**Official Alienware M11x Owner's Lounge**

I think and hope you're wrong about the price. Several articles have stated that the top model will cost under $1000:

http://gizmodo.com/5442786/alienware-m11x-hands+on-fast-ride-in-a-short-machine

http://www.pcworld.com/article/1862...big_gaming_performance_in_a_tiny_package.html

http://www.technotalks.com/reviews/alienware-m11x/

http://www.techlivez.com/2010/01/dell-launches-alienware-m11x-portable-gaming-laptop/

http://www.daemonnews.org/personal-tech/2590-alienware-m11x-packs-big-gaming-performance-in-a.html

Some articles stated the STARTING price would be $1000, but they clearly misunderstood or assumed incorrectly, as the $799 starting price has been confirmed.

I think the top model will have the 7300 processor, 500GB hard drive, and either 4GB or 6GB RAM, but I hope I'm wrong about the processor.

 

I think its the naming convention of graphics hardware at large rather. Like how a HD3800 would whoop a HD4350 etc etc. Frustrating lol. Cheers mate!

 

I'd trust giz. Think the people at dell are laughing their heads off at watching us endlessly speculate at the specs. If you start hearing rowdy laughter from Dell HQ, you'd know they have something in store for us.

 

LOL no joke. All I know is that I'm probably going to get the $1k model.

 

I'm going to go for the maxxed out model too. Screw sub par. lol

 

Hell yeaaah!!

 

I can imagine being in the uni library and everyone's like using their Atom powered MSIs, Acers, HPs and Dells. Then I rip out this beaut and start fragging on Modern Warfare 2. Awesome sauce.

 

I like your style!

 

But then again, almost every other day of the week, my job involves pushing sub par systems to customers. Most of whom cant even speak basic english. Kinda hypocritical lol...

 

the naming convention is a bit tricky but not impossible to follow IN GENERAL the first number is the series while the rest indicate higher performing models... for roughly equivilent cards if the series number goes up one, then the next number will drop... eg. 6800 = 7700 = 8600 = 9500.

it gets a little hairy with nvidias switch to 200 series, but still once you know the equivilent (9400=105) then its not impossible to gauge where a card lies.

 

and, yeah... top model (minus hdd which I will stick my 128Gb SSD from my zombie HP

 

Stares blankly at screen. Yeah with nvidia re-badging some of their cards and all. Lol I just remembered once on another forum we had someone convincing us their 105 was better than the 9400 in the mbp...

Death by apple juice... Awesssommmeee...

 

This will help you understand a bit just scroll to the bottom of the page
http://www.nvidia.com/object/geforce_m_series.html

 

Since everyone's doing predictions:

Assuming it is $999 maxed out:

Base:
Pentium SU4100
nVidia 335m
4GB DDR2 RAM
250GB 7200RPM HDD

Upgrades:
Core 2 Duo SU7300 - $100
320GB 7200RPM HDD - ~$30 or -
500GB 7200RPM HDD - $100

At least, that's what I'm hoping. Heck, 2GB RAM base is fine - I'll be happy so long as I can get the Core 2, 4GB RAM, and a 500GB HDD for under $1,000. Exactly what I need to upgrade doesn't really matter.

 

Cue Dell engies laughing even harder as we continue to grope around like blind mice. Any idea if a 3G modem would be standard?

 

oooooooh. Thanks much!

EDIT: Lol, the GT335 eats the 9400 for breakfast.

 

Yeah it does!
That's one of the reasons the M11x will still kick@ss, the 335M is pretty good even when paired with the SU7300.
Besides the most CPU dependent games(RTS's) I still think it will perform very well.
Maybe well see at least a option for a SU9600 it wouldn't be a big improvement but at least it would be no matter how small.

 

Pair it with a ssd it just like what i saw it with an adamo xps today a 128 ssd it flew like it was nothing. The 335 deff will destroy the 9400m man it sucks i have it right now so bad, well at least it looks nicer when you have an external output. A SU9400 will be nice. Why can't they also offer ATI, the m15x and M17x seem to have a lot of issues with nvidia gpus.

 

I know, I am thinking about buying a mini 10" Nickelodeon limited edition for $450 and using it till iX is released for the M11x, and then giving it to my daughter. Only problem is... the guys at school seeing me use it will never let me live it down, haha.

