I would like to keep my review short and simple.
First impression,
Well, when I lifted the accessory box, there it was, “THE MINI BEAST” looked as if it has been put to hibernation from the dell factory in China, just waiting to be respawned...
Then I turned it ON...
The red light illuminated the touch pad and an awesome looking keyboard and never to forget the speakers area and the Alienheads (at back and on the power button). It took a little bit more time than usual to start up windows Vista(for the first time). But once it stabilized for the 1st time, I straightforward went in to the Alien FX editor and tried out all sorts of crazy light setups for at least an hour or so. Then discovered the alien sense, touch etc..
It was time to check the performance of the laptop with the only game demo I have currently, which is of Need For Speed: shift, was a bit disappointed because the game stuck (real slow) at some places even with the high performance option selected. Well, the good news is that I won’t be using the machine for hardcore gaming rather I would be using it for more Video and Image editing which benefit a lot from the Intel’s New Core i7 HT technology.
To sum it up, actually I wanted to buy a Precision m6400 which was going out my budget. Then I was considering the M17x which had a potential but had an inferior processor in model which I was aiming for under my budget. Afterwards M15x came as a Life saver for me. Order it right away and I hope it would be my video, audio and image editing companion for at least 3 to 4 yrs...
And 1 more thing, the members @ NBF helped me at all times for making choices for my laptop. Thanks for that kind gesture guys. Good help is hard to find these days...
Uploading some crappy pics taken by my cell phone, which will be updated by superior ones I’m sure.
Until then and now, Over and Out...
First impression,
Well, when I lifted the accessory box, there it was, “THE MINI BEAST” looked as if it has been put to hibernation from the dell factory in China, just waiting to be respawned...
Then I turned it ON...
The red light illuminated the touch pad and an awesome looking keyboard and never to forget the speakers area and the Alienheads (at back and on the power button). It took a little bit more time than usual to start up windows Vista(for the first time). But once it stabilized for the 1st time, I straightforward went in to the Alien FX editor and tried out all sorts of crazy light setups for at least an hour or so. Then discovered the alien sense, touch etc..
It was time to check the performance of the laptop with the only game demo I have currently, which is of Need For Speed: shift, was a bit disappointed because the game stuck (real slow) at some places even with the high performance option selected. Well, the good news is that I won’t be using the machine for hardcore gaming rather I would be using it for more Video and Image editing which benefit a lot from the Intel’s New Core i7 HT technology.
To sum it up, actually I wanted to buy a Precision m6400 which was going out my budget. Then I was considering the M17x which had a potential but had an inferior processor in model which I was aiming for under my budget. Afterwards M15x came as a Life saver for me. Order it right away and I hope it would be my video, audio and image editing companion for at least 3 to 4 yrs...
And 1 more thing, the members @ NBF helped me at all times for making choices for my laptop. Thanks for that kind gesture guys. Good help is hard to find these days...
Uploading some crappy pics taken by my cell phone, which will be updated by superior ones I’m sure.
Until then and now, Over and Out...
Try to get some benchmarks in as well when you have more time. 
Have a good day vishesh.
