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post #21 of 49
12/9/10 at 5:44pm
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Wow, so if a person were to go on Dell and order a brand new Alienware right now with overnight shipping, it would still take 2-3 weeks? That's crazy!
Ordering, not replacement, might be another story

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post #22 of 49
12/9/10 at 5:45pm
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This is just another reason that this is probably my last Dell computer. The last three computers and devices I have purchased have been a MacBook, a a 15" i7 MacBook Pro, and an iPad. I am completely thrilled with all of those purchases. I am really close to being a full convert.
That's a big change over. No issue with navigating within OS X?

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post #23 of 49
12/9/10 at 5:45pm
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This is just another reason that this is probably my last Dell computer. The last three computers and devices I have purchased have been a MacBook, a a 15" i7 MacBook Pro, and an iPad. I am completely thrilled with all of those purchases. I am really close to being a full convert.
Put the Kool-aide down and take a step back before it's too late!

lol....they are giving you a HUGE upgrade from Core2Duo to i7.....be happy!
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post #24 of 49
12/10/10 at 12:14am
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That's good to hear. I'm just tired of lugging around 14 lbs of computer. I know, it's my problem, but the only other Dell I would own is a Mobile Precision Workstation, like the M6500. They are almost as big and heavy, so I'm stuck. I really don't like the styling or build quality of any of their other computers. Next to the Alienware and PWS, all the others feel like cheap toys. When I throw my m17x into my Pelican case, it weighs almost 25 lbs. That's a whole lot of weight to be toting around. Just to be clear though, if I bought a Mac, it would have Windows installed on it.
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post #25 of 49
12/10/10 at 3:05am
You could always look at the M15x a smaller lighter laptop with the same build quality.

Also there are not many computer vendors out there that would replace a laptop with a even better specd one, like Dell does. most would repair or replace with the same product.
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post #26 of 49
12/10/10 at 1:34pm
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... Just to be clear though, if I bought a Mac, it would have Windows installed on it.
why ruining it? Especially when Apple is working hard to update GPU driver to make their Intel screaming in games

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post #27 of 49
12/10/10 at 1:38pm
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My daughter's 15" i7 MBP has nVidia graphics. I don't game, so that's not really an issue anyway.
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post #28 of 49
12/10/10 at 1:41pm
I see. Well, as long as Windows is the OS choice, why not. It's an expensive piece of hardware for Windows don't you think?

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post #29 of 49
12/10/10 at 4:06pm
That was a good glass of wine Congrats.
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post #30 of 49
12/10/10 at 5:10pm
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Another difference I noticed was the LCD on the new system is an "RGB LED" screen. What does that mean? Better or worse than the old screen? I know one benefit of LED LCD's is that they are thinner, but I assume there is no difference in thickness on the m17x...
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post #31 of 49
12/10/10 at 5:37pm
You have it made then - RGB LED screen is much better than the normal LED screen. Colours are much more true

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post #32 of 49
12/19/10 at 9:30pm
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Got the computer yesterday, and it runs so much better than my M17xR1. I pulled the two 320GB hard drives that came in the computer and installed two Crucial C300 128GB SSD's and I removed the 4GB of Kingston RAM and installed 8GB of Micron 1333 RAM. The only benchmark I have run so far is the Windows Experience Rating, and the score is 7.1. My i7-740qm CPU is the slowest component.

Processor - 7.1
Memory - 7.4
Graphics - 7.3
Gaming - 7.3
Hard Drive - 7.9

I am really impressed with how quickly the thing boots up.
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post #33 of 49
12/20/10 at 4:30am
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Got the computer yesterday, and it runs so much better than my M17xR1. I pulled the two 320GB hard drives that came in the computer and installed two Crucial C300 128GB SSD's and I removed the 4GB of Kingston RAM and installed 8GB of Micron 1333 RAM. The only benchmark I have run so far is the Windows Experience Rating, and the score is 7.1. My i7-740qm CPU is the slowest component.

