Alienware M11x R3 is now available for sale

Shipping Method: Next Business Day
Estimated Delivery Date: 5/11/2011

Man. Can't wait!

 

Yeah, I'm excited too. I bought mine on release day. Does anyone know what Status: Ship Complete means? I got my accessories today, but I've never heard of Ship Complete. I don't think it's the same as Shipped.

 

I believe that it means your package is ready to leave Malaysia and head to you.

 

I've read the R3 screen is overall worse than the M11x R1 and R2, but I'm not so sure.The R1/R2 could never display such a deep shade of black:



Taken from a viewing angle video. Hmm I might actually buy the R3.

 

Yes, I had the £300 off coupon but I believe it was only available to us in the UK at the time., Sorry price is £628.99

 

Bull? Check above

 

That dark screen effect is easy to fudge by using a dark room and messing with the focus.

My replication at maximum brightness:


And at minimum:

 

Thanks for doing that. It will be interesting to hear user reports on the new display. Even though I could get a new R1 for 60% less than the R3, performance can be 60% better in some R3 tests. I'm not sure that's enough to justify the cost without a screen upgrade. Though I would like the rubberized exterior.

 

I stand corrected. Didn't realise there was a coupon for the UK. Damn, that's a bargain.

 

You already had 2 r1s before and you tried selling one for a higher price than alienware because you said you are shipping much faster lol

Anyway why are buying another one? I thought you said you love your mac more.

 

no worries dude, I thought it was too good to be true too.

Shame about the time it takes the deliver it Im impatient

 

Just waiting for an M11x with a better screen, period. I'd also prefer a 12" or 13" screen in the same size chassis. With next revision if they do a chassis change, they better make it more like an M12x.

 

It seems the UK orders are being shipped from China? Although I have seen a few posts mentioning the M11x will ship from Malaysia?

I am in the UK and ordered mine on release day. A few days later I received an email that the expected delivery date was April 27. Yesterday I received an email with UPS tracking information. Current status shows:

China 25/04/2011 7:44 Order Processed: Ready for UPS
Shanghai, China 25/04/2011 23:25 Export Scan
Incheon, Korea, Republic of 26/04/2011 10:40 Departure Scan
Almaty, Kazakhstan 26/04/2011 17:09 Departure Scan

Fingers crossed it should arrive tomorrow.

 

From my point of view, for Asia Pacific regions, laptops are produced mostly in China or in Singapore.

For those of you who are living in US, I think laptops are produced there but the parts will be from China.

Personally, I don't really like products that are produced in China. They lack finishing touches.

No offence for those who are Chinese.

 

Mine come from Malaysia, to Texas, USA, to Ontario, Canada. At least this has been the case for my last 3 purchases from Dell/AW.

 

I bought 2 R1s at the same time with an intent of keeping the second sealed and reselling it since I got an alright deal. There's no point in having 2 . There were a few things I didn't like about the R1 so I figured I would sell it (but Amazon let me return it without an issue) and wait to see what the R3 is like. My main complaint was with the screen, but the R3's screen is reportedly worse. So since I have a 20% off coupon, I may buy another R1 and keep it this time , possibly selling it for the R4.

I know, I know, embarrassing buyer's remorse got the best of me the first time. That's why I always buy things within the first few weeks they come out so I don't have to worry about newer models for a while. I can't really pass up a new $500 R1, can I?

 

The main reason I bought my R1 was because it costs $500. Great value if you ask me. But $1200+ for an R3 is absurd IMHO.

 

It's a little stupid of a buy though since the M11x R1 is only 10% better than my MacBook Pro for games on average. The R3 could be almost twice as fast, though. Just wish it didn't have such an inferior screen.

 

There's no way the 335M can be 10% faster then a 9600M GT. The R1 is CPU bottlenecked.

 

Do you think that's too high or too low? The M11x gets 600 more points in 3DMark 06 vs the 2008 unibody MacBook Pro. In some games that difference is bigger, particularly Crysis.

 

Wow! That's awesome

No pressure ... but ... We're all depending on you for a solid review. Please post back on these forums as soon as you get the chance!

 

Nice, congrats. Did you have a R1 or R2? I'd really like a screen comparison.

 

ditto on the screen comparison ... or as much info as you can give on the screen if you didn't have an R1 or R2.

And maybe some battery life info?

 

Do you think with Sandy Bridge and a more powerful gpu that the R3 will be able to play ARMA 2 at a good setting.

 

Given the relatively modest GPU boost probably not.

