The Official Alieware Area51m 7700 Thread - Page 6

Or, in English, where people connect via local area network to play sinful games.

Mr. Alienwarenutter, thanks for help

Mr. DarthBeavis, Thanks for simplification ( I was need it ).

it looks huge to me. how big is it compared to the orignal one?

7700: (W)15.6"x(D)11.7"x(H)1.95"
5500: (W)13.8"x(D)11.4"x(H)1.6"

Not much bigger...

just big enough that they had to make the backpack a little larger. not a problem though, i will still be a proud owner.

They are now offering single hard drive configurations for their 7700.

and two hard drives with no raid

Alumenium case for the new 7700

Do AW Alumenium case can hold the new 7700 model, or its size is limited for the previous model only.

well i had to turn in the 7700 badge, now i will be a proud owner of the an Aurora. oh well it was fun while it lasted.

According to the max dimensions listed for the case, the 7700 is too thick. I wouldn't be suprised if they released a bigger briefcase near the beginning of the year.

Even alienware doesn't call this a notebook, they call it a "Mobile Desktop"

Seriously, the thing is a beast. The A51m2 was at least reasonable in size. This thing is just... Well, huge, heavy, ugly. The a51m2 was a great looking laptop. This is thing is like a hummer compared to a sports car.

Area 51-7700

I just pre-rodered this - let me know what you guys think

1st time i ever ordered a CPU/Notebook online -

Need some help - pls see specs below let me know what you think...

Warranty: 1-Year AlienCare Toll-Free 24/7 Phone Support with Onsite Service
Operating System: Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition with Service Pack 2
Desktop Enhancements: Exclusive AlienGUIse Theme Manager
Case: Area-51m 7700 Case with 17" WideXGA+ 1400 x 900 LCD Display - Xeno Grey
Processor: Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor 560 w/ HT Technology 3.6GHz 1MB Cache
Motherboard: Intel® 915P Chipset Supporting PCI-Express
Memory: 2GB Dual Channel DDR2 SO-DIMM at 533MHz - 2 x 1024MB
Video Card: Area-51m 7700 NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Go with 256MB of DDR2 memory
Sound Card: Sound-Blaster Pro Compatible 3D Audio
Hard Drive: Single Drive Configuration - 60GB 7200 RPM ATA100 - Hitachi
Optical Drive One: 24x10x24 CD-RW / 8X DVD Combo w/Software MPEG2 Decoder
Ethernet NIC: Integrated 10/1000Mb Gigabit Ethernet NIC
Wireless Network: Internal Wireless 802.11a/b/g miniPCI Card
Modem: 56K Modem with V.92 Technology
Security Software: Norton™ AntiVirus™ 2005
Free Alienware T-Shirt: Free Alienware® T-Shirt - Black
Free Alienware Mousepad: Free Alienware® Mousepad

Nice machine...
The only thing I would recommend is getting a longer warranty.

Nice settings, maybe upgrading XP Home to XP Pro? I know theres big discussions on other threads...

if you like the aw and prefere it than the Sager one so its good. but i think moving to the wsxga with higher resolution will be better for finer image also get the most sheeper windows version where its easy to install the uptp date windows for less price... about warrenty be longer .. i don't think its a good idea except if you work in a heavy duty fields. for the ram i knew that 4 moduls in 2 GB memory will be faster that 2 module also you won't be able to upgrade to more than 2.6 GB ram to some SW limitation expect if there will be any bios upgrade will solve this.

I would suggest you upgrade your screen; the WSXGA+ screens look freakin' awsome

hey all

heres the specs


[1] Area-51m 7700

Warranty: 3-Year AlienCare Toll-Free 24/7 Phone Support with Onsite Service Bundled with AlienAutopsy and Respawn
Operating System: Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition with Service Pack 2
Case: Area-51m 7700 Case with 17" WideXGA+ 1400 x 900 LCD Display - Xeno Grey
Processor: Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor 540 w/ HT Technology 3.2GHz 1MB Cache
Motherboard: Intel® 915P Chipset Supporting PCI-Express
Memory: 1GB Dual Channel DDR2 SO-DIMM at 533MHz - 2 x 512MB
Video Card: Area-51m 7700 NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Go with 256MB of DDR2 memory
Sound Card: Sound-Blaster Pro Compatible 3D Audio
Hard Drive: Single Drive Configuration - 80GB 5400 RPM ATA100
Optical Drive One: 8X Dual Layer DVD+/-RW / 24X CD-RW Combo w/Software
Ethernet NIC: Integrated 10/1000Mb Gigabit Ethernet NIC
Wireless Network: Internal Wireless 802.11a/b/g miniPCI Card
Modem: 56K Modem with V.92 Technology
Free Alienware T-Shirt: Free Alienware® T-Shirt - Black
Desktop Enhancements: Exclusive AlienGUIse Theme Manager
Free Alienware Mousepad: Free Alienware® Mousepad
Automated Support: AlienAutopsy: Automated Technical Support Request System

[1] Alienware® Premium Backpack XL

may the wait begin......

who has the soonest ship date?

Looks very nice to me

Completely on topic!

I've been thinking about this rig (7700) and had a couple of questions..

1.) If you buy one with only one optical drive do you think you'll be able to buy another one later and install yourself? If so, from AW or off the shelf? AW has no 7700 CD/DVD's listed in Gear shop.

2.) There is no case listed during the configuration process.. The XL backpack option is apparently gone? Anyone know of good aftermarket cases that would hold this behemoth?

3.) This Sager/Clevo based system seems to be very tied to Nvidia. Any concerns with being able to upgrade to an ATI based GPU in the future?

4.) Concerns early in this thread about the price seem slightly unfounded. I ran the same config for both the Sager 9860 and AW 7700 and they seemed to be within about $50 of each other..

5.) Does everybody assume this new rig will have the same range issues with it's internal wireless setup. Is it still the wise move to just get an external PCMCIA card? If you get the wireless option (it's only $38) can you still get an external and use it instead with out having to remove the internal?


That's probably enough for now.. Thanks.

Dan

1. Probably, we will just have to wait and see. I would recommend getting 2 drives maybe a dvd burner and then just a regular cd-dvd drive.

2. Roadwired has good cases.

3. Yes, there is a post about a 800xt option availble in December. My bet is it will be able in January. (Just read the post.)

4. Not a question.

5. Yes, you can get internal wireless and when you want to use external turn it off and pop in the external card. (I would recommend getting both in case you forget your wireless card or if your PCIMA slot breaks. Shouldn't happen but happened to my brother's two year old laptop. Back then they were using the same case that the Sager 15 inch UXGA model is using.)