The Official m15x Owners Lounge

*Fingers & Toes Crossed*
You'll get it and all this wait will seem like nothin !! Well at least that's what I've heard
All the best Gamblor !!

 

Cheers Shamneo. The shipping date says 17/3, but ill believe that when i see it sitting on my desk! Like Gamblor77 i spend many days/nights/weeks/months at sea, so i need something like this to keep my sanity!

 

i know what you guys go through.. i'm in the merchant navy and being confined to a ship for months at a time is making me crazy.. that's why i know having a super-expensive and over the top laptop is worth it. months will fly by in no time. oh btw, that shipping date of yours, that's awesome.. less than a month?? do you guys down there have an alienware website too? i have to say that 17th of march is very hard to believe but hey.. some have gotten their m15x in 2 weeks. let's hope you're one of the lucky few..

 

Yeah, we have a website down here. I think the Laptop is built here, so it doesn't have to be shipped to far. I'm hoping its less than a month aswell! I work on the rigs around S.E. Asia, so sometimes theres nothing to do for weeks on end. Yeah,

 

For those who know, do you realize the benefits of the SoundBlaster card only if it's hooked up to external speakers or headphones?

 

Wow where do you work on a ship? Just curious.

 

LOL sorry to dissapoint but I was only joking about the sea thing. I tend to joke around a lot. I live in Calgary so there aren't any ships for hundreds of miles.
The "lonely nights at sea" line was actually just an obscure Simpsons quote, I guess I was just being a dork.
I was just trying to explain how insane I'm going waiting for the frikin thing, 44 DAYS!!. I mean, COME ON!!!
For those of you who actually ARE on ships right now, I can't even imagine how bad the wait is for you. I feel your pain! lol.

P.S - I still haven't received a shipping confirmation or number yet, if I hear from them today I'll post back.

cheers.
Gamblor.

 

i knew you where joking, i got the reference .

 

OK, Phase 6 this morning!!!

Looking good to be shipped by Friday!!!

SWEET!

 

Good luck, mine's been in Phase 6 for a solid week......

 

Great news Rant !
Hope to see you cheering come Monday morn.. Hehe
Oh and I must say.. We shall require a review, video of various games, Crysis benchmarks, numerous pictures, zone lighting coupled with applications, webcam testing, some doughnuts and.. umm.. anything else you can give us online
The more the merrier eh ? Hehe

An advance congrats

 

i was 5 for 4 days, then 7 and then 6. She told me they are going to be doing alot of testing since its the first ones with the penryn. like 4 days of testing.

 

maguai, when did they estimate they would be shipping yours? My penryn should be shipping by the end of this week apparently.

 

i just leveled up

Phase 6: (Production Phase 2 - Integration)
This stage includes the installation of the operating system, drivers and any applications that are specific to the system you ordered. Our Alienware Integration Technician will also install any demos, benchmark utilities, and burn-in software necessary to correctly monitor your system’s performance. These functions are performed by AlienFactory, a proprietary software designed by Alienware for our valued customers. This is also the first stage of the Alienware 200-Point Quality Control Process.

 

mine just shipped!! yahyah. got a tracking #!

 

Could you tell me when you got to Phase 8 please? Mine went to phase 8 yesterday morning and I still haven't received confirmation. I'm starting to think its a giant conspiracy to drive me mental. :confused2:

 

I never went to 8. I went from 7 to 6 on friday I think and then I went to shipping.

 

grats maguai!!!!! When you ordered your notebook when did they say the estimated ship date was? Was that date somewhat accurate to when you got it?

 

Well mine was a little different because I ordered it from the corporate department, so I actually had people that knew what they were talking about... The same people everytime. I am almost positive my ship was end of Feb so that is pretty much right on.

 

you guys are making me so jealous >.<!! I think I might just have to go with the silver.

 

Guys, just ordered the monster :
Display: 15.4" WideXGA+ 1440 x 900 LCD (720p) with Clearview Technology
System Lighting: Alienware® AlienFX® System Lighting - White
Video/Graphics Card: 512MB NVIDIA® GeForce® 8700M GT
Processor: Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T9300 2.5GHz (6MB Cache 800MHz FSB)
Memory: 2GB Dual Channel DDR2 SO-DIMM at 667MHz – 2 x 1024MB
Operating System (Office software not included): Windows Vista® Ultimate
Notebook Tuners and Remotes: Without Media Center Remote Control or TV Tuner
System Drive: 200GB 7200RPM (16MB Cache)
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
Warranty: 1-Year AlienCare Toll-Free 24/7 Phone Support w/ Onsite Service
AlienRespawn: AlienRespawn v2.0 Recovery DVD – Windows Vista® Edition
Security Software: McAfee® VirusScan Plus – 36-Month Subscription Factory Installed!
Port Adapters: HDMI to DVI-D Adapter
Alienware Extras: Alienware® Mesh Cap
Alienware Extras: Alienware® Mousepad
Alienware Extras: Alienware® Mobile Binder
Alienware Extras: Alienware® Personalized Nameplate
Alienware Extras: Owner Identification Card
Alienware Extras: Area-51® m15x Protective Cloth Sleeve
Alienware Extras: Area-51® m15x Keyboard Diagram Overlay
Alienware Extras: Area-51® m15x Smooth Mylar Touchpad
Avatar: Alienhead 3D
Window Style: Default Window Style
Mouse Pointers: Standard Mouse Pointers
Power Plan: Standard Power Plan
Automatic Updates: Automatic Updates On
Time Zones: (GMT - 5.00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

 

hehe. come.. come join the dark.. i mean, the silver side...

