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Thinkdigit

08/2011

Alienware M11x

Ever since Dell brought Alienware to India, it's been a mixture of equal parts of joy and anguish, for us gamers. No prizes for guessing at the cause of our merry making, but our chagrin owes itself to the juicy components we see listed for the same Alienware models on Dell's US website and the comparatively neutered innards of the Indian equivalents. However, this is not really a nit we can do anything about, and it's better to have cooler running components in 46-degree summers. And more importantly, everything is not about raw performance is it? For laptops compactness and portability are far more important. And that's where the M11x comes in. Lets face it – an 11-inch notebook is never going to be a fire breather in benchmark terms. The M11x is the smallest gaming notebook in the Alienware range with a display size of a mere 11.6-inches, but more importantly it weighs a mere 2 kilograms and the much smaller display size means the M11x is also more portable than its 15 and 17 inch siblings. With notebook components, it is always about a compromise, for more power means more heat, and less battery life. Therefore, the M11x was intended as an option for someone who wants to play games, but also needs something that is small and portable.

Notebook Review

06/2011

Alienware M11x R3 Review

The Alienware M11x R3 is the third version of the world's smallest and lightest gaming notebook. Equipped with your choice of the latest second generation Intel Core i5 or Core i7 processors and Nvidia GeForce GT 540M graphics, this high-performance 11-inch notebook is arguably in a class all by itself. Keep reading to see if the latest M11x gaming laptop is worth your money. BUY the Alienware M11x Gaming Laptop Computer (Intel Core i7 500GB/8GB)Dell Home Systems $1,209.00see all pricing for the Alienware M11x Gaming Laptop Computer (Intel Core i7 500GB/8GB)Our review unit of the Alienware M11x R3 features the following specifications: Last year, the Alienware M11x and its updated "Revision 2" (M11x R2) version both received the NotebookReview.com Editors' Choice Award for delivering a great combination of build quality, performance, and battery life at a reasonable price. Dell's Alienware team regularly commented on the fact that the M11x was the best-selling Alienware notebook of 2010. It's no surprise then that the engineers at Alienware were eager to improve upon their success with the Alienware m11x R3. Build and Design If you're familiar with the original M11x and M11x R2 then you'll surely notice that the M11x R3 is virtually identical to its older siblings.

LaptopMag

06/2011

8.0/10

Alienware M11x R3 Review

We've long been fans of the Alienware M11x because the 11.6-inch laptop is the only machine of its size that takes gaming seriously. With a starting price of $1099, the new third-generation Alienware M11x R3 is more expensive than most systems this compact, but with a 2nd Generation Intel Core i5 CPU and Nvidia GeForce GT540M graphics, this mini rig promises plenty of performance along with legendary Alienware styling. But how does this notebook deliver for gamers on the go?The Alienware M11x R3 has the same design as its predecessors, complete with an all-black rubberized lid that has the lighted Alienware logo, raven-black stylings on the sides, two lighted grilles on the front lip, and a sleek Alien-themed keyboard on the inside. The entire chassis has the curves of some kind of alien spaceship.Better still, the keyboard, front grilles, the Alienware name on the bezel, and the little Alien head above the keyboard can all light up in different colors of your choosing. Using the bundled Alienware AlienFX software, you can set each of these areas to illuminate in any of 20 different colors, turning your notebook into a tiny Empire State Building. At 11.2 x 9.2 x 1.3 inches and 4.6 pounds, the M11x feels thick and bulky for its size. By comparison, the 11-inch HP Pavilion dm1z weighs only 3.4 pounds.

TechRadar

05/2011

8.0/10

Alienware M11x review

Alienware is one of the biggest manufacturers of gaming laptops and has gone from strength to strength since its acquisition by Dell. The M11x is the smallest laptop in the company's range and has just been updated with a powerful new Intel Sandy Bridge processor for playing the latest titles. With their sharp edges and glowing lights, Alienware laptops look very distinctive. We personally like the futuristic design, which gives the M11x the appearance of a miniature alien craft, but it won't suit all tastes. Most gaming laptops are hefty beasts, but this one weighs just 2kg and the solid chassis measures just 32mm at its thickest point. It's still a tough build, with a thick rubberised lid and tough hinges. If you need a portable gaming machine to take around a friend's house or keep you entertained on trips, this really is a fantastic option. In order to keep the chassis slender, Alienware has unfortunately left out a DVD drive. If you want to install games from a physical disc, you'll need to attach an external drive, or else you can download games from the internet, using services such as Steam. However, the 250GB hard drive offers limited space, especially if you plan on carrying music and films on the laptop as well as games.

