Member Reviews: Alienware M17x

Intro Well I bought a DeLL XPS M1730 an had an accident so my replacement is an Alienware M17xR2 which I really like so far Specs: Space Black - Anodized Aluminum Airborne Documentation, System Exchanges,Factory Install AlienFX Color, Quasar Blue 5.1 Channel Audio 8X DVD+/-RW Dual Layer Drive,QuickSilver Intel Core i5 520M 2.4GHz (2.93GHz Turbo Mode, 3MB Cache) 4GB Dual Channel Memory (2x 2GB DDR3) 1320-8856 17-inch WideUXGA 1920 x 1200 RGB LED (1200p) 1GB GDDR3 Nvidia GeForce GTX 285M S and P Drop-in-Box Marcom forDHS Notebooks Standard Nameplate Automatic Updates: On Alienware M17x 240W A/C Adapter 128GB Solid State Drive & 320GB 7,200RPM SATA-II HDD'S Adobe Acrobat...

Intro I previously had an m1710 which I purchased through ebay with a 3 year complete care warranty. My beloved m1710 was in an accident and was replaced with the odd looking m1730. 1 year after having this hideous, yet powerful machine, the 8800GTX decided to get burnt out. I contacted Dell hoping to get a graphics card replacement but they offered me this gem instead. I have seen this beautiful machine on the Alienware website previously and always thought about selling my m1730 and getting the m17x, but as luck would have it, it wouldn't be necessary. Specs: 1 224-5967 Black Metallic 1 310-0173 Airborne Documentation, System Exchanges,Factory Install 1 313-7711...

Intro Well with Dell leaving the high end laptops to AW, and the apparent heat issues with the existing Dell line, I decided to make the jump from a long career of Dells into the New AW line. Sure we know Dell owns AW, but it seems the two lines have gone in different directions. Of course the Dual GTX280 Video cards may have helped the decision, as there are few if any other laptops out there that can touch this option. Another feature I like is when running on batteries, the laptop switched to the built in 9400 GPU to reduce the power drain on the battery. Specs: Nebula Red - Special Edition – Anodized Aluminum, Windows Vista Home Premium (64 bit) + Windows 7 Home...

Intro Introducing the Alienware M17x! Not to be confused with the Alienware Area-51 m17x. Yes Alienware dropped the "Area-51" off the official title of the notebook and changed the "M" from lowercase to uppercase for reasons we don't really know. Maybe they just wanted an easier way to determine the difference between the two notebooks; because believe me, a lot has changed between the two versions, hardware and aesthetics included. So what are the changes? And is this the correct direction for Alienware to go in? From a hardware standpoint, of course. Consumers and gamers ALWAYS want the latest and greatest of technology in their machines. But why change...

Intro this M17x is Dell's warranty replacement for my defective M1730 my case started mid april 09 and got its resolution on september 21-09 " thank you dell for providing excellent customer service" Specs: Black Metallic Slot-Loading Dual Layer DVD Burner (DVD+-RW, CD-RW) Intel Core2 Duo T9600 2.8GHz (6MB Cache, 1066MHz FSB) 4GB Dual Channel DDR3 at 1066MHz 2 x 2048MB 1GB Dual NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M - SLI Enabled (NB10E-GT1) 17.0in, WUXGA,LCD,ANW,M17X Name Plate Engraving Windows 7 Home Premium UpgradeCoupon 250GB 7,200RPM (xMB Cache) w/ Free Fall Protection Microsoft Office 2007 Basic-English Windows Vista Home Premium (64-bit Edition) with...

The M17x review by The_Moo I ordered my laptop with the following specs P8600 @ 2.4 ghz 4 gigs ddr3 1066mhz 250 gig HD SINGLE GTX 260m 1900 res LCD Size Dimensions (WD) 16.0 x 12.7 inches Height 2.0-2.1 inches Screen size (diagonal) 17.0 inches System weight / Weight with AC adapter 12.6 / 14.8 pounds Ports Video VGA-out, HDMI, DisplayPort Audio 5.1 speakers, headphone/microphone jacks, surround sound audio outs. . Data 5 USB 2.0 (1 USB/eSATA), FireWire, SD card reader Expansion ExpressCard/54 ExpressCard/54 Networking Ethernet, 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth Optical...