replace =/= upgrade liao..

QFT. young fella nowadays sure don't know about Alien Workshop

@Lil Kiasu, it just a brand that have almost the same symbol like Alienware head. can glow in the dark summore. miss that tiem!

yeah. the size is really big too. unless the thief is using my Orion Backpack to steal mine, then he is almost impossible to hide that

a friend of mine who have almost the same specs as you (i7-720QM + ATi HD 5870 CrossFire + 8GB RAM + 1TB HDD) just fell his laptop from chair. he put the laptop inside his bag and the bag fell, causing the space between LCD and front cover of laptop peel off. the sadest thing is, he brought 3 years CompleteCover but this damage is under Wear & Tear, where is does not covered by Dell

don't know about wireless but you have to try Roccat Kave if you really into gaming

no problem at all. or even better, go straight to ATi HD5870

no suprise. GTX285 is basically overclocked GTX280M. i am running 'GTX285M' SLi all the time

did you use any sound driver?

both of you can refer to page 1, where i already linked your questions to its answer.

julchin_09 is the daredevil to do the modding himself. the first in LYN, and possibly in Malaysia too

holy shi-

i feel goosebumps after see the details!

thats what i said to him. well at least we try, better than do nothing about it, eventho the probability is really low to be replaced

you can try to use these. this link is trial version where you only can access certain option. you have to buy the real version if you interested. or you can just *cough*crack*cough* it.





This post has been edited by Mr.Docter: Aug 9 2010, 11:10 AM

its not about type of processor that i shocked about. its about level of capability to be overclocked. if you see again the link that Lee provided, i5 is overclockable till 3.9Ghz

i doubt if i7-940XM have any major different from its lil' brother, i7-920XM. the number of cores are still the same, just a bit increment of clock clock where you don't even notice during the real life. it just will appear as increment of your benchmark result only. but for hardcore overclocker, thats sound good enough for them. what a expensive hobby....

and of course the higher the number of cores, the better it will be - generally. but when we talk about engine or software's optimization, this is the part where the weaknesses will appear. not to blame highly-growth processor R&D, but the adaptation of the game's engine or software engine is slower than development of processor itself. unless you not planning to keep your specs for the next 10 years, i think i7 (or even my Quad) is more then enough to pawn games out there

you don't understand.

this is sound driver, a software. your beloved Siberia is a soundcard, a hardware. why comparing two different things?

good guess there. since GTX285M is compatible with i7's mobo, so yes, there are probability for that too. but maybe Nvidia will rebrand that into something newer because GTX200M Series is already quite outdated to be included into the new refresh.

please don't or i will cry

yeah. sadly, that really one unarguable fact.

QFT

this is the right weight for those laptop. about comparison on A4 paper, i will upload for M17x around this afternoon or evening

you can just email to them or call Dell directly but they will need your Express Code or Serial Number to entertain you.

you can refer on the back of your laptop (at the base)

your warranty is automatically start in a few days time after it being shipped from the factory, so no worries about warranty activation or anything like that

simply call Dell and they will fix that for you. same things happened to my M17x too (but mine is just using basic DVD, not BluRay) but i am too lazy to call Dell about that.

its not 100% Dell's fault to be honest. this design itself is a problem. wait till you'll problem where you can't eject the disk (God forbid), then you will hate this disk writer's design more

Dell Malaysia is better than US in term of price and availabilities

yes. me and few of the old fella of Alienware owner already discussed this before and we conclude Dell Malaysia is quite better than US.

but the MAJOR turndown is no option to customize the engravement on the Alienware Nameplate

insensitive touchpad = replaced mobo

wow.. i doubt other brand will entertain till that level...