 

@ikas = That just probably killed off the MBP as a candidate since without a refresh it kinda means that the m11x would run circles around the MBP before it can even realize what's running around it.

 

MBP is nice but not a gaming machine, the M11x is.
Even if some members are not happy with only the SU7300 all is not lost.
Overall I think most people will be happy with the performance as long as they don't expect anything but the ultimate gaming experiance.
3DMARK06 scores of 6000+ are pretty darn good for a much bigger laptop for a 11.6" unheard of.

 

Wanted something aluminium after my horrifying experiences with plastic laptops. Plus IMO metal casings beat plastic almost anyday. Acer being the worst offender.

So we wait and see. Or do we just jump straight in with slightly lower expectations?

 

obviously we all got too excited about the M11x release and put our hope in the expectations, but hey, thats what a discussion is for...

i do understand people being disappointed on dell, i´m still not happy, especially, they call themselve high end/performance vendor..
some guys expected the M11x to be their main machine and of course, they want to have the latest and the best

on the other hand, DELL never mentioned something about the i series and the C2D performs nice and the baby will still be a powerhouse

it all depends on personal needs
do i really need it ? NO
do i want it ? YES,YES,YES
does it fulfill my expectations ? NOT really
does it fulfill my needs ?? MORE THAN THAT

so what, get the baby, fully loaded, and i´m quite sure everybody will be happy

 

Carbon fiber my friend, carbon fiber is the way. Maybe not like Sony Z with full carbon fiber body (even I personally don't care to pay full price for an amazing option like that) but in the LG P310 the bottom is carbon fiber and the top is plastic (beeh I agree) and alu (for shiny effect).
Alu is heavy, bent, and scratch easily...but gorgeous I agree .
With this carbon fiber, Sony and LG have bigger screen, heavier components than M11x for a lighter lappy as a results (just 3.5 pounds).

 

Nothing short of max will do. Bwahahahahahaa...

Just like sports cars. First wood/plastic (cheap, light-ish), then metal then carbon fibre. I just don't like the way plastic can flex and break, metal is tough but once its bent out of shape, its stays that way... Cousin has a 5 year old Powerbook G4 with a dent on the lower edge which left a gap between the case and the keyboard and lol... bugs made his G4 a hotel.

 

My apologies if this has already been mentioned but is it not worrying that dell has not sent out demo laptops yet to reviewers to start drumming up there marketing campaign yet? Why does everybody think the laptop will be released in the beginning of February?

 

Dunno. They probably thought the showing at CES was enough? Plus it kinda blows out the sweepstakes question if reviewers told everyone the answers rite? Plus the sources from around here point at next week as release week and they're trusted around these parts so... lol

EDIT: Why do they need marketing? Look at the amount of reactions on the thread. The darn thing markets itself! :laugh:

 

im a financial analyst and do research on stocks/companies like dell, and CES was not enough. usual operating procedure is to have a marketing campaign before anything comes out to build hype and orders (e.g. apple yesterday).

To me there are few options to explain the silence from dell, one it’s not coming out next week, two they don’t expect to be able to produce that many and will struggle filling orders that are place or lastly whoever is in charge at dell is an idiot and doesn’t know what they are doing….which is very unlikely.

Saying that i'm unfamiliar with previous laptop releases from AW and this may be usual for them ?

 

EDIT: I'm an 18 year old temping at a tech store so I guess you should be more likely to be correct than me. Does: They don't expect demand to be massive to be a proper reason? Not being sarcastic, just want an expert opinion.

 

I'm wondering what marketing is there really for any alienware systems. I've heard of the brand a long time ago when they were in retail, but other than that, it was forums like these and going onto dell.com myself to see the AW brand name. I mean other than review models, there isn't much else marketing is there? I've seen a couple ads for the M11x though on dell's sites.. and the sweepstakes itself which has been advertised on gaming blogs I read and computer blogs as well. So I think this is the norm for AW.

 

Dell's own models like the Adamo which got teased at a media event last year with no specs but just a really spanking new laptop to show us. Then it got released like months later.

 

The thing with marketing for Alienware: they realize someone looking for a mainstream computer does not need or want the kind of graphics capabilities of a high end gaming rig. there market is the gamer and the gamer does his own research and finds the best product for his/her needs. If you ask any serious gamer what alienware is, they know. period. they may not own an alienware system, but they have extensively researched them and will check them out when they are looking to upgrade.

in essence, they dont need to market there products, they just need to have them easy enough to find. those who will buy an AW will find them. those who stumble on some bit of marketing for them will think they are a waste of money and they dont see how anyone will have a use for such and expensive machine.

