Check out this little $900 notebook that somehow manages to implement the "ultrabay" idea I was pushing at AW.
Review Lenovo IdeaPad Y500 Notebook - NotebookCheck.net Reviews
It has the exact SLI 650m setup I was dreaming of! Now we can determine how to use the bay, instead of forfeiting it to optical devices.
True, it lacks a second digital video output, a headphone jack, and an mSATA slot (?), but it seems to have a decent processor, fast ram, etc.. With an i7, this would kill.
Oh, AW. Whatever happened to leading the pack??
Just as my truncated 6 months of warranty expires on my r2 ...
No wonder Dell is failing.
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"... the UltraBay mentioned in the introduction is unique. In simple words, it is a special drive compartment that can optionally harbor a second graphics card. System fan modules (better cooling for 20 Euros/~$27), a hard disk module (750 GB HDD for 90 Euros/~$121) and a DVD/CD burner module (70 Euros/~$94) are also offered in Lenovo's German shop."
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its a neat idea but its a pretty specialized feature that no one else puts on their notebooks. i wouldnt fault aw for that, i can see the aftermarket for these ultrabay components being rather scarce. perhaps clevo could pull it off.
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I just can't believe they beat AW to the dual 650m. It was such an obvious idea. Oh, well. Leave the innovation to others while AW just designs new cases.
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AW seem too conservative to innovate these days. Not to mention the poor job they do with cooling/fan profiles. I love the m14x concept but the single fan (hairdryer) is just not up to cooling the cpu/gpu well. The second they improve the thermals and offer a decent screen (I am dreaming of a 1080p IPS which they can manage in the xps13) I will pick up another
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No question other companies are trying now to compete with Dellienware - when I purchased my M17x-R2 four years ago there was no Origin or ASUS offerings that could compete - and the Clevo/Sager lunchboxes I just couldn't stand to look at. Things have changed and it's a good sign that PC gaming is alive and well with folks like Lenovo pushing the envelope. I suspect the reason that only refreshes are going on with Dellienware is that the going private has been in the works for a couple years now, if only internally. That flat out kills investment into new designs for a lineup that quite frankly the XPS guys in Dell wishes would just go away. I still believe AW is going to either become a Dell company-owned entity separate from Dell, or more likely sold off. So, the Lenovo innovation is good, since it shows a market for the PC-gaming community, but is more tell-tale that Dellienware is not really trying. Personally, unless Dell comes out with a statement that an entirely new model is coming out soon I suspect they are not going to keep the brand in-house for very much longer, less than a year give or take a few months. On the other hand, they *might* use the opportunity to really come out swinging and using Alienware as an example of the return to the "Old Dell" move, but I can't see it since Alienware makes regular Dell offerings look less attractive. Expect Alienware to give way to a return of the XPS lineup in full fighting form. Sad for us, but probably necessary. Maybe Sager will pick them up - that might turn out really well but prices will go up along with performance and quality, but support will take a big hit.
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Even inexperienced users can remove the second GPU :thumbsup:
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Time for Alienware to step it up on M14x R3. They better have dual cooling for cpu/gpu and options for a much better display with better color gamut and matte option.
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AW beaten by Lenovo, ROFL
Discussion in 'Alienware 14 and M14x' started by digitalmo, Feb 8, 2013.