Who's Getting an Alienware M11x? - Page 6

I'm just happy I have a system to play Borderlands again. I have an external monitor coming this week which should make things much better.

Just got mine today! Picked up at local retail outlet.

got home late so it will be a while AND (drumroll):

The SATA drive was not connected! That's right, the HD was "missing" on first boot. Happy to report that its ok now but it took a LONG time to resolve because I didnt want to open the unit until support options were tried.

Support Malaysia might be just fine bu they were not open at 9pm when I had the issue and Dell chat didnt support my service tag. Did a bit of fudging on the ID# for chat and while their effort was nice and friendly it didnt resolve the issue. Soooo pop the lid and discover that the two retaining screws were not installed. They were present just not screwed in. The bottom panel was holding them in position for me though

All that means I got a late start and will be out of town this weekend.

Yeah! You got it. I'll post a pic later. Still doing config/setup stuff and need to sleep soon

Damn, that's so odd. I must be a very lucky individual- No problems with mine and it's been 3 months now.

Its kinda funny NOW. Not so much last night.

Shoddy assembly I must say

M11x, so much computer in such a small package :)

I just got mine a few days ago and I am enjoying it thoroughly

I'm just about to order the m11x; this is one sweet notebook.

I know CPU (higher) frequency does not mean the same thing anymore, but I'm still having difficulties going as low as 1.3Ghz... I haven't read much "bad" on this yet; anyone else?

I still need to do the bills first, but knowing me, I'll have one ordered by tomorrow.

You might want to hold off for a little bit- There's talk of a refresh coming in a couple of weeks that might include the core i3/5/7 processors.

Performance in Win7_64bit @ 1.7ghz is about the same as my old E1705 with XP@1.8ghz. Cannot see diff in regular work tasks.

I do not have that machine from which to compare anymore though.

Well noted; thanks!

Do some reading on what the gains are with those processors. By waiting you might be able to get the i-series at the same cost as current model. I doubt it but possible.

Current models might keep dropping in price too - bonus!

Me? Didnt see enough value in waiting. Been waiting months already.

I found the news about i3/i5/i7 coming to the m11x. Thanks again guys! I'll wait a bit.

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Cool! I'm glad you saw that video, as I'm fairly certain there will be a refresh sometime soon.

but i7? Really?

There is some debate about which processor exactly will be used and what that will mean in terms of performance. I suspect the biggest gains might be in non game applications.

Good news is that I doubt they made changes in the casing! Early birds might be able to upgrade later

There really is a lot of debate as to the performance gains of a ULV i7, since it's not a quad core processor.

i5/7's are out, just placed my order

Description

1224-8847Alienware M11x, Soft Touch Stealth Black
1313-9774Overclockable Intel Core i7 640UM (4M Cache, 2.266 GHz Max Turbo Frequency)
1317-47064GB Dual Channel DDR3 at 800MHz
1330-9945Alienware M11x 90W A/C Adapter
1320-146711.6-inch WideHD 1366x768 (720p) WLED, no WWAN Antenna
1320-98571GB NVIDIA GeForce GT 335M
1342-1322250GB SATAII 7,200RPM
1313-8792AlienFX Color, Quasar Blue
1421-3095Alienware Command Center Software, M11x
1421-1400Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium, 64bit, English
1420-9691DataSafe Local BackUp 2.0 Basic
1420-6436PC-Restore, Dim/Insp
1421-0092DELL-DOWNLOAD-FLAG
1313-9856Integrated 10/100 Network Interface Card
1410-1883ADOBE READER 9.0 MULTI- LANGUAGE
1313-9958Integrated High-Definition Surround Sound Audio (5.1)
1430-3796Alienware M11x a/b/g/n 2x2 MIMO Wireless
1330-6348Automatic Updates: On
1330-89951.3 Megapixel Webcam
1922-2597Dell Hardware Warranty Plus On-Site Service, Initial Year
1929-5570Third Party At Home Service, 24x7 Technical Support, Initial Year
1950-33371 Year Limited Warranty
1950-9797No Warranty, Year 2 and 3
1421-1721Soft Contracts,Banktec Care,Alienware
1994-3730Warranty Support,Initial Year
1330-0171S and P Drop-in-Box Marcom forDHS Notebooks
1421-1360Steam and Portal Factory Installed
1421-1573Alienhead 3D
1421-1591Alienhead 3D
1430-3773No Internal WWAN Antenna Installed
1430-8555Optional Bluetooth Module, 2.1+ Enhanced Data Rate
1330-9855Standard Nameplate

PS: if anyone is looking for a price cut, the M11x base model ($799.00) now includes the C2D processor. It was a $150 upgrade prior.