 

yeah, I was also waiting for black ripley. Having silver I think is pretty good and actually probably the better choice for me since I use all-white light. All-white light on the black computer wouldn't look very good, however if you got a solid colour (e.g. all red) then that would probably be better in black.

really though, either way, you can't go wrong

 

nice config. Are you not a hardcore games? I'm just wondering cause I see you got the 8700GT

 

Nope not a hardcore gamer, just need it for 'normal' (non-Crysis) games ( Play World IN Conflict) also for Photoshop and Maya with Motion Builder since im not a Mac Fan and Alienware FTW!! i was suppose to order the m9750 but the M15x looks cooler and has a faster processor with great battery life (for a gaming laptop)

 

DAMN! Well it looks like I'll be sitting at Phase 8 till at least tomorrow, making it day 45. Maybe I should start communicating with them through messages in a bottle? Maybe then they'll understand the urgency.

BTW here is my config if it ever arrives (In hindsight I probably shouldn't have gone with the 4 gigs of RAM or a few other things cause I could buy it for 1/3 price somewhere else but what can ya do?). I went all out.

Display: 15.4" WideXGA+ 1440 x 900 LCD (720p) with Clearview Technology
System Lighting: Alienware® AlienFX® System Lighting - Blue
Video/Graphics Card: 512MB Nvidia® GeForce™ Go 8800M GTX
Processor: Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T7700 2.4GHz (4MB Cache 800MHz FSB)
Memory: 4GB Dual Channel DDR2 SO-DIMM at 667MHz – 2 x 2048MB
Turbo Cache Memory: Intel® Turbo Memory (1GB) – Accelerate Data Transfer Speed
Operating System (Office software not included): Windows Vista® Ultimate
System Drive: 200GB 7200RPM (16MB Cache)
Smart Bay: 200GB 7200RPM (16MB Cache) Smart Bay
Optical Drives: 8X Dual Layer CD-RW/DVD±RW Burner
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
Mobile Essentials: Alienware® 6-cell Smart Bay Additional Battery

 

Shipped! Can't wait!!!

 

sweet!!! Let us know when you do get it.

 

Lol! hang up in there Laxis... dont let us (the black side people) alone!... I can smell it in the air... the black case its just around the corner!

 

I think the silver casing looks slick

 

agreed i mean come on, check out this avatar pic ..
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idk... i like the black/acid green look. Or black and ice blue. Matches my mouse.

 

Yes indeedy.. Black + Green, Black + Blue, Black + Red, Black + *Insert colour* = Uber cool in my books !! Hehe..
I'd love for it to match my phone too, Sony Ericsson W850i.. Guess which colour.. Black and Orange
Plus the AW head and screen light tube would look better too.. Check out tht photobucket video of the laptop in the dark.. http://s269.photobucket.com/albums/j...t=MOV00064.flv
Looks like a black AW with it's lights on.. Awe and then some !!

 

I'm with you but when, when does this damn black ripley come out!?

btw, in europe you have to wait over a month to receive one of this notebook! pretty much! what do you think?

 

Is that including all the phases or after shipping ?
Right now the estimated shipping date in US is 26th March.. Almost a month..

 

here it is 27-28 march, shipping estimation date, it does not include the time of the ship.

shipping date is so from about 2 weeks. principal factors are screens, not available for other 15 days

 

I posted in this in the m15x general questions thread, I'll post it here too:

Hey guys, could an m15x owner with an 8800 do me a favor? One of the games I'm looking forward to is Age of Conan so I am curious as to how the laptop would run it. Would one of you mind running the test here for the game? Thanks!!!

http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/referrer/srtest

 

Which screen did you opt for ? 1440 or 1900 ?
Well I'd recommend you look to the light at the end of the tunnel - The light source being the AlienwareFX of course

 

Lol, I know silver looks good, but the black one (for me) looks fantastic!

http://www.engadget.com/photos/hands-on-with-alienwares-area-51-m15x-and-m17x-laptops-2/498282/

 

I've not bought it yet I can't now. but I have time to decide! as alienFX said.. the black one is fantastic!

I should opt for the 1920x1200. I prefer matte screens, absinthe told that it is fantastic, and it fits better for my needings!

in europe you cannot not to choose the alienFX illuminated keyboard! so, of course I will take it no doubt! it's very cool

 

The colors might not be as bright but you won't have to worry about a lot of glare and reflections on the screen.

 

matte is not reflective! more professional in my opinion!

glossy has more brilliant colour, but it is more reflective.

absinthe told that the 1920 is a good screen, good colours & contrast. for me it's the best choice

 

oh, ok (whew...)

 

Performance will suffer a bit though, right?

 

Honestly, the screen is perfectly bright enough, I have a viao with a sony xbrite lcd screen. I like the matte much, much better, It is like my lcd television.

 

I don't think so.

only in games at native res! but as far as I know a GPU like an 8800GTX run very well @ high res, with AAx AFx! so in many games (not crysis) you will be able to run native res smoother! you will lost very few fps from a 1440 screen.

but if you are mostly a gamer, take the 1440 definetly

 

what if i've got (well i dont have it yet... phase 8 as of today though!) the 1200p screen but choose to play games at the lower screen res? will i get the same fps as someone who has that screen natively or will i lose out on a couple fps? should i just stick to my own native res of 1920x1200?

 

oh for sure you'll get the same FPS, but the quality of image won't compare with someone who's running natively at 1440x900. Since the screen is higer-res, if you ran at 1440x900 on the 1200p screen (or whatever res it would be, something similar) you will see the jagged edges you get when you play at below-native resolutions. Things always look best on a screen's native resolution, whatever that native resolution may be

 

I called AW today to get some support about my gpu downclocking itself while gaming and a dead pixel I had on my screen. I ended up having to send it back to their factory. I got my fedex label but I'm not sure how that work I guess I have to go drop it in a fedex ship point they wont come take it at my door right?