http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/alienware-m11x-up-for-pre-order-and-shipping-out-march-1st/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/alienware-m11x-up-for-pre-order-and-shipping-out-march-1st/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/alienware-m11x-up-for-pre-order-and-shipping-out-march-1st/Feb 1st 2010 5:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/alienware-m11x-up-for-pre-order-and-shipping-out-march-1st/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/alienware-m11x-up-for-pre-order-and-shipping-out-march-1st/Sorry. Turns out that I am a whining baby.]]>Feb 1st 2010 6:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/alienware-m11x-up-for-pre-order-and-shipping-out-march-1st/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/alienware-m11x-up-for-pre-order-and-shipping-out-march-1st/Feb 1st 2010 6:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/alienware-m11x-up-for-pre-order-and-shipping-out-march-1st/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/alienware-m11x-up-for-pre-order-and-shipping-out-march-1st/Feb 1st 2010 6:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/alienware-m11x-up-for-pre-order-and-shipping-out-march-1st/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/alienware-m11x-up-for-pre-order-and-shipping-out-march-1st/
Its definitely respectable though, especially in such a small package.]]>Feb 1st 2010 7:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/alienware-m11x-up-for-pre-order-and-shipping-out-march-1st/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/alienware-m11x-up-for-pre-order-and-shipping-out-march-1st/Feb 1st 2010 10:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/alienware-m11x-up-for-pre-order-and-shipping-out-march-1st/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/alienware-m11x-up-for-pre-order-and-shipping-out-march-1st/http://bit.ly/alienware-m11x-details]]>Feb 1st 2010 11:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/alienware-m11x-up-for-pre-order-and-shipping-out-march-1st/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/alienware-m11x-up-for-pre-order-and-shipping-out-march-1st/Feb 1st 2010 5:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/alienware-m11x-up-for-pre-order-and-shipping-out-march-1st/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/alienware-m11x-up-for-pre-order-and-shipping-out-march-1st/Feb 1st 2010 6:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/alienware-m11x-up-for-pre-order-and-shipping-out-march-1st/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/alienware-m11x-up-for-pre-order-and-shipping-out-march-1st/Oh it's there, just for £749 which is ridiculous, which when $799 converts to £500 is a 50% markup (I know ye, rainman, I get it). Won't be buying one of these as Alienware/Dell are clearly rip off merchants. Really like this as well and only thought mark up would see an increase of about £100, not £250 :-(]]>Feb 2nd 2010 4:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/alienware-m11x-up-for-pre-order-and-shipping-out-march-1st/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/alienware-m11x-up-for-pre-order-and-shipping-out-march-1st/Feb 1st 2010 6:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/alienware-m11x-up-for-pre-order-and-shipping-out-march-1st/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/alienware-m11x-up-for-pre-order-and-shipping-out-march-1st/
Alienware M11x
Starting Price $1,019
+ Tech Specs
As low as $31/month**
Update Price & Ship Date
Discount Details
Preliminary Ship Date: 3/1/2010

Software & Services
Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium, 64bit, English
Intel® Pentium™ SU4100 1.3GHz (2MB Cache)
1 Year Basic Plan
4GB Dual Channel DDR3 at 800MHz
500GB SATAII 7,200RPM
Bluetooth Module, 2.1+ Enhanced Data Rate
No Internal WWAN Antenna Installed
Personalize
Quasar Blue
Alienhead 3D
Steam and Portal™ Factory Installed

Also Includes
1GB NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 335M
11.6-inch WideHD 1366x768 (720p) WLED
Internal High-Definition Surround Sound Audio (5.1)
Adobe Acrobat Reader
Integrated 10/100 Network Interface Card
Automatic Updates: On
1.3MP Web Cam
Standard Nameplate]]>Feb 1st 2010 6:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/alienware-m11x-up-for-pre-order-and-shipping-out-march-1st/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/alienware-m11x-up-for-pre-order-and-shipping-out-march-1st/
In what context though.

I could spend the same amount on a laptop with similar specs with a much worse graphics card (at least here in the UK)

so to me it's definitely worth the price even with all the extra costs for more ram and hdd space etc.

