anyone use backpack for M17x ? im not planing to sell M17x.

not really using for games, i have not test any game yet on this system.
but yeah the SSD is really fast, i had it compared with another M17x and M15x which running on 7200 RPM.
need some recommendation for backpack, notice this laptop is very heavy, not sure if normal 17" backpack can hold it.

im running on 258.96 WHQL driver, no issue so far

the one from Nvidia website.

i think maybe for M15x and M17x should be fine with Nvidia generic driver, maybe M11x have different kind of hardware that only works with Dell driver or modded driver.
how about others ? have M15x and M17x users tested with nvidia generic driver ? having any issue, please share.

http://www.phyrefile.com/image/view/lKRG7BMQqMiQU06J

Driver version

best is to call their sales line and talk to someone via phone to get the best deal.
make sure you are in front your system with internet connection so you can compare it.

its 2.5" SSD same for M15x and M17x

also the keyboard and LCD are very close, so if you press on top of the backcover it might touch the keyboard and leave mark on LCD. maybe you can put soft cloth in between.

why is that ? what video card you have on your M15x ?

Don't buy from Dell, plenty of options you got, ACER, HP, COMPAQ, BENQ,.....

Dont like it, Dont buy it.
Its free world.

Those who have problem can complaint and get replacement parts done, why all M11x owner need to do event they dont have that issue ?
maybe some parts changes or improvement has already been done.
i can tell most-likely none of any product are perfect, event you are not perfect.
name 1 perfect laptop that no one complaint about.

Do you own the laptop and having this issue or you are just judging by reading on forum ?

im not sure if everyone is aware of this.
few things need to consider, when the product have "known issue" and if its going to dangerous, it going to be recall world wide.
this happen before to few manufacturer battery and ac adapter

2nd if the product having known issue such as easy broken hinge, or other part quality materiel is either they stop selling it or fix the issue.
this happen to few of dell product, you dont see M1330 and M1530 selling anymore when they realize there is known issue with Nvidia video card that cant be solved.
the video card which is on motherboard going to last 1 year max and its going to die, if you were lucky, you can get 2 years.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CitUQCRCNHM

you will also get 1 year warranty of the motherboard and if you had replacement within that year , the motherboard automatic has another 1 year warranty till 5 years

http://en.community.dell.com/blogs/direct2...nt-details.aspx

now how does dell solve the issue and come out with new part ? if you notice on your ac adapter, battery and most of the parts in your laptop / desktop it has sticker something start like CN-0XXXX-XXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX REV A00
the last part A00 mean revision A00, sometimes your see A05 mean this part has been revise 5 times , it might have few issue before and it has been fixed. same as BIOS, you have A01, A02, A03. everytime you flash new BIOS it fix issue and sometimes might come out with new issue. if the issue cant be fix, dell for sure will stop selling because cost to repair it is not worth the money. at the time you see M11x R1 and M11x R2 using same hinge, same body, same video card, same LCD, mean Dell is making good profit and they want to continue to improve the CPU speed by changing new motherboard. so R1 and R2 sharing almost the same parts, some major part like CPU, RAM, video card might be different. so for someone to say dell know the product have known issue and not doing anything is not true.

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and of course, most users use Dell because of the service not really on the product quality or price.
i had acer and HP before when i was back in studying, for acer to replace cdrom drive take nearly 2 months while dell only take 2 days.
so i stick with dell since then, was like 5 years ago since i use dell.
i had use many dell system, i can list those product or post picture if you want.

This post has been edited by Safar: Oct 30 2010, 12:01 AM

im still going to disagree with you awyongcarl, for example on M15x and M17x if you notice there were some issue with the laggy touchpad.
its been going a while till dell find out and fix it, they come out with latest BIOS and tauchpad driver to solve this issue.
when i had this issue on my M15x, it was seriously bugging me.

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Added on October 30, 2010, 8:32 am20 mins by taking to them ?

This post has been edited by Safar: Oct 30 2010, 08:32 AM

My point is , if there is known issue, they will fix it.
i guess this not going to end, its very simple you dont like it, dont buy it.

This post has been edited by Safar: Oct 30 2010, 10:30 AM

are you looking for the one from Nvidia website or dell support site ?
For win 7 or win vista ? 32 bit or 64 bit ?

normally from Nvidia will be latest but best to download from support site

From Nvidia

From Dell Support Site

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Added on October 31, 2010, 12:33 amthe time i went was back in 2004 / 2005 when they first have the slot load drive
there were no stock and i have to wait for almost 2 months for the replacement part to arrive, after that i stop using acer.


This post has been edited by Safar: Oct 31 2010, 12:33 AM

they are out of stock at the moment, wanted to get 1 for my self too.