M15x with overclockable x9000, nVidia Geforce 8800M GTX in a 17 " chasis for $2800 - Page 5

Rive, you're like the kid at school who didn't get a remote control car for Christmas and goes around talking about how stupid remote control cars are as gifts when some of the other kids are happily enjoying theirs. I can't even begin to figure this thread out. So, you want a m15x or you don't? It's a disaster/failure or it's not? Worth buying or not? Do us all and yourself a favor and make up your damn mind. This thread feels like mental masturbation at this point.

If you want to buy a clevo, then just do it and stop talking about it. If you want to convince yourself that the m15x is a a worthless piece of hardware, then by all means indulge yourself. The difficult thing for you to come to grips with and justify will be that there are plenty of technically proficient and savvy m15x users out there such as myself who are thoroughly enjoying their machine.

Someone lock this thread already.

Rive0108, you really have to be kidding here no? Just from your posts alone, you sound far too intelligent to honestly believe this…

Give me a single problem with the m15x I cannot disprove. As for my “technically savvy” ability I have a Bachelors in Business Information Systems, I’m an MCSE in Windows 2000 & 2003, and an CompTIA A+ certified computer tech. I’ve never said this here, but to prove my point, I also make 6 digits in IT for over a decade now. And you dont make that in IT unless you are "technically savvy", so i honestly find your comment very rude.

The folks at NBR try their best, but I really think you’re just believeing some members there based on their post count and forum rep, not their technical ability.

For example, over there you have one guy constantly bashing the m15x because they had a problem. They have it quoted in their sig. This person is finishing their Phd too. On thing he spearheaded was claiming the m15x security lock does not work. With his posts it’s now “common knowledge” at NBR that the security lock does not work.

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Ummmm….. and this is someone who almost has their Phd!?! Cant plug a standard security lock in a notebook? i dont buy it.
Draw your own conclusion about NBR but take this piece of advice, how many of these “technically savvy” people have actually provided results? And how many have proven their posts with facts, not their opinion? Your technically savvy Phd obviously has no idea what they are talking about(in IT, i'm sure they are smart in w/e their major is, but its not IT). And just give me another one i've seen. I've disproven them all to myself and helped anyone in this forum who has asked.

I'm not the type of guy to go over then and disprove all this crap, basically making someone look stupit. But you can try me, just give me one (overheating, CPU downclocking, etc. go ahead, they are all disproven and just people who really have no need for an advanced PC like an alienware are bitching about it, they are just drawn to the lights... which is sad, get a Dell or something)

PS: i really don’t want to pick on this guy, it’s just a good example of how one person who is mistakenly incorrect at NBR can spread to all of them just because he has a high post count and forum rep. TRUST ME, forum posts and forum rep will NOT get you an IT job for 6 digits... No one over there proves anything they have to say, it’s just a bunch of opinions flying around. I feel everyone is entitled to their opinion, so long as you understand it starts and ends at exactly that, and it is not fact…

Yaaawn!

What the frak is NBR??

Oh and just to get some perspective... I purchased the AW mALX last June. I had a choice between that or the 9750. I decided on the mALX because it would be ready sooner, had a bigger screen, looked kewler IMO and had been around awhile. yes it was more expensive and older technologically.

So I am telling you this to setup the backdrop. I had also heard some negative and positive comments form this board. I was somewhat nervous about spending so much money on a laptop (yeah Cloverfield's lap maybe, lol).

So here I am a year later and extremely pleased with the performance my very first AW purchase has given me. Now if someone were to run a poll about if I had any "issues" with the mALX I would have to say yes. i won't go into the issues but suffice it to say there were a few that needed support at AW to help me and they did, extremly well.

So now I am waiting for my m15x which I ordered two weeks ago and is supposed to be delivered on Tuesday. Do I expect it to be perfect? That would be foolish of me as nothing made by man will ever run perfectly. Every car, piece of furniture, meal, item of clothing, home, computer, etc. that has been produced by imperfect beings will have flaws. In some situations those flaws will necessitate a return of the produced item. Such is life in a capatlistic society.

So while i understand how it can be frustrating to deal with these problems, i cannot support company bashing. Alienware has treated me like gold. As has Dell for that matter. Kia too, even though I bought a Nissan Rogue last year after owning Kia's for 7 years. I have owned Dell laptops and desktops for years with nary a problem that could not be fixed by excellent customer service (and tech support as well).

Anyway I hope that all the bashing on this thread can be done and when we have problems with something or issues as you call them, let's handle them with maturaty and class

As a follow up, regarding the reviews that I have read on the m15x, they have all been glowing about how awesome the lappy is! Can they all be wrong? I think not

are you paid to be so "unhappy"?

I have had this awesome lappy one month and it has performed flawlessly!

I am sorry that you have such a bad experience with it, but honestly I would have to be paid allot to be as voiceferous as you are about this subject. To be so negative and unhappy about an object just isn't worth the sadness it brings to your spirit

Same here my keyboard's been pretty awesome. It's a big step up from previous laptop keyboards.

he posted problems that refer people to notebookreview.com on multiple pages on this forum...if you have a problem call alienware... dont know why people wont call they just complain but dont get it fixed... its like their going to die if they call...

I've had my m15x for months, no keyboard problems whatsoever.

As blazertrek50 says, "Are you paid to be so unhappy?"

While I don't have an m15x, my Area-51 m5500 has never had a keyboard problem in over 2.5 years...

Buncha WHINERS....

Nope, some people just wanna complain and if they call it might put a stop to that !

Can't believe this string keeps getting resurrected.

As for the "tech savvy" over at NBR, I had an argument with one of the admins that was trying to tell everyone that the FCC sticker that states that individual components are tested, but complete systems are not tested by the FCC meant that Alienware doesn't test the systems like they say. In addition, he tried to say the only reason AW puts the sticker on was to cover another sticker that says AW uses refurb parts in new systems.

Complete bullshit.

When I called the idiot on it, he said he wasn't aware of the sticker's meaning, but it was only on AW systems, so I asked him to turn over the Apple he was using as it had the same exact sticker required by law, and for some reason he didn't respond.

NBR used to be a forum for AW bashers to congregate, and the mods there joined right in. They are not tech savvy when it comes to being honest and understanding the industry, at least they weren't when I was last there. The only result is to cause panic for less "savvy" users, and panic people that are having minor issues into believing they've bought a piece of crap from a shyster company.

BTW, if people want to read NBR, they'll go there. If we had some "savvy" mods here, they'd delete this crap and ban the morons that keep posting NBR shit here with no other intention than causing problems.