The Alienware m17x Now Landing Around the Country

The Alienware m17x was unveiled way back in November of 2007, but it hastaken until this week for the first buyers to start receiving their systems. A few forum members started receiving their m17x gaming notebooks this week.

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Forum member Mennenth received his sytem two days ago, here are his first reactions:

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First thing, this thing is HUGE! I knew it was going to be big, but good grief. The only other laptop I have ever used is my brothers 3 year old Powerbook G4. (that was his graduation gift, the m17x is mine). The m17x dwarfs that thing. Its weight also is pretty massive, I would only recommend using on your lap if you are also a big, strong, person. Even the powerbrick is rather large.

When I took it out of the cloth sleeve it comes with, the first thing I noticed was the matte black finish. The only area that is glossy is the area around the screen. It has no blemishes on it, no scratches, or other such imperfections that I could see.

When I opened the case, I could not hear any creaking, and the screen is solid. It does not move while I am typing this. And on that note, there is no keyboard flex, save for the same area as the m15x, around the arrow keys. And even there it is very slight.

I went into command center. The only color area I have changed so far is the keyboard. I went through all the colors and noticed no color bleeding. So far thats all I've done with the CC.

As far as the screen itself, I love it. It does has a glossy finish and not matte. There is plenty of space to work with at the 1920x1200 resolution, which is precisely what I need as I am going to go into a graphic artist program in college. I dont have any blu ray movies, but I do intend on buying some. Thats why I go the blu ray drive. Right now, I am watching a standard DVD though. It looks better when not full screened. At full screen there is a lot of fuzz going on. But thats to be expected from trying to play any less then hi def media on a hi def screen.

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The config Mennenth has is fairly basic, with Nvidia 8600 cards in dual array, a 2.1GHz Core 2 Duo and 1GB of RAM (he might want to bump that up). The total cost of the system was $2,700, but considering it was a graduation present apparently it was gratis complements of the parents. Not a bad gift. For more discussion on the newly arriving m17x visit the latest discussion, and pictures (including the bottom open) here.

 

it's a baby inside a monster shell lol.

 

It's a cool-looking notebook nonetheless, I like the black a lot. I would like to see Alienware release one with a skullcap lid design.

 

I cant imagine an NBR Admin and Reviewer would buy that for 2.7k with those specs.

 

I've had to delete a great number of posts in this thread. If you don't have something constructive to say, then don't say anything at all.

Regarding the origins of this machine, please read the article more closely:

This is Mennenth's laptop.

 

Indeed it is an awesome laptop,and it`s much thinner than I expected....
I just want a coup de gras if the 8800M GTX SLI won`t manage the heat.
Here's to a better future!

 

This monster is huge.........

I want to buy 17" gaming notebook ,but don't want weight lifting equipment

 

I think it looks great.

Chaz, any idea when you'll get your review unit?

OB

 

is this forum sponsored by dell ? most post that are deleted did have negative comments on the laptop.

But back the topic the laptop is nice when you get it as a gift it looks nice but you better get a huge backpack if you wanne cary this thing arround.

 

The most werent deleted because anyone here gets paid by dell to delete them (as far as i know =P) but rather because of the nature of the comments...kind of flaming.

 

I ordered mine on May 1st , and as of today I'm on phase 4 (of 10) I knew it was going to be awhile, so I'm not as excited as most. Glad you like it. Good Luck

 

Dell laptop are Made in Malaysia. Well, the assembly part.

How about this Alienware laptop?

 

I'm wondering that myself - I'm in a queue to get one, but other than being told "yours will ship after the first batch goes to customers", I have nothing to go on.

That's a long time for sure, almost two months already. I hope it meets your expectations when it arrives. Please post about it in our Alienware forum when you get it.

 

Hey Chaz, what exactly do you guys do with the notebooks once you finish reviewing them? Send them out to relatives as Christmas presents? =P

 

They are built in Florida.

 

They are on loan, we have to send them back after the loan period is up. We are never allowed to keep review units, it unfortunately doesn't work that way.

 

dang... lol

 

So you have to pay for it basically?

 

wow love the way that looks.. but ouch they get expensive

 

Our reviews bring more people to this site. We are number one on the list when people type "notebook review", more people > more advertising > more money for us. Plus, Dell is a sponsor of this site anyway.

 

You should have waited...the pcmicroworks laptop is more powerful and doesn't weigh a ton...
Here's what I have on order:
Model name: Edge 15.4" Super Notebook
Parts:
Intel® Core™2 Duo T9600 (2.8GHz/45nm/1066Mhz/6MB)
4096MB Ultra Speed DDR3 1333MHz Extreme Performance Memory
320GB @ 7,200 SATA300 Storage 16MB (1x 320GB 7200RPM)
nVIDIA Geforce 8800M GTX 512MB DDR3 EXTREME GPU
15.4" HD WUXGA 1920 x1200 Matte X-treme Bright LCD

Weight: 6.5 lbs
Price: 2,899.00
Quad core was available but I didn't want to pay that much

 

Based on Clevo ?

DDR3 Memory option is cool . I saw some early benches of Montevina processor with DDR2 Memory .Slight different compared to current gen penryn processors .Hope DDR3 make some difference

 

I think it is but not sure - I really like the fact that I found that kind of power and resolution in a 15.4in screen and only 6.5 lbs.