Michael

I'll try to ping my sources about the weight.

Naahh the pix are a real deal. Too many details there..

That's what they all said before they... touched it.

HahahhahahahHahHhHa

You might be right. Ill let you know:)

Well they were made for different purposes. My wife has a kindle and she loves it a lot. Its much easier on the eyes to read from a kindle vs the iPad. Plus kindles battery life is like a month

Will do once i get it. I plan on doing a thorough review...

Actually I think my wife will mostly use it most of the time. For me it'll be angry birds machine LOL

Hah yeah I'll give it a shot but... you think that's possible after a full year? Any chance of putting that money as some kind of a "Dell credit" that I could use later? (lol....)

Or maybe I could just delay calling (I can honestly tell you I wouldn't touch XPS with a 10-foot pole) until m14x gets out. I mean I do have this warranty for another full year.

M14x launch seems immanent, I'd wait for it to come out if you can. But in the end it really depends on the rep youll get when asking for a replacement. He might agree for a money back, but i think it'll be easier to convince him to give you a m14x + you add money than to convince him to give you your money back.

Good luck anyway, and keep us informed

BTW, did u see the Chinese review of the m14x ? It's on the front page of techinferno.com..

If I were you I think i would try to push for a money back and wait for the m14x to come out

Good luck mate!

Hope you get one on time!

while I wait on my iPad order to arrive (eta is 4/22), i was wondering if anybody got one and wants to share impressions

Not sure you guys are aware of this.. remember the backdoor number to get your real order status back when we were ordering the R2s?

well the old number doesn't work anymore but if you call

1-800-ALIENWA (1-800-2543692) then, 2 ,1 it'll ask you to enter your order number and then it'll redirect you to another place, where it'll ask you to enter your order number again (WTF?) and finally you'll get that detailed status.

Mine says "Build Stage"....

nice!

reminds me of the xps m1710, very similar chassis

What's a vidock ash?

Great stuff!!

Highly appreciated!

Some new info : New Info for Alienware m14x | Tech|Inferno

How do you think guys,will m17x R2 work with 6970m crossfire?Or 6970m eating more power then 5870m?

it will be covered thoroughly in the m17x-R3 review we're working on, however, i can tell you already that 6970 XF ain't gonna happen in a R2.

Brilliant man!

Keep up the good work!!

yeah, i wanna get one too but just when they reach the 600-650$ mark.

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yeah he painted that one for mandrake. i actually have speedy's white r2 case here. don't know why i have since i don't have an r2, hahahah

It looks pretty good though

LOL

So clueless!

Wasnt that Speedy Gonzales who made the white paint?

Yes i did, and while i live in Israel i perfer to make my Dell purchases via Dell US, because as you say the prices are quite inflated in Europe and in here too.

I've got a thread detailing how i do just that.

For comparison, i build the same config as yours minus the 2820 cpu, i took the 2630, and my price after taxes was 2150$ including a razer orochi mouse.

Sure, i still have a 80-100$ shipping to Israel plus 16% VAT when it enters Israel, but it's still less than 2500$ after all is said and done.

Cheaper, right ?

Yes i did, and while i live in Israel i perfer to make my Dell purchases via Dell US, because as you say the prices are quite inflated in Europe and in here too.

I've got a thread detailing how i do just that.

For comparison, i build the same config as yours minus the 2820 cpu, i took the 2630, and my price after taxes was 2150$ including a razer orochi mouse.

Sure, i still have a 80-100$ shipping to Israel plus 16% VAT when it enters Israel, but it's still less than 2500$ after all is said and done.

Cheaper, right ?

hahahah, i am still in love with the m1730, it's a great machine.

My wife uses it now, and i too, wait for the R3 to arrive. Should be here this week, btw, how much did you pay for the R3 and what are the exact specs (if it's not a secret) ?

No not me, I cannot downgrade to 1080p unfortunately, those 120p are very important ( even if the R3 screen was RGB LED, that's another reason I stick with the R2). But yeah given your situation with the screen, an upgrade would be very expensive so you are better off with the R3 for that price.

welcome to the forum btw

I have a feeling you are going to be stuck with the R2 till the end of time unfortunately...

Oh, and MrFlibble, welcome to our forum! We're glad to have you whatever you decide

Good news everyone, i just got a confirmation from a source directly at Dell that both the m18x and m14x are a go.

He has an internal document with part numbers and descriptions for both the m14x and the m18x.

(yes yes, working on getting my hands on it )