Alienware M11x Review

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The new Alienware M11x laptop is the latest game from Alienware and Dell could be the best thing that can happen to the PC games this year. This little box is the first game impressive ultraportable with a less than five inches and weighing 11 pounds. If this does not interest you, you know it costs $ 799, as ... about the same price, less powerful 11-inch Laptop with Intel new low-voltage processors.
The Alienware Has Landed

Rarely am surprised by the announcement of a new laptop, but the Alienware M11x left me stunned and speechless, almost from day one. He never presented any manufacturer of an ultraportable that can play the latest PC games. We are not talking about Minesweeper or Solitaire, we're talking advanced games like Mass Effect 2 and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. The Alienware M11x allows you to benefit from these recent 3D games perfectly playable frame rate ... with a laptop that is small enough to fit on a shelf plane and still leave little room for a drink and a bag of peanuts.

The arrival of the M11x is quite similar to the form of a "perfect storm" in the world of laptops. Alienware ...
... engineers worked in secret to admit that the development of an economic game ultraportable for more than four years, but it took time for all this technology with the team from the imagination of Alienware. Laptop screens have been quite small, but has a high resolution at low prices. Multi-core processors need to be cheaper, smaller, consume less power and be powerful enough to handle most games. Graphics cards to become small enough to fit in a chassis ultraportable, and still deliver the performance needed to create 3D models of modern frame rates to play when running on battery.
Alienware Although personally criticized in the past too expensive to create, design too much, too heavy and especially the top gaming notebook, the team deserves much credit Alienware to create a game attractive ultraportable that no other company has that saw it coming. When Dell announced the launch of the new Alienware M11x at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in January there was a competitor who has been trained for that ad.

The Alienware M11x is truly the first of its kind, but we hope it is the only block long. If you take a look at the Alienware section of our forums, you'll see a lot of people talk about the M11x. He did not just record traffic in the discussion forum after the release of the M11x, but we also had to take special measures to regulate traffic to avoid the large number of new visitors and regular members of the forum on this site below. If all traffic is an indication of consumer interest, it is better to believe that other companies advertise ultraportable gaming very soon.

Of course, gaming laptops are cool for school children and adults who enjoy spending time with a bloody first-person shooter, but because there is much interest in this little laptop? Much of the pleasure is what I said before: Until now, the brand is synonymous with expensive Alienware PC, games heavy. At the same time, however, Alienware has developed an awareness of their brand of "luxury" laptop custom players (or their parents) who can afford such equipment. The new M11x combines the functionality of customization and Alienware with the lowest prices you expect from Dell.

A starting price of $ 799 may seem expensive compared to a typical 15-inch laptop that starts at $ 500 or netbook sold under $ 300, but compared to the typical starting price for a gaming notebook (1200 $ or more) of the M11x is a godsend. Add to that all the personal touches added Alienware - such as laser engraving personalized plates here in the United States, or AlienFX software that allows you to change the color of LED-backlit keyboard - and you have the usual "" it costs about the same price as a normal 11-inch ultra-portable.

Construction and Design

Anyone familiar with the laptop Alienware other games in the immediate family should recognize the design of the new M11x. In many ways, the designers have tried to do this 11-inch Alienware laptop is a brother of the little 15-inch M15x and M17x 17 inches. Finally, the Alienware family has a "full range" ultra all the way for the massive desktop replacement. Much of the legacy that design is the style of Alienware machines. Many notebooks look almost identical when the eyelids are closed, but you can find an Alienware laptop across the room through the top with clean lines and a futuristic silver logo, alien head. Another important one is that Alienware is the free industrial setting, square. For better or for worse, the Alienware M11x magnesium alloy body looks and feels thicker than most portable 11-inch ... at least initially.

What I mean is that the M11x has a sharp edge like most laptops. Dell Inspiron laptops like the Lenovo Ideapad U150 11z or lose weight as it moves outward and thicker edges to the center of the laptop. The framework does Alienware M11x and engineers need space for the graphics card, the extra cooling, and battery. The built-in battery is also something to consider when talking about the thickness of this laptop. The M11x can often seem the height of 1.29 inches, but if you buy a Dell or Lenovo IdeaPad U150 11z 6-cell battery with a long life, is actually thicker than the Alienware machine.

The build quality is superior, thanks to the magnesium alloy construction combined with matte and shiny black plastic above the inner surface of the laptop. The exterior of the laptop feels solid as a rock, with just a slight curve on the back cover of the screen when pressure is applied. The keyboard and palm rest do not suffer a significant decrease, even under heavy pressure type. The M11x can easily handle everyday use and abuse is likely to suffer in the hands of hardcore gamers like throwing this laptop in a backpack. I hope that the serious players, do not throw this laptop on the floor after losing his life in a game, but if you lose the calm of the M11x is probably strong enough to cope. In short, this is the 11-inch portable hard drive that we tested in our laboratory. The quality of some rivals M11x easily create professional notebook that is labeled as "sustained activity".

Alienware Another essential element of the design is the use of custom LED lighting in key areas around the laptop. The first thing most people notice is the wonderful backlit keyboard and two front panels, but my favorite is the backlit alien head located above the keyboard. Using the software included on the M11x AlienFX this logo can be highlighted a number of different ways to alert the user of battery status. I put my light blue on the sector and in red when the battery. This is a good way to alert the user if the cord is accidentally disconnected during a match. Two other areas that are lit on the M11x is the alien head in the back of the screen and the inlet valve at the bottom of the laptop. These two areas, however, can not be configured with the software AlienFX - ventilation uses the keyboard illumination and even exotic head on the lid of the LCD screen lights up when the laptop is running.

Speaking of the bottom of the powerbook g4 battery, the M11x is so surprising, even from afar. The bottom panel is mostly flat and smooth with a speaker grille holes down stereo speakers firing, a custom label, and consumption of the cooling fan. If you are interested in improving the internal components of the M11x will be happy to know that all parties that the user is in a unique access panel to the bottom of the laptop. Access to the CPU, graphics, or the cooling fan is much more complicated, but honestly, most consumers do not have to go to these mechanisms.
The only reason why the hatch of the battery, hard drive, wireless card and memory slots with conventional screws for easy disassembly. It is also interesting to note that Dell / Alienware please use clip on all the screws ... So when you loosen the lower panel of small screws do not fall and get lost in the soil. Void the warranty if removed stickers found anywhere, even if there was a little yellow ribbon on the edge of the disk and battery. In any case, Alienware believes that the internal battery, hard drive, RAM and wireless card from scratch as you can. In addition, a one-year warranty on site to address the problems that occur during the first year and you can always buy the extended warranty service, if desired. In short, if you want to replace the battery or the usual update, then it is very easy to do.