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I posted this in NBR but I wanted to share the love here as well. It benefited me a lot since I don't have a need for an optical drive and my SSD is only 80 GB. This is the optical bay I bought... SATA Hard Drive Caddy Bay Macbook PRO 13" Unibody A1278 - eBay (item 260760330830 end time May-28-11 02:09:19 PDT) You do not have to buy the same optical HDD caddy but it does have to be 9.5mm in height. Anything bigger will not fit. Do this at your own risk. I take no responsibility for any mishaps you encounter along the way. Before you do this, install your SSD as you would normally, and install windows from the DVD with the optical disc drive still in the M14x. IF NOT THEN YOUR COMPUTER WILL BOOT FROM THE HARD DRIVE YOU HAVE WINDOWS OS ON REGARDLESS WHICH SATA SLOT IT IS IN. Step 1. Optical Bay I Purchase from eBay Step 2. Opening the bottom panel Step 3. This is the DVD optical disc bay that comes in the M14x Step 4. Removal of screws. (GO TO STEP 5 BEFORE REMOVING STRIP) Step 5. Careful removal of the SATA strip Step 6. Optical disc bay vs Optical HDD bay Step 7. How to remove the SATA strip from optical disc bay Step 8. The SATA strip Step 9. Removing the caddy from the optical disc drive Step 10. Attaching the strip on the optical HDD bay exaclty as it was on the optical disc bay. Step 11. The optical HDD bay with strip attached. Step 12. The gap filler provided with the optical bay. It's to fill the space between the HDD and the optical HDD bay. Step 13. What the gap filler looks like with the HDD in the optical HDD bay Step 14. Removal of black panel form optical HDD bay. * must be removed for it to fit inside the M14x * Step 15. Optical HDD bay with black panel removed. Step 16. Placement of optical HDD bay inside M14x Step 17. Drivers automatically installed. Step 18. Computer detecting secondary hard drive Step 19. HWinfo with the both the SSD the HDD in the info (Sata II 3Gb/s) I will fix it up and add any additional pictures if needed as time goes on. If you don't like the guide, please don't criticize. This is for the visual people out there who need help and want to enjoy the additional hard drive. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask

(in old man voice) What? did someone say camper?? back when I was a boy in ww2 we had had to walk 5 miles in 4 feet of snow up hill both ways to camp. I love smores. I remember smokey the bear when he was a cub... He used to eat his own shit... What time do the damn golden girls come on???...

Well here is some images, the m18x-R1 Black with the m17x-R1 Red. Can I also buy a vowel? I think Brian is been playing global Agenda to long because he keeps speaking in military jargon what is the ULPS? Not all here speak l33t.

http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/driverslist.aspx?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs&ServiceTag=&SystemID=ALW_LP_M14X&os=W764&osl=en&catid=&impid= Update at your own risk!

New Gameplay Video for Witcher 2 .. It's a gameplay sample only.. but it looks pretty darn good! YouTube - ‪Witcher 2 PC Gameplay Sample Alienware M14x‬‏ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVEOJ3GGIgI

This is just epic These folks are so funny!

prolly be adding this to my collection. roccat kova cyborg rat 11, hahaha so far i have gotten the: R.A.T 7 mamba orichi deathadder mamba and orichi both failed on me. but deathadder is still running strong and still one of my favs.

The new Acer Aspire TimelineX 5830TG, 4830TG and 3830TG are distinguished by the wide range of ultra-thin notebooks on the market in several respects: ultra-slim design, graphics and computing power, high-quality audio and connectivity . The appearance of the new Aspire series TimelineX is enhanced by the merger of two colors: cobalt blue aluminum (the cover) and silver profile, clean lines and soft. The palm rest, which includes the touchpad, the same color as the back cover, giving a balanced and minimalist style, while the keyboard is placed on a chiclet silver. The models of the new Aspire series TimelineX are available in three formats: Aspire 3830T with display from 34 cm (13.3 “), Aspire 4830T screen from 35.5 cm (14.0″) and Aspire 5830T with panel 39, 5 cm (15.6 “). All TimelineX Aspire series notebooks are equipped with Acer CineCrystal display with LED backlight, 16:9 aspect ratio and 1366 x 768 pixels HD. These displays provide crisp images with visual effects and breathtaking high-definition experience the thrill of the best movies wherever you are and are equipped with Intel Core i7, i3 and i5 dedicated Nvidia GeForce graphics GT540M (2 GB DDR3). To meet the needs of video and photo enthusiasts, the Aspire TimelineX Series is equipped with hard drives with capacities up to 750GB. Alternatively, the TimelineX new models can be equipped with an SSD. Here you can see a comparison of Acer's new TimelineX Models 13 inch (3830T) / 14 inch (4830T) and 15 inch (5830T) Acer TimelineX 3830T Acer TimelineX 4830T Acer TimelineX 5830T

