Would the M11X be good for me?

I looked a bunch of laptops up, and it seems a bit disorienting to me...sorry that I'm a newbie...I'll post my situation instead (the one I currently plan on getting is the M11X, unless I see something better that someone points out):

I game at home a lot, but usually on consoles (don't kill me). I want a laptop that can game, but I can still bring somewhere with ease. For example, I enjoy using a laptop while waiting for another online match to load in a console game, and I will bring my laptop out occasionally. I am going to college soon, and something I could use in college would be nice. I mostly enjoy games like Gmod and other Steam games (well gmod's not exactly a game, but you get the idea) such as L4D2. I know laptops under $1000 can't (technically) play Crysis on high, but I've heard rumors of some (though I think the people I heard saying so were misinformed).

Screen Size is not the main issue, though I worry an 11.6 screen may be too small, and want someone's thoughts on it (I went to the store to check out an 11.6 screen, and couldn't find one). I also want a nice-looking laptop, hence why the M11X one is really good in my eyes. I am looking to spend $950 or under, though if there's one you guys REALLY recommend, I will raise up some more to get it (though I can't go much higher).

Sorry for making this thread tl;dr, and thanks for your help.

 

Sounds like the M11x would be a good fit. It has great battery life, the screen doesn't feel too small. I'm used to 17" laptops. Had 17" laptops for the last 3+ years. I actually really like the M11x for it's protability. It's also the first laptop that I've actually used for battery life as well. Now as far as gaming, just to show some of the gaming power, check out the *OFFICIAL* M11x Benchmark Thread . particularly post number two, where I'm tracking benchmarks. You can see that while it cant play crysis on high, it manages 30FPS on medium settings. That is with stock GPU clocks and the BIOS CPU overclocked. Also check out the **M11X Gaming Discussion Thread** Discussion there focuses on gaming that is not specifically related to benchmarking. It's a great laptop and can do anything that is needed so long as it isn't CPU intensive. One drawback is the lack of optical drive, but thumb drives pretty much solve that issue and if you need, you can get an external optical drive. Also when you get the laptop, if you find that the screen is too small, you have a 21 day return time from the date of invoice meaning the day it ships. Just call them, let them know it doesn't fit your needs. I know you've stopped in the ordering advice thread, but I recently updated it with something I never thought abotu but others brought to my attention. Be sure to get a hold of a U.S. rep when ordering if you decide to. They are much easier to haggle a few extra dollars out of. On top of that, I say do some research. Find out what is important to you and see if the M11x can handle it. I was hesitant to go to a small laptop, but you can't beat it for the portibility/power combo.

Another thing. Unless your going to be running a virtual system in your operating system, then don't go for the SU7300. The SU7300 has built in virtualization, meaning the CPU allows you to run virtual operating systems. Basically an O/S with in your native O/S. The SU4100 doesn't. As far as CPU speed, they are identical and you won't see any differance unless your doing synthetic benchmarking. That there should save you $100. If you don't really understand virtualization, then you don't need it.

Another thing, don't go more then 4GB RAM. Unless your doing some heavy multitasking, 4GB should be more then enough for gaming and normal tasks. Things like Photoshop or CAD may require larger amounts of RAM, but gaming, email, itunes, websurfing, downloading, can all be done simultaniously with 4GB so no need to spend the extra money. Win 7 Home should also be fine. No real need to upgrade to Ultimate. But you can check out what each O/S package uses and decide if you'd make use of the extra features.

Good luck with your decision.

 

Dude, I think you just solidified my decision with this one reply O.O. Nah, I'm kidding, I'll research it first. I had no idea about the return warranty, as that was the one thing I was worried about; buying something that I would regret. You have no idea how much this helps me. +1 rep to infinity.

 

Dude, just get m11x. This laptop rocks. Hard. Period.

I would say 1 thing about screen, it does feel kind of smallish when you're in Windows, and setting font size to medium (125%) looks pretty ugly, the spacings between lines are messed up, some of the dialogs you can't even fit on the screen with native resolution etc. I was also hesitant to get 11.6" screen but I got used to it. If you play games such as L4D2, I think this is also your only choice (but I damn good one luckily). I was very close to buying Alienware m15x 2 years ago but instead I decided on Dell m1330 XPS. I had so many problems with temperature; so my advice would be if you are looking for gaming laptop that is not Alienware make sure the temps stay within reasonable range (I have yet to see another laptop achieve this). m11x just blows every other laptop BIG TIME here. My current CPU idle temperature is 26 C (!); it's overclocked. And my max CPU/GPU so far was 51/58 C.

There are few small bugs, but the laptop is amazing. I called my friend back home in Europe I couldn't stop talking when I got this thing, I was so amazed it looks and feels so much better than online, at least for me. It's incredible that that the build is as good, or better, than $2k - $3k business class laptops.

Also for discounts, this forum is a gold mine. I ordered online, but had a great help from a person Cin' on the Notebook Bargains section and saved 10% ($90!) on my order.

If you decide to return it I can ask you the same question my lab boss in Germany asked me when I said I don't really drink beer: "What's wrong with you????"