I don't get much down time for myself being a family man with my own businessand all, but when I do...I cut loose with some quality BF2. My chance to "get away" from it all for a little while. So I says to myself "Self...you do a decent amount of traveling for work, why not bring some of that BF2 fun on the road with yous." So I went ahead and bought myself the Alienware Aurora M9700 notebook "laptop", whatever. I figured why not do it up right while your at it, and so I told to sales dude to max it out for me with best that, that machine can handle....he even threw in a free mouse pad and t-shirt to boot. Can't beat that. I have read some but not very many negative reviews about alienware, but overall the pros have out weighed the cons by far. So all in all I guess this is my little shout it off tho mountain top that I got a kick ass gaming laptop...notebook, whatever. Those of you who are married with children know we don't get many of these chances. Feel free to post your opinions about Alienware's comps, the Aurora in particular. If anyone would like to know the specs, go check out the site or if your too lazy, ask me and I'll post em for ya.....Peace, thanks.
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Yeah it was a bit pricey as far as a laptop goes but no big deal.
I hope to god you got an extended warranty with it!!
lol...i did
I've heard nothing but good reviews from people who actually own them. How many gigs of RAM did you get? What video card?
Sober enough to know what I'm doing, drunk enough to really enjoy doing it
Yes please post the specs. We could go to the site but it wouldn't tell us the spec YOU personally got.
Good on you man... I'm jealous.
Good, after about 14 months these machines tend to fall apart
Plastic screen surrounds go first - near the hinges
Then the plastics around the touchpad.
Two friends of mine have the Aurora and both machines have the exact same problems.......
Plastic screen surrounds go first - near the hinges
Then the plastics around the touchpad.
Two friends of mine have the Aurora and both machines have the exact same problems.......
Specs are as follows,
[1] Aurora™ m9700
Processor: AMD Turion™ 64 Mobile ML44 2.4GHz 800MHz FSB 1MB L2 Cache
Operating System (Office software not included): Genuine Windows® XP Home Edition with Service Pack 2
Chassis: 17" WideXGA+ 1440 x 900 LCD with Clearview Technology - Saucer Silver
Motherboard: Alienware® NVIDIA® Mobile SLi Chipset
Memory: 2GB Dual Channel DDR SO-DIMM at 400MHz - 2 x 1024MB
System Drive: Single Drive Configuration - 80GB Serial ATA 1.5Gb/s 7,200 RPM w/ NCQ & 8MB Cache
Optical Drive: 8X Dual Layer DVD+/-RW & 24X CD-RW Burner w/Software
Video/Graphics Card: Dual 512MB NVidia® GeForce™ Go 7900 GS - SLI Enabled
Sound Card: High-Definition Audio with surround sound
Wireless Network Card: Internal 802.11b/g WiFi Card
Communications: Integrated 10/1000Mb Gigabit Ethernet & 56K V.92 Modem
Bluetooth: Integrated Bluetooth® Device
Primary Battery: Alienware® m9700 12-cell Lithium-Ion Smart Battery Pack
[1] Aurora™ m9700
Processor: AMD Turion™ 64 Mobile ML44 2.4GHz 800MHz FSB 1MB L2 Cache
Operating System (Office software not included): Genuine Windows® XP Home Edition with Service Pack 2
Chassis: 17" WideXGA+ 1440 x 900 LCD with Clearview Technology - Saucer Silver
Motherboard: Alienware® NVIDIA® Mobile SLi Chipset
Memory: 2GB Dual Channel DDR SO-DIMM at 400MHz - 2 x 1024MB
System Drive: Single Drive Configuration - 80GB Serial ATA 1.5Gb/s 7,200 RPM w/ NCQ & 8MB Cache
Optical Drive: 8X Dual Layer DVD+/-RW & 24X CD-RW Burner w/Software
Video/Graphics Card: Dual 512MB NVidia® GeForce™ Go 7900 GS - SLI Enabled
Sound Card: High-Definition Audio with surround sound
Wireless Network Card: Internal 802.11b/g WiFi Card
Communications: Integrated 10/1000Mb Gigabit Ethernet & 56K V.92 Modem
Bluetooth: Integrated Bluetooth® Device
Primary Battery: Alienware® m9700 12-cell Lithium-Ion Smart Battery Pack
Nice specs for a laptop. I probably would have gone with C2D but that's just my opinion,
you cant really get much better than a alienware laptop. best brand for "laptops"
Thanks for the info, I'm gonna keep an eye out for that.Dieselboy wrote:
Good, after about 14 months these machines tend to fall apart
Plastic screen surrounds go first - near the hinges
Then the plastics around the touchpad.
Two friends of mine have the Aurora and both machines have the exact same problems.......
If you see the slightest hairline crack....report it immediately.
Alienware lappys are notorious for overheating hdd's and poor quality screen surrounds....however, when they are running fine you will be hard pressed to find anything faster
Alienware lappys are notorious for overheating hdd's and poor quality screen surrounds....however, when they are running fine you will be hard pressed to find anything faster
Last edited by Dieselboy (2006-11-15 16:06:35)
Thanks Dieselboy, I appretiate the tips
Alienware isn't overpriced for laptops, unless you're really leet and are going to build your own laptop.
Hey
I bought one too.... Yaa it was a lot of $$$$$$ but it rocks!!!!
Beautiful machine and plays BF 2 like a charm
My experience was very good. Took longer to ship than they told me, otherwise, it was a really good experience
I bought one too.... Yaa it was a lot of $$$$$$ but it rocks!!!!
Beautiful machine and plays BF 2 like a charm
My experience was very good. Took longer to ship than they told me, otherwise, it was a really good experience
I was gonna build my own, but I figured that "I'M RICH BITCH" and why not pay someone else do it for me....
Thats what I've been hearingSuperslim wrote:
Hey
I bought one too.... Yaa it was a lot of $$$$$$ but it rocks!!!!
Beautiful machine and plays BF 2 like a charm
My experience was very good. Took longer to ship than they told me, otherwise, it was a really good experience
married with one baby here, and all i can say is LUCKY! sure the rig is sweet, but how did you convince your wife into letting you get it! man i wish my ball and chain was that understanding!!!
I have one too.sabotwulf wrote:
I don't get much down time for myself being a family man with my own businessand all, but when I do...I cut loose with some quality BF2. My chance to "get away" from it all for a little while. So I says to myself "Self...you do a decent amount of traveling for work, why not bring some of that BF2 fun on the road with yous." So I went ahead and bought myself the Alienware Aurora M9700 notebook "laptop", whatever. I figured why not do it up right while your at it, and so I told to sales dude to max it out for me with best that, that machine can handle....he even threw in a free mouse pad and t-shirt to boot. Can't beat that. I have read some but not very many negative reviews about alienware, but overall the pros have out weighed the cons by far. So all in all I guess this is my little shout it off tho mountain top that I got a kick ass gaming laptop...notebook, whatever. Those of you who are married with children know we don't get many of these chances. Feel free to post your opinions about Alienware's comps, the Aurora in particular. If anyone would like to know the specs, go check out the site or if your too lazy, ask me and I'll post em for ya.....Peace, thanks.
Im kinda partial to the xps laptops
Nice Specs!
The desktops are the real shitters, the laptops are actually more reasonable, well all good gaming laptops are gonna cost you.
I told that since I'm the one bustin his ass providing for her and the 2 kids, I'mma gonna buy the damn thing...and that it's for work...(since she knows jack about computers)theknuck wrote:
married with one baby here, and all i can say is LUCKY! sure the rig is sweet, but how did you convince your wife into letting you get it! man i wish my ball and chain was that understanding!!!