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Entering the Phase Game ... Again

post #1 of 70
1/11/08 at 12:56am
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Just ordered my 4th Alienware computer:

Area-51® m15x

Display: 15.4" WideXGA+ 1440 x 900 LCD (720p) with Clearview Technology
System Lighting: Alienware® AlienFX® System Lighting - Blue
Video/Graphics Card: 512MB Nvidia® GeForce™ Go 8800M GTX
Processor: Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T7700 2.4GHz (4MB Cache 800MHz FSB)
Memory: 2GB Dual Channel DDR2 SO-DIMM at 667MHz – 2 x 1024MB
Turbo Cache Memory: Intel® Turbo Memory (1GB) – Accelerate Data Transfer Speed
Operating System (Office software not included): Windows Vista® Home Premium
System Drive: 200GB 7200RPM (16MB Cache)
Optical Drives : 8X Dual Layer CD-RW/DVD±RW Burner w/ LightScribe Technology - View Demo
Wireless: Internal Intel® Wireless 4965 a/b/g/Draft-N Mini-Card
Sound Card : Internal High-Definition Audio with surround sound
Keyboard Options: AlienFX® Illuminated Keyboard
Warranty: 1-Year AlienCare Toll-Free 24/7 Phone Support w/ Onsite Service
Featured Games: World of Warcraft
Power: Additional Battery – 6-cell Battery
Flash Memory: 4GB Alienware® USB 2.0 Flash Drive

Scheduled for shipment 1/31/08 - let's see how long it takes.

Do I really need another notebook .... probably not. Is it smart to order on the 1st day of availability ... most likely not. Am I excited to get this cool gaming notebook?...Absolutely.

Review will follow upon receipt (unless there are already several before me ).
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post #2 of 70
1/11/08 at 1:08am
congrats Shazza, will be waiting for the reviews..
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post #3 of 70
1/11/08 at 1:23am
Just Ordered mine...

Display: 15.4" WideXGA+ 1440 x 900 LCD (720p) with Clearview Technology
System Lighting: Alienware® AlienFX® System Lighting - White
Video/Graphics Card: 512MB Nvidia® GeForce™ Go 8800M GTX
Processor: Intel® Core™ 2 X7900 2.8GHz – Extreme Edition (4MB Cache 800MHz FSB)
Memory: 2GB Dual Channel DDR2 SO-DIMM at 667MHz – 2 x 1024MB
Operating System (Office software not included): Windows Vista® Home Premium
System Drive: 200GB 7200RPM (16MB Cache)
Optical Drives : 8X Dual Layer CD-RW/DVD±RW Burner
Wireless: Internal Intel® Wireless 4965 a/b/g/Draft-N Mini-Card
Sound Card : Internal High-Definition Audio with surround sound
Keyboard Options: AlienFX® Illuminated Keyboard
Warranty: 3-Year AlienCare Toll-Free 24/7 Phone Support w/ Onsite Service

Hopefully it will arrive on time.
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post #4 of 70
1/11/08 at 2:08am
Congrats guys. I'll be ordering my wifes maybe in a month two. Can't wait too read your reviews
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post #5 of 70
1/11/08 at 4:46am
UNF! yessssssss I just snuckonboard the mothership and placed my order through an unused unguarded terminal luckily I could decipher the alien symbols thanks to the leaked language/glyphs from roswell.. then I quickly snuck off board before it took off.

I translated my order into the english language, below are the stats.

Ordered 1/11/2008 Eestimated delivery date 2/1/2008

[1] Area-51® m15x

Display: 15.4" WideXGA+ 1440 x 900 LCD (720p) with Clearview Technology(Displayed changed to 720p)
System Lighting: Alienware® AlienFX® System Lighting - Aqua
Video/Graphics Card: 512MB Nvidia® GeForce™ Go 8800M GTX
Processor: Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T7700 2.4GHz (4MB Cache 800MHz FSB)
Memory: 2GB Dual Channel DDR2 SO-DIMM at 667MHz – 2 x 1024MB
Operating System (Office software not included): Windows Vista® Home Premium
System Drive: 200GB 7200RPM (16MB Cache)
Optical Drives : 8X Dual Layer CD-RW/DVD±RW Burner w/ LightScribe Technology
Wireless: Internal Intel® Wireless 4965 a/b/g/Draft-N Mini-Card
Sound Card : Internal High-Definition Audio with surround sound
Keyboard Options: AlienFX® Illuminated Keyboard
Warranty: 1-Year AlienCare Toll-Free 24/7 Phone Support w/ Onsite Service
Power: Additional Battery – 6-cell Smart Bay Battery
Order Total: $3,401.53(was)-(NOW)$3083 shipped/tax(changed from 1080p to 720p display).

