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    So good, so far.

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by Amplyfied Noize, Sep 24, 2008.

  1. Amplyfied Noize

    Amplyfied Noize Notebook Enthusiast

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    Ordered 8/14/08
    Delivered 9/24/08

    1] Area-51® m15x
    Design & Display: Silver Skullcap Design
    Display: 15.4" WideXGA+ 1440 x 900 LCD (720p) with Clearview Technology
    System Lighting: Alienware® AlienFX® System Lighting - Blue
    Video/Graphics Card: NVIDIA® GeForce® Series - 512MB NVIDIA® GeForce® 8800M GTX
    Processor: Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T8300 2.4GHz (3MB Cache 800MHz FSB)
    Operating System (Office software not included): Windows Vista® Home Premium with Service Pack 1
    Memory: 1GB Dual Channel DDR2 SO-DIMM at 667MHz – 2 x 512MB
    System Drive: 120GB 7,200RPM (8MB Cache) w/ Free Fall Protection
    Optical Drives : 8x Dual Layer Burner (DVD±RW, CD-RW)
    Wireless: Internal Intel® Wireless 4965 a/b/g/Draft-N Mini-Card
    Sound Card : Internal High-Definition Audio with surround sound
    Keyboard Options: AlienFX® Illuminated Keyboard – Exclusive Design

    Booted initially on the 1gb and ran thru the windows stuff then installed 4gb (2x2gb) Crucial 200 pin SODIMM DDR2 PC2-5300 Kit No. ct2kit25664ac667.000 thanks again Findvikas. Vista does recognize all 4gb even if it may not utilize. Haven't really looked to far into it at this point.

    My first reaction was how exquisitely simple the exterior design is. Very attractive machine. I can see already that it's a bit of a dust and fingerprint magnet and I have only had it for a few hours.

    My second reaction was the flimsy feeling of the screen. It does "wobble" a bit. Nothing drastic. I hope it lasts. Probably the only con I can see so far with this machine.

    I'm pretty happy even if it did take a few weeks longer to deliver than anticipated.
     
    Amplyfied Noize, Sep 24, 2008
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  2. findvikas

    findvikas Notebook Deity

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    Best of luck... you might want to have this screen protector
    It fits brilliantly on the LCD screen and avoids any dust or fingerprints, and very cheap...
     
    findvikas, Sep 24, 2008
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    Napbree Notebook Evangelist

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    Good to hear :)
     
    Napbree, Sep 24, 2008
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  4. Ennea

    Ennea wwwwww

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    Grats on your m15x!
     
    Ennea, Sep 24, 2008
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  5. otaku

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    congrats man hopefully it will be problem free (doubtful) either way hopefully you'll enjoy. Mine has its issues but I still love it
     
    otaku, Sep 24, 2008
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