Alienware M11X - Intel Core i7

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 5 expert reviews

Excellent:

2
Good:

2
Average:

1
Bad:

0

Pros:

Cool design, Innovative lighting features, Faster new Core i7 processor, Excellent gaming frame rates, Good battery life.
Stealth design is one of a kind. Ruggedized exterior. Portable by gaming laptop standards. Lighting effects are a real treat. Backlit keyboard. HDMI and DisplayPort. Excellent gaming card. Leverage NVidia's Optimus technology. Very good battery life.

Cons:

Runs hot, Fan gets loud.
Undersized keyboard. Screen glare can be bothersome. Battery is screwed into the chassis.

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Last revision on November 18, 2011

Reviewers Liked

Cool design, Innovative lighting features, Faster new Core i7 processor, Excellent gaming frame rates, Good battery life
Stealth design is one of a kind. Ruggedized exterior. Portable by gaming laptop standards. Lighting effects are a real treat. Backlit keyboard. HDMI and DisplayPort. Excellent gaming card. Leverage NVidia's Optimus technology. Very good battery life

Reviewers Didn't Like

Runs hot, Fan gets loud
Undersized keyboard. Screen glare can be bothersome. Battery is screwed into the chassis

Expert reviews and ratings

It may be small indeed, but the penalty hit to performance may be too much to tolerate for...

By GamePlanet on July 04, 2011

Alienware is one of the biggest manufacturers of gaming laptops and has gone from strength to strength since its acquisition by Dell. The M11x is the smallest laptop in the company's range and has just been updated with a powerful new Intel Sandy...

By TechRadar on May 23, 2011

Alienware's M11x is an incredibly impressive laptop at a temptingly affordable price. About the only thing we can find fault with is the ridiculous 100Mb Ethernet port, and the inclusion of a SIM slot that does nothing. If these don't bother...

By CNET Australia on November 15, 2010

The most portable gaming notebook ever just got even more...

By LaptopMag on July 09, 2010

There's no better laptop made for road gamers than the Alienware M11x (Core...

By PC Mag on July 08, 2010

From an engineering standpoint the M11x is a marvel. There is no other laptop available that offers this much gaming performance in such a small package. The fact that Alienware has managed to cram so much into so little – and managed to do so...

By PCPer on December 09, 2010

Alienware introduced the original M11x at CES this year with Pentium Dual-core and Core 2 Duo processors. While the notebook was originally envisioned using the slightly stronger Intel Core 2010 chips, Intel hadn't yet put these chips out on the...

By Notebook Review on June 16, 2010

When we first heard about Alienware's M11x at CES 2010, we were super excited. Take the winning formula in ASUS' UL30Vt/UL80Vt and shrink it down, plus add in a juicy GT 335M to replace the anemic G 310M and you're looking at a potent little...

By AnandTech on June 01, 2010

Kleines, teures Kraftpaket Werbung Power, Power, Power Mit einem Gewicht von ziemlich genau zwei Kilogramm lässt sich das Alienware M11x deutlich einfacher transportieren als größere Notebooks. Der 28 Zentimeter große Bildschirm...

By Netzwelt on May 17, 2011