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    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by fitzpatr, Sep 24, 2009.

  1. fitzpatr

    fitzpatr Notebook Enthusiast

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    I spoke to Dell customer inquiries yesterday about the m15x. The summary is this:

    Both screens are glossy
    No bay for a 2nd Hard Drive
    Battery life on normal use (GT 240m card I assume, probably 9-cell battery as well): 4-5hrs
     
    fitzpatr, Sep 24, 2009
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    sleey0 R.I.P. AW Side Topics

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    They lie about the battery life.

    I don't think stealth mode will come near 4 hours.
     
    sleey0, Sep 24, 2009
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    cashflow2 Notebook Consultant

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    Fraud is illegal, if they did that, they would be sued.
     
    cashflow2, Sep 24, 2009
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    cookinwitdiesel Retired Bencher

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    that battery life is a wet dream, even with the GTS 240m over the GTX 260m

    We already knew there is only 1 HDD bay (the price of all that amazing cooling hardware)

    E2E screens are always going to be glossy.....
     
    cookinwitdiesel, Sep 24, 2009
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    cookinwitdiesel Retired Bencher

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    if they can get it to happen once they can advertise it. Probably did it on a super stripped down machine spec wise (4200 rpm HDD, downclocked CPU, 1 stick ram, etc)
     
    cookinwitdiesel, Sep 24, 2009
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    Lithus NBR Janitor

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    Fraud is only illegal if it can be proved as fraud.

    I'm sure if you took the m15x, dimmed the brightness to as low as possible, turned off wifi/bluetooth, used no USB attachments, and opened Microsoft word and repeatedly typed the letter "a", that the laptop would last what Dell states it will.
     
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    Alien_M4v3r1kk Notebook Evangelist

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    How little you know.
     
    Alien_M4v3r1kk, Sep 24, 2009
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