Why do you need it? What will you be using it for? I think that's a lot of money for that configuration. If you can go with a desktop then go for it, you'll get something much better.
Also, don't buy from AW, get a Toshiba. AW charges a lot for the design.
Dont go alienware, there plenty of nice laptop on newegg at much cheaper.
I suggest you get a netbook for regular usage and some mid-power laptop to edit video. For the netbook I recommend the ASUS EEE1000HE + 2GB RAM. I assume most of your video editing is done when you're at home with the laptop plugged in.
Buy a nice Asus Eee PC 1005P, it has the best price-performance ratio. Alienware stuff is a way too expensive IMO, but if money doesn´t matter, go for the Alienware, a friend of mine played Crysis on it
I agree with the above... If you want portability, get a netbook. If you want performance, get a 17" laptop... Trying to cram those kinds of specs into a 12" is pure folly. I bet you anything that laptop will be hotter than a nuclear furnace, and have 45 minutes of battery life. Laptops that powerful in that small a package, from my experience, always have thermal issues and horrible battery life.
Also, like people said above, alienware is a ripoff brand. They're way overpriced, and poorly built.
HP's DM3Z line is a 13.3" model, and has four hour battery life and no one's reported any real heat issues.
The heat issue thing, and the battery life thing, only applies to higher performance computers.
That HP has a single core processor, Simon's is a quad core with hyper threading (8 virtual cores). That HP has no video card, Simon's has the single most powerful card available. That HP has 2gb of ram, Simon's has quadruple that. That HP is a light low powered netbook for surfing the web and writing emails, whereas the one Simon posted is a high end super powerful gaming system crammed into a 13" chassis.
EDIT: Okay, I see you've added a pic.. The specs I looked up were different.. Still, there's a pretty huge difference in performance between the two.
EDIT AGAIN: I also just noticed that the video card in the alienware is actually some geforce 300 series thing... For some reason I thought I read that it was a 5870. Odd.
Yeah, sorry about that, couldn't get the attachments to work for some reason, so I went through photobucket.
I would go with intel i7 as he doing video editing, the 30% performance increase over the i5 definetly worth it.
6gb ddr3 is a must.
diy 1860"s battery pack :?
i have a dell studio 1749 touch with the i5 520m and mainly use it for editing video. the i7 is quite likely faster but they tend to murder battery life if that is an issue, and for me that was a bit of an issue since i use it on the go alot too. to be honest i would've liked an i7 in my lappie too but the thermal specs cant handle one in this monster. the radeon 5650 sucks too much juice for it to be a viable combo. the 8gigs of ram is ok, abit on the overkill side perhaps since most stuff out there yet doesnt slurp that many bits and bytes anyway
the cpu on the alienware isnt very good for video editing imo. but most of the stuff on the market these days are boatloads better then the stuff we had in desktops like 5 years ago so... unless you are in a deadly hurry or work with insanely large files it will get the job done. the SSD is a nice bonus since it makes your lappie more drop resistant.
i still wouldnt recommend that to you since its a gamer machine and not a media machine so to say.
i worked for Dell in Amsterdam at the solution center and i am intimately familiar with the stuff they have. If you are still looking for something and need help just drop me a pm
Hey all,
If you are not a gamer do not get a laptop such as this one. If you are a gamer then go with a asus g73 or g51 for the net book sized alienware that is way too much for a duo with a crappy graphics card. You can get a m17x with dual 5870's and an i7 720 for the same priice. With this laptop you cannot really have many things open at a time as it was built to game and has a dual core and if you want to do multitasking then you would want a quad and things such as movie editing are not very graphics intensive it is more cpu intensive because of the rendering. So for a media computer just go with a 15" laptop simply because they are easily portable, no heat problems, quad core and a disk drive which I assume you need for media. If I was you I would go with a g51 which would be slightly less than twice the power while having half the price of the alienware.
My two cents,
Lane
You can configure this to your needs,
ASUS G51JX-A1 - XOTIC PC - ASUS Gaming Laptop
I would go with a blu-ray drive and also if you want a solid state drive then simply get the stock hard drive and buy an ssd off of newegg.com then simply unscrew four screws take out the old hard drive and put in the new one. Then you saved quite a bit of cash and have an extra hard drive just in case. This has a quad core which will help you a ton when video editing and it has the same graphics card as the m11x. Also if you want it to be around the same price there is also a 3D version XD. And for media it has a 1080p screen unlike the m11x with a 720p. Or if you want slightly less mobility go for the g73 x1 add an ssd yourself and you are good to go.
Good luck choosing,
Lane
LOL Simon what the hell, now it looks as if I had created the thread! LOL
Also, don't buy from AW, get a Toshiba. AW charges a lot for the design.
Dont go alienware, there plenty of nice laptop on newegg at much cheaper.
I suggest you get a netbook for regular usage and some mid-power laptop to edit video. For the netbook I recommend the ASUS EEE1000HE + 2GB RAM. I assume most of your video editing is done when you're at home with the laptop plugged in.