LaptopMag

07/2010

8.0/10

Alienware M11x

When the Alienware M11x first came out in May, we remarked that the system was nearly perfect save for one thing: users had to manually switch between the discrete and integrated graphics. With the advent of Nvidia's Optimus technology--which does the switching for you--it's all automatic. But that's not the only thing Alienware packed into the refreshed M11x: this 11.6-inch machine ($1,319 as configured) also boasts an Intel Core i7 processor, which gives it even more power than before. Despite some overheating issues with our first review unit, this rig blows away other machines in its class.Identical to the previous Alienware M11x, this version look as if the company's M15x was sent through Willy Wonka's shrinking machine. Like its larger brethren, it features a prominent Alienware logo on the lid whose eyes glow when the system is turned on. Our system came in all black, the lid coated with a soft rubber finish (known as Soft Touch Stealth Black). The other color option is a gray finish called Lunar Shadow.Also, like the larger Alienware machines, the front edge of the M11x has an angled design reminiscent of the newer Chevy Camaros. The deck is a matte black plastic, which doesn't pick up fingerprints, but the glossy black screen bezel shows every little mark.

DigitalVersus

06/2010

8.0/10

Product Survey: Laptops

In a galaxy far, far away, though, Alienware has decided it's time to offer up a speedy shuttle for more mobile gamers. The new Alienware M11x claims to combine both stamina and flexibility along with its powerful performance. We'd expect nothing less from a laptop that's just landed from outer space! The M11x is the smallest member of Alienware's fleet, but its design is similar to that of its big brothers the M15x and the M17x. For a gaming laptop, it actually looks quite classy, with an all black exterior. The back uses a slightly glossy plastic, which doesn't pick up too many greasy fingerprints, while the metal underside reinforces the impression of a solid unit. The whole thing feels robust and is well finished. We especially liked the slightly grainy matt plastic used for the wrist rest, which reduces the amount of dirt and any problems with perspiration when you're playing for a long time. Like a spaceship, the M11x lights up as soon as you turn it on, and there are coloured lights everywhere, including the Alienware logo, the alien face that stands in for the power button (and whose eyes flicker according to hard drive activity), the fan on the bottom and the panels at the front and the backlit keyboard.

MaximumPC

06/2010

9.0/10

Alienware M11x

The terms petite and gaming notebook are about as incongruous as self-restraint and Wall Street, so our curiosity about Alienware’s M11x was naturally mixed with skepticism. Could this sub–five pound, 11-inch rig do much more than play aged or anemic titles? Small as it is, the M11x indeed has substance. The first sign of hope was the GeForce GT 335M graphics card—a slightly faster kin to the GT 325M we found in Asus’s N61J 16-inch notebook (reviewed in May). Also stuffed into the wee chassis: a 1.3GHz Core 2 Duo overclocked to 1.73GHz (which can be turned off in the BIOS), 4GB of DDR2/1066 RAM, and a 7,200rpm 500GB hard drive. That’s a lot of gear to cram into an 11.25x8.25x1.25-inch body—so much, in fact, that there’s no room left for an optical drive. Deciding on which notebook to use for our zero-point was tricky, as the M11x straddles the gaming and ultraportable categories. We settled on our most recently reviewed notebook, the aforementioned Asus N61J, an all-purpose mainstream machine. Like that notebook, the M11x features hybrid graphics so you can enable or disable the videocard to suit your needs. Whereas the N61J uses Nvidia’s new Optimus hybrid graphics, however, the M11x features the old-school method, requiring a manual switch and reboot to implement.

SlashGear

04/2010

Alienware M11x Review

It’s usually pretty straightforward: an 11.6-inch notebook will deliver battery life but lack grunt, while a larger machine is more likely to pack performance at the expense of liberty from a power point. The Alienware M11x promises to change all that; while it may have the diminutive dimensions of a CULV notebook, its overclocked processor and switchable discrete graphics claim to make it a gamer’s machine where longevity is a choice. Is the M11x really the best of both worlds? Check out the full SlashGear review after the cut. It’s certainly a distinctive notebook. Like larger Alienware models, the M11x swaps the curves so fashionable in current mainstream laptops for a blunter, angular design. The company have happily shown a little more restraint when it comes to grilles, contours and fluting, but there’s still no doubting the family lineage. The backlit Alienware logo on the notebook’s lid is mirrored by a second, slightly smaller logo just above the keyboard that acts as power button and status indicator. The keyboard itself, meanwhile, uses Alienware’s stylized font, and the flat keycaps are reasonable to type on.

