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Alienware M17 Reviews Analysis
Core 2 Quad Q9000 / 2 GHz - RAM 4 GB - HDD 500 GB - DVD More product details
129 reviews
November, 2009
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- EXPERT REVIEWS (50)
- USER REVIEWS (79)
- REVIEW ANALYSIS
- PRICES
- DETAILS
What people think about the Alienware M17: (BETA!)
We compute this summary by analyzing 129 reviews from across the web.
price
1
- can get very pricey with the right options
- Good configs can get very expensive
- Price
- Big / Heavy / High price
- Blu-ray drive sometimes had problems closing
- Decent mix of price and performance
- Better value than the Area-51 m17x
- Reasonable price compared to competition
- Great performance for the price
- Great performance for the price, I actually like the skullcap design better than the ripley one, fun to use, cool lightup keyboard
- expensive
- Blu-ray drive sometimes had problems closing, touch buttons didn't always work, indicator for 'stealth' status isn't immediately clear, no e-SATA, expensive
- over priced outdated system
- Price, Too large for some computer bags
- 000 dollar price level
- Underpowerd and overpriced, the Gateway P-7811FX beats this thing on almost every level at only 1500 dollars for it, underpowered video card at the 2,000 dollar price level, small hard drive at the 2,000 dollar price level
- Amazing amount of value in a small package
- Competitive price spec wise vs competetors
performance
4.5
- unimpressive gaming performance
- Heavy, unimpressive gaming performance, terrible speakers
- jittery performance even with moderate settings in games
- Constant crashes, jittery performance even with moderate settings in games
- cost per performance
- Solid gaming performance
- Good gaming performance
- amazingly fast and powerful
- Subtle improvements to Alienware's dorm-room-chic design • Amazingly fast and powerful • Highly configurable
- Subtle improvements to Alienware's dorm-room-chic design, Amazingly fast and powerful, Highly configurable
- Insanely fast gaming performance
- powerful quad-core processor
- while the Intel processor
- moves at almost light speed
- We love the HDMI port to hook up to a HDTV and optional Blu-ray, while the Intel processor, dual or quad core, moves at almost light speed
- fantastic performance
- Its very fast
- Its fast
- Fast
- Awesome performance
- Fast, Excellent design, Solid construction, Powerful, Awesome performance
- Fast but not quite there check out my cons
- fast with the duo core
- but if you want performance
- Alienware is a great company for the image, but if you want performance, Clevo is the way to go
sound
3
- The sound quality is good
keyboard
4.5
- Cramped keyboard despite its size
- uneven lighting on backlit keyboard
- Keyboard flex
- had some keyboard lighting issues for a while
- cool backlit keyboard
- Hip finish, luscious display, cool backlit keyboard
- illuminated keyboard
- Great looks, illuminated keyboard, HDMI, Blu-ray, SLI graphics, RAID 0, high-definition screen
- cool lightup keyboard
- backlit keyboard
- Smart Bay, backlit keyboard
- any color lite keyboard
- any color lite keyboard, 1200p display, full upgradable and alienware sends you the do-it-yourself kit if you choose, fast with the duo core, never had a problem with any game, oh yeaa and best of all SLI
battery
0.5
- Short battery life
- Poor battery life
- Stealth mode on battery power for extended running time
- SLI, Aluminium Case, Stealth mode on battery power for extended running time
energy efficiency
0.5
- The power brick is HUGE
- The power brick sucks...never seen anything like it
usability
5
- Overheats and shuts down constantly, I have to use cooling fans to keep it on
- Very good application and 3D performance
- fun to use
screen
1.5
- no 16:9 display
- Good configs can get very expensive • No 16:9 display
- Good configs can get very expensive, No 16:9 display
- Mediocre display illumination
- Gorgeous widescreen display
- Gorgeous widescreen display, Solid gaming performance, Customizable backlighting, Better value than the Area-51 m17x
- luscious display
- 1200p display
design
5
- clunkier Alienware design
- Backtracks to an older, clunkier Alienware design
- Subtle improvements to Alienware's dorm-room-chic design
- Attractive design
- imposing design
- Great looks
- I think it's a good design and it is cheaper than the other alienware laptops and still keep the logo on it
- I actually like the skullcap design better than the ripley one
- Nice looking laptop
- Nice looking laptop, Top/mid range hardware
- Great looking
- Excellent design
- Nice design
black level
0.5
- i can't play battle field 2142 BLACK SCREEN ALL THE TIME
contrast
5
- High image contrast and good color representation
- Attractive design , Good workmanship , Very stable, high-quality case , Individualization possible , High image contrast and good color representation , Very good application and 3D performance , Low system noise in office mode possible, Attractive design, Good workmanship, Very stable, high-quality case, Individualization possible, High image contrast and good color representation, Very good application and 3D performance, Low system noise in office mode possible
appearance
0.5
- but the M17's anything but a sleek
portability
0.5
- Heavy
- Heavy weight
- Heavy weight , Adverse port distribution for lefties , High surcharge for warranty extension , Mediocre display illumination , Price, Heavy weight, Adverse port distribution for lefties, High surcharge for warranty extension, Mediocre display illumination, Price
- Its big and heavy
- Not exactly portable
- it's big and it's heavy but it's nowhere near as big and heavy as my desktop
- Q9000 Quadcore chip, dual ATI graphics cards, two 250Bb 7200RPM HDD's in RAID '0' and 3Gb of memory deal with anything you throw at it.Yea, it's big and it's heavy but it's nowhere near as big and heavy as my desktop
- Not exactly portable, like most laptops it will eventually be retired to a pretty paperweight, the many specific problems that can be attributed to Windows
- kinda heavy
image quality
5
- high-quality case
- Alienware is a great company for the image
size
0.5
- with a pricetag just as big
- No complaints about what's under the bonnet, but the M17's anything but a sleek, aerodynamic vessel, more a clunky box you'll never take off the desk or remove from the mains, with a pricetag just as big
- Very big
- it is a little big
- Big and Bulky
- we know that's actually a distance
- Yeah, we know that's actually a distance
- Big and Bulky, $5500 for top end system, No Windows XP option
- big
LCD
5
- high-definition screen
video
1.5
- It has never been able to play any video games with out freezing and the tech guys are idiots
- Unable to play games/movies video is jerky sound gets very choppy
- underpowered video card at the 2
- crossfire video card
- Amazing amount of value in a small package, I have mine fully loaded, 2 ssd's in raid 0, crossfire video card, with all the options
lens
0.5
- weighs more than the system
- $5500 for top end system
memory
5
- Computer styling
- Computer styling, brand name
- The good thing about this computer its that you can tell your friends that you own a alienware system
- two 250Bb 7200RPM HDD's in RAID '0' and 3Gb of memory deal with anything you throw at it.Yea
- 4GB Memory
- Extreme Proccessor, 4GB Memory, Blu-Ray, up to 1TB HDD space, dual graphics cards
product quality
5
- Hip finish
build quality
4.5
- I usually build these things so haven't had to deal with Dell's service dept yet
- Powerful / Desirable / Solid build quality
- Solid construction
resolution
5
- High-resolution screen
- on the highest resolution
- And it really is the ultimate gaming laptop: pop any of the latest titles in and the M17 will belt them out at the highest setting, on the highest resolution, like it's powered by kryptonite
- Great Screen Resolution at 1920X1200
glare
0.5
- Glare from screen