Buy a nice Asus Eee PC 1005P, it has the best price-performance ratio. Alienware stuff is a way too expensive IMO, but if money doesn´t matter, go for the Alienware, a friend of mine played Crysis on it
I agree with the above... If you want portability, get a netbook. If you want performance, get a 17" laptop... Trying to cram those kinds of specs into a 12" is pure folly. I bet you anything that laptop will be hotter than a nuclear furnace, and have 45 minutes of battery life. Laptops that powerful in that small a package, from my experience, always have thermal issues and horrible battery life.
Also, like people said above, alienware is a ripoff brand. They're way overpriced, and poorly built.
I play crysis on my $900 ASUS laptop, works great, get over 40fps. Never buy alienware, they're a complete ripoff. The same specs can be had for half the price, and better build quality. You pay far too much for the logo. My ASUS has a 3 year warranty, with 1year accidental damage, so if I ever get mad at it, I can punch a hole through the screen and have a new one delivered to my door the next day at absolutely no cost. If you have the money and want to buy a high quality laptop, get a thinkpad or an asus or a macbook pro or something that's at least well built using reliable components. Don't spend an extra thousand dollars on a stupid logo and some LED's.Buy a nice Asus Eee PC 1005P, it has the best price-performance ratio. Alienware stuff is a way too expensive IMO, but if money doesn´t matter, go for the Alienware, a friend of mine played Crysis on it
HP's DM3Z line is a 13.3" model, and has four hour battery life and no one's reported any real heat issues.
The heat issue thing, and the battery life thing, only applies to higher performance computers.
That HP has a single core processor, Simon's is a quad core with hyper threading (8 virtual cores). That HP has no video card, Simon's has the single most powerful card available. That HP has 2gb of ram, Simon's has quadruple that. That HP is a light low powered netbook for surfing the web and writing emails, whereas the one Simon posted is a high end super powerful gaming system crammed into a 13" chassis.
EDIT: Okay, I see you've added a pic.. The specs I looked up were different.. Still, there's a pretty huge difference in performance between the two.
EDIT AGAIN: I also just noticed that the video card in the alienware is actually some geforce 300 series thing... For some reason I thought I read that it was a 5870. Odd.
Yeah, sorry about that, couldn't get the attachments to work for some reason, so I went through photobucket.
I would go with intel i7 as he doing video editing, the 30% performance increase over the i5 definetly worth it.
6gb ddr3 is a must.
diy 1860"s battery pack :?
i have a dell studio 1749 touch with the i5 520m and mainly use it for editing video. the i7 is quite likely faster but they tend to murder battery life if that is an issue, and for me that was a bit of an issue since i use it on the go alot too. to be honest i would've liked an i7 in my lappie too but the thermal specs cant handle one in this monster. the radeon 5650 sucks too much juice for it to be a viable combo. the 8gigs of ram is ok, abit on the overkill side perhaps since most stuff out there yet doesnt slurp that many bits and bytes anyway
the cpu on the alienware isnt very good for video editing imo. but most of the stuff on the market these days are boatloads better then the stuff we had in desktops like 5 years ago so... unless you are in a deadly hurry or work with insanely large files it will get the job done. the SSD is a nice bonus since it makes your lappie more drop resistant.
i still wouldnt recommend that to you since its a gamer machine and not a media machine so to say.
i worked for Dell in Amsterdam at the solution center and i am intimately familiar with the stuff they have. If you are still looking for something and need help just drop me a pm
Hey all,
If you are not a gamer do not get a laptop such as this one. If you are a gamer then go with a asus g73 or g51 for the net book sized alienware that is way too much for a duo with a crappy graphics card. You can get a m17x with dual 5870's and an i7 720 for the same priice. With this laptop you cannot really have many things open at a time as it was built to game and has a dual core and if you want to do multitasking then you would want a quad and things such as movie editing are not very graphics intensive it is more cpu intensive because of the rendering. So for a media computer just go with a 15" laptop simply because they are easily portable, no heat problems, quad core and a disk drive which I assume you need for media. If I was you I would go with a g51 which would be slightly less than twice the power while having half the price of the alienware.
My two cents,
Lane
You can configure this to your needs,
ASUS G51JX-A1 - XOTIC PC - ASUS Gaming Laptop
I would go with a blu-ray drive and also if you want a solid state drive then simply get the stock hard drive and buy an ssd off of newegg.com then simply unscrew four screws take out the old hard drive and put in the new one. Then you saved quite a bit of cash and have an extra hard drive just in case. This has a quad core which will help you a ton when video editing and it has the same graphics card as the m11x. Also if you want it to be around the same price there is also a 3D version XD. And for media it has a 1080p screen unlike the m11x with a 720p. Or if you want slightly less mobility go for the g73 x1 add an ssd yourself and you are good to go.
Good luck choosing,
Lane
LOL Simon what the hell, now it looks as if I had created the thread! LOL
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