPU Temp rises to 45°C or above, the fan turns on with a high rate until it is under or equal 40°C. Why not letting the fan run on a low rate at all time? Would be way less annoying to me... Anyone else is experience this ?

 

A few minor details I was wondering about the m11x that I can now answer... :::the power brick is 1.8" x 1.1" x 4.2":::the alienhead on the backside of the screen does light up, but only white, there is no option (that I have found) in the alienFX to change that color:::SD cards will extrude 1/2 way out and are not flush when installed:::the brightness of the backlighting can not be adjusted (that I know of)::: Does anyone know If we can add custom colors to the alienFX palet or are we confined to the 2 or so dozen color options?

 

i will aswell and a youtube vid

 

we need some HD youtube videos At least some 720p

 

Anyone else receive theirs with numerous scratches on the lid of the display? I know, I know: "How dare I complain when there are starving children in Africa who haven't received their M11x's yet," but I mean for a product with a premium price tag like this, you'd expect them to not do something stupid like lay it on the lid and slide it across a hard surface, which is apparently what someone did here.

 

i have 720p camera so you are in luck

 

Are you sure it's not the plastic protection film?

 

I remember you can change the backlighting brightness by going into the bottom right corner and pressing up arrow to show the alienware thing then click it theres one for bright and low

 

Am I the only one disappointed in the quality of the screen?

My vertical viewing angle is horrible. That and the black levels and contrast are terrible as well. Windows looks completely washed out.

I tried calibrating a bit, and even then - it still doesn't look that great. The screen is crazy bright though (even at the lowest setting).

 

The viewing angles are not great, you really need to position it so that you can look pretty much straight on. With a good straight on view though the screen is very sharp with great black levels.

 

Even dead on - the discrete graphics calibration is much better, but still not "great" compared to my other laptop screens.

And for those wondering. No light leakage.. just bad viewing angles.

 

IT JUST CAME OMGOMGOMG LOL, its a lot smaller than the pictures everyone has been posting and videos. so much nicer IN PERSON HAHA WOW. amazing i as thinking of returning it right back but its so nice hahaha

 

Yeah, mine does the same thing. Actually thought the fan had broken the first time it happened. Not sure why it's set up like this, but I'd rather it be keeping the temps down and spinning up the fan more often than visa versa. A future firmware update might change the fan behavior.

@kakeashi
Yeah, I was and am still blown away by the build quality on this thing. Literally solid as a rock, and pictures certainly don't do it justice. This is my first Alienware and certainly wont be my last.

 

@Kakeashi, How does the screen compare to the Sony you have? I have basically the same Sony and I'll be replacing it for this...

 

What laptops are you coming from? If you're talking sony/macbook then yes for sure you will be slightly disappointed.

 

ill tell you when i get a chance, im installing the alienware cd onto my SDD and gonna stick it in the m11x gonna provide pictures of it later, opened and stuff if no one has posted it yet

 

M11X Arrived! And DEPARTED!!!

I hate Fedex! I left a note on my door to leave the package, signed it. Put my number on it if there were any questions. I watched Fedex website like a hawk at work, 11:29 AM - Customer Not Available for Signature. I literally drove to my house from work and looked for a Fedex truck to flag down LOL.

I am sure it is for my own good, but that literally means I don't get my laptop until 9:00 PM tonight after class. I wanted to at least start it downloading all my junk from steam.

 

+1 rob, thanks for the minor details. Sucks the SD card sticks out, was hoping to just keep one in there, but that risks damaging it now. Thanks also for the power brick dimensions =)

 

Can somebody pleeeeaaase post footage of the m11x playing Risk at over 50 fps????? . Seriously, let's see some gaming videos.

 

Got mine today!!
installing all my games now

u7300
4gb ram
500gb 7200 hd
bluetooth
custom name plate

its been overclocked since i turned it on without any issues

 

=)

 

Bejebbusss... Nice you got yours, rocr... I WAWNT MYNE NAW!!

I won't mind since I'm coming from a Dell Studio 15 and a HP Mini 2140. This thing is heaven compared to those two... But I still love the aluminium chassis on the 2140...

 

CANADA UPDATE:

Whooooo, arrived today! The build quality is awsome...screen is super reflective, and this thing is small!!!

But it's sweet, going to search around as to what I should put on here first for benchmarking and things like that. Any advice?

 

First canadian to get it! I'm still waiting for a canadian deal first

 

just got mine today, first thing i did was overclock it and run sins of solar empire on my 1080p monitor, and note it was set on 1080p. played it without overclocking and even when there was alot going on massive battles etc. it was smoooooooth! im very impressed. when overclocked to 1.6 i had no issues started up a lot faster than before. than tried out dark void. again very good results and the laptop stayed very cool man this thing has great cooling. im going to try crysis out next and ill be back with an update. if anyone has an questions feel free! note all games i will be playing, screen res. will be set to 1080p for the time being

 

Canada update duex: went and picked it up. In my hands - it's amazing!

 

m11x GET!

This thing is awesome so far.

 

QQ A little less than a month to go till I order one of these bad boys. The wait is painful.

 

the anticipation for when you finally place your order is worse lol.

 

OK, so mine arrived today...and it is going back tomorrow...
I opened it, tuned it on and there is a dead pixel right in the middle of the screen - Epic Fail Alienware!

 

Ouch that sucks. If you don't want to wait, perhaps you can have them send someone to replace the screen or have them send you a replacement before you send the first one back.