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    Let me get this straight

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by DynaDom, Jul 17, 2011.

  1. DynaDom

    DynaDom Notebook Enthusiast

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    I just paid over 1400 for a laptop that is supposed to be cutting edge in July of 2011 and it doesn't have a WEB CAMERA!

    I have a sick feeling in the pit of my stomach, thank you Dell!

    My phone has two cameras.
     
    DynaDom, Jul 17, 2011
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  2. LockOn

    LockOn Notebook Consultant

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    it has a cam on the top of the screen, my advise would be to read up on it more
     
    LockOn, Jul 17, 2011
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  3. DynaDom

    DynaDom Notebook Enthusiast

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    I hope it does!
    I swear I read a review that said it didn't. It was for an R3
     
    DynaDom, Jul 17, 2011
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  4. LockOn

    LockOn Notebook Consultant

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    LockOn, Jul 17, 2011
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    dredd1893 Notebook Consultant

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    well,after visiting the page in LockOn's post, why don't you start by downloading user manual for r3? Btw, I am very curious where you read the review...
     
    dredd1893, Jul 17, 2011
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  6. ACHlLLES

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    You are supposed to find this type of stuff BEFORE you spend 1400, and wecome to the forum.

    Oh and 1400 for "cutting edge" isn't that much btw.
     
    ACHlLLES, Jul 17, 2011
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  7. GNandGS

    GNandGS Notebook Deity

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    Glad you said it first. And nicely. I might have been banned! lol.
     
    GNandGS, Jul 17, 2011
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  8. dredd1893

    dredd1893 Notebook Consultant

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    I'll second that
     
    dredd1893, Jul 17, 2011
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  9. AlienTroll

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    Come on dude, use Google, it is faster and barely any laptop/netbook does not have a Web Cam. Where ever you read that review, it must have been a blog about Alienwares suck and are overpriced. Well, I agree about overpriced but they don't suck.
     
    AlienTroll, Jul 17, 2011
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  10. B4n6k3

    B4n6k3 Notebook Evangelist

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    me & my dude here laugh for over 5 minutes for read this statement, especially after look what the title is...... :D

    what in the world has happen here....

    anyway, welcome to the forum....
     
    B4n6k3, Jul 17, 2011
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  11. vorob

    vorob Notebook Deity

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    Doesn't matter what review you've read. Are you blind? There is a cam on top of lcd...
     
    vorob, Jul 17, 2011
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  12. whitrzac

    whitrzac The orange end is cold...

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    when was the last time anyone used a webcam? I thought those went out of style in 2008 :rolleyes:
     
    whitrzac, Jul 17, 2011
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    DynaDom, Jul 18, 2011
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    DynaDom, Jul 18, 2011
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    DynaDom Notebook Enthusiast

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  16. whitrzac

    whitrzac The orange end is cold...

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    ... there is an edit post button...



    so the 1 prototype laptop that the New Zealand reviewers got had a bad webcam? you reaaaaly felt the need to make a thread about that?
     
    whitrzac, Jul 18, 2011
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  17. AlienTroll

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    LOL, New Zealand. I would go over to Stuff.co.nz's servers and punch them all.
     
    AlienTroll, Jul 18, 2011
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  18. Vidaluko

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    I have almost 1 year with my m11x R2, and I have never used the webcam, and 1,400 for a laptop is not cutting edge, the cutting edge in laptops are those around 4,000 or more...

    1,400 in a desktop it is, not a laptop...
     
    Vidaluko, Jul 18, 2011
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  19. CZroe

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    Those reviews are the same (syndicated?). The webcam note was corrected at the end of the GamerPlanet one. They also called the touchpad "multi-touch" and yet I found no multi-touch options. They also said that it wasn't a gaming notebook because it couldn't run DX10/11 games at the settings they want. OK, so it can play every XBOX 360 port you could throw at it at real HD resolutions, unlike an actual XBOX 360 where most games are internally rendered at 600p, and yet it's "not a gaming notebook?" Puh-leeze. Does it have to run Crysis 2 with DX11 at native resolution for them to consider it? They also said that adding memory or an SSD would not improve gaming performance. Ugh.

    The fact that they somehow missed the webcam staring them in the face doesn't surprise me after reading all that.
     
    CZroe, Jul 18, 2011
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    dredd1893 Notebook Consultant

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    "Our initial publication of this review erroneously stated that the M11x is not equipped with a webcam. Our apologies for any confusion caused"

    there..
    It's amusing to read it though :D

    Do you admit it DOES have a webcam now?

    Btw, welcome to the forum. Don't get discouraged by less then warm reception to your thread, I'm a newbie also and this forum has helped me a lot thanks to its knowledgeable denizens.

    And oh, if you want a commercially available ultimate gaming machine, go for BIG-O or Zeus or build one.

    For DTR, go for m18x, high-end Clevo-based, or anything similar.
    It's a small niche that m11x fills in.
    I don't get it why the Mods haven't closed this thread already.
     
    dredd1893, Jul 18, 2011
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  21. ejohnson

    ejohnson Is that lemon zest?

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    Agree'ed. Last time I used my web cam was the first time I used that facial login thing when I got my m11x when they first came out.
     
    ejohnson, Jul 18, 2011
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  22. JTOverath

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    Only time I have used mine was playing around with Google+ with some peopel from work.
     
    JTOverath, Jul 18, 2011
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  23. Arak-Nafein

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    1,400 for cutting edge? LOL.


    No, that's cheap for cutting edge.


    If you had said 4,000 or 5,000 I might not have laughed so hard.
     
    Arak-Nafein, Jul 18, 2011
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  24. potentiality

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    Use the synaptic drivers at synaptic's site. Those do. But they are kinda sub-par and so far cant see more than two fingers in different spots.
     
    potentiality, Jul 18, 2011
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