Alienware M11x

Student Lounge College Life
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<p>So I was originally going to wait for the Envy 14 to come out like a bunch of others here but then this thing just got an i5/i7 ULV refresh and it looks quite interesting now.</p>

<p>For $1087 (student discount and a -$100 dellU coupon floating around online) you get
i7 640UM, up to 2.26GHz
GeForce GT 335M
4GB DDR3
500GB 7200rpm HD
Bluetooth (my college requires this for some reason)</p>

<p>Supposedly the thing has 7-8 hours battery life with the 335M turned off. And it's the size of a netbook (11.6") so it should be quite portable. </p>

<p>I'm still kind of skeptical about getting something this small to use as my primary computer... I'll definitely get a larger 20" or something monitor in my room but I'm not sure how well the small keyboard and screen size will work out elsewhere as I've never used a netbook or anything like one before... any thoughts on this? or maybe I'm just way too bored waiting for the Envy 14...</p>

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<p>I personally think it’s way too small, and would settle for nothing smaller than 13". However, obviously others have used and loved netbooks, so the only advice I could offer is try it out before you buy.</p>

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<p>Wait for the Envy 14. You’ll at least regret the scrunched keyboard, if not the small screen size.</p>

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<p>I’ve seen the it too. Looks so COOL!!! But, after thinking, it’s just a fun toy. Not a practical investment as a primary computer for like 4 yrs use.</p>

<p>IMO: its good as a secondary computer, not a primary.</p>

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<p>Yea it does seem more like a gimmick than something you’d want to use all day… I wish there was a 13" version with similar specs in the same price range -.- but on the only 13" with similar specs Sony decides to put two SSDs in RAID 0 and jack up the price by $1k…</p>