m11x contraversy

caution: If debating m11x offends you don't read past this. Opinions can be construed as bias.

I remember thinking when alienware first brought out the idea that the m11x was going to be real. There were posts on this forum about it and I dint pay any attension to it because I thought it was a dumb idea by alienware.

Lol and behold everyone that bought the m11x has a defect in the machine with the entire laptop snapping apart and pissing a good majority of people right off. I did come around to the idea of wanting one after everyone had there m11x finally broke down and started saving for one. I never did buy one though.

I was just wondering what everyones thoughts of alienware ever coming out with an 11 inch varient if dell had not bought them out. Was the m11x a good idea or bad idea? Should the m11x stayed a prototype model for later generations of dellienware?

 

The majority of M11x owners do not have issues, this is a forum so many of the posts and thread here are from the people that ARE having issues looking for guidance, so issues are the majority of what you see here, and that goes for each sub-forum.
And a hinge issue is not the entire laptop snapping apart, my M11x has functioned flawlessly with no issues at all.

The fact that is has sold better than it's larger cousins and was the product of the year shows it was a great idea, if you owned one you would not even need to ask that question.

get one...do eeeet

 

get one...do eeeet hehehe,

I applaud your enthusiasm, but alas most of the posts I read arnt by posters complaining. I know alot of people say that but ...I decided I want the acer 3820TG and the lenovo y460 before I get an m11x that will bust on me. The failure rate is astronomical and unacceptable for an issue that has happened in this same line once before.

 

As a new member around here and not knowing much of what these forums have become over years I believe I can give my opinion of the ties within the M11x R2. The forums how I perceive them as are a group of Alienware owners who have joined a multiple times throughout the years. Alienware has been around and I have a feeling that these forums have a history, so that's how the whole group is percieved meaning they've already gone through the troublesome times with their Alienwares but eventually they have more stronger views in it.

You can't really say everyone is biased here as I'm sure people joined these forums already understanding almost everyone has had problems before. If you noticed there isn't a great population of people who post around NOT complaining of problems. There is a good portion of the population who are perfectly happy with their M11x and met certain expectations and are off playing with it. But there are a handful of us who want to build a community for the future help of other people who want Alienwares too.

Were here to help.


So as a person whose first Alienware is the M11x; it's very interesting and for good reasons. I expected more of a power house kind-of laptop, I had really high expectations for the M11x as I just had the focus that Alienware was known for power house power in laptops. But when I got the M11x I was pretty disappointed after time when not running games at highest settings. I want to learn much more about it so I came to these forums to simply ask for help. I learned over time to accept it's ability not to being able to run like the M17x (power-wise) and learned to really enjoy it. I paid for a little portable machine that packs a good kick (high FPS in decent settings that are playable for most games, compared to not able to handle it at ultra settings), good amount of battery life, a lot of people praise it on the side of having so much power for a fair ratio of battery life. It's pretty fair on the end of someone who had high expectations and changed perspectives over time.


WOW I AM SO RIPPED. LULZ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 

I really think if this is the general consensus then there needs to be a forum section just for technical problems in general cause not all the brands have problems with them like defects from the factory.

Besides its not like were talkin a few people that just made accounts here on notebookreviews that are chimming in on the m11x defect of hinge. Its a known defect from the standpoint that its improperly made, that simple. You cant screw the hinges into plastic and expect it to hold and thats what they did. When its stated that most people that come to these forums are the ones that have a problem, this cant even cover for the m11x problem. Thats outrageous. This isnt a problem that is just a fluke, the entire m11x user base has the exact same problem.

 

I think its time for me to represent the majority of the M11x users:
I love my M11x R2, nothing wrong in any way, perfect since day one, and sometimes the amount of power that they shoved in this tiny case causes me to myself.

 

This. No problems. it is a beauty. You want to moan and buy something else, your loss. I'm over the moon.

 

Yes, the forums are full of people complaining about issues they're having with the M11x's but who's gonna post on a forum saying that they havnt had any problems its just a waste of time and besides youd sound "up yourself" if you did.

 

Are the other manufacturer forums on this site flooded with as many problem threads for a single model?

 

Look... no offense, but... there's no proof of what you claim. Where are the numbers? Do you work for Dell? Dell can make that claim as they have info - however, there's nothing preventing them to lie about it. Which wouldn't be the first time.

This is actually NOT a support forum (no idea where you got that idea), it's a laptop discussion forum (e.g. check the title bar of your browser)... where people come to make informed decisions about laptops and discuss laptop-related things in general. That said, this is probably the best forum on any topic I found on the internet. Mods here do not work for any notebook manufacturer - the fact that they are willing to help is a different matter. There are only handful of people that are officially affiliated with Dell here.

Of course I had a blast with m11x for the time it worked properly. The performance is just brutal for 11-incher and a possible R3, if the issues are sorted, may be an amazing laptop.

 

Let me first say that anyone who has bought this laptop and was disappointed that I doesn't run every game to the max, clearly has not done enough research on the laptop prior to their purchase.

