m15x arrived!! ..but im on the other side of the planet :(

Hi guys....I ordered my m15x on July 2...it was shipped on the 9th and delivered on the 12th...Thats really fast..thanks a lot AW. Furthermore I would like to specially thank the AW reps on this forum, namely AW James.

Here are the specs:

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: 512MB NVIDIA® GeForce® 8800M GTX
Processor: Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T9500 2.6GHz (6MB Cache 800MHz FSB)
Operating System (Office software not included): Windows Vista® Ultimate with Service Pack 1
Notebook Tuners and Remotes: With Express Card Media Center Remote Control
Memory: 4GB Dual Channel DDR2 SO-DIMM at 667MHz – 2 x 2048MB
Turbo Cache Memory: Intel® Turbo Memory (1GB) – Accelerate Data Transfer Speed
Available on Windows Vista Only!
System Drive: Solid State Drive Bundle: Internal + Removable Smart Bay Storage!
64GB Solid State Drive + 120GB 7,200RPM (8MB Cache) Smart Bay w/ Free Fall Protection
Optical Drives : 8x Dual Layer Burner (DVD±RW, CD-RW) w/ LightScribe Technology - View Demo
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
Mobile Essentials: Alienware® Orion Backpack

It was delivered in my house in Chicago...but im in India right now! and i wont be there till the END of this month!!! thats like 17 more days..torture...

So thats it..i give Alienware a 10/10 for feedback and customer service...

When i do reach there, I will make an unboxing video and a full review with many pictures and videos..guys please tell me from now what all you would like me to include in the review and test out on the laptop....so i can get eveything together ya...thanks!


Yemo

 

Congrats on your m15x

Will be looking forward to your review. Hope it'll be worth that 17 day wait

 

Congrats! Mines arrived yesterday and I spent a good 2 hours and a half writing my review which I will post here once I upload my videos and pictures from my digicam. I love my m15x!

EDIT: The Orion Backpack is BIG! I absolutely love it though.

 

hi ben... congrats to you too! i hope yours does not have any of the problems that users of this forum had?? looking forward to your review mate...

 

My guesses that ur are American.

Big is beautifull and A lot is nice

 

guys please let me know what all you want included in my review...

 

since you are one of the only people with the 2.6 ghz processor can you see if you get downclocking as bad as the people with the extreme processor.

 

definetely exiled...that will be one of the main things i test out..i will PM you even before i write the review if you want..

 

hehe i kinda know how you feel im sitting in pakistan right now and my m17x should arrive this friday and Im just lucky my mom is coming back the next day cant wait this week is crazy torture enough for me i dont know how your lasting 17 days bro well enjoy the m15x ill prolly be making an unboxing aswell for the m17x since i dont see alot of em around and also a personal review of the system which there are none of aswell

 

you dont have to pm me . just put it in the review. im just curious about it .

 

I've been hearing so many horror stories about how long building/shipping takes that it's a relief to hear of someone getting theirs in a week.

 

the m15x actually doesnt take that long to build now. back in the begining there was a lot of shortages on parts. it took about 2 months to build a m15x. now its way faster. im guessing the m17x will start getting faster soon since its just a repeat of what happened with the m15x. i had to wait 1 month and a half for my m15x to start building since i also one of the earlier owners.

 

I think they learnt there lesson from the m15x because i ordered my m17x on the 9th of july and im on phase 6 atm and it should be shipped out tuesday or wednesday so i think they are handling the m17x a bit better then they did with the m15x

 

Haha, you guys are lucky. I purchased mine in June and I'm still waiting for it to arrive. No harsh feelings though, I'd rather have them do a good job on it than give me one that's of bad quality.

 

perhaps you had some parts on back order?

 

Yemo Im on the opposite boat as you! I got my m15x, now Im going to India, but I have to leave it behind Oh man this will be torture. Oh well, atleast Im going to India!

 

Yeah, you're right. I do have some parts on back order.

 

lol! how is your m15x? btw are you an indian?

 

@ bhattsan - Why do you have to leave the m15x back in the US ?
Gosh.. I live in Bangalore and it would've been cool if you were coming here.. with the m15x

You're Indian too Yemo ?

 

Yes i am...i live in Kolkata

 

Ahh.. Far far away
Oh well.. Guess I'll have to see one when I get my own

Hope the next 16 days go by real quick for ya Yemo !!
L8rs

 

Hey bro, got similar specs on mine, it arrived in Norway while I was 15 days away in Australia.

Anyways I got the Vista with 64 gig SSD drive too. damn Vista eats up 30 gigs bro. don't expect to have much space left over after installing 2x 8 gig ram. you'll have like 10 gigs left. but its fast as hell and beautiful and I wouldn't trade it for the world.

enjoy it

Sam

 

wow..30 gigs is a lot..so did you also get a smart bay hdd?

 

thers no other option

 

Nope but I will. Although the smart bay hdd can't be good for storing or instaling games as the cd/dvd needs to be in the drive when using it.

I'll order one to keep other files on though as some point.

Sambuka

 

If you use direct 2 drive and other companys that have the same setup so I dont use cds. All you have to do is download the game. So dvd and cdrw. I say woopie.

For smart bay they are useless untel they are holding more room.

For the people who go bla bla bla on me. They are the ones that are shooting there own foot for the cost of the drive.

 

Or you could use Daemon tools lite, create an ISO and boot from that, install the game from a usb CD drive the once... no disc needed then...

BUt, i agree with you, i'm going to use the 500Gb smart-bay drive for media, iTunes etc.

OB

 

what phase is ur 17x at mate? ..all my games.. i have on my hdd on my pc currently..but none of them need a cd to run/install..i just make an image first and then keep that..whenever i want to reinstall the game i just use the image..

 

i just play games like Halo and CS...i dont need more than 10 GB for my games..well i have a 120 GB smart bay which i plan to use for backups and my 3D/Photoshop stuff and some games too which dont need CDs..

 

Yup, that's what i'm going to do, unless i download them from Valve etc.

I'm at Phase 4... Not sure how quickly the process works but, i ordered mine last Friday so only this week from start of order to now... seems quite quick so far from phase 1 to 4...

I'm only going to remove the smart-bay HDd for watching DVD's/Blu-ray's lol

OB

 

Please keep on-topic in here, thanks.