Help me please!

I cant decide wich laptop is better, can u help me? my doubt is between Alienware m11x and XPS 15

Alienware m11x:

-Windows® 7 Home Premium Original, 64-bit
-Intel® Core™ i7 2617M 1.5GHz(2.6GHz w/Turbo Boost, 4MB Cache)
-MEMORY 8GB Dual Channel DDR3 at 1333MHz
- HDD 500GB 7200RPM SATA 3Gb/s
-Intel® Centrino® Wireless-N 1000 a/g/n 1x2
-NVIDIA® GeForce® GT540M graphics with 2.0GB Video Memory and Optimus
- Screen LED 11.6" High Def (720p/1366x768) with WLED backlight
-Sound Internal High-Definition Surround Sound Audio (5.1)
-Bluetooth Dell Internal Bluetooth 3.0

Dell XPS 15:
-Windows® 7 Home Premium Original 64Bit
-Intel® Core™ i7-2630QM
-Memory 8GB DDR3
-HDD 500GB SATA (7200RPM)
- Optical Drive 8X (CD/DVD, DVD+/-R)
-NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 540M 2GB Optimus Tecnology
- 9 cells 92WHr
- Screen HD 15.6" Full HD B+RGLED (1080p)
- Intel© Centrino© Advanced-N 6230 and Bluetooth 3.0
- Backlight
- Speaker JBL 2.1 Waves Maxx Audio 3 + Creative SoundBlaster X-FI MB 1.2
-Integrated Network Adapter Integrated 10/100/1000 Network Card

Im in University, I work with Visual Studio (c#), sql server, Java and stuff... I want it for school and gaming.. so please help me

 

I think the xps would give better performance in games because of the cpu
I use my r2 for college and find it perfect because I can carry it anywhere and still game
also I would by the ram and hard drive off newegg.com could save a few bucks - not sure if it would void the xps warranty but with the m11x you can swap parts out

 

You can swap xps parts without voiding the warranty. I agree with lock on the xps has a better cpu and higher screen res, but you will prob get higher fps on the m11x due to 768 res v 1080p.

It depends wether you want portability, altho both are small (m11x obviously smaller). But the xps is a LOT cheaper than alienware so its up to you what you want and what you want to spend.

 

Thank u, both of you, the price is not a proble cuz that m11x and xps 15 have the same price (5 bucks of difference)..

The R3 has the same hinge problem of the r2 and r1?

 

yes the hinge is fixed on the r3
and for what ever reason if there is a problem with it they will replace it

 

@LockOn u said that u have a m11x, how do you feel about the size? cuz my bro says that is stupid the relation between price-size of the m11x, I think that its great the m11x but, my big problem about these laptops is because the size of m11x, I've never seen a m11x, just in phtos and videso, so I really don't know if too small... Actually, I have a HP of 14', I don't know if I will feel the m11x too small... ty dudes!

 

It's all about the size.

 

Yeah, at this point, the real factor is size.

Does anyone know if the i7 is low voltage on the proposed m11x like the i5 for the r2 is? It's painful to know that our cpus could've been so much better.

 

Get 3yrs warranty minimum.

If you decide to add it later on, it will cost you a lot more.

 

ty a lot guys

 

I heard that m11x cant run some cools game, like RTS.. the XPS 15 can run them?

 

Whatever game you try the m11x (r3 with i7) should be able to beat the xps due to the lower screen res on the m11x.

But i dont know how much the cpu is a factor on the m11x so you could be right.

 

3 years of warranty is a waste. In at least 2 years you will want a newer PC and there will be much better PCs around. 3yrs is not recommended IMO and if you're a modder then get a 1 year warranty.

 

Goes with the "bigger" one. Def.

 

The XPS will be faster for just about everything. However, you may need to lower the resolution on some games to get decent performance. I would go for the XPS if the prices were the same.