Pictures and Videos M11X R2

The display port is found in the R1 to begin with, isn't it?

 

I work for Dell, and can get pretty much any info shy of benchmarks, but the battery in the R2 is 8-Cell "Smart" Lithium Ion (63WHr) w/ 300 discharge/charge cycle lifespan. It is identical. I hope that helps.

 

wait so you mean to tell me if I charge/discharge my laptop once a day for a year, it will no longer hold any charge?

by discharge I'm hoping you mean a dry discharge; like 0% shutdown. 300 still doesn't seem like a lot.

 

Yes. The display port and HDMI have always been there. The only difference is the layout of the ports on the left side, and that they removed the VGA port.

 

TDP does not equal the amount of power a chip will use in operation. It stands for a Thermal Design Point... as in the amount of heat power which system designers MUST be able to dissapate through passive or active cooling.

Thermal design power - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

It therefore gives a general idea of the MAXIMUM power a chip will use, but no indication of its typical or average usage.....

 

Don't freak out. That is the basis of most all Lithium ION batteries. Generally you go through about 300 full cycles a year, but the life on each battery is different. 300 lifespan is approximate. Also, these are the smart lithium batteries, that can over time, get back dead space in the cells. Most people don't realize it, but most all notebook batteries follow the same guidelines. They are consumable just like projector bulbs. It all depends on usage. It could easily last way longer, but over time, it will start to not fully charge. But yes, it does man full depletion/charge cycles. From completely dead to max charge.

 

It's actually depressing to listen to, how short life span batterys have. That's the paradox with laptops with batteries that cant be replaced!

 

You can buy it on Ebay, but they go for ~$20, so if you want it and you're building your M11x, you're better off clicking the BT option when you order. I only did it because I already have that BT module. It's used in other Dell models, I think this was from a Vostro.

 

Just gonna try to make everyone happy and say Dell did removed the USB port on the right and put extra one on the left, but it didn't work out well , so Dell made another change and remove the VGA & USB port on the left and add another USB port on the right.

 

Well I agree about the life of batteries... However, you can actually replace this battery. It is not hard at all. The bottom cover comes off, and there is one connection that you unplug, and a couple of screws. Then you would purchase another one, and put it right back in. They made it this way because it is 8 Cell and since the system is so small, they went internal with no optical drive to fit it inside.

 

There have always been only 3 USB ports on the M11x. 1 on the left and two on the right. The R2 is no different. It still has 1 on the left, and two on the right.

 

This is very true, spending 80 bucks (or however much it costs) in 2 years for a brand spankin new battery isn't bad. Although by then I'll probably be selling it for an upgrade. 2 - 2.5 years seems to be a good time to get the full value of a computer before upgrading. Although my desktop is 2 years old and going strong!

 

Great Pictures! How did you remove the LCD? Do you have a HMM....

 

I don't think he removed the LCD. The pictures seem to show the keyboard area fully removed. I more interested to know why his M11x is Jewish...or satanist.

 

You are so didn't read my post.

 

So, can everybody confirm all the battery times on the R2 ??? If you own it !!! don't just guess... so we can get a real comparison with the R1

Thanks

 

Yeah, I would also like to know the battery life of the R2, in low consumption mode ( so you get the longest you can get)

Thankyou!

 

I haven't timed it precisely, but doing regular Windows stuff (Firefox, etc) with the screen on 50%, I'm not getting more than 4.5hrs. This is the stock OS, Windows balanced power plan. On a 100% charge, the Windows estimated battery runtime has NEVER shown more than 5hrs. On the R1 I briefly had, I've seen close to 8hrs. YES we know that Windows estimate is bogus, i.e. 8hrs = more like 6hrs.

PS I don't know exactly what it means, but running CPUZ hardware monitor it says my battery is a 7% wear, on my 3day old M11x. Does it really mean 7% worn out literally?

 

Has anyone got their i5 yet?

 

WOW !!! from 4.5hrs to 8hrs is a big difference, can anybody confirm the R1 battery runtime ???? in just regular use...

 

First, no one ever got 8 hours + on the R1. Most get around 6.5 max with typical usage. Go read the reviews.

As for the R2. I'll let you know when I actually get it...

 

Take your own advice http://forum.notebookreview.com/alienware-m11x/493243-good-few-m11x-questions.html#post6373821 "On my R1 I get over 8 hours taking notes"

 

Where are all the official reviews!? Have any been done yet?

 

Weird. Fluke? Never seen anyone else get that high.

 

So, we can expect around 7+ hrs on the R1 on basic use, right ??? and about 5:30 on the R2 ???

 

I've been getting 5:45 on my i7 OC'd at 166. This is being tracked over the course of the past 5 days using BatteryBar.

Balanaced power profile, wifi, 50% screen, BT off, heavy firefox, Outlook, half a dozen RDP sessions, approximately 8 hours total of SD and 720p video playback with MPC-HC or Boxee.

Take away the impact of video and I suspect it would be much better.

 

anyone else feel there needs to be more Pictures and Videos of the M11X R2 on this thread

 

I'd be more than satisfied with 5.5. Can you download and run CPUID hardware monitor? There's this wear level reading, but I really don't know what it's telling me. Out of the box my R2 showed -7% "wear level". It's now at -6%. I'm still getting nowhere close to 5hrs.

