http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/alienware-m11x-review/ 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/2010/02/23/alienware-m11x-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/alienware-m11x-review/Feb 23rd 2010 11:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/alienware-m11x-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/alienware-m11x-review/Feb 23rd 2010 11:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/alienware-m11x-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/alienware-m11x-review/
11 inch "gaming" laptop? Can you please explain the stupidity? If you're after a gaming laptop, you aren't looking for lightweight or a tiny screen. What's the point of this exactly?]]>Feb 23rd 2010 12:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/alienware-m11x-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/alienware-m11x-review/Portable gaming laptop. I personally don't consider something that weighs 13 pounds/5.8KG a portable gaming laptop. Especially considering that most of them only have around 2 hours of battery life so you have to be by some sort of outlet all the time. Atleast thats how it was with my buddies M17X.]]>Feb 23rd 2010 12:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/alienware-m11x-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/alienware-m11x-review/
And I fail to see how this considered expensive, compare the specs and price to a less portable Macbook. And Dell rarely sells for full MSRP. Speaking of Macbook though, I think they tie on vanity mirror displays... woah!!! ]]>Feb 23rd 2010 12:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/alienware-m11x-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/alienware-m11x-review/
I would like to live in your world . . . I think you see all gadgets as their appropriate car match-up. ]]>Feb 23rd 2010 12:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/alienware-m11x-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/alienware-m11x-review/
I no right! screen is wayyy to small, and I can't see anything. PSP is ultra terrible, to. How'm I supposed to see anything, and why would I want to play games on the go?

(If you can't feel the sarcasm, this is a reminder of it.)]]>Feb 23rd 2010 12:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/alienware-m11x-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/alienware-m11x-review/http://bit.ly/alienware-m11x-gamers-dream-opinions]]>Feb 23rd 2010 2:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/alienware-m11x-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/alienware-m11x-review/
If that was a mac laptop the article would have slammed the reflective screen. Since engadget sux the MSFT boobie, they don't take offense to it.]]>Feb 23rd 2010 3:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/alienware-m11x-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/alienware-m11x-review/Feb 23rd 2010 4:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/alienware-m11x-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/alienware-m11x-review/
Hit the gym son, 13 pounds isn't that much and you can find decent battery life (2-3hrs) in other DTR laptops, most that weigh less. The M17x is the top of the line and not designed to be away from a wall outlet.

]]>Feb 23rd 2010 4:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/alienware-m11x-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/alienware-m11x-review/Feb 23rd 2010 6:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/alienware-m11x-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/alienware-m11x-review/
5600 in 06 isn't bad for a fairly low-end gaming laptop, considering a few years ago a GeForce 7900GT pulled 4-5k and cost $300.]]>Feb 23rd 2010 8:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/alienware-m11x-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/alienware-m11x-review/Could you elaborate? Much like Alamo, I'm confused by the appeal: gamers don't like to compromise, no matter the cost (at least, the cost to your physical prowess). Gaming PC's are one thing: monitors come in all sizes, but a gaming laptop? I wouldn't skimp on one, especially in the screen size area. I'm currently rocking an Eee netty and it works as a casual gaming machine (Peggle, even Half-Life 1!) but would I want a similar form factor with more power as a main computer? Nuh-uh.

tl;dr Give me 17 inches or give me death!]]>Feb 23rd 2010 9:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/alienware-m11x-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/alienware-m11x-review/
As a poor college student who needs a new computer, this is a killer of 2 birds with 1 stone. In the dorm it's a good gaming PC to play online with fellow college students. Then its small enough to tuck away in a backpack and lug to class to take notes while being nice on the battery when switched to integrated graphics. All for just a little over a grand? Sold.]]>Feb 23rd 2010 10:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/alienware-m11x-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/alienware-m11x-review/Ofcourse 13 pounds isn't that much, its not practical for a laptop though imo. But thats just my opinion. I like to carry something light and powerful for college.]]>Feb 25th 2010 10:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/alienware-m11x-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/alienware-m11x-review/
the VAIO Z certainly has this beat in terms of performance and looks. but the M11x offers really good value.]]>Feb 23rd 2010 11:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/alienware-m11x-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/alienware-m11x-review/Feb 23rd 2010 11:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/alienware-m11x-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/alienware-m11x-review/Turn on the OC option in the bios and you get a score higher than that of the Vaio Z with the m11x. The OC only brings your cpu up to 1.6ghz (CPUZ) windows reads it as 1.73. Anyways gaming performance the m11x wipes the floor with the vaio z. Its 335 gpu is stronger than the 330 of the Vaio Z.]]>Feb 23rd 2010 11:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/alienware-m11x-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/alienware-m11x-review/
ok fine, to be clear it is definitely small compared to most other notebooks. compared to other 11" notebooks it is huge and heavy.]]>Feb 23rd 2010 11:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/alienware-m11x-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/alienware-m11x-review/
yep the 335 gpu is much more powerful than the 330m.

we're comparing it with the low-specced Z though. the Z can be specced up to i7 cpus.