 

But with the M11x's price and unique feature set, this is a great opportunity to market to college students, video editors, and gamers who were never able to afford an Alienware.

 

good answer for an 18 year old, respect, bro

also good point of view from vegenigma

DELL is far away from being stupid, guys, they know how to make bucks, they´ll for sure have an marketing department which as big as other´s company

Hey DELL, release that d*** thing

 

Ay, the last thing we need is dumb blondes picking up the darn thing to do photoshopping... Its like castrating a proud lion... Not very.. You know. No balls = no manly. Same idea. Alienware would become Sissyware overnight.

Thanks. Yeah Dell release it already. Hey why don't we do something really futile... Like starting an internet petition?

 

I see the point that they would not market the product in the normal sence of placing ad's. The point was made the AW brand are for consumers looking for high end machines and they do there own research. That is why i made the point that they have not sent out review models. sending out the review machines for tech/computer websites to review is the way one markets a product like this, as was said by Nuke people do there own research by going to tech websites like TomsHardware.com etc to find high performance componence or laptops like AW machines however the fact they have not sent any out suggests they are not yet marketing to the high performance community yet.

Dont get me wrong i want to to be released next week aswell but i see no proof as far as i can see the only comments made by dell are saying it will be released in the early part of the year i.e. Q1 (jan to march)

What do you think ? Can anybody provide a comment made by Dell about the release date ?

 

Actually, rob made that comment not me. Credit deflected where its due. hehehe.

Aussies are getting it mid Feb in retail mate (Refer to link to aussie webpage some 20 pages back). So no reason why Dell should sell only after them.

EDIT: Quote:"Dell's Alienware will sell for $1599 when it is launched on February 3." http://www.theaustralian.com.au/aus...-invasion-begins/story-e6frgazf-1225823414768 I think we should get MAG to add this to the first post... There's ya proof rite?

MORE EDIT: I think I remember when AW released their Aurora ALX rig at 3E the reviewers only got to run it through its paces after it. Correct me if I'm wrong... :laugh:

 

While we have not heard directly from a Dell sales rep, all signs seem to point to early Feb release date. Aussie site, Sweepstakes last date, forum members whom seem to have at least some inside info. nothing noted yet conflicts with this date... opposed to the Ci5/C2D debate. all signs point to next week as, at the very least, pre-order and final specs released.

 

Wish we could get them like the moment they release it. It would sell like hawtcakes. Hehehehe.

 

well i got to know to the m11x through laptopvideo2go because i wanted to load a driver for my ty laptop

 

thanks for the OZ site link ( http://www.theaustralian.com.au/aus...-invasion-begins/story-e6frgazf-1225823414768)

Is that spec correct (excluding the i5 rumor)? If so it simple is the same machine as the Inspiron 11z just with a nvidia 330 .... ?

 

same specs maybe, definately not the same machine... mobo layout is vastly different just looking at what ports are avalible and the location of the exhaust systems. it might have the same screen manufacturer and same memory vendor, but its definately not just a 11z with a nvidia 335 slapped ontop

not to mention the chase is definately different, different dimentions/style/lighting etc.

 

is it the same cpu as stated at CES ? i thought the m11x was stated to have a 2.6ghz core 2 duo ?

 

I guess if you add up the clock speed of each core it's a 2.6GHz Core 2

 

Hops even more indignantly. 335! 335!

different levels of awesome too

 

Yep, and as it's got 2 cores and 2 threads; 2 + 2 = 4. So therefore, the CPU is a quad-core 2.6GHz CPU.

 

Core 2's are only single threaded (per core), but I lol'd anyway.

By that logic a dual-core desktop atom processor is a 3.2GHz quad-core!

 

I believe this just came out on the Direct2Dell site..'history of the M11x'..interesting stuff...


http://en.community.dell.com/blogs/direct2dell/archive/2010/01/28/a-brief-history-of-the-alienware-m11x.aspx

 

Oh and the m11x left for dead 2 video is on there too!

 

Very cool! +rep for you.

Another official dell rep saying launch is "right around the corner". I think we can expect a launch next week as we've been anticipating .