Posts by Jertc

The only proper use for 'battery life' and '19 inch laptop' in the same sentence is used in this context. "The battery life for a 19 inch laptop is sufficient to get it shut down in the event of a sudden power failure."

They haven't forgotten you. No company worth anything would forgot they had taken two through five thousand dollars from someone and never sent anything back. They really don't want theft charges brought against them, the PR backlash...

The m9700's are still at phase 3 as far as I know. I don't believe the components for the m9700 or the mALX have been recevied yet. The best thing to do would be to call Alienware customer support and ask, as your getting a 9700, you...

Well, a couple of your facts are wrong. The mALX has five usb ports. Three on the right hand side, two on the back between the rj-11 and serial ports. The mALX also comes with a very good mouse, headphones, and a backpack instead of...

Mine? I'll use my mALX for World of Warcraft, Doom 3, Bridge Commander (modeling mostly), maybe F.E.A.R. if I get around to buying it. Then my usual movies, music, writing...

The lower resolution did bother me a little, but what made up my mind the most, I think is the fact that I have always gone with the 'second choice'. I've always gotten the cheaper, almost as good (arguably) model. This time, I just...

I actually went with the mALX. And my wallet HATES me.

Because the basic m9700 has too little ram to run vista comfortably. The optimal (best) configuration of the m9700 will run it just as well as the mALX. "To run Windows Vista with the Aero experience, Microsoft recommends: A...

*shrugs* No idea, the front loading disc drive was one of the cooler looking parts in my opinion. Didn't go with the 9700 in the end, but I still thought it... nifty.

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