i wonder how much of the CPU is used in most games. is ULV enough for gaming then? ]]>Feb 23rd 2010 11:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/alienware-m11x-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/alienware-m11x-review/Feb 23rd 2010 11:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/alienware-m11x-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/alienware-m11x-review/Look according to notebookcheck.com the differences between the two are noticable.
For example, with FarCry 2 on high settings, the Gt330M avg is around 35 fps while the Gt335m's avg is around 47.7. Another example is Anno 1404, under ultra it avg's around 31.9 while the GT330m avg's around 23.
Now the GT335m is avaliable currently only on the Alienware M11x iirc. Considering thats where they probably got their benchmarks from. Its safe to assume they were using the c2d provided with the m11x. Yes the Z's i7 is way more powerful in comparison. But todays games are more GPU intensive then they are CPU intensive. So better FPS in games at a cheaper price. Thats what I call wiping the floor with it? :P]]>Feb 23rd 2010 11:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/alienware-m11x-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/alienware-m11x-review/I won't lie, it would have been better if they provided you with a better CPU but thats what they had to sacrifice for battery life. Now nothing around this size is out today in the market that can provide its gaming potential. The CPU does hold you back a bit but most games today depend on GPU's more than they do CPU's. If they didn't then games wouldn't even run with an AVG of 10 fps on this thing :P]]>Feb 23rd 2010 12:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/alienware-m11x-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/alienware-m11x-review/
No, you need to get your facts straight. The GT335M has 50% more shaders than the GT330M (72 vs 48) so it will have a decent performance advantage.]]>Feb 23rd 2010 12:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/alienware-m11x-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/alienware-m11x-review/
thats the appeal of the m11x]]>Feb 23rd 2010 12:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/alienware-m11x-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/alienware-m11x-review/Thank you.]]>Feb 23rd 2010 12:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/alienware-m11x-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/alienware-m11x-review/
again, the 11" versus 13" thing is misleading. The 13" here is 3 pounds, and the 11" is 4.5 pounds. ]]>Feb 23rd 2010 12:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/alienware-m11x-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/alienware-m11x-review/Feb 23rd 2010 12:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/alienware-m11x-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/alienware-m11x-review/Feb 23rd 2010 12:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/alienware-m11x-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/alienware-m11x-review/
"is an inch less (I know its thicker but that again was not MY priority)"

heheheheee.]]>Feb 23rd 2010 12:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/alienware-m11x-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/alienware-m11x-review/True after all it does AVG a bunch of users scores. So I guess you have to go based on its hardware specifications Doom, the only reason you see the 330 even close to the 335 as I said before, the only laptop that has the 335 atm is the Alienware m11x so that c2d at stock settings is holding it back (bottlenecking it if you will). Once you see a laptop with a core i5 or i7 or anything that won't bottleneck it youll notice the difference much better.
When I said hardware specifications as Aznofazns stated, the thing has 50% more shaders. If that doesn't mean its stronger then by that logic there should be no difference between an Nvidia GTX 285 and a 8800GTX.]]>Feb 23rd 2010 12:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/alienware-m11x-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/alienware-m11x-review/Feb 23rd 2010 1:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/alienware-m11x-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/alienware-m11x-review/Feb 23rd 2010 1:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/alienware-m11x-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/alienware-m11x-review/Feb 23rd 2010 1:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/alienware-m11x-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/alienware-m11x-review/Feb 23rd 2010 2:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/alienware-m11x-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/alienware-m11x-review/
I know that Asus will allow you to overclock the SU7300, but will Dell allow you to do it too? Are you guessing or do you know this for a fact? If it does, then it makes this laptop more appealing to me.]]>Feb 23rd 2010 2:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/alienware-m11x-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/alienware-m11x-review/Feb 23rd 2010 2:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/alienware-m11x-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/alienware-m11x-review/Its nothing too high, but a feature in the bios called overclock or something boosts up the CPU from 1.3 to 1.6ghz (1.73ghz CPUZ reads it at 1.6ghz while everything else from Windows to Everest reads it at 1.73ghz) and according to the reviews, at only a 1 degree temperature cost under load.]]>Feb 23rd 2010 2:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/alienware-m11x-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/alienware-m11x-review/
The Vaio Z is smaller by Volume as well as lighter. Check the math! ]]>Feb 23rd 2010 4:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/alienware-m11x-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/alienware-m11x-review/
11x is an inch less on the side but an inch deeper on the front than the Vaio Z. Notice how 11x looks like an old 4:3 laptop? The footprint is the same but the Z has an 13" screen 11x has an 11". 11x look like a toy next to Z, but I imagine it's more meant for the kids with the design of it anyway.]]>Feb 23rd 2010 4:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/alienware-m11x-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/alienware-m11x-review/I don't know how everybody is looking at this but for 1000 more the Vaio Z has to be better than this laptop. It has to be a 2x better or a bit more. The sad part is that not everybody has 1k more to spend and want a small laptop where you can play some games and by far this laptop is one of the best ones to do that.]]>Feb 23rd 2010 6:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/alienware-m11x-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/alienware-m11x-review/I actually asked Dell HK about the pricing discrepancy (1000 USD (~8000 HKD) vs 14k HKD and they actually had the nerve to say "we have different pricing schemes for different markets". You'd think they would know the target customer for this laptop would be savvy enough to know about the 799 USD starting price...
I would've went out and bought it right away for 1000 USD, but with the markup in HK I'd rather get the vaio z]]>Feb 23rd 2010 8:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/alienware-m11x-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/alienware-m11x-review/Feb 23rd 2010 10:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/alienware-m11x-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/alienware-m11x-review/Feb 24th 2010 12:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/alienware-m11x-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/alienware-m11x-review/Feb 23rd 2010 11:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/alienware-m11x-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/alienware-m11x-review/Feb 23rd 2010 11:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/alienware-m11x-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/alienware-m11x-review/Feb 23rd 2010 11:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/alienware-m11x-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/alienware-m11x-review/
the screen seems to be very reflective though]]>Feb 23rd 2010 11:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/alienware-m11x-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/alienware-m11x-review/Someone should invent a screen that you can toggle to matte with a switch. (I want a patent for that!)]]>Feb 24th 2010 2:39AM