yeap last time they did have option to extend complete cover. I guess they removed it because I believe people purchase complete cover only after they broke their laptop.

But I did still extended mine just few days before my warranty ended. At first I was waiting to upgrade to the new 14, but then it was quite disappointing compare to what i expect them to improve.

how much was the SSD upgrade and what's the spec?
I've just got mine few days ago and seems like the windows boot up is
the wake up from Standby is also
Coming from OSX, the wake up from sleep is almost instant.

If I'm not mistaken there's a recovery type of disc right?
or do I have to burn it from the Respawn software thingy?

noobie here.. what's 800m?

AlienRespawn can be used to restore ur laptop to factory state, which means a full backup of your system based on factory settings. Very handy for those people who doesn't want to start from scratch.

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There's a recovery disc included together with the laptop other than manuals and the above mentioned.

But to all Windows 8 Alienware users, u only can use AlienRespawn for another drive as long as it has a bigger or equivalent sized capacity. Lower capacity drives will fail during the process. For example, if ur laptop comes with 750GB HDD and u want to use AlienRespawn for a 120GB/256GB/512GB SSD, the respawn process will fail. The software will inform u that ur drive must be 750GB or more in order to proceed. The only way to move over to lower sized SSD is to use cloning software which breaks ur AlienRespawn.

For Windows 7 users, it might still be possible. I was unable to try this because my system arrived with Windows 8. According to forums, it works but need someone to test it out.

The other alternative is to call Dell to send u a copy of the AlienRespawn image based on ur requirements but this might incur some costs. Not sure about the price.

Thanks for the tip.
Seems like Alien Respawn is more or less doing a ghosting.
Haven't been using Windows for 5 years Let's see how Win8 fairs compared to OSX.
By the way, any of you guys updated to 8.1 ?

Guess I can safely update to 8.1
BF4 is a very costly game

btw, do you guys use any specific widget app to monitor the temperature of your Alien?

I was told before the purchase that I can upgrade to 8.1.
Isn't the 8.1 something similar like the service pack thingy? or you actually have to pay for it?

I guess I'll stick with hwinfo64 then.
Thanks.

Let's see.. It's time to re-live Windows

haven't purchase any SSD yet.. 

hey guys, its been a while i visiting this thread. how are you guys doing with your mothership?

there is possibility that next year, i will get a mothership, so that i can join, contribute and organize events.

How much is the 250GB now? Any specific models/brands I should look for?

its in my 'must-get list'.

Thanks for the tip.
I think I'll wait as I am not too much of a gamer anyway

That's what I'm looking for
Why running on vm?

BF4 is expensive $60 

ohh.. now I understand.

Wanted to test the power of the 765 NVIDIA

so far tested only with DOTA2, Diablo III and War Thunder.