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post #1 of 10
9/9/08 at 12:28pm
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[1] Area-51® m15x

Design & Display: Silver Skullcap Design
Display: 15.4" WideUXGA 1920 x 1200 LCD (1200p)
System Lighting: Alienware® AlienFX® System Lighting - Indigo
Video/Graphics Card: NVIDIA® GeForce® Series - 512MB NVIDIA® GeForce® 8800M GTX
Processor: Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T9300 2.5GHz (6MB Cache 800MHz FSB)
Operating System (Office software not included): Windows Vista® Home Premium with Service Pack 1
Notebook Tuners and Remotes: With Express Card Media Center Remote Control
Memory: 1GB Dual Channel DDR2 SO-DIMM at 667MHz – 2 x 512MB
Turbo Cache Memory: Intel® Turbo Memory (1GB) – Accelerate Data Transfer Speed
Available on Windows Vista Only!
System Drive: 160GB 5,400RPM Hybrid Drive w/ 256MB flash memory
Optical Drives : 8x Dual Layer Burner (DVD±RW, CD-RW) w/ LightScribe Technology - View Demo

Gonna buy ram elsewhere n get a better deal, but cant wait till this arrives gonna be my first laptop

kinda thinkin aboot upgradin to the faster HD now that im lookin at it.
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post #2 of 10
9/9/08 at 12:43pm
looks identical to mine w/o blu-ray the system just owns (but check the BIOS version)

if you are rethinking the HDD, I went /w the hybrid drive and just love it. its cooler, uses less Battery, and Ive had no disk I/O problems.

conatz!
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post #3 of 10
9/9/08 at 3:16pm
congrats the system config looks good. You'll love it once it comes.
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post #4 of 10
9/9/08 at 10:35pm
Congrats! That is one nicely-spec'd system.
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post #5 of 10
9/9/08 at 11:50pm
get a 7200 RPM Hard Drive. but other than that those are the same specs I would get.
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post #6 of 10
9/10/08 at 12:22am
is there a reason why you're recommending a 7200 RPM drive? most who buy Alienware have no Need for that level of disk I/O. unless you an on running vmware, sql, etc what whould you need it for? gaming requires the least disk I/O, which is what most ppl get aw for.

or did you think a 7200rpm HDD just generally improves preformace? (lol?)

truth is, most home users only tax a 5400 rpm HDD to around 30%... but aw would LOVE to sell you the more expensive, impractical drive...

pretty much the same theory of getting 6gb of memory on a x86 based os. what's the point if you can't use it?
(sry, I hate improper posts with no explanation)
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post #7 of 10
9/10/08 at 12:26am
Yeah I am the same way there's really no reason to get a 7200 rpm drive its not that much of a difference...
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post #8 of 10
9/14/08 at 6:39pm
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231165

Thinking about buyin this ram what you guys think? Also I read that windows only lets you use 3GB even if you have 4 so would it be better to buy a 2GB then a 1GB? Is the only difference price or does it affect the system in any other ways? Thanks again guys... for some reason my lappy still in phase 2 though :/
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post #9 of 10
9/14/08 at 6:43pm
If you install Vista64 you can use all 4 gigs

They have good RAM too

http://www.crucial.com/store/listpar...AREA-51%20m15x
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post #10 of 10
9/14/08 at 6:45pm
i would get 4 gigs instead of mixing a 1 gig and a 2 gig stick... you never know you may want to switch to OS64 bit to see all 4 gigs...but if you want to go with the option with less money then which ever one is cheaper go for it...
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