College Laptop Time!
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Interested
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yea, but IMHO OEM warrentys are the best.
luckyedboy66
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how good/important is lojack? how do they recover it if it is stolen??
skidude
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Thanks for the advice
, especially the graphics card driver one. It won't just take the ones off nvidia.com??As for security, I will definitely be buying a lock, and I'll look into lojack as well.
EDIT- Just looked at lojack, it's only $40 for one year of service, and the program is built into the BIOS so it would be nearly impossible to find by someone who didn't really, really know what to look for. I think I'll be buying that.
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Sir Travis D
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Alienware does NOT let you overclock the 2.8ghz processor as of now. A lot of people on notebookforum were looking forward to that, but the heating problems with the m15x have ruined the overclocking possibilities. And skidude, I don't know if this is correct, but Nvidia only makes drivers to some graphics cards, and mostly just bad ones for laptops. Alienware notebooks come with horrible graphics cards, and everyone, atleast 40 alienware owners on nbr always use laptopvideo2go.
Here is a good 17" notebook cooler. (The guy that gave a 3/5 says his 17" didn't fit, but it was because his notebook was curved, and the m17x is not.)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834982004&Tpk=lian+17%22+notebook+cooler
Here is a good 17" notebook cooler. (The guy that gave a 3/5 says his 17" didn't fit, but it was because his notebook was curved, and the m17x is not.)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834982004&Tpk=lian+17%22+notebook+cooler
skidude
Active Member
Another question Travis: how do you like your M15x overall? Any comments? I've been reading horror stories on notebookreview and it's making me nervous... but then again its usually only the pissed off people who complain, the people who got a good laptop are too busy enjoying it, but I want opinions from someone who owns one of their laptops.
Sir Travis D
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My m15x. Hmmm.. The screen is bright and vivid, I usually run it at 4/5 brightness. The mousepad turns off with an external mouse, which is nice. The alienhead is easy to turn on. The screen on mine, along with all m15x's is VERY SQUEEKY when you open or close it. It is also wobbly. There is a moderate amount of keyboard flex by the arrows, which is not too bad. When I play cod4, the fans are always on, but that is because I have the 8700 graphics card, and no cooler. I would give my laptop a 4.5/5, because of the minor problems.
People's m15x early had a lot of problems with the 8800 graphics card downclocking. This was fixed with a bios update, installed on all new alienware laptops. People's m15x also had problems with the lefthand side of the notebook "peeling up". My notebook has not had any problems like this. Other than that, I cannot think of a major problem with anyone's m15x.
Also, if the m17x is matte, which I can't remember, you must never scratch it. People's m9750's got damaged over a few months, and the finish peeled a lot.
People's m15x early had a lot of problems with the 8800 graphics card downclocking. This was fixed with a bios update, installed on all new alienware laptops. People's m15x also had problems with the lefthand side of the notebook "peeling up". My notebook has not had any problems like this. Other than that, I cannot think of a major problem with anyone's m15x.
Also, if the m17x is matte, which I can't remember, you must never scratch it. People's m9750's got damaged over a few months, and the finish peeled a lot.
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Geoff
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Thats the way it always works, no one ever goes to the BBB with good comments. People always join forums because something isn't working.
Good luck with the laptop!
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Geoff
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I can't wait to see it! And who knows, since I go to Salem a few times every month maybe one of these days I can see it in person!
Sir Travis D
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Hey skidude, your sig says it has an alienware generic mobo. Here is what my m15x has
So, I assume the m17x's should be called "Alienware m17x"
So, I assume the m17x's should be called "Alienware m17x"
Geoff
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It's an Intel GM965-based motherboard, the m15x is the model (which makes sense). I would say it's an Alienware m17x GM965.Hey skidude, your sig says it has an alienware generic mobo. Here is what my m15x has
So, I assume the m17x's should be called "Alienware m17x"
just a noob
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if the amd puma is for mobile odds are its going to stink, amd even admist its mobile processors are no match for intels, and the falcon northwest thing is st00pid, i tried putting in 1 dvd drive and it says too many ide ports used, and 1 velociraptor and it says thats too many sata ports used =\
Sir Travis D
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I really can't see someone in need of a laptop for college, wait for ati and amd to take over the laptop market. That will, if ever, take a very long time.