The OC on this R2 is very strange. With OC off wprime 32m takes 36 seconds, CPUZ shows the CPU fluctuates between 1.6 and 1.8ghz. OC on at all values I tried including 166mhz it takes 50 seconds, CPUZ shows the CPU is stuck at 1ghz while wprime is running! But my R2 has never locked up on 166mhz OC, and I've seen CPUZ register 2.8ghz occasionally.

 

Yeah! Post up folks.

 

First post!!!

Been a lurker of the Notebook Review Forums (and site) for a few years now (own a Gateway P-7811FX) , but never had any reason to post... until now.

My lunar silver m11x R2 should be here by Monday!!! I'll post pics of it shortly afterwards

 

thanks omega...i also ordered lunar shadow...looking forward to some hq pics...especially detailing the hinges given all the past issues.

 

I got 8 hours once....but you have to have the backlight at the lowest setting possible, no keyboard backlight, and no wifi,and you can't be doing anything more than simple stuff like word processing.

 

First version (R1) gets me 6.5hr if only simple stuff like internet. 335 disabled but CPU overclock on. I have not bothered to test with BT/WiFi disabled.

I suspect you could get similar with R2 even if it means making an effort by tweaking things more than the R1. This is the same as optimizing R1 to get closer to performance of R2 in games/benches. More effort vs no effort.

 

Great pics! I notice the HD carrier is mounted differently than R1 in case anyone was curious.

 

YouTube - Alienware m11x battery test

 

LOL, we always try to introduce the latest and greatest in technologies.

Why not use a 25TDP core i7LM, and a 25TDP 5750 1gb ddr5 ?

I bet it's within thermal limits of the device. 25 for the cpu and 25 for the gpu.

That would be "latest and greatest in technologies."
Not core i7um, and the non dx 11 gt 335. That's ol news.

 

Maybe because the battery life will drop like a rock?

 

So what if it does. Alienware should offer these option to the users, and let them decide if they want performance or battery life.

Sure, battery life would drop, but the performance would be something never before seen in a 11" chasis.

I think close to 10k 3dmark 2006.
I would definetly consider buying such a laptop, but the current configuration, the i7UM, and the gt335 is just isn't worth it in my opinion. For the price of the mx11 i could get better hardware.

If i come to think about it, a 5750 with switchable techology would still offer plenty of time if its turned on, and the GPU on the CPU is used. Turned it on when gaming, and you have a beast of a card in a 11" laptop.

If i had this laptop i don't think i would game off the wall (not connected to power), but maybe you guys do, and that's why alienware decided to fit the laptop with the gt335m
By the way, what TDP does it have ?
Because if it has a 25w TDP, the 5750 1gb ddr5, is by far the better choice, especialy since series 5000 offer better power usage in both idle an non idle mode, wich wouldn't matter any way if the laptop had switchable graphics, but it's there non the less.

Hopefully the mx11 will get dx11 cards at some point in the future.

 

I get 6:30-7:30 hours with LCD around 40%, Intel graphics, wifi enabled, normal web (including youtube) and office application usage. If I bump LCD to 100% I get about an hour less battery.

With Nvidia graphics and 100% LCD while gaming online I can get 2:45-3:30 battery life.

I'm sure I could push 8 hours with Intel and LCD at 20% and no online streaming video.

 

Just got my M11x yesterday, heres some pics
M11x pictures by prasong_2007 - Photobucket

 

thank for the pictures prasong.. I like

 

No problem.

 

Hi, been lurking here for a while, strongly considering purchasing the M11S R2, more for traveling than for gaming, but a little of both. The biggest negative I can find for the M11X is screen resoution/quality. Any comments on that would be helpful.

Andy, I would try to get your battery replaced if it is showing 6-7% wear level out of the box. 0% wear level is, by definition, the condition of a brand new, never used, properly manufactured battery. I have had several notebook pc's that I have used for a year before the wear level hit 6%, and I do not practice battery life conservation methods - ie, I leave the battery in the laptop even though it is plugged in 80% of the time. Keeping the battery charged at 100% (of it's then-current capacity) this way, and continually recharging it as it tries to discharge, and keeping it in the relatively hot spot inside a notebook rather than the 60F "ideal" storage temp all make a battery capacity wear down faster. With such un-conserving practices, it took a year for my battery to lose 6% of its original capacity. You are entitled to a replacement.

 

I'm pretty sure his battery wear level is negative - for example, my R2 as shipped will charge to 69,340mWh as per BatteryBar, and the battery is designed to carry 64,530mWh.

 

Here is my unboxing and first boot of m11x r2
YouTube - Alienware m11x R2 Unboxing and first boot

 

Here are a few pics of my lunar silver m11x R2:

ImageShack Album - 29 images

I uploaded them in a specific order, but Imageshack was acting screwy, so I gave up! ;-p

I threw in some quick size comparisons as well.

 

Shelf life loss alone is much faster than 6% per year... if history has proven anything its that battery monitoring sucks on laptops.

 

Here is a set of pretty high quality M11x R2 pictures I took today. Enjoy!

 

Thanks for the pics - That mirror action is out of control.

 

thanks for that. Lunar shadow seems more grey than silver