anyone of you engraved the alienware nameplate?
how much and where?

wilsonjay Posted Today, 07:03 PM
 
(jiayang90 @ Apr 17 2010, 06:46 PM)
anyone of you engraved the alienware nameplate?
how much and where?



only available in the US

Title: One single major flaw  Date: April 14, 2010
Product Uses: travel gaming surfing internet, occasional office productivity work, stream videos online communication

ReviewI would have given this product a 5 stars for the pros alone, however one major flaw that really hammered it to 3.5 stars.

Pros:
- Small form, light enough weight with good battery live (around 4-5 hrs normal office/surfing the internet) make it truely portable, great for travel.
- Balanced CPU + flexible graphics options.
- can run 720 videos without problem.

Neutral thoughts:
- only the most efficient player can handle stereo 1080 playback - this is a CPU bottleneck. It is the same with either graphics card. In general this laptop cannot handle full HD sound & 1080p content. I acknowledge that this laptop is not meant for that. So I consider 720p playback a positive thing.
- does not support the new nvidia optimus, would be a nice to have feature
- alienware's inhouse facial recognition login does not recognise your face everytime, even after 2 months of 'learning'. There is a setting to lower this requirement. User can always turn this off.

Now the ugly:
- the major flaw I mentioned: the SPACE BAR does NOT register sometimes. After extensive investigation I found that it is the mechanism design of the spacebar that causes it. (if it is only my brand new M11x laptop, then they have serious quality control problems) The mechanism that would make it register as a 'hit' is located on the left hand side. So, if you use your right thumb to press spacebar when you type, 1 out of 10 times it will not register. The spacebar would go in, but the mechanism is too far on the left to be pushed 'far enough' to register as a 'hit'. If you use your left thumb to type and press the spacebar, there is no problem at all (since the mechanism is right below).
- For your reference I have average to small hand, my right thumb hit the spacebar on the area below the N and M key. And I don't type too lightly (I have no problems with spacebars with 10+ different keyboards throughout my 25 years with computers) So I do not consider myself typing incorrectly or abnormally.
- I missed at least 10 spacebars when writing this review. Imagine putting up with this whenever you type. EXTREMELY ANNOYING.
- other owners of this laptop can verify for yourself, try pressing the spacebar on the right most side (below the "," key) would not register AT ALL.

Overall, all other minor flaws and extra features/more powerful cpu is just nice to haves. This is a very balanced gaming laptop, and to me, a reasonable price for what it is. Now, if you use your left thumb to press spacebar, there is no problem and I highly recommend this laptop - get it right away! And Dell, please FIX the spacebar design problem for right thumbies like me with your next revision!

i know its unavailable here, but what i meant was what other alternatives do we have?
as in anyone tried getting it done in shops that provide engraving?

i know its unavailable here, but what i meant was what other alternatives do we have?
as in anyone tried getting it done in shops that provide engraving?

i also bought one m11x in pc fair today..free ext dvd free bag...and other rubbish...

i see.. not interested in getting the purple one because i can expect the price will rip off my pocket later

so do you own Black&Decker Dustbuster Pivot vacuum? i tried to google the Malaysian branch of ACE but 404. do you have link or somthing? looking forward to know its price

lol @ RM 7,999 you can get M17x with damn nice specs already. and RM 9,999 is not cheap compared to specs provided. better save that money for newer GPU.

tried 3D Gaming with desktop i7-920 + GTX295 for both L4D2 and RE5 few days ago. i rate 6/10 only. lack of 'wow' or 'epic!' factor + giving me headache after 30 min gaming. so i assuming 3D gaming is sorta difficult to be mainstream.

gonna be my last AW...goin sager nxt one.

me: yes...i want to request a windows 7 coupon for my aw. (last year)
dell: ok. we will process it.
(this has been goin on for 7 months)
(7 months later)
me: im still waiting for my win 7 coupon.
dell: sry, the promotion has ended.
(fuku!)

at least they could email me n tell me if they dont wanna give...instead wanted me to phone so many times like a noob. callin n calling n calling