*OFFICIAL* M11x Owners Lounge - Part 3

@michael

Please don't clutter the boards asking the same question in two different threads 4 minutes apart. It's hard to keep up as it is.

For now, many owners have reported that what you said is true. Alienware's intentions is to make the Fn+F2 function to also include the disable battery charge, per the M11x manual. Like what Yoda said earlier, I do agree that a near future update will add this functionality.

 

Its gonna cost u more $$ if you extend ur warranty after you made your payment for your order..

 

It'll cost you more, but you can renew it as long as you do it before your current warranty expires. Dell will send you information about it when the time gets near. It will cost more in the long run, but the brightside is you save more right now is you need the money for other things. It's a trade off.

 

if my unit was ordered in malaysia but i wanted to extend the warranty in the states, isit possible?

 

@michael: unfortunately no. Fn F2 doesn't change anything, it just shows you: battery enabled / disabled. To change it, you'll have to do it in the bios.

 

You should be able to, I don't see a problem see that you can transfer the warranty to another person should you choose to sell the laptop. I would call customer care in the states. When I had my M17X R1, I did the same thing you did, ordered with the 1 year warranty, and when I got the laptop I called and got a 4 year extension on the warranty, so it was in total, covered for 5 years. They wanted over $1200, but I talked them down to $930 or something like that. But I would give them a call. It doesn't hurt to try. Just let them know you moved.

 

@virtue, okay thanks then. because i saw one video from youtube stating that it can be abled or disabled using fn f2. but the fact is that i cant. so its gonna be troublesome. the battery life would definitely deteriorate for those who are not that hardworking.

thanks alot

 

wow! a whooping 900 US DOLLARS!!! oh my gosh. that was just some madness. if its too expensive to extend my warranty after i placed my order (however my laptop is still in the building phase), i may not want to extend anymore. perhaps i should call dell and asked for more info.

 

@virtue, if you have the laptop, try this, hit f2 twice quickly. I read a few pages back that this works. Maybe it was shift f2, let me find it.

 

can anybody test bioshock 1 or 2 please and tell me on which settings it plays well !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Decided to pick up mine from Dell AU since dad's company can get me a nice discount on it (they just bought a bunch of servers from Dell, so yeah) so SU7300/4GB/500GB here i come !

Should be ordering monday or tuesday AU time, EDD of 24th which is great cos I go on holiday on the 29th

@got2bel82day it's an unreal3 game so it should run at pretty much max settings.

--neg

 

Heres the link to the discussion about it(F2 Battery deal), though I didn't see a clear answer

 

@dr650se: http://forum.notebookreview.com/showpost.php?p=5914837&postcount=170 <-- that details the battery switch, it seems you have to press fn-f2 once to check status and again while the status notification is up to change the status. Hooray for no reboot needed!

--neg

 

Thanks for the link, should be reliable info since Big already has his M11X. +1

 

Ask in the owners thread micheal, its more relevant and your answer is there anyway. Plus its against forum rules to doublepost.

 

@neg2led = Phewweet. Nice. Let us know how much you get it for. A little strange since normal Dell machines just swap after a Fn+Fx press but still nice to have confirmation. Good on ya mate.

 

That's actually what I've been doing... no dice right now.

 

So it still doesn't work? Probably another m11x owner can clarify?

 

the quick second press doesnt work for me.

also FYI

the bluetooth drivers are not on the download page and the listed wifi driver is wrong.

 

My review is up. Enjoy

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?p=5917810

 

How does the M11x stand up against the Asus UL30VT?

I know that the UL30V has amazing battery life but what about CPU performance of both machines?

Which is the more powerful in terms of doing multitasking and heavier stuff?

 

Its a different class of notebook. Read chewie's review to get a better idea of the m11x and whether is suits your needs.

@chewie = Put the review link as your sig? Makes it a lot more visible. Just a suggestion

 

@chewie

+1

Great indepth review!

 

Well you're not giving me a break here are you. If you'd read my reply I did say I would do this for you today, I do have a life and need to sleep so there's nothing "fishy" about it. I'm trying to help but you're being a little petulant

 

Sorry if that came off as sounding being against you, it was actually directed towards someone else for accusing things of being "fishy"... who also happens to be spreading that around elsewhere on the web

 

OK, we'll move on. Just running 3d mark now at the recommended res. For info previous 3866 mark was with the res set to native (1366x...) and balanced power.
This one is with the high performance setting. Hopefuly post results in 15 mins

 

jesus, I hear the Klingon Empire have commisioned a new Opera "The Great Story of the Dell/AlienWare Missing MHz" I wish there was as many posts with real gaming benchmarks than this OC non-issue.

