Will do review soon, sorry about the quality of the pics, I'm in a cafe at the moment, so I can't use my flash, sorry about the size too, my camera does not take small pictures.
If anyone wants special pics of certian locations, let me know and I'll see what I can do.
Four Days...it took four days for me from order to ship...I'd call 'em and see what's going on.(and that's including a weekend, by the way.)
Here are some additional pics, if you want more, just tell me.
The Machine:
Warranty: 3-Year AlienCare Toll-Free 24/7 Phone Support with Onsite Service Bundled with AlienAutopsy and Respawn
Operating System: Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional with Service Pack 2
Case: Alienware Exclusive Sentia Case -Space Black
Processor: Intel® Pentium® M 755 2.0GHz 2MB L2 Cache 400MHZ FSB
Motherboard: Intel® 855GME+ICH4M Chipset PC-2700 @ 333MHz
Wireless Network: Intel® PRO/Wireless 2200 Network Connection
Memory: 2GB DDR PC-2700 at 333MHz - 2x1024 SO-DIMMs
Hard Drive: Hitachi 40GB 7200 RPM ATA100 with 8MB Cache
Monitors: 12.1" Wide-XGA 1280x800 LCD Display
Video Card: Intel® Extreme Graphics 2 Technology
Sound Card: Sound Blaster Pro Compatible 5.1 Digital Audio
Smart Bay One: 8X Dual Layer DVD+/-RW / 24X CD-RW Combo w/Software
Ethernet NIC: Integrated 10/100Mb Ethernet NIC
Modem: 56K Modem with V.90 Technology
Mobile Transport : Alienware® Premium Backpack
External Storage: IOGear® 200GB Combo ION™ Drive
Additional Battery: Sentia 12.1" Primary Lithium-Ion Smart Battery Pack
Additional AC Adapter: Sentia 12.1" 65-Watt AC Adapter
Headphones: Ultrasone HFI-650 Professional Headphones with S-Logic™
Optional Mouse: Microsoft® IntelliMouse Explorer 3.0 - USB - Space Black
Removable Storage: Alienware® USB 2.0 256MB Flash Drive v2.0
Digital Cameras: Canon Powershot S500 Camera
Flash Memory: 512MB 40x Lexar Compact Flash Card
Productivity Software: Microsoft® Office 2003 Professional Edition
Alienware Gear: Alienware® Clear Acrylic and Stainless Steel Tumbler
Alienware Gear: Alienware® Hat Black
Apparel: Alienware® T-Shirt - White - Price Includes $5 Instant Rebate
Apparel: Alienware® T-Shirt - Black - Price Includes $5 Instant Rebate
Desktop Enhancements: Exclusive AlienGUIse Theme Manager
Free Alienware Mousepad: Free Alienware® Mousepad
As I am absolutly horrid at writing reviews, I'll just go through each item and give my thoughts, impressions, et cetera.
Warranty: 3-Year AlienCare Toll-Free 24/7 Phone Support with Onsite Service Bundled with AlienAutopsy and Respawn
The warranty I am very happy with, their tech support is quite excellent, Respawn(The reason I had to speak with AWTech in the first place) I am less than pleased with...I have a similar program on one of my other computers, and use it quite often, but AW sent me a corrupted image DVD, so when I used it(I like to test all software disks, etc. when I first get them, much better than finding something doesn't work later on) it erased my HD, found the image to be corrupt, and basically killed my machine. I should have tested the integrity of the image first, but I didn't think to...my bad. Back on subject: AWTech responded within two minutes of calling(at 2am florida time, by the way) and we went through the problem rather quickly, they had several great ideas and we worked from there.(I didn't know at the time that the HD wasn't formatted, and winxp wasn't booting, so we really were spitballing in the dark...and they are very good at narrowing problems, by the way.)
Operating System: Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional with Service Pack 2
What can I say, it's nice, it lacks in areas, but it is nice. I like SP2.
Case: Alienware Exclusive Sentia Case -Space Black
It's beautiful, sleek, sturdy, the case is made of a rubber of some sort...kind of, it is very sturdy, and all of the poor Gateway and HP users who I've shown it off to have been very jealous of the studiness...it just doesn't compare to the lesser beings.
Processor: Intel® Pentium® M 755 2.0GHz 2MB L2 Cache 400MHZ FSB
Fast, blazingly so, much faster than most p4 machines I see(of course, that's also partly the fault of my RAM
)
Motherboard: Intel® 855GME+ICH4M Chipset PC-2700 @ 333MHz
It works well, I don't know much about such things, so I'll shut my trap.
