*OFFICIAL* M11x Order Status Discussion Thread

The Alienware M11x is now available for Pre-Order at Dell.

http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/alienware-m11x-up-for-pre-order-and-shipping-out-march-1st/

 

http://configure.us.dell.com/dellst...s&kc=&oc=dkccmp3&dgc=AF&cid=51991&lid=1346583

there is the actual link you need

 

wow! amazing! /went to configure/

 

that look pretty good, anyone have info on the build quailty? it would be all plastic would it not? since they are going for a small and light netbook approach

 

Ordered

 

not bad, great price for an alienware product.

once it comes to canada ill order

 

haha so fast xD

 

Suddenly the M11x Does not seem like that much better than the ASUS Ul-30Vt-A1,if you configure them a close as possible,setting the ASUS's turbo33 function to be equvilent advantage as the M11x's GTS 335m,it comes out to 1035$,235 bucks more for less battery life and way less portability,for 23$ more on the Ul30Vt you can get the 14inch Ul80Vt with this somewhat important thing called an Optical drive...not the $125 on the M11x.

 

ASUS' customer service vs. DELL's

i used to avoid RMA'ing ASUS motherboards because of having to deal with their crap

thats just my experience

 

Yeah you are right. Im still deciding whether to get the M11x or the upcoming Asus ul30jt. The asus will have an 1.3ghz i7 processor from what i have read, and switchable graphics. Bu the Alienware is just soo sexy

 

its not available for UK yet! whyyyy lol well i still neeed to phone up my dad n get him to order me another alienware.. ill gues i ned an excuse for another one ;p

 

Does the Asus have a backlit keyboard? No.
Does the Asus feature a powerful video card such as the 335m? No.

Then it is moot point. I don't care how much turbo boost they claim to have but the Nvidia 210m will never be equal to the 335m.

 

Since im on the fence between the 2, perhaps you can clarify something for me. Im interested in the M11x, and most of my use will be internet browsing, some music production, and of course gaming. How would the M11x with the 7300 processor perform during heavy tab browsing, and video editing, and converting?

 

Video editing probably not to well. If you really want to do intensive tasks then get a Core i5 or better processor. This isn't meant for video editing. This laptop is meant for people who want long battery life / portability but sometimes want to play some games on the road.

This is not a desktop replacement laptop.

 

Ha...bad,it's 1.3Ghz!
Thats one for the over clocked Ul30! lol
At this point though you can get an G60Vx from BB and an Cheap Netbook for the same price,both doing each job better.

 

Yeah what did you ordered of M11X specs? .MMmm.. I just curious.

 

I'll be sticking with Alienware for now they did me a solid and replaced my bricked M15x with a brand new one with only 3 weeks total downtime.

 

Please explain to me how a G310M will EVER turbo boost enough to compare with a GT335M?

G310M
16SP's
1530 MHz Shader Clock
73 GFLops
800 MHz memory
64-bit

GT335M
72 SP's
1080 MHz Shader Clock
233 GFlops
1066 MHz memory
128-bit

Sorry but they'd have to triple the shader clock just to match the SP power on the GT335M, and no amount of turbo boost will matter. And for gaming, GPU will be limited a lot earlier than CPU will

Let me put it simple: A GT335M will be able to play a good amount of games at the M11x's native resolution. The G310M will not. Period.

 

Ok well i know the M11x is good for gaming, but will this be good for heavy web surfing. Will it run slow with a lot of tabs open?

 

Wow, I lold.

 

It won't people can believe what they want, at the end of the day the M11x will outperform the Asus in gaming....3Dmark Vantage will be close but I think we need to let the actual in game benches do the talking.

 

Lol. Please excuse me, but I'm not the most knowledgable about these things. I have never used anything with less than 2ghz so I want to know if this m11x will perform like. Netbook when it comes to browsing the web, and watching videos or converting video files for example.

 

Nah, I wasn't "loling" because of that. Idk the subject just seemed funny to me.

 

I don't think to many of us can answer that since not many of us have used this processor. If I were you and you have a fry's / bestbuy next to you then go there and look at the display models and find one with a similar processor and try it out.

 

Check the Acer AS1410 and AS1810T thread in the Acer forum, they have the same processors and can give you a good idea

 

Ordered mine too!

Core 2 Duo
256 SSD
4GB (gonna get some better ram for this little beast but when that new 30nm stuff comes out)

Now how to write it off for business.....

 

For US, you can get stackable discounts (Student = 10%) and (EPP = 3%) for the m11x. If you guys have any other discounts applicable to this laptop, please post!

 

A 14" notebook is in a different position than an 11" notebook. The bigger the size laptop, the more room there is for better, higher energy-consuming components. Comparing the m11x to a 14" laptop with identical components (or worse components) isn't a great comparison since there is a big size difference. The m11x is Alienware's gaming "netbook-size" laptop.

 

The m11x is the sub 15" gaming notebook. It could be compared to anything 15" and below.

It's Dell marketing saying " this AW m11x, can kick arses , even the 15" size notebook too". , but it lack the CPU Power... for now.... lol

 

Would someone enlighten me in whether it's worth to get the SSD and the 8GB RAM? Those two jacks the prices up terrifyingly.

EDIT: SSD as opposed to the normal ones, because some people said SSD is not that fast in write speeds anyway and they're more reliable, but not magnitudes more than the magnetic ones. And 8GB instead of 4GB. Do you think it'll be as easy to up the 4GB to 8GB? [i.e. hoping prices fall]

 

I wouldn't go for either of these. You are not going to bench or do intensive virtualization/rendering etc. The CPU is sufficient for many games, so 4 GB should be more than enough. But it's up to you anyways.

 

I don't get why people are moaning about the price. This is just a bit more than a dual core Timeline and for people who like games it is way better.

We need an update to the Canada order page!

 

People always moan about pricing .... Its the nature of the beast i guess ...

 

Will try and order with 10% Student discount whenever it comes up on EEP or through chat, will probably just add the core 2 duo and 4gb ram

 

Can you direct me on how to get the student discount?

 

I'm more just moaning about the last-gen proc choice

 

It's not too surprising . We are always a little behind

 

well if some one sends me theirs i can make a video to install a new CPU on it and since the CPU's are liek 24$ on Ebay you would save a decent bit"

 

That's assuming the CPU isn't soldered in.

 

highly doubt it ....to cheap for propreitry parts

 

On small form factor machines you never know. Guess we'll have to wait until someone gets one and cracks it open.

 

GPU will be sodered but i doubt the CPU... Ill bet my right horn

 

A new C2D system, yea. They should let it die.

 

if you read the processor info when selecting it on the site it talks about i3 and i5.

 

Anyone in the UK placed an order for this yet? I placed it first this this morning and have been an estimated delivery date of the 11/02/10? Whats everyone else's ETA's?

 

Wow, with a date like that you should just cancel and wait for the next gen model lol

I'm pretty sure I'm reading the month/day backwards, but thats due to training and date format stuff for my work

 

This system is so cheap if it had an i3 or i5 even I would get one.

 

I don't like this system, too small and not enough horsepower!
Allthough I see a slightly Ripley disign feature what IMO is a good thing, very AW!

p.s. Do you get a magnifying glass for playing games with it?

 

Sorry that is my fault here in the uk we do our dates as "day/month/year" lol so yes im currently getting a ETA of delivery on the 11th February 2010

 

Any thoughts on the chances that Dell/Alienware start allowing the i5/i7 to be put inside in a few months? I'd love to have that upgrade option - even for a premium, and would hate to buy now and regret not waiting an extra month to pull the trigger.