When I make such a big purchase, I research the **** out of it before I make a decision. Anyone who knows anything about computers know that these are outrageous expectations for any computer manufacturer.
Secondly, I realized that the only reason I joined this forum was either to brag about how much I got it for, and complain about the different problems I had that I found out were not real problems. The Alienware M11x is not a perfect laptop. I bought this laptop knowing that. It definitely has many flaws, the biggest issue of all being the hinge problem. However, Dell support seems to be more than helpful about this situation, and honestly, I think I would rather have a laptop with a few kinks with quality support than to have a "perfect" laptop with support from HP. Obviously, I was not a hinge victim, and if I were I would probably be a little more agitated.

I've heard people who bought this laptop and thought the screen was too small... (ridiculous), and so many cases of the above post who thought he could run crysis at maximum settings. Please make the time to do research before you go on about bashing about something no one promised to give you in the first place. For the rest of the people who were expecting to receive a laptop that you could take anywhere with you, play any game in the world at maximum settings, last for 6-8 hours on a single battery charge, and at the same time be less than $1000, please go make your own paper laptop.

The only reason why I feel the need to say something is because I keep hearing outrageous rants about how the M11x has underperformed to many peoples' expectations. I completely respect people who come on to this forum to make legit complaints about the device. Thank god for this community in bringing up these problems - it's useful. And also, thank god for other contributors who want to help make the m11x better (i.e. the Supercharge CPU from unclewebb, creating a backup usb drive from (unreal?) and numerous optimization tutorials from so many helpful posts).

To all the people who make the m11x a happier experience: thank you.

To all the little kids who got your parents to buy this laptop for you and didn't do any research at all: go... well, you know.

 

This machine is awesome. It is a best seller. It is the most powerfull 11 inches laptop in the universe. I do not know what kind of problems are you talkin about. The only real problem are the hinges, that I supposed will be fixed in the new R3.

 

i love mine , so far not a single issue with the hinges. it plays the hell outta most games . its not the most powerful laptop out there , but its hella fast for something so small , and the battery life is great !!! the only real complaint i have is the punkbuster issue with optimus. however the benifits optimus provides outmatches the punkbuster pissing me off IMO. i knew of all the issues before i got mine , but i have not regrets. I wanted to replace both my netbook AND my asus gaming laptop with this , and indeed it has.

 

@OP. the M11x is a fine machine, it does things no other computer in it's segment can do (with the exception of the TimelineX but that is a bit of a different story). Dell has announced that it is working on the hinge issues, and presumably sometime in January a newer, better-than-ever version with sandy bridge will be released.

Why on earth should this have stayed a prototype?

 

I purchased 2 m11xs this year. 1 for my wife first (the first day they were available to order for the general public) and 1 for me. Both r1's. I sold mine. My wife still has her's. She just now has the unfortunate luck to experience the hinge issue. So now I have to go through the support call mess. What I am saying is that I really like the notebook. It has deserved the POP it's received. Still nothing close in size that performs in it's market.

It's still quality. It's styling/classy/sexy. It's portable.

StevenX

 

Some people get the short end of the straw and get a bad hinge. Mine's been good for ~3 months so far and I hope it lasts as long as my other Dell's hinge (four years).

Why'd you sell it?

 

@Talon - I got a m15x. I spent a lot of time optimizing on the m11x. I learned a lot but I wanted something that I could game on high or ultra most of the time with less optimization. So I grabbed a m15x with a 5850 clocked to a 5870 and put an I7-720qm in it.

Plays everything fine. Best Wishes, StevenX

 

I wish you all luck with your hinges and the best in getting them replaced when they inevitably break.

 

Where has dell anounced officialy that its fixing this issue? I've only seen 1 quote in this forum but didn't read any further proof anywhere.

However, if what you say is true, I'll be definitly in the market for buying a m11x, in fact, I already would have bought one if not for the hinge issue.

And people may throw the 'only people with problems come to forum' argument at me al they want. The fact that people complain about the hinge issue, proves that it exists. And i'm not willing to take the risk (since I plan on opening & closing it 10 times a day).

 

Owned a m11x R1 after launch in June, then an m11x R2 since July... No problems, and best laptop of it's kind, simply because, no 11 inch laptop is ANYTHING like this.

I would buy again in a heartbeat.

 

So the 100% of the people that owns a m11x are here in the forum? Most people search forthis kind of forums when something breaks or they have a problem, there should be more people without problems out there and theynot need info in forums...

The laptop is not perfect, but the claim that all have problems is crazy talk....

 

They haven't made that claim, no. However they have officially stated that they know about the issue and that they're having the proper teams looking at it internally. That could mean anything really, and it's official in that they're copy/pasting it here and a few other public forums. We'll see how it goes.

 

I am closing this thread. It's not bringing anything new to light that's not in other threads.

P.S. -- "contraversy" -- please check your spelling; it's "controversy".