 

LOL this was what I was saying the whole time, it needs to be on high performance.. who benchmarks without being at full strength anyway.. blahhhh you'll see 5000 scores now on high performance, please let us know if it was OC'd and I just read you have the SU4100 correct? Anyway good luck =)

 

Ok, just doing the test with the CPU overclocked and yes it is a 4100. Anyone tell me how to attach files here?

 

You may need more posts. Your best bet is to go to www.imageshack.us and upload them there. It's free and you don't need to sign up for anything. Then click the picture button, and insert the link to the thumbnail. Easy peasy

 

Will do thanks for the info

 

If you post in the Benchmarking thread, I can update it later tonight.

I'm going to anotate with an astrik whether somone has the 4100 or 7300. I'm going to make that note tonight, but to get in you need a CPU-Z and GPU-Z shot in the screenshot. check my sig for an example, my scores are linked to pics of the score. The reason I say this is because right now I'm at work and they block imageshack and so I can't see your pics.

 

I'll try again

http://img28.imageshack.us/i/systempropertiesoccpu.png/
http://img163.imageshack.us/i/3dmark06cpunormal.jpg/
http://img716.imageshack.us/i/3dmark06overclockedcpu.png/

 

I'd really like to know how the m11x would perform when faced with a 3d modelling program like max or maya. I think those kind of programs are more CPU intensive than GPU, but hopefully this machine can cope with a bit of light modelling!

I don't suppose there's any chance that one of you lucky m11x owners could download a trial of max for me and see how many polygons it can handle before it starts to chug? =)

 

Nice, J1ngles. Looks like you're back in the running now.

edit: and that's with the su4100? it doesn't lose much in comparison to the su7300...

 

anyone order a bag yet? preferably man bag style? I am going to the Penny-Arcade Expo at the end of March so want a bag that will be comfortable over the shoulder that I can carry my precious in

 

hey guys my edd is still 26th and is still in production i cant take it much longer lol, i just wanted to ask the people who have received their machines if the protective sleeve that comes with it is enough or would you buy another sleeve, as i was planning to buy a belkin sleeve, before i saw that it comes with a light alienware sleeve

 

No, but there's plenty of documentation to back that up.

http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu_list.php

Intel SU4100 @ 1.30GHz 978 407
Intel SU7300 @ 1.30GHz 989 404

As you can see very marginal, certainly not worth £40 of my english pounds

Got myself a trargus xs rucksack, seems that rucksacks for sub 12" machines are few and far between. Nice though

http://www.gearzap.com/targus-xs-backpack-rucksack-for-netbook-and-mini-notebook-tcb006eu.html

Also bought a samsung usb drive, powered by usb only. Loaded my HL2 disc last night, pretty good

http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/reviews/index.cfm?reviewid=3200370

 

Folks, please move the benchmark related posts to the M11x benchmark thread. Thanks.

 

Can one of the new owners tell me how COD4 and/or Modern Warfare 2 runs on the m11x with settings maxed out? I would really appreciate it.

 

For those with AmEx - you automatically get an extended warranty on ALL electronics purchased with the card for free.

That's why I don't bother with the extended warranties offered by Dell. By the time 2 years is up - IMHO - you're probably either happy with your system and it's doing great - or - you're looking for another system anyway..

 

I got this one:

http://www.amazon.com/Belkin-10-Inc...f=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&s=pc&qid=1265479253&sr=1-10

It just came yesterday. Fits it nice and snug. The bag is pretty small but you can still fit the a/c pack in the outer pockets.

 

+1. Always use Amex for all electronics

 

although you say difference is marginal isn't a core 2 duo processor better than a single core meaning that it can processor more at the same time. What i did is as i am a student i saved over £40 so by adding the core 2 duo option its like it free

 

i was thinking of getting the esling from logic case. what do you guys think?
looking for a nice and fitting sling bag for my m11x. i just want sling type of bag.then the sling bag should fit the adapter, mamba and its charger dock, external optical drive and external hard drive.
any suggestion?

 

Both CPUs have two cores. The SU7300 does offer a couple features above the SU4100 like virtualization and additional SSE instructions.

 

Both processors are dual core.

 

sorry, it's pentium dual core. only real difference is 1 mb of cache and VT... see here.

 

hmm i see so whats the difference between dual core and core 2 duo?

 

@ahanslot

"Core 2 Duo" is the brand name of a line of dual-core processors. It was Intel's high-end dual-core line, until the Core iX line of processors were released.

The "Pentium" line is slightly lower performance, and the "Celeron" line is slightly lower performance than the Pentiums.