Ok first off I already own a Alienware M17x R2 I've had it for I think maybe 3 - 4 years feels like forever with all the problems it brought with it. I'm pretty sure it was when Dell bought alienware is when I got my laptop.
I'm looking to replace it but with all the problems it brought me I'm scared to go Alienware again but sadly I really like the laptop even though it came with all of its headaches.
Laptop Specs
Dual ATI Radeon HD 5870 (realizing now the dual was pointless),
Intel i7 CPU x920 @2.0GHz,
6 gigs of ram and 250 gigs of HD
The problems I had were when you unplug the AC cord the laptop would freeze or if u plug it in the same thing so basically it wasn't a mobile laptop lol.. and when you would close the lid or put it to sleep it would freeze also. I had these problems basically right out of the box and it took me forever to fix it I basically just got it up and running for like a normal laptop about 14 months ago I had to Flash the bios and some other things.. good thing I'm a little computer savvy if I wasn't id prob be screwed. O ya also had random blue screens to here and there was just annoying..
For the most part with the research I did I think people said it was my graphics cards because the drivers from them where bad and it took ATI forever to come out with new drivers / bios updates.
With the new desktop I built I have a nivida 660 gtx ti and I love it to death 0 probs but I have a ATI cpu and 0 probs as well <3 that even more lol.
With the new laptop I've been looking at origin and asus.. mainly origin but when I look online for top rated laptops people all have the Alienware m17x still as #1.. I'm just really scared if I go alienware again I'm going to get all these problems again so I would just like peoples opinions on what laptop I should go with and or if u have an origin / alienware / asus laptop and how its working for u.
and w/e I get I'm looking to get SSD / i7 / nivida card / blue ray drive.
Thank you for reading and sry for the long rant and my grammar is horrid so sorry for that to lol more of a math person =p
I'm looking to replace it but with all the problems it brought me I'm scared to go Alienware again but sadly I really like the laptop even though it came with all of its headaches.
Laptop Specs
Dual ATI Radeon HD 5870 (realizing now the dual was pointless),
Intel i7 CPU x920 @2.0GHz,
6 gigs of ram and 250 gigs of HD
The problems I had were when you unplug the AC cord the laptop would freeze or if u plug it in the same thing so basically it wasn't a mobile laptop lol.. and when you would close the lid or put it to sleep it would freeze also. I had these problems basically right out of the box and it took me forever to fix it I basically just got it up and running for like a normal laptop about 14 months ago I had to Flash the bios and some other things.. good thing I'm a little computer savvy if I wasn't id prob be screwed. O ya also had random blue screens to here and there was just annoying..
For the most part with the research I did I think people said it was my graphics cards because the drivers from them where bad and it took ATI forever to come out with new drivers / bios updates.
With the new desktop I built I have a nivida 660 gtx ti and I love it to death 0 probs but I have a ATI cpu and 0 probs as well <3 that even more lol.
With the new laptop I've been looking at origin and asus.. mainly origin but when I look online for top rated laptops people all have the Alienware m17x still as #1.. I'm just really scared if I go alienware again I'm going to get all these problems again so I would just like peoples opinions on what laptop I should go with and or if u have an origin / alienware / asus laptop and how its working for u.
and w/e I get I'm looking to get SSD / i7 / nivida card / blue ray drive.
Thank you for reading and sry for the long rant and my grammar is horrid so sorry for that to lol more of a math person =p