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$575 for a m11xr3 i7 in what appears to be excellent condition still with box and all that jazz. Correct me if I'm wrong but the going rate is around 800 correct?
GT 540m, but outside the Iris , HD 6000, and mid to high-end AMD APUs, every iGPU still under-performs compared to the 540m (the HD 5600 iGPU is supposed to be better than the 540m).
Compared to the GT 335m, anything worse than the HD 4400 is worse compared to the GT 335m.
Just adding on information.
HD 4600 compares/beats the 540m, and that was the R3. This is the R2 which is 335m which is anemic compared to even the HD 4400 in ULV CPU's. Point being is that you can find 12-13" notebooks that have HD 4400 or 4600 and can compete/beat the 335m and even run comparable or better than the 540m. Those are ancient architectures and have much higher power consumption, not to mention older I/O tech like USB 2.0 only.
If you want small, you can go with something like the Lenovo X250 for < $800 and get something as portable, more powerful, better display, and full featured compared with the M11x R3 even. Or go with the 13.3" Clevo W230SD with GTX 960m, 108p IPS panel, and quad core i7 CPU for about $1000.
Liverkick mentioned the both the R3 and R2, so it was appropriate to talk about both GPUs.
The only source I have for my comparisons is notebookcheck. Can you provide numbers about the HD 4600 beating the 540m?
At least one could overclock the GT 540m, but given the cooling on the m11x, I don't think that would be a good idea. Same goes for the CPU in the m11xR2 and R1, but it wouldn't be worth it for the aforementioned reason.
Back to the point of this thread. Your always going to pay for condition on an older laptop. Just like a 10 year old car in factory condition and 20K miles is going to be priced above what KBB would ever say it is worth.
Not entirely. Laptops age and technology is surpassed by leaps and bounds every few years. A 1960's vintage muscle car can still outperform many modern vehicles, and look better in the eyes of many. An M11x can be outperformed by pretty much any recent laptop out there. So unless you're in love with the looks of the thing, there is no reason for it to carry much more value for a "like new" over a "heavily used" newer one.
I agree that computers and cars are not the same thing and no one, besides science museums, is looking for a used computer from the 60's. But if someone wants a particular model, for whatever reason, condition will still play a role. For example, a 13 year old Focus SVT (a car that was a nice hot hatch when it came out and now doesn't even compete with the base focus) goes for around $3,500 on average with almost 100k miles but a pristine version can fetch $10k. I know I just said that computers and cars are not the same but I know more about cars than computer (odd thing for a CS degree holding individual to say) but I think the analogy works. If the OP is not enamored with the M11x, then look elseware. My M11x R2 was the only car I ever regretted selling, that being said I had a *****in' desktop that I build for almost 3 years after that and am now hammering the keys on a very nice Alienware 13.
Going to an i7 AW 13. The GA has a hard time working with any real powerful cards on the i5. Still love the computer, but its not a future resistant as I think AW led it on to be. The computer by itself, if you buy it for it alone and are not interested in the GA, is a phenomenal piece of kit and does it's job very well.
while you wont be bottlenecked much in the literal definition with the ulv i5, you wont be maximizing performance gains from said desktop gpu which is kind of troll for alienware to even market it as such. If the 4710hq soft block's some of the 970m/980m performance i cannot imagine that the ulv can ever keep up completely with any desktop grade gpu.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.
