Dell Outlet 25% off Alienware Laptops

I'm jealous. I can buy a rig VERY similar for 1K canadian.

Intel Core i7 920
12GB DDR3 1333Mhz Tri-Channel
crappy motherboard/no overclocking
1TB Hard Drive
1.8GB GTX260
Crappy mouse
Crappy keyboard

you got yourself a VERY, VERY, VERY good deal.

 

So that mean I will have two m15x-r2 and one m17x-r3 then.

 

It's just Dell being....Dell.

 

Your AW's are starting to breed...lol

 

Hopefully Dell doesn't pull anything funny with the orders that were placed, like cancelling them and claiming it was a "pricing error" that allowed us folks to get really good prices on the machines. Im assuming they raised the prices to compensate for the 25% off coupon but that's just..... stupid. Why give a coupon then raise prices so the coupon just lowers it back to it's original price?

 

If they cancel my order, I will be furious.

And as for raising the prices, they must have just realized that they were practically giving Alienwares away lol.

 

they are refurbished items. Meaning they could have been defective, then they were fixed. Generally when companies do this they have to sell at a great discount. Dell however is charging more for a USED product that could have been defective than they are brand new.

This is not acceptable.

 

Yea, I suppose. I was a bit suprised to get a fairly decked out M15x, minus the processor, for the price a M11x was going to run me (This M15x ended up as $1824 on the Dell site built new). I had a email today saying the credit card was declined that I paid with. So I had to call them up and authorize the payment, then contacted Dell and they said they were releasing the hold and now the order shows as In Production.... it shows a ETD of 4-27-2010 so it should be shipping Today or Tomorrow.... so hopefully everything goes through.

 

Yeh they called me too, the India girl give me a phone number that missing a digit then saying they need to confirm my orders. Thinking they plan to cancel my orders if I don't return the call I call their 1800 and confirm it. And the same girl ask me only one question "Did you place an order with Dell?" and that's it.

 

Both my m15x's has shipped, the day after ordser was placed.

about the price increase, for the same above specs, its start price is now $3500.00 .... Lucky me.

 

Yea that is one beast machine man, Grats on that. Glad to hear yours have shipped out - hopefully I can report the same sometime today!

 

both mine shipped today didn't have time to cancel one, but my buddy wants it so its all good now to have fun come the 26th, woot woot.

 

Yea I think mine would have shipped today had I not had to call my Bank and let them know the charge was indeed mine, and then get with Dell. It did move from order on hold to in production after the online chat with the Dell rep about 9:30 though so hoping mine get's on the way too.

I am a terribly impatient person when it comes to getting new toys

 

Mine just shipped today, can't wait. M15x same as yours. What's your total smackrs?

 

well the first one has a i7 720qm 3gb ram 1066mhz, a blu ray drive, gtx 260m, 1080p screen, 7 home premium all that was 1013 total.

the other one or the one I am returning or selling lol, is the same but has no blu ray but has 6gb ram 1333mhz and windows 7 professional. that was 1130 out the door

 

Man I am jealous smackrs, can't believe yours has both the I7 and a Blu-Ray drive and it was cheaper than the one I grabbed shipped! Have a feeling your gonna love that machine.

On the bright side mine is updated to shipped, I see it's coming Fed Ex, I was expecting UPS. Anyone know if I can call Fed Ex like you can with UPS and just ask them to hold it at the facility rather than attempting to deliver it, and just stop by and pick it up one day after work?

 

now im pissed, tried to pick up an adamo...found one for $850, added it to cart only to realize that the promotion was over.

 

both mine are estimated to arrive today says the tracking number woot woot. Also no fed ex will not let u pick up, I have a guy who wants to buy my other one locally for 1500, 400 profit.

 

Nice !! Hopefully I get mine this weekend.

 

they came at 9:00am on my day off, now I am up early as a crazy man, but I have my toys, Also mmmm they look sexy, but they are heavy lol. I am going to go kiss them some more now bye.

 

What's a good carrying case for the M15x.... preferrably not a backpack...

 

an alienware case of course

 

lol i hate dell uk... only has insiprons and old xps laptops for resale in outlet... where are the alienwares lol

 

Have you guys got your system yet? Does it come with any accessories? or is it just come with the power adapter and manual?

 

just the basics, manuel and adapter also we have the same specs almost what was your price mine was 1013.00

 

got my alienware aurora desktop in the mail today, 1 day ahead of schedule!

 

Mine was 1400 total. I added 1 year premium +accidental cc. I'm looking for the stupid converter for Displayport to HDMI. People say it come with one. They give me a crappy manual too, not the hard cover with logo.

 

Just got mine, it did come with a Displayport to HDMI dongle. It was the one piece that was inside my packaging that I had to look closer at to figure out what it was!

