If Alienware made a tablet out of the M11x...

[ejohnson]

I had a fully working version, but yes, the lack of touch screen is what ended up killing the project.

I may revive the project soon though. I will be ordering a m14xr2 so my m11x will be back up for mods again.
Here are a few pics of the early stage. I never did get any pictures of the system all put together though.




I still have a few of the custom lcd bezel parts.

[T-ravisty]

I had a fully working version, but yes, the lack of touch screen is what ended up killing the project.

I may revive the project soon though. I will be ordering a m14xr2 so my m11x will be back up for mods again.
Here are a few pics of the early stage. I never did get any pictures of the system all put together though.


I still have a few of the custom lcd bezel parts.

Dooooo itttttt!!!!

I'd love to see this up and running.

What OS would it be running?

Would you be putting the Alienware badge on it somewhere?

Arklight's concepts are neat, I mean by the funky looking back of it, however the use of the M11X base makes sense due to space to disperse heat...

Possible to make it thinner?

What specs where you going to put in this?

[ejohnson]

It was just a stock r1 su7300, the only alienware badge was the word alienware on the bottom of the lcd... the grill lights became the top of the lcd.

Everything on the system worked, but you had to use a external keyboard/mouse.

If I do it again, I will give windows 8 a shot, since its designed for touch screen.

[T-ravisty]

It was just a stock r1 su7300, the only alienware badge was the word alienware on the bottom of the lcd... the grill lights became the top of the lcd.

Everything on the system worked, but you had to use a external keyboard/mouse.

If I do it again, I will give windows 8 a shot, since its designed for touch screen.

I googled and found your thread about it. Very nice work.

So you had to use an external keyboard and mouse because of the no touch-screen issue, yeah?

I followed the like of the other windows tablet idea, the 17" 17 Inch Windows Tablet by James Hardman + Jim Hardman (Aurkron) — Kickstarter

I'd actually really like to see something like this, If AW, then even better!
I'd mainly use it as a Cintiq Wacom tablet kinda thing if a touch-screen is found and as responsive as the Cintiq's, iPad still have lag and require a fair bit of pressure to draw on, so a no-goer for me.

But I'd LOVE a small screen tablet to draw on in Photoshop...

I reckon if you could get the AW head badge it would make it all the more better!
And a tablet with a bit of guts would be amazing!

I'd buy one, but would still like to see in thinner... between 10 - 20mm... But it'd be hard with so much grunt in a little tacker.

[Arklight]

I had a fully working version, but yes, the lack of touch screen is what ended up killing the project.

I may revive the project soon though. I will be ordering a m14xr2 so my m11x will be back up for mods again.
Here are a few pics of the early stage. I never did get any pictures of the system all put together though.


I still have a few of the custom lcd bezel parts.

I saw this after posting my design, AWESOME!!!

If you think about it, parts nowadays are getting smaller and more powerful so it's not an excuse for alienware to slack on making one like this.

[un4tural]

I am sorry, but have all of you gone mental? what would be the point of a gaming tablet? FPS would be impossible, no buttons would kill almost everything but RPGs and strategy games... like lets go rock some draw something on an I5 with 540GT?

while it would be a nice thing to look at most likely, it would be an idiotic idea at the very least... even with some special cradle attachment controller to hold it in... it would get mad hot at those specs, would weigh a ton as well considering you want anything more than 1hour battery life...

It would be completely useless and impractical for anything else than making a hobby project, then playing few games using an external controller... you simply couldn't run an I5/I7 with atleast a mid range video card and keep the damn tablet light or have even remotely any battery life...

and no. it would not be awesome... if alienware actually made one, i would never buy anything alienware ever again, and utterly loose all interest in the company or its products...

[ThatOldGuy]

I don't think ejohnson was building one to be practicle, but to experiment, have fun with the experience, and BECAUSE HE CAN muahahaha . I do think it would be viable with Windows 8 because of the app thing, but yea to game on it, the games would need a program running in the background for screen controls and battery might be an issue. On the other hand battery might not be an issue... the sony PS Vita only gets 2.5-3 hours gaming anyway.

[rennervision]

Actually - a gaming tablet is in the works, just not by Alienware. Behold the new tablet to be offered by Razer (supposedly by the end of the year)...

Project Fiona | Razer | For Gamers. By Gamers.

[un4tural]

Actually - a gaming tablet is in the works, just not by Alienware. Behold the new tablet to be offered by Razer (supposedly by the end of the year)...

Project Fiona | Razer | For Gamers. By Gamers.

Hybrid user interface for PC gaming
Intel® Core™ i7
10.1" 1280x800 display
Full-screen user interface supporting multi-touch
3-axis gyro, magnetometer, accelerometer
Force feedback
Dolby® 7.1 surround sound
WiFi 802.11b/g/n
Bluetooth® 3.0

what about video card? or half-life is what we'll be rocking in a kick- 7.1 surround environment? anyway if it gets say a 540gt or similar, it will NEED fans to cool it, it will need a big battery to keep it alive on the go and it will be heavy...

also i do understand ejohnson was just messing with it, and it was lovely to look, i am all for some lovely DIY projects like that, but that won't make a gaming tablet viable option... ever probably. unless they port one of home consoles to it and make a portable 720p xbox360/ps3 or a ps2... i can see that working, but not a gaming PC tablet.

[hiarieshi]

To be honest, I don't think tablets are even remotely close to being optimized for gaming therefore a video card is unnecessary.