agree with that.
btw, i hope illegear can add in this idea.

Guys, what is your opinion about the inside of 17?

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

my own opinion.. why keep the battery inside? i think AW 17 is easier to remove for future upgrades..

Still too early to tell, need to see a step-by-step teardown to see how easy it is for maintenance/upgrades

Tempted to get a 17 or 18 but exploring the limits of upgradeability of my current M15x. Seeing if theres news of a 8970 upgrade...

L O L 8970 hope it supports then XD

If it still using MXM 3.0, why not? :3
But still you need to do Bios tweaks~

Well saves us a lot of money and still keeping up with the times....

I think my only concern is the heat as well as the power consumption. At present running 6970 and heat can hit 90c but is brought down with cooling pad running Tomb Raider on Ultra settings (Minus DoF, Antialiasing which are on high) @ 30fps min for smooth play. Just tested it as I have only recently acquired T.R and unsure how other games will perform with this old card. In US I see lotsa ppl already running 7970 on this old gen machine setting up hopes it can endure another year or 2

p:s Anything that can save $$ is a good thing. Can't chase Tech too much lol

hehe im still on 5850m XD

4HDD only if you remove the ODD. sacrifice one thing for another. your choice.

guys, dont know if im slow but the alienware 14 comes with 14" full HD screen!

Yup, u slow liao haha
It was one of the pleasant surprises~

I remembered back a few years ago how much we talked about how it was very difficult to make a 14" FullHD Screen

Guys, is there a big difference between Bigfoot Wireless Card & the default one on M14x R1?

big difference in file transfer speed and all those networking stuffs.

but my recommendation is dont get killer cards. killer wireless cards are reported giving lots of BSOD issues to users.

Just called up Dell Sales, they informed me that new model of AW will no longer have the name plate provided. Not sure whether they will provide later on?

If playing games & normal browsing on Chrome big difference?

Which brand is recommended?

Most probably yes, they will continue providing the nameplate!

you wont feel the difference in normal browsing. but when online gaming, you can notice there are improvements.

but most recommended brands are intel and realtek those, which is more reliable. killer just sucks so much and giving lots of troubles.

Ok! Thank u very much raymondtong94!