M14x R2 is out now

[jebelious]

Well is in the UK, not sure about anywhere else (not checked)

Specifications look good and the option for dual HD's, Blu Ray optical, GT650m Nvidia 2Gig and up to 16Gig 1600Mhz DDr3.

Is it wrong that i am hoping the motherboard fails again so i can get a refund to get the r2?

[DjId10t]

It is out here in the US as well, video card is the GT650m. The CPU's did not change.

[towph]

the blu-ray slot drive is the only thing i am interested in. i wonder if you can buy that separately and if it will fit the R1 m14x.

[jebelious]

Have the CPU's been upped to the sandy bridge variants?

[owatch15]

The GPU interests me..how much performance can I expect over the 555?

And it looks like there is no more M11x on the Alienware site..... :0

Did they just discontinue the M11x???

A new GPU, and more memory seem to be the big highlights of the revision

[Evil_Mask]

Who would ever need that much ram?

Apparently yes, no more m11x...Too bad cause I was really considering buying one.

[willz92]

lolz after seeing this news i quickly rang dell and cancelled my current pre production m14x r1, lucky they take their time in making them lol!
Just rang up and made a m14x r2 with blueray and the new graphics card!
Bit more pricy, but what do you expect :P

A bit annoyed the sales rep i rang 2 weeks ago didnt tell me that the r2 was just a week or 2 away

[nuaron]

only good news for R1 owner is availablity of a blu ray slot loaded drive
dual HDD is a scam by them. they are putting in mSATA SSD card in PCI-e slot next to the WIFI adapter. max stated speed is Read: 200Mbps - Write: 40Mbps

I guess they didnt move towards ivy bridge maybe to wait some more for prices to go down. Since i am sure that with the new GPU, motherboard layout and related stuff must have already been updated.All they would do later on is put in ivy chip

[truciet]

Due to the new GPU's, that means a new motherboard also. I hope they fixed all the issues with so many dead motherboards on the current r1...

I cancelled my Dell Outlet order due to the many reports of dead MB's, dead GPU's, and CPU socket

It was a really good deal but I can't afford to be down often sigh.

[owatch15]

No idea. More of a marketing scheme