CES: Meet Alienware's Newest Tiny God of Laptops
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holy hot shit, hook it up to a monitor and it's ready to be my all time go-to system! that is AWESOME
what about after windows and office is installed?, i bought a gaming laptop back in the days and a few weeks after using it it could barely run indie titles.
but if it can live up to its promises it would be awesome, also it would be the first product ever to do so.
but if it can live up to its promises it would be awesome, also it would be the first product ever to do so.
Yeah, I'll stick with my M15x thank you.
Sure, it takes a little upper body strength to lug around for several hours a day, but I frequently take it on a good hour trek around my town after leaving college, and I'm often hooking it up at college to game anyway, I could not game on something that bloody tiny, and this thing has taken absolutely everything I've thrown at it, I ain't complaining.
I'd also like to say that, there's no way in hell that thing would run Crysis at 50fps on High, I mean, for a start, a gaming laptop with a genuinely decent graphics card has shit all battery life, and it's irrelevant anyway, because you won't be gaming on battery, as Alienware laptops have this nasty habit of shutting down all decent gaming capabilities unless you're plugged into the wall with an AC adaptor.
Sure, it takes a little upper body strength to lug around for several hours a day, but I frequently take it on a good hour trek around my town after leaving college, and I'm often hooking it up at college to game anyway, I could not game on something that bloody tiny, and this thing has taken absolutely everything I've thrown at it, I ain't complaining.
I'd also like to say that, there's no way in hell that thing would run Crysis at 50fps on High, I mean, for a start, a gaming laptop with a genuinely decent graphics card has shit all battery life, and it's irrelevant anyway, because you won't be gaming on battery, as Alienware laptops have this nasty habit of shutting down all decent gaming capabilities unless you're plugged into the wall with an AC adaptor.
I'd be tempted if most people's gaming laptops didn't have such a poor life span...most people I know maybe get like 3 years maybe 4 if they're lucky (I'm being really generous here), out of the two I've owned from Alienware my behemoth one (area 51 series) lasted an amazing 5 and a half years due to constant maintenance until its motherboard blew out. And my first one when I was still a little noob only lasted 2 years before the card overheated.
Given how long Crysis has been the golden standard by which game performance, I could see hardware manufacturers optimizing for that kind of game while letting games like CoD suffer. If you're going to fit that kind of hardware into that kind of space, you have to do some hardcore optimization, and optimization leads to painful sacrifices.
Even if I had the budget for this, I wouldn't touch Alienware nowadays, now that they're owned by Dell. The XPS line is so damn unreliable, and Dell throws the newest hardware into the Alienware and XPS lines with minimal compatibility testing, all in a rush to have the latest, greatest on the market.
'sides, it's easy to make a game look good when the screen's that small...
Even if I had the budget for this, I wouldn't touch Alienware nowadays, now that they're owned by Dell. The XPS line is so damn unreliable, and Dell throws the newest hardware into the Alienware and XPS lines with minimal compatibility testing, all in a rush to have the latest, greatest on the market.
'sides, it's easy to make a game look good when the screen's that small...
Keyboards arent so bad on Dells. On the Dell Mini 10 series the keyboard is 92% of the size of a regular one, and after using it for 5 minutes you dont notice a difference really. That netbook is 10.1" and it was fine for me, an extra inch added on should bring it further up to par.Kuliani said:
How.. convenient, I was just thinking i need a laptop. And I was worried because nothing was the right size with power, Thank you Alienware.
I was quoting the hands-on writeup from Gizmodo, something that you'd actually known if you'd clicked the links.King Krapp said:You drooling idiot. First, it can't play Crysis at 50fps. That's crap. Nowhere does it say that. Other than in your post. Secondly, those frame rates are at 1280x720, which is a pathetic resolution for a gamer. Consoles run at that res on high-def TVs, and they use old hardware. 1680x1050 is commonly recognized as the MINIMUM acceptable resolution for PC gaming. This is a netbook. It has an 11 inch screen. This is fine for old dosbox games or minesweeper, but to buy a netbook for playing CoD or crysis is like buying a turbocharged Toyota Prius to try and lap the Nurburgring in under 10 mins. It defeats the purpose of the vehicle, it makes you look like a retard, and it can't do it.CantFaketheFunk said:CES: Meet Alienware's Newest Tiny God of Laptops
Meet the Dell Alienware M11X: Its screen is under 11", its price tag is under $1000, and it can run Crysis on high at 50 FPS.
