edgecrush3r Posted August 17, 2012 Share Posted August 17, 2012 When I first received my R1, the drive broke within 3 months.Upset as i was had to go through a very unfriendly helpdesk to get it replaced.After a couple of months, the laptop spontanously started to reboot (which was fixed after a upgrade to A05-A08).What is the build quality like for the M14x R2? Same horror stories, or is this the best laptop ever???Cheers, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lim Sheng Yang Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 When I first received my R1, the drive broke within 3 months.Upset as i was had to go through a very unfriendly helpdesk to get it replaced.After a couple of months, the laptop spontanously started to reboot (which was fixed after a upgrade to A05-A08).What is the build quality like for the M14x R2? Same horror stories, or is this the best laptop ever???Cheers,I have both the R2 and R1. My R1 HDD failed after 1 week as well... My R2 meanwhile is fine. The build quality seems to be similar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssj92 Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 Newer processor, newer graphics card, same service from alienware. the build is the same. I spent 1 1/2 hours on the phone today about a bsod issue i kept having, it took that long for them to finally say they'll replace the motherboard. I think the R2 should have less issues, but the R1 has served me well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Alienware-Natalia_J Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 Check out this article: Which are the main differences between the Alienware M14x R1 and the M14x R2 platforms?This should give you a good idea on the differences between the two platforms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mizach Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 Seems to me that the R2 is an m14x R1 with a little better specs but a lot of stability improvements. Way too many problems with the R1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven.ar Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 the only thing i would need for my m14x r1 is the bluray drive. this for my m14x were great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Mullaney Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 I bought my M1 second hand from a mate who had just upgraded to the M2. According to him the upgrades are incremental at best. The only big difference is that you'll get better graphics performance in Low Power mode since the newer integrated GPU is a significant improvement over the older generations. The only other big winner in the R2 is the mSATA slot for SSD caching, which would be nice you have if your still using spinning disks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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