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    Alienware Area-51 m17x Performance and Benchmarks

    Discussion in 'Notebook News and Reviews' started by srdhkl, Oct 21, 2008.

  1. srdhkl

    srdhkl Notebook Evangelist NBR Reviewer

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    srdhkl, Oct 21, 2008
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    faideela Notebook Enthusiast

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    wow, a QX9300 in the Toshiba... nice
    I wonder what SSD it has.
     
    faideela, Oct 21, 2008
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    Wow gateways have come a long way a very long way. Kudos to Gateway.
     
    Sahin, Oct 21, 2008
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  4. Vizel

    Vizel Notebook Consultant

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    for 949 that's a rip off. Maybe the 999 one with the 3650, however ;)
     
    Vizel, Oct 22, 2008
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  5. anarky321

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    what do they mean by 'glass borderless display'? it still has a bezel...
     
    anarky321, Oct 22, 2008
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  6. cotolay

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    man that tosh is so ugly.
     
    cotolay, Oct 22, 2008
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    It means there is no height leverage between screen and bezel, creating a smooth effect.
     
    plasma., Oct 22, 2008
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    Wow talk about being slapped repeatedly with the ugly stick and at $4000+ pass...note to Toshiba hire a design engineer that has some sense of aesthetics.
     
    NGH, Oct 22, 2008
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    i really like the look of the keypad, the rest is a bit blurgh!
     
    Jackyb, Oct 22, 2008
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    Whoa that toshiba almost has the same specs as the M17 Alienware. If not better.
     
    araharja, Oct 22, 2008
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    How wonderful , I didn't know the US economy is up and running ? or does Toshiba counting on the stimulus pack ?
     
    gilo, Oct 22, 2008
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  12. yuio

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    yah, I can see them sell MILLIONS of these! lol

    netbooks are going to be the ones being sold for the next year or so.
     
    yuio, Oct 22, 2008
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    It seems like Eee PC gave up on being Eee PC.. with that price tag.
     
    visiom88, Oct 22, 2008
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  14. Apollo13

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    Yeah, the $949 isn't that good of a deal, but the $999 one isn't bad. But when the 7831 has a 2.26 GHz Core 2 and 9800 GTS, they still don't come close to even Gateway's best deals.

    Well, considering all that it has, the price seems fair. The QX9300 is about $1500 alone, a 128 GB SSD is probably about the same, and two nearly top-of-the-line graphics cards - $4200 doesn't seem unreasonable. And really, it's not like any high-end model is trying to be economical, let alone one this high-end. I don't think the market for laptops this expensive is going to change a whole lot.

    And why not offer it just because the stock markets haven't been going up quite as much as usual the past couple weeks? After all, they've already designed it.
     
    Apollo13, Oct 22, 2008
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  15. chyidean

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    Honestly?

    They top out at around 500 USD on Newegg and imagine the deals Toshiba would get as a major consumer if they bought direct from the manufacturers. Huge discount.

    I think you're talking about three 128 SSD's at the price you think they cost..
     
    chyidean, Oct 23, 2008
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    Actually toshiba makes their own drives so it should be even cheaper. I am surprised they did not offer 256GB SSD as they announced one just couple of weeks back.
     
    sreesub, Oct 23, 2008
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    ouch at the price tag!
     
    Jackyb, Oct 24, 2008
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