HotHardware

04/2010

Alienware M11x Ultra-Light Gaming Notebook Review

At the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show, back in early January of this year, we showcased a myriad of upcoming products in our coverage of the event and the announcements being made. Of the literally thousands of items we saw at CES, however, we'd consider only a handful of them to be truly stand-out products. One of those geek-lust worthy products, at least in our opinion, was the slick Alienware M11x.We gave you somewhat more than a glimpse of the M11x in our close-up look at the machine on display at Dell's suite at the show, but we have since gotten one in house and have been able to put it through its paces on our home turf for a full evaluation. Our video review of the Alienware M11x utlra-portable gaming notebook follows here, along with an image gallery and a full run of benchmarks. A full suite of benchmarks and more details are on the pages ahead... The Alienware M11x is a notebook with a bit of on identity crisis. The machine's form factor is that of an ultra-portable, but its features an internal components are comparable to a full-sized, mid-range gaming notebook.

PCWorld

04/2010

9.0/10

Alienware M11x

If you're a PC gamer sick of lugging around an 8- to 10-pound monster with awful battery life just to play games, Alienware's M11x is your salvation. This 11.6-inch ultraportable laptop has enough power to play all the latest titles while making only modest compromises, yet it's considerably more portable than typical gaming notebooks in the 15-inch range, let alone giant desktop-replacement notebooks. With prices starting at $799 (as of April 2, 2010; our review system was kitted out to a $1099 configuration), it generally doesn't cost as much as those larger alternatives, either. The M11x squeezes its fantastic performance into a small package by taking an Intel SU7300 ultra-low-voltage CPU, which normally runs at 1.3GHz, and overclocking it to 1.73GHz by way of boosting the frontside bus from 800MHz to 1066MHz. At least, that's what you find on Alienware's spec sheets and in the Windows system properties page. Using the CPU-Z tool to examine the CPU properties, we discovered that the clock multiplier was dropped from its default 6.5 to 6.0, making the final clock speed 1.6GHz. If you don't like the overclocked speed, an option in the BIOS lets you tell the CPU to run at the default speed.

CNet

03/2010

8.0/10

Alienware M11X

Gaming laptops are a conundrum for many: with costs and sizes that are higher and larger than most mainstream users are willing to accept, they exist in a specialized upper echelon of the computer universe, a niche usually avoided by most. An affordable, small laptop that also plays games well is a rarity, and most people looking for a travel-friendly notebook simply leave off such hopes in exchange for a few more bucks in their pocket, and buy a gaming console or desktop gaming PC instead. At this year's CES, we were surprised and excited to see an Alienware laptop that not only cost less than $1,000, but was compact enough to slide into a messenger bag. Dubbed by many as a "gaming Netbook," the M11x is actually a hybrid 11.6-inch ultraportable that has an ultralow-voltage Intel Core 2 Duo processor married with a Nvidia graphics card that can be switched on or off to save battery life. The end result is a dense but very portable laptop that has the ability to play any mainstream game. For a student or a PC gamer looking for a truly portable system, the M11x could be a perfect product.

LaptopMag

03/2010

9.0/10

Alienware M11x

What would happen if you combined the endurance of an Intel ULV processor with the power of discrete graphics? We’ve wondered that for a while, and now we know thanks to the Alienware M11x, a diminutive system that acts like a much larger—and much more expensive—gaming rig. Featuring Alienware’s distinctive styling, this $1,099 machine costs a fair amount more than other ultraportable systems, but users are rewarded with switchable graphics and performance that lets them do more than just the basics.Honey, they shrunk the Alienware! That’s the reaction we had when we first laid eyes on the Alienware M11x. This thin-and-light notebook looks like the company’s M15x spent too much time in the dryer. Like its larger brethren, it features a prominent Alienware logo on the lid whose eyes glow when the system is turned on. Our system came with a gray finish (called Lunar Shadow); consumers can choose Cosmic Black as well. Also like the larger Alienwares, the front edge of the M11x has an angled design reminiscent of the newer Chevy Camaros. The deck is a matte black plastic, which doesn’t pick up fingerprints, but the glossy black screen bezel shows every little mark. Of course, the standout feature of any Alienware is its innovative lighting.

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