PHASE4
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post #6 of 70
1/11/08 at 6:47pm
Awesome Shazz! (and everyone else)
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post #7 of 70
1/12/08 at 12:47am
Why did you only get the one year warranty Shazza?
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post #8 of 70
1/12/08 at 1:10am
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Originally Posted by CajunCARTFan View Post
Why did you only get the one year warranty Shazza?

That's a good question, Cajun. I may upgrade it, but I seem to upgrade my notebooks fairly regularly ... so a longer term warranty isn't critical to me. Given the Alienware notebook warranty's are non-transferable, it doesn't add extra value should I decide to sell it or give it away in a year.

For most people, I definitely recommend the 2yr, or better yet ... 3 yr option.
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post #9 of 70
1/12/08 at 1:17am
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Originally Posted by shazza View Post
That's a good question, Cajun. I may upgrade it, but I seem to upgrade my notebooks fairly regularly ... so a longer term warranty isn't critical to me. Given the Alienware notebook warranty's are non-transferable, it doesn't add extra value should I decide to sell it or give it away in a year.

For most people, I definitely recommend the 2yr, or better yet ... 3 yr option.
Good reason. I guess I should of thought about that. I'm eyeing this notebook also. It is between this and the Sager NP5792. I'm not big on SLI in notebooks as I once was.
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post #10 of 70
1/12/08 at 1:55am
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Originally Posted by CajunCARTFan View Post
Why did you only get the one year warranty Shazza?
This also won't be Shazza's primary computer, but for a good majority of users here, they only own 1 laptop or powerful desktop and thus need a longer warranty since their computers are bigger investments wrt how key they are.
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post #11 of 70
1/12/08 at 10:15am
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That's right, BFIsch. The other point I forgot to mention is, using my AMEX card, I get an extra year's warranty anyway (although I've never actually tried to collect on the credit card protection extra warranty, so don't know how well it works).
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post #12 of 70
1/12/08 at 1:54pm
I've always gotten 1 year from alienware. I know my pcs/ build my own desktops even stripped my alienware laptop and put it back together to clean it all out. If you know what you're doing a year I feel is more than enough for a device to fail if is/going to.

That is my personal opinion and why I choose 1 year. Others less knowledgeable should go with more or whatever they can afford.
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post #13 of 70
1/12/08 at 7:25pm
I chos ethe 3 year for the fact I travel for work. And I really can't afford to run out of warranty when my compute ris my money maker. Again for personnal use i woudl choose teh 1yr warranty.

In one year you could probaly buy better components and replace what breaks on your own.

WOOT

In phase 4.
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post #14 of 70
1/15/08 at 5:09pm
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An update ... stayed on Phase 2 for a long time, then noticed today I made it to Phase 4. Imagine it will sit there for a while.
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post #15 of 70
1/15/08 at 11:56pm
Shazz, did you order WOW with your m15x?
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post #16 of 70
1/16/08 at 12:06am
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Originally Posted by BFisch06 View Post
Shazz, did you order WOW with your m15x?

LOL ... yeah. Figured why not, for $20. So far, I've resisted the game ... and may not even load it up. Guild Wars stole a lotta hours, so I've got to wait for the right time to try it.
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post #17 of 70
1/16/08 at 1:07am
I have a level 73 monk on everquest 2 already so no time for wow.
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post #18 of 70
1/16/08 at 3:32am
Lol.. I have 3 tunes on WOW. 28 Priest 46 warrior and 70 lock lol..

Still trying to get that time back lol.
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post #19 of 70
1/20/08 at 1:27am
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Well, the old phase site is showing me back in Phase 1 ... when I was previously in IV. I'm guessing the're updating the database, and it will be okay next week. But, if this was my first order, I would be freaked out all weekend.

Come on, Alienware --- let's fix the little things !!
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post #20 of 70
1/21/08 at 4:09pm
Its cool they have the phases and a place for you to check, but they need to make sure customers aren't freaked by the system. The system is in place to give them piece of mind during the long build process, but it always seems to make it worse (WHY AM I BACK IN PHASE 2?!?!?!). Maybe AW-Isaac will see this and take note
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