I remember back in college, my friend Nick had an Alienware gaming laptop that he used to play the high-end games of the time like Far Cry and Half-Life 2. That thing was a beast - and it felt like one, too. It was huge and heavy and was "portable" in name only. But now, at CES, Alienware has unveiled the M11X [http://www.alienware.com/microsite/m11x/m11x.aspx?source=ECH0023], the antithesis of Nick's old behemoth: It's the size of a Netbook, but it has "the graphics power of a 15-inch laptop."
With six hours of battery life (2 of hardcore gaming with a secondary Nvidia GPU that can be switched on without having to reboot), this little beast can run Crysis at 50 FPS on high at 720p resolution, and Call of Duty at 30 (CoD more taxing than Crysis, huh?). It also won't break the bank if you decide to pick it up, reportedly costing less than $1000 - supposedly with specs maxed - when it hits stores within a month or so.
Gizmodo has a hands-on [http://gizmodo.com/5442786/alienware-m11x-hands+on-fast-ride-in-a-short-machine] of the little beast - as well as some actual images of it being held and running, and not in a black featureless void with a simulated screenshot - from CES, and it sounds pretty killer, with ports and slots that belie its teeny tiny little framework.
Oops, will you look at that - I dropped my old laptop off the balcony down two stories onto concrete. Clumsy me. Guess I'm in the market for a new one!
[blockquote]AT CES DELL UNVEILS FIRST "ALL POWERFUL" ULTRA MOBILE GAMING SYSTEM
· The Alienware M11x, the most powerful 11-inch gaming laptop in the universe - as easy to carry as it is powerful, making high-performance gaming accessible to all.
Alienware M11x
· The Alienware M11x demonstrates the graphics power of a 15-inch laptop in an 11-inch form factor
· Play all of your games and media, whether at home or away, at HD 720p resolution
· With the Alienware M11x, gamers can enjoy the feel of the gaming without compromise anywhere they go.
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(Gizmodo [http://gizmodo.com/5442711/dell-alienware-m11x-is-sub+1000-alienware-netbook])
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For the price of this, you could get a desktop that would blow it away AND a netbook. Which means you could game and enjoy the functionality of a netbook. Because you are essentially NEVER going to game on the move. To play one of the FPS games you listed properly, you're going to need to connect a mouse. Which means you need a decent flat surface and enough room. Which leaves me asking, "Why not buy a normal laptop, you moron?" or a desktop. Netbooks are designed for portability. They're small, not very powerful, and great for taking notes in meetings/lectures or checking your email.
The 15-inch power/11-inch form factor thing is also retarded. Just staggeringly so. NEVER quote product quality from the manufacturer's site. They're not going to tell the truth if it's shit, are they? Which it is. It is pointless and crap. Useless. There is no use for this product. Only idiots would buy it. You can buy a normal desktop and a netbook for that price, and have better functionality for their individual tasks. One can play games better, and one is more portable and costs, oh, I don't know, A THIRD OF THE PRICE.
Stop talking out of your arse.
At any rate, calling staff members "drooling idiots" is a big no-no. You are the weakest link; don't let the door hit you on the way out.
Seems kind of pointless. Unless you do lots of travel. I could use something like this over the summer, but other than that I'll take my PC over it anyday
But still, pretty cool
But still, pretty cool
What are my chances of convincing parents that "it's not *only* for gaming and would make a sweet netbook?
If diplomatic channels fail, I may be willing to sell one of your organs for one of these.
If diplomatic channels fail, I may be willing to sell one of your organs for one of these.