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Have you seen the m11x?
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This is playing to a completely different market to the mbp anyway, sheesh.
Purely as a mobile fun machine, I'm actually tempted - not as an alternative to my mbp, but to complement it. Although my mbp is boot camped with Win7, I rarely use it as I immediately miss complete access to my mac. I like the odd bit of PC gaming but have no desire to buy a big ass gaming rig or lappy, and this'd absolutely smoke my 9600m, which is otherwise more than enough for me for everything other than gaming. Hmmm.
Oh, but I do find it kind of fugly, obviously
Purely as a mobile fun machine, I'm actually tempted - not as an alternative to my mbp, but to complement it. Although my mbp is boot camped with Win7, I rarely use it as I immediately miss complete access to my mac. I like the odd bit of PC gaming but have no desire to buy a big ass gaming rig or lappy, and this'd absolutely smoke my 9600m, which is otherwise more than enough for me for everything other than gaming. Hmmm.
Oh, but I do find it kind of fugly, obviously
And you and I just might have very similar tastes.
As I wrote before, writing being part of the problem I guess, I have meant it sarcastically. I have seen better looking machines with that form factor, especially Sony's offerings.
Maybe I should add a smiley in the future, like this one:
Corr-wrong. It's not marketed as a netbook.
It's marketed as a beast of a sub-15" notebook, and that it is.
The only people calling it a netbook were Gizmodo and Engadget.
I just had the chance to play around with a friend's M11x. I have to say, it's much better than the clunky POS M17x I used in Best Buy.
It seemed well put together and felt very solid. I'd liken it to a Macbook, but not quite a macbook pro. It is honestly one of the best feeling Windows-based notebooks I've played around with. I was able to play some MW2 on it at full detail with native res without issue. World of Warcraft and EVE Online both ran without a hitch at max settings, way above 30fps. It is a bit heavier than it looks, but at 4.5 lbs, it's still light enough for what it supplies. The keyboard is nice, though, like the Engadget reviewer, I took some issue with the squished arrow keys.
All in all, it's a very nice product at a pretty reasonable price, imho. I might look into picking one up after dumping some of the unneeded tech I have right now. Still, not really a viable alternative to a 15" or bigger MBP. May compete with the 13" MBP if you don't mind the design (though it is pretty nice looking IRL).
It seemed well put together and felt very solid. I'd liken it to a Macbook, but not quite a macbook pro. It is honestly one of the best feeling Windows-based notebooks I've played around with. I was able to play some MW2 on it at full detail with native res without issue. World of Warcraft and EVE Online both ran without a hitch at max settings, way above 30fps. It is a bit heavier than it looks, but at 4.5 lbs, it's still light enough for what it supplies. The keyboard is nice, though, like the Engadget reviewer, I took some issue with the squished arrow keys.
All in all, it's a very nice product at a pretty reasonable price, imho. I might look into picking one up after dumping some of the unneeded tech I have right now. Still, not really a viable alternative to a 15" or bigger MBP. May compete with the 13" MBP if you don't mind the design (though it is pretty nice looking IRL).
What the hell is a "Pro" machine. It reminds me when they slap "Sport" on a car.
Oh yeas, I've been drooling over this one. Was seriously considering buying it but I really can't justify having two laptops and a 15" MB Pro is a very good all rounder.
But it's a very nice little machine. And it's cheap, for an Alienware, so long as you don't spec it too high.
But it's a very nice little machine. And it's cheap, for an Alienware, so long as you don't spec it too high.
Impossibly ugly and thick, thicker than a powerbook g4 12" which is 7 years old....really horrible.
Yeah lets think about this Alienware=Dell, Dell=Pure Crap, so by the transitive property, and what all of us already know, Alienware=Crap. /thread.
There's nothing on the market like the MPB (unfortunately). I'm a sucker for design and beautifully machined bits of aluminum. These plastic things just don't do it for me. I'm willing to wait.
I love following these posts, every one of them quietly becomes "it looks/runs/is horrible b/c it's not Apple"
and if you don't conform, you get ostricized [uh oh, I'm in trouble]
I'm not sure about the c2d in this one. no hyperthreading and no intelligent o/c like in the clarksdale/arrandale i7 line (maybe they'll refresh the processor next round. . .
but it would be cool to see an 11" netbook running a 24" monitor flawlessly [I didn't check over the whole spec, but I'm assuming it has some kind of display out]
I'm not a big fan of the looks on it myself, prefer something a bit more streamlined like the macbook or the asus G73jh I ended up replacing my macbook with [coudln't wait for Apple to quit dragging @$$]
One piece of advice I WILL give: If you're on the fence between waiting for the macbook refresh or picking up a PC, do not settle. Decide what you want and buy it or wait for it. "I just want to buy SOMETHING now" tends to turn into "I wish I had waited or done something differently" a few weeks down the line.
