Dell Unveils Powerful 11-inch Alienware M11x Gaming Laptop Discussion

[seeratlas]

I have no problems gaming on my N10j, which is a 10 inch screen at 1024x600. Sure I have to dial down the graphics to ultra low, but I'm moving all over the place (ride a train to downtown Chicago almost every day) so the extra mobility is a +++ for me. This laptop, if it REALLY maintains that 6.5 hours of battery life (which is ehhh-ish, since my N10j lasts nearly 8 hours with it's 9-cell option) will be a dream come true for me. I'm gonna wait for a review.

People who aren't mobile though, I can't see why they'd want this (aside from the nice GPU). They could probably get a bigger screen with similar/better specs for cheaper/same price. Also the Alienware glitz isn't really my thing, but whatever.

Div 03 you're a better man than I am LOL. I worked over a 10" MSI for over the road WOW which is not a high detail game and tho i could pull (finally) sufficient fps to make it playable, my 20/17 - 20/15 eyes couldn't take it for more than 20 minutes at a time without giving me hellacious headaches. I know about 7 other guys who have reported to me that they experienced the same thing. Having traded my 10" wind for a 12, and having goosed the hell out of that, tho its quite a bit better, after an hour or so I find myself wanting to find a dark room and lie down LOL.

Got a Gateway 14 which I can play hour after hour on, BUT...like Serg, for 'all around' I find the 15.6 by far the most satisfying "laptop" that actually gets used on your 'lap'. From screen size and readability at the 20 something inches distance, to the width of the keys and keyboard which lessens the angles on your wrists, and the ease of cooling with the larger chassis after subbing in notoriously hot running AMD TL60, overclocking/ undervolting and some rmclock tweaking of the p-state values and transitions, I get insane temps with my laptop cooler. So, not only will my eyes last longer, so will the larger puter.

As always, your mileage may vary.

seer

[ARom]

They should have went 13.3"....

[Serg]

A M13x?? Isnt that making the Alienware brand dilute?

[ARom]

A M13x?? Isnt that making the Alienware brand dilute?

I don't see the use of an 11" gaming laptop unless it's powering various external displays. The display and keyboard will be so cramped.

[lowteckh]

I don't see the use of an 11" gaming laptop unless it's powering various external displays. The display and keyboard will be so cramped.

Cuz' there are some of us who don't want a hunk of a 13". 11 inches of gaming power will be a perfect replacement for my 13" SR430 for lugging everywhere.

[ARom]

Cuz' there are some of us who don't want a hunk of a 13". 11 inches of gaming power will be a perfect replacement for my 13" SR430 for lugging everywhere.

You going to squint at that display or go with an external? How about the keyboard? external?

[lowteckh]

You going to squint at that display or go with an external? How about the keyboard? external?

Since you obviously don't get the appeal, not much else to say. You're not me, I'm not you.

[nobodyshero]

Lol...I dont recall the Sony SR series receiving this much heat for trying to appeal to people who want to run high end processes on a >13'....Seriously, either you get it or you dont, some people dont want to lug around a 15 or 17 inch laptop because they go to college or are a frequent business traveler and want to have a harmless gaming session inbetween studies or meettings. Gaming on a laptop this small isnt the end of the world and neither will you have to have to squint hard to game, ive tried a game on low settings on an Asus netbook, its NOT THAT BAD!! lol...

[azelexx]

Obviously AW (Dell) wants to target the "Netbook" market and make us WOW at the fact that M11x is 1000x more powerful than the usual weak 11"er's out there. If it was 13.3" then people will compare it with the "Notebook" category which obviously will end up not receiving as much attention or WOW factor.

Another reason is obviously the affordability. $799-$999 is a really good buy for most people wanting a gaming laptop that's SPECIAL and probably has a LCD monitor or TV to hook up to already.

At the end of the day, if you say to people "HEY I GOT AN 13" GAMING LAPTOP" .....no one's gonna really care right? But HEY I HAVE A POWERFUL 11" is another story that no one has heard before.

Good job Alienware, just hope it's not a heavy brick. And probably give us more upgrade options.... I don't mind going over $1000+ for a core i3.

[Skyshade]

Lol...I dont recall the Sony SR series receiving this much heat for trying to appeal to people who want to run high end processes on a >13'....Seriously, either you get it or you dont, some people dont want to lug around a 15 or 17 inch laptop because they go to college or are a frequent business traveler and want to have a harmless gaming session inbetween studies or meettings. Gaming on a laptop this small isnt the end of the world and neither will you have to have to squint hard to game, ive tried a game on low settings on an Asus netbook, its NOT THAT BAD!! lol...

Well, I think the question is, if you have to lower the resolution to game on 11" to make your eyes comfortable, why do you need GT335M so you have the power to run high resolution? I think everyone understand there are people who like to have something smaller and lighter for gaming on the go, but when you get to this small the subjectivity of an optimum GPU/ScreenSize/Resolution becomes high.

Even if you say you can hook this one up to an external monitor to utilize its full GPU power and on the go you don't use the full GPU power by adapting a lower resolution to make your eyes feel more comfortable, there is also the alternative solution to just have a power gaming desktop and have a small laptop that only has good enough GPU to do low-resolution -- and overall it could be cheaper and better because you can use desktop CPU and GPU for the true high power job at your desk.

Anyway, I think it could be a good rig if AW does its job right, but I also think it could cater bigger market if AW goes with 13".