Posts by simtech

I ordered by notebook the end of December, 2005. It's now June 2006 and I still don't have my rebate. I called last month and I was told that the rebate process takes 12-26 weeks. 6 months for them to write a check???

My m5500i runs (brand new out of the box) with an exhaust temperature of 132-142 degrees F when loading down the machine. This is not much different than the other notebooks I have owned, but their fan port is a bit small and so the...

I was one who got suckered into the MJ-12. Some of the promises that were made was an additional battery life of 1 hour over the standard m5500i. This turned out to be pure BS. When I complained to Alienware the best answer that I...

I bought one of the m550i MJ-12 series. One of the differences was supposed to be an extra hour of battery life (4 hours) which turns out to be false. I'm not too happy with my purchase, mainly 'cause if I knew the MJ-12 was...

Nope - it's got the switch.

Hey, false advertising is false advertising. If Alienware sold the MJ12 as nothing more than a renamed m5500i then they should be noble enough not to illegally inflate the battery life by 30%. I agree that the weight factor is not...

I think I may end up requesting a full refund based on false advertising as the MJ-12 seems like nothing more than a regular m5500i with an inflated pricetag. I just don't like feeling like I was the victim of false advertising so I...

Response from Alienware: Quote: Regarding your concerns, our mobile systems' weight may vary depending on the configuration and internal components chosen by each customer. The reason for this is that our mobile systems can...

There was a $99 additional battery option but no upgrade options were available. Alienware is no longer listing the MJ-12 on their site as available notebooks but the link is still active...

They have a 6600 mah unit, which I am wondering was supposed to be sent with this unit. It's a 9 cell battery.