 

No way, that's *&$##^. Did yours have everything else? Hard cover manual? Cover? Maybe mousepad/alienware hat? I called customer service today, the india guy told me I have to buy one. They gonna hear from me again today about this.

 

Yea mine had the mousepad and a alienware hat, along with the leather manual. I didn't see a cover though - it may just depend on what the original buyer sends it back with? Mine was listed on the site as "Previously Ordered New" which per Dell's own terms mean the computer was never accessed to the point of going to Desktop, so maybe he never opened the stuff and sent it back and thus why I got it.

A cover would have been nice though.... I'm gonna need to get to Best Buy or somewhere this week because as of right now I have no way to carry this around protected, still don't know what sleeve/case to get either. Just want something that looks nice and will do the job, I'm not going to be taking it around all the time, just to friends places on the weekends.

 

Where did it say Previous Ordered New? Is it anywhere on the invoice? Can you copy paste all the part in your invoice for me so I know exactly what I need to ask for when I call? Thanks

 

im pretty sure the previously ordered new ones are ones that someone configured and that dell built, but was never shipped out because the customer canceled the order.

 

Yeh I know what it mean already. I just need to know if mine is the same so I can ask for the same stuffs.

 

I'll post the invoice but not sure if that will help much, scanned it and didn't see much there. I know I've seen it somewhere on Dell's site after I placed the order, but don't remember where. I know when I purchased it however it was listed as Previously Ordered New.

Quantity Item Number Description

1 VNWGJ Base,Notebook,Alienware,Black,M15X,Burn 3
1 1KYGR Module,Information,CHASSIS,Black,M15X
1 2J4FR Module,Software,Certificate Of Authenticity,W7HP64,Alienware
1 349DM Module,Dvd+/-rw,Hitachi Lg Data Storage,BARE,Alienware
1 3C3PV Module,Media,Digital Video Disk Drive,Resource Dvd,Alienware,M15X
1 6WPVF Module,Information,Artwork,NAME-PLT,Generic,M15X
1 717NT Module,Software,Alienware,COMMANDCENTER,M15X
1 7X54D Module,Information,Audio,M15X
1 8FHFY Module,Software,STEAM
1 8P085 Module,Cord,Power,110V,3W\3P,Asia Pacific,United States
1 CP1VF Module,Software,W7HP64 Consumer Desktop,English Dao/bcc
1 D00MD MOD,CRD,GRPHC,GTX,260M
1 D282K Module,Software,Data Safe Basic,2.0
1 D9KVP Module,Software,Quick Fix Engineering,W7HB32,Consumer Notebook
1 FF04M Module,Label,Intel,Notebook,CI3
1 H608T MOD,HD,500G,7.2K,SGT-HOLL,XLOB
1 HHXJ8 MOD,LCD,15.6FHD,TLF,LGP,M15X
1 J688F Module,Dual In-line Memory Module,6GB,1066MHZ,DDR3
1 J8069 Information,PRE-BUILT,NEW EQUIPMENT
1 JY579 Module,Information,Software, Alienware,ALIENFX,Blue
1 JY638 Module,Software,Alienware,AVATAR6
1 K467P Module,Adapter,Alternating Current,Delta - Ac Adapt,150W,3P,World Wide
1 KP695 Module,Software,Alienware WALLPAPER,AW4
1 M647N Module,Keyboard,83,United States,World Wide,M15X
1 MVF7Y Module,Card,Network,DW1520,Alienware,United States
1 N967R MOD,BTRY,PRI,85WHR,9C,DYNPK
1 NT799 Module,Information,Alienware,AUTO-UPDATES,ON
1 P349J Module,Software,Adobe,Reader 9.0,Multi-language
1 P395P Module,Software,CYBERLINK Powerdvd,8.0,Alienware
1 P398P Module,Software,NERO,9 Alienware
1 P811N MODULE,INFORMATION,DIRECTSHIP,FLEXTRONICS
1 R5FTG MOD-SRV,SW,ANW,M15X
1 R73V3 MOD,CRD,NTWK,370,FXCN,ANW,DAO
1 T968P MOD,SHP MTL,PACK,M15X
1 X582K MOD,ACC,ANW,ENG,D/B,M15X
1 XM544 Module,Software,PC-RESTORE Transactional Line Of Business
1 Y2FYM Module,Software,W7HP64,Digital Video Disk Drive,Multi-Language,Alienware
1 Y540P Module,Software,Alienware CYBERLINK,YOUCAM
1 YC8XT Module,Tuner,Software,TVT11 NTSC,Advanced Television System Committee
1 YP60J Module,Processor,Arrandale,I3-330M,2.13,M15X
1 988-7347 No Warranty beyond 1 year
1 905-3017 Dell Limited Hardware Warranty Plus At-Home Service, Initial Year
1 990-8029 1 Year Limited Warranty and Next Business Day,Desktop
1 906-0700 In-Home Service after Remote Diagnosis , Initial Year
1 421-1721 Soft Contracts,Banktec Care,Alienware
1 994-3730 Warranty Support,Initial Year
1 3E476 Information,Equipment

 

not bad but i3 ouch a little pricey, yea only the orderned new ones get hat and crap, but who cares guys, its a hat.

