Just a heads up for any prospective buyers. I was extremely excited to fire up X51 for the first time yesterday. Right out of the gate, some things seemed....wrong. The packaging appeared fairly flimsy, with two plastic molded pieces holding the machine in place and a folded cardboard insert to fill the gap which existed between that and the outside box. Even carrying it to my room, I could feel the X51 sliding around: that cardboard was not enough to keep it stationary. When first opened, I...
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Thanks to the huge success of the iPad tablets are steadily becoming more popular than laptops. There seems to be a new tablet out/announced all the time and now Microsoft is finally starting to understand with Windows 8. So as a fan of Alienware computers I was just wondering if anybody else felt like they should take a crack at making a tablet. Many people use tablets for gaming and with the always unique design of Alienware laptops we may see a cool looking tablet that doesn't look like every...
(to get the most "bang for the buck") Which parts will they try to rip you off on / should you try to purchase and install yourself? From my experience, it seems to be more important to upgrade the parts you cannot change later on. (For example, you can purchase more memory later on or get a new hard drive but not a higher resolution display.)
I'm currently shopping around for options on a new laptop that may offer some type of gaming ability. I'm not looking for anything heavy duty like Crysis but I'd like to be able to use Steam & Starcraft 2. I know at one point Alienware was the go to company but I recall reading that they weren't as reliable as they once were; which would be a bummer because you can get i5's & i7's from the dell outlet for under 1K (so one as low as $750). I was considering a...
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i need help :S 1. im thinking of the alienware m17x but i need to know if i can manually add a second gpu (ati 5870m). 2.im also thinking of the m11x but i wanted to know how worth it is the ssd. does it increase performance? 3. when playing heavy games, does the bonus 8gb ram help? i wana go for the m11x cuz its small and portable, lotsa battery life, only thing is im a heavy gamer and i was wondering if (with or without the ssd) the m11x is going to survive the next generation of games to...
to have changed much, if at all - making this a steal. Battery life however, doesn't seem to be specified anymore. But at least we'll have a choice between longevity and performance now. And either way, this thing will get us more mileage than any other gaming notebook.
Will it be able to handle all the everyday tasks other than gaming that those can? After all this only has a low end ULV processor while those will have new Intel i3, i5, or even i7's.
Now i did choose the option to spec this unit up, (beauty of being able to use CTO) paid a little more than what i normally would. But this machine has not been disappointing at all. The only draw back was not having a DVD/CD drive built into the PC. I had to go purchase one Dell recommends. So to make the experience even better, the CD/DVD drive that was being recommended, didnt even read DVD's and was from XP era. How does that happen? anyway, out of a ten, i would give this PC an 9...
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Configured with 12GB of RAM (DDR3 @ 1333MHz), i7 920 overclocked to 3.2GHz, 300GB 10krpm drive and ATI 5870 the price is currently at $2249 less shipping and tax (think that includes a power supply upgrade). That looks like a decent deal, and reasonable bang for the buck. However, I'm not sure about what is included with the liquid cooling (i.e. CPU, GPU, RAM, etc.), and I am not sure what the noise level would be like. Any comments from anyone with one of these systems?
Look, I can build my own PCs and I advocate that gamers build their own machines. However, with laptops becoming powerful and less expensive, I'm wondering if its time to shift away from having a massive desktop gaming rig sitting around when all I really need is something like the m11x and a decent monitor to connect it (or just my HDTV). I really like the benefits of having a portable gaming laptop such as this. Form factor is the m11x's greatest feature.
I really want this to be a stable platform for gaming. That way I can get rid of my 360 and stick with this and my PS3 for gaming. 1.3ghz though is a little worrying. Hopefully some good benchmarks for Mass Effect 2 come out soon.
I wonder if there will be an option to get a ULV Core i5, and 1333MHz RAM for this little machine. It's asking for a bit much, but having a slow CPU and slow RAM will create a bottleneck for the 335m GPU. So what does everyone think?
This things looks hot, and I love the size of it. Although it's "cheap" it's still relatively-expensive, but is this now the spiritual successor to the 12" Power Book? Is this the natural response to netbooks? I like the idea of a lilliputian laptop powered by something other than the Atom and I have to say this looks real good.
So i am going away for college this fall and i need a laptop and i definitely want something powerful which is why i am looking at this laptop. I don't want to get something underpowered and would like it to last me a pretty long time, which i am confident this laptop will do the job for me. However, i know it isn't exactly light and i may end up getting distracted by games. I am going to be attending engineering classes. What can you tell me about the laptop, think it is a good choice...
I'm looking for a laptop. But here's what I'm looking for: These are a must: NFC DLNA Bluetooth at least 1 USB 3.0 port but must have at least 2 usb ports An HDMI port (In and out if possible touch screen (possibly a convertible laptop) and a camera (for video chat. i don't plan on sing this for photography. it looks stupid) Can't be over 14 in in width, High-Res Display. Optical drive not necessary. looking for a thin laptop. Core i5 or i7 cpu, max out ram at 8 GB (can't sit pretty t 4 gb or ram) 1 gb...
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I'm not looking for anything too special. But cheap would be nice. I wouldn't say I need a huge hard drive, as I don't hold much on it, and the one I currently have is like 100GB and it has served me fine. I would like to stick with Windows 7.. The only little thing I might want would be a somewhat decent video card, as from time to time I still get random urges to play games.
I am an independent game developer / designer and I am looking for a laptop that I can use to work away from my desk. I was looking into Alienware, but I am not sure if I would need that much power nor do I want that much weight with me. I would like something that is light and easy to carry with me but also packs a punch with some power. Seeing how I am designing games on it, the laptop should be able to play the majority of the games on the market at medium or high settings. I am willing to...
Seems like the r3 has been available for a month or two now, but all I've seen are standalone reviews talking only about the r3. I want to know exactly how the r3 compares to the r2 from the same site using the exact same configurations and benchmarks so that it's a consistent comparison.
I posted this in the backchannel too (http://gdgt.com/discuss/what-exactly-does-that-ca... but that doesn't seem to be featured among "Recent discussions".
