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cinderboy

Just read this~

http://ces.cnet.com/8301-31045_1-10428491-269.html



Alienware laptops are powerful, but they're not exactly known for being ultraportable or affordable. At Dell's press conference this morning, however, a chief focus was put on their new M11x laptop, which seems to be attacking both ends head-on. In a form approaching Netbook size, the 11.6-inch laptop comes packed with switchable graphics, including an Nvidia GT335M GPU as its main powerhouse, and will sell this spring for less than $1,000.

According to Dell representatives, the M11x will achieve over six hours of battery life in its lower-graphics function mode, and with a hot switch to the faster Nvidia GPU that will take under 2 seconds and not require logging out, will attain around two hours of "intense gaming." The tiny laptop was shown off in the hands of Dell executives, and an M11x was also connected to a larger monitor to demonstrate how the laptop--with DisplayPort, HDMI, and VGA ports--can connect to larger monitors and HDTVs to play games as well. Dell claims that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 will run at over 30fps in full-HD mode and settings set to high, which would certainly be a feat.



Hands-on update: We got a chance for some hands-on time with the M11x, and made several observations: first, its processor is in fact an Intel Core 2 ULV, the U7300--this is the same processor we've seen in higher-end thin-and-lights. It's augmented with Nvidia's GT335M discrete graphics, making it a kind of a hybrid machine. Its purportedly strong non-gaming-mode battery life would be because of its ULV processor.

Compared to other Alienware laptops, the M11x is surprisingly slim. In fact, its overall dimensions weren't far off from the Asus EeePC 12.1-inch Atom Netbook we were carrying along with us. It's a bit angular and blocky, but the M11x represents a massive move to true portability for the Alienware brand.

We were also told that, even with the advertised "under $1,000" price, models will be sold for as low as $799. That's close to what standard thin-and-lights sold for earlier last year.

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Sakumo

If only the CPU was better...I'd spring for it and sell my desktop for it, but the 1.3ghz dual core makes me turn away.

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XGrave

dells probably gonna offer another cpu and add oh i don't know say 500$?

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djfizzle

alienware computers are all overpriced anyway, i could buy a $ 400 dell laptop and make it better than an alien ware for cheaper

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zipykido

Alienware is owned by dell. So you'd be buying a dell if you bought an alienware.

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XGrave

i believe you just got owned

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Sakumo

Yes he did. Also how can you make a cheapy laptop be better than one for gaming? You can't add a quad to any laptop MoBo, like a desktop, you can't drop in a graphics card, only very select laptops have MXM slots, then there's the room issue..

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