video on my m17x

well i know this isnt as good as a review but here is a video i made on my m17x and other stuff i got with it. well my mom brought this back from america to Pakistan and the box was too big to bring in the suitcase so she left the box -_- i know but its as good a unboxing as i could do... and since i got it my internet has been weird so i kinda spiced up the video

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EDIT: just added a new video with AC and CoD4 playing on my m17x just a few clips with Fraps hope you like it

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dang my m17x seem to boot up faster. I have the 320gb hard drive as a boot up drive. But cool video. but mine boots up in like 50 sec.

But the fact is I did a clean install also.

 

yea and that was my very first boot up straight from the factory after finishing the windows install( making the username and etc.) i have changed a few options and it boots up much faster now

 

Did you just install Vista or use the Alienware re-spawn option?

I can'v view the video, it's blocked from work grr argh!!!

I'll watch it when i can though

OB

 

umm the video has the vista that it came with but i will be doing a fresh install very soon just gotta get my setup all fixed that table was removed because the whole room is being changed up so once i get a proper desk and properly setup again then ill be setting up completly

EDIT: just timed my laptop and it was 83 seconds from start to finish

 

i get similar times with my m15x, about 47 seconds. i've got a 7200rpm drive, so that should make a difference right?

 

actually bigger hard drivers are faster due to platter density. the 320 should be faster than your 160.

 

yeah but if it's a 5400rpm drive, that might negate the density advantage..

 

Wow, that's a really nice video. It reminds how much the black m15x is going to own! Enjoy your m17x!

 

That looks great!
I can't wait for mine

 

thanks alot guys and i love my m17x soo nice to have a good computer again i had a crappy AMD system with 8600 GTS desktop before this and feels so nice not to worry about graphical limitations and i can play oblivion again with good quality

 

you should see the desktop i was on. before i got the m15x i was using a desktop with a ati radeon x800, 1 gig of ddr1 ram, and a 3.0 ghz Petnium 4. to give you an idea of how weak it is, 3dmark 06 gives me 1,600 something. using the m15x made such a world of difference .

 

lol the m17x is like 124324234 better than our m15x laptops, stop kidding yourselfs.

 

Actually no, I had a chance to replace my m15x with the m17x, but instead I ended up returning the m17x. It's true that it has a better build quality, but the m15x has some advantages over the m17x (which I care about). First, it's thinner and smaller (at least it fits easily in my bag). Second, It has a great battery life (I get up to 3 hours on a 6-cell while the m17x can't even get 2 hours with a 12-cell). Third, Binary GFX. And Finally, it's the most flexible 15-inch notebook on the planet (Smart bay is a smart feature ).

In the end the m15x and the m17x are way too different systems. Each system has its advantages and disadvantages; you pick the one depending on your needs. The m17x is more powerful because of dual graphics and has dual hard drives in RAID configuration (that makes it faster too); that makes it a better gaming machine. On the other side the m15x has all what I said above; which in my opinion makes it a better "All In One" machine.

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Thanks for the great video man! Hope you enjoy your m17x omaryunus

 

oh i definitely am enjoying it well i cant seem to find crysis anywhere here so i cant run that but i will be running oblivion, HL2, command and conquer 3 and bioshock. hopefully should have the video up by the end of the week. thanks for all the feedback guys

 

How does Oblivion play on full everything?

I'm going to play using The Oblivion Texture Overhaul

Glad you're liking your beast...

OB

 

ill play oblivion with Texture overhaul and ill let you know how it plays on SLI 8700GT

right now im just installing games and stuff

 

i can beat that without breaking a sweat. 3ghz Pentium 4, 512mb DDR1 RAM, ATI Radeon x300, 80gig HDD. never ran 3dmark on it because i probably wouldn't have been able to handle the shame...

the difference between it and my m15x is, to say the least, profound.

 

haha yea i can imagine my system before i built the temporary system i just made (the crappy AMD system ) was pretty much the same but with integrated graphics so that was no fun at all

 

Don't crap on AMD...it's got SOMETHING going for it...kind of. Yeah...along with everyone CONGRATS! I got an m15x.

 

wow, just wow.

my current desktop is a Core2 Duo at 1.8Ghz, 4GB RAM (recently upgraded from 1), and an XFX Geforce 8600 GT...

before that... My "Gaming Rig" was...

Abit KR7A-133RAID
AMD Athlon XP 1800+ (1.53Ghz)
512 MB DDR1 RAM (at 266Mhz)
ATI Radeon 9000 Pro (I believe it had 64MB)
2x8GB 5400RPM drives in RAID 0 (mounted as C:/Program Files)
60GB HDD for C:
80GB HDD for extra storage (Labelled "big" heh)
Sound Blaster Live! 5.1 Value with the Optical I/O card (to digitally link my system to my sound system, a 5.1 Surround sound JVC unit, total output: 600Watts)

Yeah... that system ROCKED!

... 6 years ago.

 

haha well its even worse when you have a top of the line and then ihad to start using the (yes crappy amd even though its AM2 not even close to my Q6600 @ 3.2 ) I had a 9800GX2 X38 board loved that system it was all watercooled but could not bring it along with me when i came to pakistan and they have nothing like that here could not even rebuild it even though i have the money

 

that sucks... on my "Gaming Rig" Above I had bought a 3rd party Radeon 9600 Pro card (this was when ATI was first starting to let 3rd party vendors build cards), and after about 6 months, it died. going from a 9600 to a 9000 kinda sucked balls.

nothing like what you're going through though.

 

added a new video clip in the Original post hope you like

 

thanks for sharing that video. i remember that capt mcmillan mission. it was the hardest one to beat on veteran. i had to hide in a shack and then carry him and run for my life. took me like 2 hours of constant trying to get it.

 

Haha yea thats a great mission i really didnt like CoD but then i was making the video for ppl and i got hooked finished the game

 

omaryunus,
Nice vid! Thumbs!
Is the messenger bag big enough for the M17x and the power brick?

 

tbh havent tried it out yet but i believe so there is a seperate compartment for the m17x andall your other equipment i am pretty sure there is enough space and it looks really good

 

hope your new system keeps you happy till the next one

 

Hahaha. Well, it looks amazing. The video quality must be excellent. A online video never does it true justice though.

 

The bag only looks good if it works. So... Does it?

 

1min 28sec startup dang thats slow my m15x will startup in 20 secs on xp

 

I sent a line to alienware asking them if the m17x and the power brick both fit in the messenger bag. Should have an answer soon.

I heard that they don't fit in the hardshell briefcase though.

 

I would like to know if they fit both fit in the alienware backpack. Guess I'll email them when I get around to it.

 

Everything (brick laptop and all) fit perfectly into the Orion Backpack. I know from experience. I can't say for the messenger bag though.

 

Just got the messenger bag yesterday, and it fits really snug. A power brick, mouse, external hard drive will also fit. It's a really nice bag.

If you check out my review page I posted a bunch of messengerbag pictures.