wholly crap, i'm glad i ended up not ordering one! the design is nice though, i hope they get it worked out (which shouldnt be a problem with Dell's R&D ;)) and reimburse the early adopters with a redesigned laptop and some cash! Otherwise, i see a recognized brand name loosing some value here.
Dell's R&D? I think you're a little confused about notebook sellers. Dell has almost NOTHING to do with the build process of the notebooks they sell. They go through groups like Compal, Quanta, ASUS (not so much anymore), MSI (also not so much anymore), and Clevo to have notebooks built to their specifications. To say that Dell has an R&D department is like saying Best Buy's Geek Squad has trained professionals. Neither is true in the least.
Regarding the M15x, I'm not surprised in the least. Clevo is the ONLY company I've seen really nail adequate cooling for high-powered components (they make the only notebook with a desktop processor and SLi that I would actually trust), and people who buy their products are always complaining about the fan noise (me? I'm happy to hear that fan kicking into high gear, because it means my $2,000 isn't burning itself up). I'm sure Alienware tried to make the M15x run as quietly as possible to add to the "cool" factor, which of course leads to overheating and chassis damage.
Clevo is going to be putting the 8800M GTX into a 15.4" notebook soon, but I'm willing to bet it's going to be chunkier than the M15x, and it had better have more fans.
Seriously, though, thousands of dollars shelled out or not, no one has the right to expect such a small notebook to run cool enough to be functional for long periods of time.
Sony's just released a 15.5-inch addition to its VAIO S Series that not only adds a crucial bit of extra display acreage, but also bumps things up to a full 1080p.
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wholly crap, i'm glad i ended up not ordering one! the design is nice though, i hope they get it worked out (which shouldnt be a problem with Dell's R&D ;)) and reimburse the early adopters with a redesigned laptop and some cash! Otherwise, i see a recognized brand name loosing some value here.
Dell's R&D? I think you're a little confused about notebook sellers. Dell has almost NOTHING to do with the build process of the notebooks they sell. They go through groups like Compal, Quanta, ASUS (not so much anymore), MSI (also not so much anymore), and Clevo to have notebooks built to their specifications. To say that Dell has an R&D department is like saying Best Buy's Geek Squad has trained professionals. Neither is true in the least.
Regarding the M15x, I'm not surprised in the least. Clevo is the ONLY company I've seen really nail adequate cooling for high-powered components (they make the only notebook with a desktop processor and SLi that I would actually trust), and people who buy their products are always complaining about the fan noise (me? I'm happy to hear that fan kicking into high gear, because it means my $2,000 isn't burning itself up). I'm sure Alienware tried to make the M15x run as quietly as possible to add to the "cool" factor, which of course leads to overheating and chassis damage.
Clevo is going to be putting the 8800M GTX into a 15.4" notebook soon, but I'm willing to bet it's going to be chunkier than the M15x, and it had better have more fans.
Seriously, though, thousands of dollars shelled out or not, no one has the right to expect such a small notebook to run cool enough to be functional for long periods of time.