But for Americans perhaps it is an awful deal (I wouldn't know)]]>Feb 1st 2010 6:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/alienware-m11x-up-for-pre-order-and-shipping-out-march-1st/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/alienware-m11x-up-for-pre-order-and-shipping-out-march-1st/Feb 1st 2010 6:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/alienware-m11x-up-for-pre-order-and-shipping-out-march-1st/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/alienware-m11x-up-for-pre-order-and-shipping-out-march-1st/Feb 1st 2010 6:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/alienware-m11x-up-for-pre-order-and-shipping-out-march-1st/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/alienware-m11x-up-for-pre-order-and-shipping-out-march-1st/Feb 1st 2010 7:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/alienware-m11x-up-for-pre-order-and-shipping-out-march-1st/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/alienware-m11x-up-for-pre-order-and-shipping-out-march-1st/
With ORB, just put all your stuff on bigass storage platters on a intel atom based home server. ]]>Feb 1st 2010 7:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/alienware-m11x-up-for-pre-order-and-shipping-out-march-1st/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/alienware-m11x-up-for-pre-order-and-shipping-out-march-1st/Feb 1st 2010 10:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/alienware-m11x-up-for-pre-order-and-shipping-out-march-1st/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/alienware-m11x-up-for-pre-order-and-shipping-out-march-1st/Feb 2nd 2010 12:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/alienware-m11x-up-for-pre-order-and-shipping-out-march-1st/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/alienware-m11x-up-for-pre-order-and-shipping-out-march-1st/
The upgraded processor and the 4gb ram are the only thing essential. You can upgrade to 8gb later in a year or so for half that when DDR3 prices fall and don't get me started on how much bank they're making off HDD"s...]]>Feb 2nd 2010 10:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/alienware-m11x-up-for-pre-order-and-shipping-out-march-1st/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/alienware-m11x-up-for-pre-order-and-shipping-out-march-1st/Feb 1st 2010 6:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/alienware-m11x-up-for-pre-order-and-shipping-out-march-1st/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/alienware-m11x-up-for-pre-order-and-shipping-out-march-1st/Feb 1st 2010 6:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/alienware-m11x-up-for-pre-order-and-shipping-out-march-1st/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/alienware-m11x-up-for-pre-order-and-shipping-out-march-1st/SU4100 is not Core2, it's the ugly pentium.
It would be best to configure with a SU7300 or SU9400 which is Core2]]>Feb 1st 2010 7:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/alienware-m11x-up-for-pre-order-and-shipping-out-march-1st/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/alienware-m11x-up-for-pre-order-and-shipping-out-march-1st/Feb 1st 2010 6:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/alienware-m11x-up-for-pre-order-and-shipping-out-march-1st/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/alienware-m11x-up-for-pre-order-and-shipping-out-march-1st/that's what I'd like to know. ]]>Feb 1st 2010 6:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/alienware-m11x-up-for-pre-order-and-shipping-out-march-1st/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/alienware-m11x-up-for-pre-order-and-shipping-out-march-1st/Feb 1st 2010 6:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/alienware-m11x-up-for-pre-order-and-shipping-out-march-1st/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/alienware-m11x-up-for-pre-order-and-shipping-out-march-1st/Feb 1st 2010 7:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/alienware-m11x-up-for-pre-order-and-shipping-out-march-1st/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/alienware-m11x-up-for-pre-order-and-shipping-out-march-1st/shame it's not this month though]]>Feb 1st 2010 6:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/alienware-m11x-up-for-pre-order-and-shipping-out-march-1st/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/alienware-m11x-up-for-pre-order-and-shipping-out-march-1st/Feb 1st 2010 6:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/alienware-m11x-up-for-pre-order-and-shipping-out-march-1st/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/alienware-m11x-up-for-pre-order-and-shipping-out-march-1st/
Wait....]]>Feb 1st 2010 6:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/alienware-m11x-up-for-pre-order-and-shipping-out-march-1st/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/alienware-m11x-up-for-pre-order-and-shipping-out-march-1st/Feb 1st 2010 6:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/alienware-m11x-up-for-pre-order-and-shipping-out-march-1st/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/alienware-m11x-up-for-pre-order-and-shipping-out-march-1st/Feb 1st 2010 6:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/alienware-m11x-up-for-pre-order-and-shipping-out-march-1st/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/alienware-m11x-up-for-pre-order-and-shipping-out-march-1st/Feb 1st 2010 6:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/alienware-m11x-up-for-pre-order-and-shipping-out-march-1st/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/alienware-m11x-up-for-pre-order-and-shipping-out-march-1st/
I'd personally would have 3 upgrades..
Intel® Core™2 Duo SU7300 1.3GHz (3MB Cache) +$100
4GB Dual Channel DDR3 at 800MHz +$50
250GB SATAII 7,200RPM +$50