Wireless Network: Intel® PRO/Wireless 2200 Network Connection
Very nice, I came to a hotspot, turned on my machine, and was surfing withing about thirty seconds.
Memory: 2GB DDR PC-2700 at 333MHz - 2x1024 SO-DIMMs
Me Like. Very Fast.
Hard Drive: Hitachi 40GB 7200 RPM ATA100 with 8MB Cache
Silet. Fast. Me Like Lots.
Monitors: 12.1" Wide-XGA 1280x800 LCD Display
The viewing angle is huge, the display is beautiful...I like the widescreen ratio, and the 60hrtz refresh rate is as good as any CRT I've used-better than most, actually.
Video Card: Intel® Extreme Graphics 2 Technology
Very Nice, only 64, but very nice nevertheless.
Sound Card: Sound Blaster Pro Compatible 5.1 Digital Audio
I like it, it works for me. My headphones kind of make it obsolete though.
Smart Bay One: 8X Dual Layer DVD+/-RW / 24X CD-RW Combo w/Software
what can I say, fast, efficent.
Ethernet NIC: Integrated 10/100Mb Ethernet NIC
Have not net used it, so no comment.
Modem: 56K Modem with V.90 Technology
See preceeding comment
Mobile Transport : Alienware® Premium Backpack
I like it a lot, it fits my machine and all the jazz I need to carry around to boot.
External Storage: IOGear® 200GB Combo ION™ Drive
Big. Worked as soon as I plugged it in, and it seperated into six 30GB(roughly) drives.
Additional Battery: Sentia 12.1" Primary Lithium-Ion Smart Battery Pack
Additional AC Adapter: Sentia 12.1" 65-Watt AC Adapter
Won't even bother with these, except to note that the aditional adapter they sent was the wrong type(a situation which was remedied within 24 hours of getting my system)
Headphones: Ultrasone HFI-650 Professional Headphones with S-Logic™
I'm in love, my family is in love, many of my friends are in love, they're perfect. total sound immersion better than any I've seen with SS tech.
Optional Mouse: Microsoft® IntelliMouse Explorer 3.0 - USB - Space Black
Decent. Wish it was a LasMouse though, the cord is very long...about three meters I beleive, but I havn't uncoiled it since I've unpacked it, so I'm not sure.
Removable Storage: Alienware® USB 2.0 256MB Flash Drive v2.0
I Like. Beats the crap out of my old FD.
Digital Cameras: Canon Powershot S500 Camera
Flash Memory: 512MB 40x Lexar Compact Flash Card
I like it, the quality is amazing, it's a pity that my card reader is only SD, but that isn't hard to get around at all. The 512 card is a must.
Productivity Software: Microsoft® Office 2003 Professional Edition
I like, the voice recognition Software is very nice, once you train it a bit.
Alienware Gear: Alienware® Clear Acrylic and Stainless Steel Tumbler
It's nice, keeps liquid cool, which is what I need.
Alienware Gear: Alienware® Hat Black
Apparel: Alienware® T-Shirt - White - Price Includes $5 Instant Rebate
Apparel: Alienware® T-Shirt - Black - Price Includes $5 Instant Rebate
It's a hat and they're T-Shirts, what can I say? I have been wearing the tees a lot though, if that's any indication. (Just so you are forewarned my [former] Girlfriend complained that I have no taste in clothes, she never liked the fact that I just wear what I feel is comfortable.
Desktop Enhancements: Exclusive AlienGUIse Theme Manager
Wasn't Preloaded, so no comment.
Free Alienware Mousepad: Free Alienware® Mousepad
Very nice pad, I use it a lot.
Okay then, the other stuff:
I can leave it on in excess of twelve hours, and it's only slightly warm, kind of a pleasant feeling actually.
The Battery will last over three hours using the media player(with visulazations) and word processing software, don't know how long exactly.
If you want any more info or pics, just post in this thread or pm me.
Have a Happy Day and Buy a Sentia!
So some of you are wanting photos of Alienware's Space Black Sentia...did the best I could to show how it was packaged by a rock star, but the little critter still came out well.
This looks to be a great lappy but have had some issues...
1-Intel Pro card gets lousy reception bouncing from 1Mbps-54 even when 4 feet from router. Updating drivers do not solve the problem.
2-Touchpad is REALLY finicky making brousing the web a pain...will give Alienware another try tomorrow as it just arrived 4 days ago.
3-Expected delivery date...expect it like youre trying to catch a flying saucer! Took them 25 days and 20 days beyond the stated delivery date. As a professor I needed the bloody laptop for my students and wound up buying another Dell...yes the little alien will be staying at its new home and the university bought out the other. But what a PAIN!
GET THIS SOLVED ALIENWARE!!!