Features / Configuration Intel Core i7 Processor available 2620M (Intel HM65 Express Chipset) ultra-bright LED-backlit 13.3" widescreen display (1366 x 768) AMD Radeon HD 6630M GPU (1GB VRAM) (Hybrid graphics for speed or stamina) 256GB (128GBx2) solid state drive available Up to 500GB (7200rpm) or 750GB (5400rpm) hard drive available Up to 8GB DDR3 SDRAM 10Base-T/100Base-TX/1000Base-T WiFi: 802.11 b/g/n Integrated Stereo A2DP Bluetooth technology Built-in MOTION EYE web camera Backlit QWERTY keyboard HDMI out and VGA out Intel High Definition Audio One 3.0 USB Battery Life Up to 4.5 / 7.5 hours Compact, lightweight and durable Colors: Black or White BUILT-IN BLU-RAY PLAYER (or CD/DVD player/burner) Apparently this laptop can run recent games with good quality graphics. According Notebookcheck.net The AMD Radeon HD 6630M is a middle class graphics card for laptops. It supports DirectX11 and is the successor of the low clocked HD 5650 chips (low power). Compared to the HD 5650 it offers 80 more shader, Eyefinity+ and the new UVD3 video decoder. Pipelines: 480 - unified Core Speed: 485 MHz Shader Speed: 485 MHz Memory Speed: 800 MHz Memory Bus Width: 128 Bit Memory Type: DDR3 Apparently, and as I understand it (I dont have one) this lappy has 2 issues: 1. With heavy use the fan can be noisy (I think there is a bios update that fixes this) 2. With heavy use as games can get hot Some videos Crysis 2 on Very Hight YouTube - ‪2011 Sony Vaio S Sandybridge Unboxing‬‏ (the comments are so fucking funny LMAO) Some Reviews Initial Review from Trustedreviews.com Nice review and nice photos

I've just come across this article in the Intel newsroom, great news imo, seems I have now 5 years (!) warranty on my SSD Source: Intel newsroom

updated today... no problems... but there a only 4 fixes: 01.> Modify when playing games, system would shutdown in DC mode. 02.> Fix DTM test fail solution(ACPI driver resume time). 03.> Update NV VBios for Samsung 128Mx16. 04.> Fix FFS no function when resume from S3 with ATA mode. as said... my A03 works fine !

I'm so ordering my M18x in red, thanks a million for the pics.

Sorry to hear man but at least Dell will send you a new one asap. BTW, got any 2920xm benchmarks for us yet?

I think the RAT model is not very ergonomic, looks uncomfortable

It even prompts you for the reboot when you remove the power cord. Nice touch.

Sure, thats exactly what I planned to do tonight anyway. I'm getting an exchange rather than returning it so I'll be holding on to this unit for at least another 10 days until my exchange arrives (with hopefully no issues).

I think Shriver was the model for predator...

@Sargent - Thanks for posting man! Let me try to explain some options and hopefully add some clarity to what might work out. 1. If you are going to game, no substitute for SSD. This can be purchased on your own and replaced easily. 2. The notebook comes with one HDD and one optic drive. You can easily purchase a bay to hold an extra HDD in place of the optic drive. 3. Wifi - Well... in my opinion it doesn't make sense to buy top of the line wifi adapters if you only have mainstream to modest internet connectivity (DSL or Lower end Cable/Fiber) Really this choice should be based on what connectivity you have available to you. 4. The 2630 baseline cpu is great, but I think If I could do it over I would have grabbed the 2720. It's a good bump up in power for only 150 bones extra. My reasoning is games are really starting to push the cpu's harder... its always a balance between gpu and cpu. If your at 100 percent GPU all the extra cpu in the world doesn't matter. Im a little torn but for MOST gaming instances so far the 2630qm is plenty to keep the nvidia 555 busy. 5. Multimedia - kinda sucks that we dont have a blu-ray drive in 9mm slot drive that will fit. You can use the external ASUS drive for blu-rays and I have verified it works (since i have one) and it looks great even at 720p rez. 6. Fan noise - it's there. I would rather have noise then heat so it's my personal pref. If you can find a quieter fan then please let everyone know and I think many would probably be cheering your name! I hope this helps... Good Luck on your choice! StevenX

AW came to mind when I heard this song haha..Katy Perry wants to have her way with an M18x. And oh yeah, what a fucking freaky video...seems everyone wants to outdo lady gag-a. <object width="1280" height="750"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5Sd5c4o9UM?fs=1&hl=en_US&hd=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5Sd5c4o9UM?fs=1&hl=en_US&hd=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="1280" height="750"></embed></object>

I run it for a year now at 1.6V, no problem so far, I also have 3% BIOS oc with +75mV and I am at 3.57 on all 4 cores.