Processor - 7.1
Memory - 7.4
Graphics - 7.3
Gaming - 7.3
Hard Drive - 7.9

I am really impressed with how quickly the thing boots up.
Play with it, then give us a personal review

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post #34 of 49
12/20/10 at 6:18am
I have a m17x R2 got to get it upgrade with crossfire though i just have a core i5 dual core. I had rgbled a year before this with my precision m6400 i was going to get a XPS m1730 and good thing i didn't man thank god i didn't my friend was like rgbled is going to suck and i knew it was going to be awesome and boy was he wrong i just prefer the LG screen over the Samsung. slightly more brighter colors glad to see you got a replacement for your machine and got upgraded to an R2 you just got to keep pushing these guys.
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post #35 of 49
12/20/10 at 8:14am
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Yeah, it took a month without a computer, but it was probably worth the wait. I would love to find a i7-940xm CPU for cheap, but that won't happen. My LCD has a hardware ID of "monitor/SEC5443", which I assume is a Samsung. I could not be more pleased with it. On my original system, I had to keep the brightness turned all the way up. On this one, I knock it down two notches, and it is still brighter than the old one. I have not loaded any games yet, but I will. I am testing a program called Diskeeper 2010 Pro Premier with Hyperfast, which is supposed to optimize SSD drives. We'll see how that goes.
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post #36 of 49
12/20/10 at 9:03am
Wow man over a damn month!! What are your specs? I just am installing the seagate XT drive 500 gig one and going to test it out coming from the 128 gig ssd made by samsung i hope it runs well i hear nothing but great things from the drive. Going to trim it right now. I want a 940 extreme so damn much man i never had that performance before it's better to get a OEM than anything else the QS and ES are very unstable from what i read and personal observations. Also don't forget you can overclock your dual core and quad core up to i7 840 using setfsb due to the unlocked blck.
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post #37 of 49
12/20/10 at 7:19pm
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1 224-8107 Space Black - Anodized Aluminum
1 310-0173 Airborne Documentation, System Exchanges,Factory Install
1 313-8792 AlienFX Color, Quasar Blue
1 313-8944 5.1 Channel Audio
1 317-3663 4GB Dual Channel Memory (2x 2GB DDR3)
1 317-5661 Intel Core i7 740QM Quad Core Processor, 1.73GHz (2.93GHz Turbo Mode, 6M Cache)
1 318-0505 Slot-Loading Dual Layer Blu-ray Reader (BR-ROM, DVD+-RW, CD-RW)
1 320-8856 17-inch WideUXGA 1920 x 1200 RGB LED (1200p)
1 320-9009 SLI 1GB GDDR3 Nvidia GeForce GTX 285M
1 330-0171 S and P Drop-in-Box Marcom forDHS Notebooks
1 330-3924 Name Plate Engraving
1 330-6106 Personalized Nameplate Trigger
1 330-6348 Automatic Updates: On
1 330-7841 Alienware M17x 240W A/C Adapter
1 342-0677 640GB Raid 0 (2x 320GB 7,200RPM HDDs)
1 410-1883 Adobe Acrobat Reader 9.0 Multi-Language
1 410-2458 MCAFEE Pearl MUI, 15mth,With Media
1 410-3942 Microsoft Office 2010 Home and Student, English
1 420-6436 PC-Restore, Dim/Insp
1 420-9691 DataSafe Local BackUp
1 421-0092 DELL-DOWNLOAD-FLAG
1 421-1304 CyberLink PowerDVD 8.0 Software
1 421-1305 Nero 9 Media Burning Software
1 421-1360 Steam and Portal Factory Installed
1 421-1400 Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium, 64bit, English
1 421-1573 Alienhead 3D
1 421-1591 Alienhead 3D
1 421-1724 Soft Contracts Dell In-Home Hardware Agreement for Alienware
1 421-2261 Alienware Command Center, M17x
1 430-0628 Bluetooth 2.1 with EDR
1 430-3688 Dell Wireless 1520 802.11n Half Mini Card


Of course, I doubled the RAM and installed two 128GB SSD drives. I also still have almost three years of warranty left.
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post #38 of 49
12/20/10 at 7:21pm
Good software package as well

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post #39 of 49
12/20/10 at 7:29pm
That's insane! I priced out a similar system recently and it came out to over five grand! My wife would have me killed and collect the life insurance! Some day, some day ... :-)
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post #40 of 49
12/20/10 at 7:38pm
A glass of red wine would be cheaper to get a good comp

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