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    One or two notebooks

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by Cedricm, May 12, 2010.

  1. Cedricm

    Cedricm Notebook Consultant

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    Hi,

    First of all at home I have built a monster computer that satisfies all my gaming and working needs, so I don't need a notebook at home.

    My dream laptop would be a 15" 1920x1080/1200 laptop with enough battery life for seeing a film on blueray or work for at the very least 2 hours (office / browsing), play World of Warcraft in Ultra settings at full notebook resolution for 4 hours in a row without BSOD and with 30fps (on AC power of course).

    - Can you confirm that the M15x doesn't have the battery life?
    - Would it play Wow ultra in full resolution with 30fps? For hours on end?

    I am traveling a lot so I need a notebook that I can use in trains (15"4 is ok, I wonder if I could use a 17") and in airports. Airplane is wishful thinking except with 12" or smaller computers.

    An M11x would not seem a bad choice if I can get used to small resolution gaming.
    - Would it play Wow ultra in full resolution with 30fps? For hours on end?

    Or is it wishful thinking to think one can get a laptop with long battery life and gaming power, in which case it would make sense to buy a business laptop + a no compromise gaming laptop for vacations and such (e.g. Alienware 17" R2 / Asus G73J)?
     
    Cedricm, May 12, 2010
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  2. lordqarlyn

    lordqarlyn Global Biz Consultant

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    Based on what I read on this forum, the M11x is a good, solidly capable laptop that can do light and even moderate gaming, gets good battery life (at least 5 hours, more with good power management).

    I'm not sure if it can play a Bluray video though.

    You can stretch out the M15x's battery life, but not sure if you can get 2 hours doing what you want to do.
     
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  3. tuenkamen

    tuenkamen Notebook Deity

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    the M15x has good battery life pending on what specs you get the best batt options imho are the 620m and 5850 as these are the least energy/best performance parts for the M15x atm

    also would be better to invest in the 9 cell batt 50% more than the 6 cell
     
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    The m11x is a good little machine but as the others pointed out it doesnt have a blu-ray drive. It does handle HD video fine if you have it on the hard drive though! As for playing WoW on ultra settings on it well you'll get away with those settings outside of cities/raids but most certainly not in them!
     
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    Cedricm Notebook Consultant

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    lordqarlyn Global Biz Consultant

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    OK, I was not sure about that. Thanks for confirming...
     
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  7. Marvie100

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    The M15x will rip WoW to shreds, don't let anyone convince you otherwise, an you can put a blu-ray drive in it. The M11x doesn't have a CD drive at all.
     
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