The Ram / HDD can be had cheaper... but for the convenience (at least with me it takes forever for me to actually buy those upgrades but I'll complain about wanting it forever...)]]>Feb 1st 2010 6:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/alienware-m11x-up-for-pre-order-and-shipping-out-march-1st/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/alienware-m11x-up-for-pre-order-and-shipping-out-march-1st/
It's not worth it to get the CPU upgrade. The SU4100 is already dual core. The only thing you're really missing out on, in comparison to the C2D, is 1mb of extra L2 cache.]]>Feb 1st 2010 6:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/alienware-m11x-up-for-pre-order-and-shipping-out-march-1st/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/alienware-m11x-up-for-pre-order-and-shipping-out-march-1st/Feb 1st 2010 7:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/alienware-m11x-up-for-pre-order-and-shipping-out-march-1st/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/alienware-m11x-up-for-pre-order-and-shipping-out-march-1st/
For me, this is a must-have. For others, this probably doesn't matter and they might be better off saving the $100 (or spending it on other upgrades). Benchmarks don't show much of an advantage for the Core 2 duo in this case.]]>Feb 1st 2010 8:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/alienware-m11x-up-for-pre-order-and-shipping-out-march-1st/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/alienware-m11x-up-for-pre-order-and-shipping-out-march-1st/Why don't Dell offer a cheaper 128GB SSD option? The 256GB SSD for $570 is too hard to swallow.]]>Feb 1st 2010 6:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/alienware-m11x-up-for-pre-order-and-shipping-out-march-1st/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/alienware-m11x-up-for-pre-order-and-shipping-out-march-1st/
With internet access, there is no reason to have to store everything on the laptop itself, and beside I can always get a little tiny USB 500GB for movies on flights or what not. =)]]>Feb 1st 2010 7:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/alienware-m11x-up-for-pre-order-and-shipping-out-march-1st/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/alienware-m11x-up-for-pre-order-and-shipping-out-march-1st/Feb 1st 2010 6:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/alienware-m11x-up-for-pre-order-and-shipping-out-march-1st/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/alienware-m11x-up-for-pre-order-and-shipping-out-march-1st/http://configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs&kc=&oc=dkccmp3&dgc=AF&cid=51991&lid=1346583]]>Feb 1st 2010 6:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/alienware-m11x-up-for-pre-order-and-shipping-out-march-1st/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/alienware-m11x-up-for-pre-order-and-shipping-out-march-1st/Feb 1st 2010 8:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/alienware-m11x-up-for-pre-order-and-shipping-out-march-1st/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/alienware-m11x-up-for-pre-order-and-shipping-out-march-1st/Feb 1st 2010 6:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/alienware-m11x-up-for-pre-order-and-shipping-out-march-1st/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/alienware-m11x-up-for-pre-order-and-shipping-out-march-1st/Feb 1st 2010 7:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/alienware-m11x-up-for-pre-order-and-shipping-out-march-1st/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/alienware-m11x-up-for-pre-order-and-shipping-out-march-1st/ahh my bad lol]]>Feb 2nd 2010 2:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/alienware-m11x-up-for-pre-order-and-shipping-out-march-1st/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/alienware-m11x-up-for-pre-order-and-shipping-out-march-1st/Feb 1st 2010 6:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/alienware-m11x-up-for-pre-order-and-shipping-out-march-1st/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/alienware-m11x-up-for-pre-order-and-shipping-out-march-1st/Feb 1st 2010 6:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/alienware-m11x-up-for-pre-order-and-shipping-out-march-1st/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/alienware-m11x-up-for-pre-order-and-shipping-out-march-1st/Feb 1st 2010 6:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/alienware-m11x-up-for-pre-order-and-shipping-out-march-1st/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/alienware-m11x-up-for-pre-order-and-shipping-out-march-1st/Feb 1st 2010 6:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/alienware-m11x-up-for-pre-order-and-shipping-out-march-1st/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/alienware-m11x-up-for-pre-order-and-shipping-out-march-1st/whats the card then>?]]>Feb 1st 2010 6:41PM