 

Oh that's secondary for me, I want the HDMI dongle. I used my HDTV as a monitor and to watch movie. So I'm mad that I have to buy one when they should shipped with one since it only come with DisplayPort. Thanks for posting the info

 

Call AW tech support and get them to send you one for free.

 

Eh, the system as is runs about $1850 on the website if you build it new. I wasn't a huge fan of the processor but I will buy a I7 720QM within a month or two and throw it in there, and blu-ray isn't something I need on the go. Woulda been nice, I had been looking at the M11x and when this one came up on the outlet I thought hey, here is something with all the upgrades I want but one.... and it's at a price almost half what it costs on the website, and is barely any more expensive than a bare bottom M11x.... and just went with it =p

 

i guess I was really hunting for mine that night, thats probley why I got such a steal for 1000. but yea call aw they will give u that dongle

 

I got my Beast today in my sig. under 2K !!! I love how portable the m15x is vs. the m17x, and I am sooo juiced that I got mine MAXXED OUT and under 2K !!!!!!!!!!!

 

Wow man how did you get a 920xm, the 5870, and a 256GB SSD for under 2k? I mean.... the SSD alone has to be around $500, the 920XM $700-800 is a great price, and $400 for the GPU!? That's awesome though man - your rig is a pure beast.

Man I thought I got a really good deal when I got my comp but now I'm starting to think I didn't do as well as I thought heh.

 

Man I'm jealous. How ?? how??

After a long battle with the "support specialist", they agreed to send me the dongle but not a manual cuz they need to save the trees and I can download it online such dumb reason.

Oh well, quick question, is 4 years of premium + accidental warranty worth $650 dollars?

 

I actually got the GPU from Babyhemi for 439.00 , besides that the config that I got was " Scratch & Dent " , that is why it was sooooo cheap. It's not the look that counts, it's the personality.

@kevintech

I never buy warranty unless it's a replacement warranty... I fix my own laptop when it breaks.

 

I wish I had that much money to blow it sounds nice. though I can't do scratch and dent, I am too anal lol.

Also thats pricey for a warranty also fixing laptops can be tricky however alienwares make it easy.

 

The premium +accidental is pretty awesome, I had it on my XPS for four years. They have replace/upgrade it for me every year with very little questions. The accidental is for replacement with spill, surge and drop and I seem to "spill/drop" every year. Also it's equal or better for the replacement. I'm think Alienware should be the same with XPS. What do you guy think? Is it worth the price $650?

 

$650 is more than I would spend on a warranty, simply because that's about 70% of what the laptop itself ran me. I could see maybe 2 years of care, but what I've learned about myself is if I buy something expecting 4 years of use out of it, I usually have it for 2 then get the urge to upgrade, I would say spending $200-300 on a warranty that you feel would be worth it is a good idea, but $650 just seems to be getting really, really expensive.

Quick question, albeit a stupid one - what do you guys think of this case for the laptop for transportation? I would get a Alienware bag or backpack, but that's asking for someone to try to steal it if given the chance almost. I thought I had read some people here on the forums who had this and really liked it but not sure:

Amazon.com: Targus Classic Clamshell Notebook Case: Clothing

 

It seem nice. Kinda thin though, not alot of pad. It could be the pictures doesn't do it justice. I had my Alienware backpack for 4-5 years now, you just have to remember to lock your car doors or leave it in the trunk. However, I have heard alot of people got their laptop stolen in my area lately. I take it out when I get out of the car or put it in my trunk plus LoJack hehe.

 

Ha yea I don't blame you. I would be furious if someone stole my laptop. A friend of mine who lives in about the same area works for Comcast and recently had his van broken into so the idiots could take his GPS. There are just so many shady people out there.

I'm also thinking of getting the Orochi mouse, but am at work currently and last night didn't get a chance to look into how you set up the bluetooth with the M15x. Is there just a application you run so it detects the mosue, or how do you get that set up? (Never really used Bluetooth much except for my phone.)

 

You should see a Bluetooth icon on your system tray by the clock or Bluetooth Configuration in control panel. My work laptop blocked it but from there you should be able to put your M15x's Bluetooth in discovery mode. It will find all Bluetooth device within the area. Make sure the orochi set to be discoverable/broadcasting. It pretty much self explanatory from there on.

 

Thanks, figured it was something simple. Can you configure more than one device at a time or is it semi-limiting? Would like to get a Bluetooth Headset as well for gaming/listening to Music and have that and the Mouse be active at the same time. Plus being it only has 2 USB ports it kinda frees those up. Appreciate all the help Kevin.