Havent had any other issues as of yet and am hoping it to remain that way.
All the best to you and yours!
If anyone wants special pics of certian locations, let me know and I'll see what I can do.
Four Days...it took four days for me from order to ship...I'd call 'em and see what's going on.(and that's including a weekend, by the way.)
Here are some additional pics, if you want more, just tell me.
The Machine:
Warranty: 3-Year AlienCare Toll-Free 24/7 Phone Support with Onsite Service Bundled with AlienAutopsy and Respawn
Operating System: Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional with Service Pack 2
Case: Alienware Exclusive Sentia Case -Space Black
Processor: Intel® Pentium® M 755 2.0GHz 2MB L2 Cache 400MHZ FSB
Motherboard: Intel® 855GME+ICH4M Chipset PC-2700 @ 333MHz
Wireless Network: Intel® PRO/Wireless 2200 Network Connection
Memory: 2GB DDR PC-2700 at 333MHz - 2x1024 SO-DIMMs
Hard Drive: Hitachi 40GB 7200 RPM ATA100 with 8MB Cache
Monitors: 12.1" Wide-XGA 1280x800 LCD Display
Video Card: Intel® Extreme Graphics 2 Technology
Sound Card: Sound Blaster Pro Compatible 5.1 Digital Audio
Smart Bay One: 8X Dual Layer DVD+/-RW / 24X CD-RW Combo w/Software
Ethernet NIC: Integrated 10/100Mb Ethernet NIC
Modem: 56K Modem with V.90 Technology
Mobile Transport : Alienware® Premium Backpack
External Storage: IOGear® 200GB Combo ION™ Drive
Additional Battery: Sentia 12.1" Primary Lithium-Ion Smart Battery Pack
Additional AC Adapter: Sentia 12.1" 65-Watt AC Adapter
Headphones: Ultrasone HFI-650 Professional Headphones with S-Logic™
Optional Mouse: Microsoft® IntelliMouse Explorer 3.0 - USB - Space Black
Removable Storage: Alienware® USB 2.0 256MB Flash Drive v2.0
Digital Cameras: Canon Powershot S500 Camera
Flash Memory: 512MB 40x Lexar Compact Flash Card
Productivity Software: Microsoft® Office 2003 Professional Edition
Alienware Gear: Alienware® Clear Acrylic and Stainless Steel Tumbler
Alienware Gear: Alienware® Hat Black
Apparel: Alienware® T-Shirt - White - Price Includes $5 Instant Rebate
Apparel: Alienware® T-Shirt - Black - Price Includes $5 Instant Rebate
Desktop Enhancements: Exclusive AlienGUIse Theme Manager
Free Alienware Mousepad: Free Alienware® Mousepad
As I am absolutly horrid at writing reviews, I'll just go through each item and give my thoughts, impressions, et cetera.
Warranty: 3-Year AlienCare Toll-Free 24/7 Phone Support with Onsite Service Bundled with AlienAutopsy and Respawn
The warranty I am very happy with, their tech support is quite excellent, Respawn(The reason I had to speak with AWTech in the first place) I am less than pleased with...I have a similar program on one of my other computers, and use it quite often, but AW sent me a corrupted image DVD, so when I used it(I like to test all software disks, etc. when I first get them, much better than finding something doesn't work later on) it erased my HD, found the image to be corrupt, and basically killed my machine. I should have tested the integrity of the image first, but I didn't think to...my bad. Back on subject: AWTech responded within two minutes of calling(at 2am florida time, by the way) and we went through the problem rather quickly, they had several great ideas and we worked from there.(I didn't know at the time that the HD wasn't formatted, and winxp wasn't booting, so we really were spitballing in the dark...and they are very good at narrowing problems, by the way.)
Operating System: Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional with Service Pack 2
What can I say, it's nice, it lacks in areas, but it is nice. I like SP2.
Case: Alienware Exclusive Sentia Case -Space Black
It's beautiful, sleek, sturdy, the case is made of a rubber of some sort...kind of, it is very sturdy, and all of the poor Gateway and HP users who I've shown it off to have been very jealous of the studiness...it just doesn't compare to the lesser beings.
Processor: Intel® Pentium® M 755 2.0GHz 2MB L2 Cache 400MHZ FSB
Fast, blazingly so, much faster than most p4 machines I see(of course, that's also partly the fault of my RAM
)Motherboard: Intel® 855GME+ICH4M Chipset PC-2700 @ 333MHz
It works well, I don't know much about such things, so I'll shut my trap.
Wireless Network: Intel® PRO/Wireless 2200 Network Connection
Very nice, I came to a hotspot, turned on my machine, and was surfing withing about thirty seconds.