And always get the right tool for the job. 11" isn't much of a screen for a "gaming" rig. If you can live with it, great. . but I know the 13" I came from was hard to game on without an external monitor
and if you don't conform, you get ostricized
[uh oh, I'm in trouble]I'm not sure about the c2d in this one. no hyperthreading and no intelligent o/c like in the clarksdale/arrandale i7 line (maybe they'll refresh the processor next round. . .
but it would be cool to see an 11" netbook running a 24" monitor flawlessly [I didn't check over the whole spec, but I'm assuming it has some kind of display out]
I'm not a big fan of the looks on it myself, prefer something a bit more streamlined like the macbook or the asus G73jh I ended up replacing my macbook with [coudln't wait for Apple to quit dragging @$$]
One piece of advice I WILL give: If you're on the fence between waiting for the macbook refresh or picking up a PC, do not settle. Decide what you want and buy it or wait for it. "I just want to buy SOMETHING now" tends to turn into "I wish I had waited or done something differently" a few weeks down the line.
And always get the right tool for the job. 11" isn't much of a screen for a "gaming" rig. If you can live with it, great. . but I know the 13" I came from was hard to game on without an external monitor
Wonder if the m11x has the stuutering audio like its big brother the m17x?
http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/still-no-fix-in-sight-for-alienware-m17x-stuttering-audio-issue/
IMHO As far as looks.. I think they both the m11x and the m17x look horrible. For an 11incher.. way to thick. Macbooks Pros win hands down in the looks category.
http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/still-no-fix-in-sight-for-alienware-m17x-stuttering-audio-issue/
IMHO As far as looks.. I think they both the m11x and the m17x look horrible. For an 11incher.. way to thick. Macbooks Pros win hands down in the looks category.
Software and hardware lower power states have been wrecking audio on countless machines.
And never needed any of them, though if the USB port would be replaced with a Firewire 800 port I'd have a use for it.
Well, I would use all of the ports for a mouse, printer, and my iphone. i'd also prefer wired ethernet, along with outputting with hdmi to my tv.
maybe you don't need them, but the general population needs usb ports, or at least that's my belief.
the macbook air is more for the business end of things and partially just to show off. i would never get one of those.
maybe you don't need them, but the general population needs usb ports, or at least that's my belief.
the macbook air is more for the business end of things and partially just to show off. i would never get one of those.
I wanted this machine for awhile. you know that really tense feeling you get in your chest when you want something really bad. I had that for like 2 weeks for this machine. It passed now. sony partners have had a i5 cpu with 4 gigs ram 500 gig hard drive and nvidia 330 graphics (6000 3d mark 06) for 950.00
this gets the same 3d mark as the alienware. except has a 14 inch screen, screaming cpu and looks like a regular thin laptop. what you would expect from sony anyway for the same price.
this gets the same 3d mark as the alienware. except has a 14 inch screen, screaming cpu and looks like a regular thin laptop. what you would expect from sony anyway for the same price.
Hardware Heaven goes into one of the most detailed reviews I've even seen. They provide photos galore, Cinebench, games, and overclocking.
I love following these posts, every one of them quietly becomes "it looks/runs/is horrible b/c it's not Apple"
and if you don't conform, you get ostricized
I'm not sure about the c2d in this one. no hyperthreading and no intelligent o/c like in the clarksdale/arrandale i7 line (maybe they'll refresh the processor next round. . .
but it would be cool to see an 11" netbook running a 24" monitor flawlessly [I didn't check over the whole spec, but I'm assuming it has some kind of display out]
I'm not a big fan of the looks on it myself, prefer something a bit more streamlined like the macbook or the asus G73jh I ended up replacing my macbook with [coudln't wait for Apple to quit dragging @$$]
One piece of advice I WILL give: If you're on the fence between waiting for the macbook refresh or picking up a PC, do not settle. Decide what you want and buy it or wait for it. "I just want to buy SOMETHING now" tends to turn into "I wish I had waited or done something differently" a few weeks down the line.
And always get the right tool for the job. 11" isn't much of a screen for a "gaming" rig. If you can live with it, great. . but I know the 13" I came from was hard to game on without an external monitor
QFT.
I started a thread about the M11x when it first came out at CES and it was crapped all over for being "ugly". Honestly, I think it's a viable alternative for the much-missed Powerbook 12" because it packs a lot of power including a solid dedicated graphics card into an A4-sized package. I tried to use a MBA for a while when my PB12" became obviously obselete. I didn't like it, saw nothing in Apple's lineup that I liked, and switched to a Thinkpad with Ubuntu. Haven't looked back.
The M11x isn't gorgeous, to be sure, but I think it's relatively understated. There are worse things than a boxy black slab.
Apple needs to get back into this type of hardware. It might not be the most lucrative, but it provides a great "halo" product that people truly get attached to, because it's such a unique and useful form factor/performance segment.
