Dell Alienware M11x Review, Specs and Price

Dell Alienware M11X

I rarely find myself awestruck by the announcement of a new notebook, but the Dell Alienware M11x left me amazed and virtually speechless from day one. Never before has any laptop manufacturer delivered an ultraportable notebook that can play most modern PC games. The Dell Alienware M11x allows you to enjoy these recent 3D games at perfectly playable frame rates ... with a laptop that's small enough to fit on a tiny airline tray table and still leave enough room for a beverage and a bag of peanuts.

Dell Alienware M11x gathered lots of interest as an answer to this problem when it was first aired in Las Vegas at CES in January, where its small stature and gaming prowess began to gain column inches left, right and centre. Now it's finally here on the shelves, or at least can be ordered on the Dell website. 

The arrival of the Dell Alienware M11x is something akin to the buildup of a "perfect storm" in the world of laptops. Dell Alienware M11x engineers admit that they've secretly been working on developing an affordable ultraportable gaming notebook for more than four years, but it's taken all that time for the technology to catch up with the imaginations of the team at Alienware. The Dell Alienware M11x isn't as small as a standard netbook, or as mighty in size as a notebook, it's somewhere in-between the two. With the lid closed the M11x is 32.7mm thick and 215mm long by 287mm wide with a weight of 1.99kg. As a comparison the Asus Eee PC 1101HA netbook with a similar 11.6-inch display, is 286mm x 196mm x 35.5mm and weighs 1.4kg. It's almost as if the Dell Alienware M11x is the next evolution of the netbook, crossed with a gaming notebook. For more details, Please see the full specifications of the Dell Alienware M11x below :

Alienware M11X Specs and Features:

• Display
  Diagonal Size : 11.6″
  Max Resolution : HD (1366×768), 720p
  Technology : LCD
  
• Processor (CPU)
  Type : Intel® Core^TM i5-520UM Processor
  Speed : 1.066 GHz with Turbo Boost up to 1.866 GHz
  Cache : 3M
  Type : Intel® Core^TM i7-640UM Processor
  Speed : 1.2 GHz with Turbo Boost up to 2.266 GHz
  Cache : 4M
  Type : Intel® Core^TM 2 Duo SU7300 Processor
  Speed : 1.3GHz
  FSB : 800 MHz
  Cache : 3 MB
  Type : Intel® Pentium® Processor SU4100
  Speed : 1.30 GHz
  FSB : 800 MHz
  Cache : 2M
  
• Chipset
  Mobile Intel® GS45 Chipset
  
• Memory
  4GB Dual Channel DDR3 800MHz
  8GB Dual Channel DDR3 800MHz
  2GB Dual Channel DDR3 800MHz
  
• Graphics
  NVIDIA GT335M GeForce® 1024 MB
  
• TV Tuner
  USB Digital TV Tuner, TV Tuner with Remote (optional)
  
• Hard Drive
  Up to 640GB SATA II 7200rpm
  Up to 160GB SATA II 5400rpm
  
• Solid State Drive
  Up to 256GB
  
• Optical Drive
  External USB Slot-Loading DVD Burner (DVD±RW)
  
• Communication
  Ethernet (LAN): Integrated 10/100 Network Interface Card, Ethernet RJ-45 (100 Mbps)
  WLAN : a/b/g/n 2×2 MIMO Wireless
  Bluetooth : Bluetooth 2.1 (optional)
  
• Input
  AlienFX® Illuminated Keyboard – Exclusive Design
  
• Audio
  Internal High-Definition 5.1 Surround Sound Audio
  Two Built-In Front Speakers
  
• Interface
  1 x IEEE 1394a (4-pin) port
  1 x Integrated Ethernet RJ-45 (100 Mbps)
  3 x Hi-speed USB 2.0 ports
  1 x DP / HDMITM – Video Output
  2 x Audio Out Connectors
  1 x Audio In / Microphone Jack (retaskable for 5.1 audio)
  
• Slots
  Card Reader : 3-in-1 card reader
  
• Camera
  1.3MP Webcam
  
• Power
  Battery : 8-Cell Prismatic 64 whr
  
• Operating System
  Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium 64-Bit
  Genuine Windows® 7 Professional 64-Bit
  Genuine Windows® 7 Ultimate 64-Bit