Memory: 2GB DDR PC-2700 at 333MHz - 2x1024 SO-DIMMs
Me Like. Very Fast.
Hard Drive: Hitachi 40GB 7200 RPM ATA100 with 8MB Cache
Silet. Fast. Me Like Lots.
Monitors: 12.1" Wide-XGA 1280x800 LCD Display
The viewing angle is huge, the display is beautiful...I like the widescreen ratio, and the 60hrtz refresh rate is as good as any CRT I've used-better than most, actually.
Video Card: Intel® Extreme Graphics 2 Technology
Very Nice, only 64, but very nice nevertheless.
Sound Card: Sound Blaster Pro Compatible 5.1 Digital Audio
I like it, it works for me. My headphones kind of make it obsolete though.
Smart Bay One: 8X Dual Layer DVD+/-RW / 24X CD-RW Combo w/Software
what can I say, fast, efficent.
Ethernet NIC: Integrated 10/100Mb Ethernet NIC
Have not net used it, so no comment.
Modem: 56K Modem with V.90 Technology
See preceeding comment
Mobile Transport : Alienware® Premium Backpack
I like it a lot, it fits my machine and all the jazz I need to carry around to boot.
External Storage: IOGear® 200GB Combo ION™ Drive
Big. Worked as soon as I plugged it in, and it seperated into six 30GB(roughly) drives.
Additional Battery: Sentia 12.1" Primary Lithium-Ion Smart Battery Pack
Additional AC Adapter: Sentia 12.1" 65-Watt AC Adapter
Won't even bother with these, except to note that the aditional adapter they sent was the wrong type(a situation which was remedied within 24 hours of getting my system)
Headphones: Ultrasone HFI-650 Professional Headphones with S-Logic™
I'm in love, my family is in love, many of my friends are in love, they're perfect. total sound immersion better than any I've seen with SS tech.
Optional Mouse: Microsoft® IntelliMouse Explorer 3.0 - USB - Space Black
Decent. Wish it was a LasMouse though, the cord is very long...about three meters I beleive, but I havn't uncoiled it since I've unpacked it, so I'm not sure.
Removable Storage: Alienware® USB 2.0 256MB Flash Drive v2.0
I Like. Beats the crap out of my old FD.
Digital Cameras: Canon Powershot S500 Camera
Flash Memory: 512MB 40x Lexar Compact Flash Card
I like it, the quality is amazing, it's a pity that my card reader is only SD, but that isn't hard to get around at all. The 512 card is a must.
Productivity Software: Microsoft® Office 2003 Professional Edition
I like, the voice recognition Software is very nice, once you train it a bit.
Alienware Gear: Alienware® Clear Acrylic and Stainless Steel Tumbler
It's nice, keeps liquid cool, which is what I need.
Alienware Gear: Alienware® Hat Black
Apparel: Alienware® T-Shirt - White - Price Includes $5 Instant Rebate
Apparel: Alienware® T-Shirt - Black - Price Includes $5 Instant Rebate
It's a hat and they're T-Shirts, what can I say? I have been wearing the tees a lot though, if that's any indication. (Just so you are forewarned my [former] Girlfriend complained that I have no taste in clothes, she never liked the fact that I just wear what I feel is comfortable.
Desktop Enhancements: Exclusive AlienGUIse Theme Manager
Wasn't Preloaded, so no comment.
Free Alienware Mousepad: Free Alienware® Mousepad
Very nice pad, I use it a lot.
Okay then, the other stuff:
I can leave it on in excess of twelve hours, and it's only slightly warm, kind of a pleasant feeling actually.
The Battery will last over three hours using the media player(with visulazations) and word processing software, don't know how long exactly.
If you want any more info or pics, just post in this thread or pm me.
Have a Happy Day and Buy a Sentia!
So some of you are wanting photos of Alienware's Space Black Sentia...did the best I could to show how it was packaged by a rock star, but the little critter still came out well.
This looks to be a great lappy but have had some issues...
1-Intel Pro card gets lousy reception bouncing from 1Mbps-54 even when 4 feet from router. Updating drivers do not solve the problem.
2-Touchpad is REALLY finicky making brousing the web a pain...will give Alienware another try tomorrow as it just arrived 4 days ago.
3-Expected delivery date...expect it like youre trying to catch a flying saucer! Took them 25 days and 20 days beyond the stated delivery date. As a professor I needed the bloody laptop for my students and wound up buying another Dell...yes the little alien will be staying at its new home and the university bought out the other. But what a PAIN!
GET THIS SOLVED ALIENWARE!!!
Havent had any other issues as of yet and am hoping it to remain that way.
All the best to you and yours!
