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The Official AMD64 Mobility Alienware Laptop Thread

post #1 of 192
7/19/04 at 6:06pm
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Check this out! they are finally coming out with an aurora-m!

http://www.alienware.com/intro_Pages/aurora-m64.aspx
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post #2 of 192
7/19/04 at 6:07pm

Aurora m64?!

http://www.alienware.com/intro_Pages/aurora-m64.aspx
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post #3 of 192
7/19/04 at 6:12pm
one question:

hows the mobile amd compared to p4 or the centrino in terms of battery life and power?
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post #4 of 192
7/19/04 at 6:34pm
Thread Starter 
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Originally Posted by wussabi
one question:

hows the mobile amd compared to p4 or the centrino in terms of battery life and power?
http://news.com.com/AMD+pops+out+two...j=news.1006.20
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post #5 of 192
7/19/04 at 6:45pm
will there be a big difference?
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post #6 of 192
7/19/04 at 6:45pm
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Originally Posted by bremic9188
this doens't really say much...
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post #7 of 192
7/19/04 at 6:55pm
the battery liffe on a AMD 64 is better than a P4 but not as good as centrino, you will get ~2 hrs.
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post #8 of 192
7/19/04 at 6:56pm
guess the odm!
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post #9 of 192
7/19/04 at 7:01pm
I wish the 'rubber grips' came in silver, that would look awesome.

But anyways, the new Aurora notebook looks like it shows alot of promise! Go Alienware!
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post #10 of 192
7/19/04 at 7:12pm
Whoa, when did this go up on their site? Those crazy AW people - always surprising us with something new =) Let's just hope they surprise us with pci-express!
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post #11 of 192
7/19/04 at 7:24pm
I think it looks kind of ugly
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post #12 of 192
7/19/04 at 7:27pm
ya looks mucho ugly, but its still cool.
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post #13 of 192
7/19/04 at 7:38pm
One thing on that site cought my eye:
"Since the Aurora-64m features an LCD with a rapid 20ms response rate, “ghosting” is not an issue."
That's a fairly nice improvement over the a51m2's LCD.

However, I must say, DAMN THAT LAPTOP IS UGLY! They should have stuck with the existing (Uniwill, is it?) chassis, because this new one looks like they dragged a 386 into the 21st century.
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post #14 of 192
7/19/04 at 7:49pm
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Originally Posted by bremic9188
Check this out! they are finally coming out with an aurora-m!

http://www.alienware.com/intro_Pages/aurora-m64.aspx
wait a sec!!! i wonder if thats the new style laptop they are going to use for all their new laptop lines??? one thing i agree with another poster on this thread,, GAWD,, dat thang dis UGLY,,,hahaha
and i noticed that they list the ATI 9700 for graphics card??? hmmm no PCI-E
yet,, cause i thought the new PCI cards are labeled diff,, but oh well..
thumbs up for AMD processor,, but thumbs down for chassis looks
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post #15 of 192
7/19/04 at 8:14pm
I wonder when these are going to be shipping. Any word or guesses on when it could be? I was planning on ordering my Area51M this week, but now I am torn.
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post #16 of 192
7/19/04 at 8:27pm

another clevo???

is this a clevo??? i should buy the current n7666 model now before it last. alienware is now headed for clevo????
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post #17 of 192
7/19/04 at 8:38pm
The old Area-51 was a Clevo chassis.

Considering that the A51m2 uses a DESKTOP P4, and the Aurora-m64 uses a MOBILE Athlon64, I think it stands to reason that the old A51m2 will be a faster notebook. The am64 will have longer battery life though.

The am64's only serious advantage (other than possibly longer battery life) is the lower response rate on the LCD. Other than that, it's slower, and butt-ugly.
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post #18 of 192
7/19/04 at 8:38pm
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Originally Posted by rincewind
guess the odm!
Epson? :P Looks sorta like the EDiCube F550H/P here:
http://www.amdboard.com/athlon_64_notebook.html

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post #19 of 192
7/19/04 at 8:43pm
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Originally Posted by Guspaz
The old Area-51 was a Clevo chassis.

Considering that the A51m2 uses a DESKTOP P4, and the Aurora-m64 uses a MOBILE Athlon64, I think it stands to reason that the old A51m2 will be a faster notebook. The am64 will have longer battery life though.

The am64's only serious advantage (other than possibly longer battery life) is the lower response rate on the LCD. Other than that, it's slower, and butt-ugly.
True that... but I don't see any ghosting on my lapper, I win!
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post #20 of 192
7/19/04 at 8:43pm
From that page, there is a Uniwill 766 (The chassis the Area-51m2 uses) with an Athlon64, proving that Alienware DID NOT have to change to this new butt-ugly chassis for the Aurora-m64, they could have used the same chassis as the A51m2.

Pictures proving it:

http://pcweb.mycom.co.jp/news/2003/09/25/31kl.jpg
http://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/2.../comp14_03.jpg
http://hardwareanalysis.com/content/image/10833/
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