If an overclocked (with TS) R2 coupled with an overclocked 335m wasn't offering "playable" framerates at the required settings it is unlikely that the R3 will suddenly make it playable at the same settings.

If however the R2 was right on the borderline then the R3 might just push it into being playable.

 

i wonder if there are any retailers in the US selling the R3 now?

 

RECEIVED MY R3 TODAY!! WOO HOO!

I just got email this morning saying it's shipped, when I tried to track it says OUT FOR DELIVERY! and when I got home it's sitting there! woo hoo!

 

Congrats! If you aren't too busy with your new system, could you do a comparison of the R2 and R3 screens? I only have a day to decide whether to buy an R1 and R3, and I would only get a R3 if the screen was improved, but I read before it's actually worse.

 

Grats Howard. Tell us about the hinge/lid and the fan. Did you also get the right AC adapter and cable?

 

Standby all..unpacking

 

You guys want me to reply here or make a new thread on initial impression?

 

and can you check battery life please? This is one of the key features disputed in the reviews and I haven't heard any news on this yet from a real user.

 

I'll make a new thread then..give me an hour...you guys are lucky I'm off tomorrow lol

 

So cocky.. You are not the only one who ordered M11x R3.

 

lol you see my post enough to know me better than that , just teasing

 

Reply here or post the link to your thread here. Just do a detailed display comparison and I'll be happy .

 

Time to change that sig

I'm on my way to change mine

 

So far very quiet....installing starcraft 2 now... and it's an AOU monitor. It's very clear and bright but the color for now is leaning toward cool side, a very very very slight bluish tint. Not as good as the LG on my R2 but not bad. Will try to check out high def video and see

 

More specifically, how are the display's contrast ratio and black levels compared to the R2? Also, are vertical viewing angles any better?

 

Viewing angle is ok side to side, vertical is not good. It's bad when screen is tilted toward you, get washed out when you overlook it but its very good when u tilt it back. Pretty much face to face with it is fine.

It's approximately in the same quality as the R2 screen. I see your signature has a macbook pro. When comparing R3 screen to Macbook pro, there is no comparison, macbook pro excel it by a wide margin. However as one editor said, there's simply not many maker making 11.6 in out there so it's decent relative to its lack of choice and compare with R1 R2 I owned.

Contrast ratio is same as R2 and R1. Macbook pro still beats it by quite a bit but it's not bad by any means.

 

Howard, m11x r3 should have bluetooth 3.0. Can you pls check if it is indeed bluetooth 3.0 because when i had my ThinkPad x120e and it says bluetooth 3.0 but was showing 2.1.

Thanks

 

Device ID is dell wireless 375 card which is a BT 3.0 card.

 

Howard, can you run a benchmark of Far Cry 2 long ranch at medium DX10 settings sometime?

 

link?


BY THE WAY - this thing is loud as a hair dryer when in game, i mean very very loud, have to put my headset on but you can hear it very loud across the room, but as soon as u finish the game it quiets down.

 

Howard I want you to be honest with me, do you remember last year with our r1's when the r1 running the intel card being idle or just light surfing and the fan would just come on randomly at full blast. Is the fan totally quiet when running integrated card and surfing and it no longer goes crazy?

 

I remember that crazy r1 fan......just like my ex's temper

When doing browsing and movie and youtube, its either completely silent or fan come on sometimes and off, but still quiet like R2. It does not have the crazy R1 behavior.

However when you play game or run vantage like I'm doing now the fan is nuts..constant loud like hair dryer. But it quiets down as soon as you quit game.

 

lol thanks howard. Is the fan going nuts on r3 when running a game or benchmark as loud as the full blast of r1?

 

yes which annoys me, I hate noise. R2 was much more tolerable.

but it quiets down when u exit the game and benchmark.

 

Ok guys here it is. It's very brief and I did it asap to answer some peoples question, so be nice to me

http://forum.notebookreview.com/ali...e-m11x-r3-initial-impression.html#post7428970

 

The service manual for the M11x r3 shows one exactly like the Dell Wireless 365:
http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/Alw_M11xR3/en/SM/btboard.htm#wp1213253

The DW375 attaches with a cable instead of a built-in connector. Can anyone take a look to tell for sure? They might've just copy/pasted that part of the manual from the previous model!

Edit: It uses the cable for sure, even in an m11x r3. Getting an adapter with the right cable was proving difficult but I discovered that the cable was already present in the notebook even though the adapter wasn't. I had to take it apart myself to find out though because the tear-downs all had BT adapters.