drahcir_16

Glossy screen seems nice but sometimes, it's very annoying when there's bright lights. I sometimes loose focus on what I'm doing. I always turn off the lights when I'm gaming

I use Alienware M14x R1 by the way

Most of the newer R2 are on Windows 8. Anybody with the Alienware M14x R1 upgraded to Windows 8. Any issues encountered?

I'm just wondering how would the performance compared to Windows 7

@angelsguigui, I believe that the sata performance difference between A05 and A08 depends on your SSD, if your SSD can maximize SATA 3 speeds, then it will have big difference. I upgraded to 256MB Plextor M5Pro and pretty damn fast on A05 but almost half the sequential bandwidth on A08. Unfortunately, I use GF116 chip on video so I can't overclock on A05. I'm currently stuck on A08 w/o the SATA fix. I'm yet to try the A08 w/ Sata Fix by svl7.

@Mesengeros, I don't think it will overclock the CPU, just the GPU. If you want to overclock the CPU, you can go to the BIOS and change it.

I agree with svl7, Alienware keyboard is awesome, maybe only rivaled by those gaming laptops with Steelseries keyboard (MSI Gaming Laptop).

Did I mention Alienware has very good speakers A little bit expensive compared to others but you can probably go for the 2nd hand laptop or get the basic configuration then just upgrade it yourself.

Hello everyone. Newbie here, is there any stickies or link in the forum to get me started learning how to modify BIOS and vBIOS? I have Insyde BIOS from Dell Alienware. Thanks in advance.