Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #1785 in Personal Computers
- Color: Black
- Brand: Dell
- Model: AM14X-5283SBK
- Dimensions: 1.49" h x
13.27" w x
10.17" l,
6.50 pounds
- CPU: Core i7-2630QM 2 GHz
- Memory: 1.5GB
- Hard Disk: 750GB
- Processors: 4
- Display size: 14
Features
- Intel Core i7 2630QM Processor 2GHz
- 8GB DDR3 RAM
- 750GB Hard Drive
- 14-Inch Screen, HD Graphics 3000
- Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit)
Alienware M14X 14" Laptop (2.0 GHz Intel Core i7-2630QM Processor, 8 GB RAM, 750 GB Hard Drive, Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit) Black
Product Description
This Alienware M14X AM14X-5283SBK Laptop Computer is designed for gamers looking for the performance of a 15+ inch notebook but with more demanding needs in mobility such as lower weight, exceptional battery life, high-speed mobile broadband options, and a smaller physical size. In addition the Alienware M14X offers an experience with external devices that can deliver HD video and 5.1 digital surround audio that can transform your entertainment center.
Customer Reviews
Most helpful customer reviews
23 of 26 people found the following review helpful.
If you have the means, I highly recommend picking one up.
By randomreviewer
Alienware seems to have gotten all the "little things" right with this laptop. The form factor is large enough to game or do "real work," yet it is small enough to be portable. The strange-looking beveled keyboard is actually very pleasant to type on - fewer errant keystrokes and better speed. The trackpad has discrete buttons with nice tactile feedback. There is no annoying bloatware (trial AV, toolbars, etc) like you might find on an HP. I was worried that the styling would be garish and distracting/embarassing, but it really isn't that bad.The components, are, of course, top notch. You could probably get them in other computers as well, though.Overall, no complaints.
17 of 19 people found the following review helpful.
Very nice, and gets the job and the game done.
By Louis
I purchased this laptop through Dell's website. I have a 6gb ram, 1.5gb graphics card configuration.All in all, the laptop performs well. I did have an issue with Windows no longer being able to install drivers, which led to my graphics card no longer having a driver, which led to me having to respawn the system to factory settings to fix the problem after Dell's tech support was unable to correct the problem. However, all that is really due to problems with Windows rather than the laptop itself.Pros:- Excellent performance, and the price isn't too steep for what you get.- The m14x is a nice looking laptop, and garners quite a few envious glares from people who see it.- The keyboard feels great, but bears a certain issue I will touch upon in the cons.- The touch pad is good, and has a lot of customization built into the Alienware control center software, from touch sensitivity, to settings that help mitigate accidental palm grazes.- The keyboard back-light customization is a nice touch, though it can be so distracting I usually have most of the lights off.- The screen is crisp and performs well.Cons:- The screen has a very high gloss. I've gotten used to it a bit, but I can literally use it as a mirror in even low- light conditions.- The keyboard, while it feels nice and responsive, squeaks a lot while typing. Yes, squeaks, like a bunch of little rusty hinges. It isn't a deal breaker, but it is an oddity one doesn't usually see in keyboards.- It's a laptop, so it doesn't perform like a desktop gaming rig will. You'll find plenty of games that run at their highest settings, but most newer games won't.- Since Alienware specialized in gaming PCs, I feel their laptops should come with a mouse. Mousepads aren't even adequate for flash games.All that being said, it is still an excellent laptop for those who want to be able to game, but need a laptop. The larger versions have some nice options on them, and prices to match, but the m14x nails the combination of balance and portability nicely.
25 of 33 people found the following review helpful.
14" Jet Taking Off
By djkorben
I really wanted to love this laptop, I really did. The AlienFX thing is pretty cool with the whole keyboard lights and the rest, the screen was great (1600x900). It was nice and fast, although, booting it up took about 4 minutes before you could actually do anything on it, and that's WAY too long for a brand new top of the line computer. The video card (GT555m) was great and games looked great and the frame rate even at high detail never really took a nosedive. The klipsch speaker set up in this thing was awesome too, had a tiny little woofer in it that brought some great sound with it.All these things kept me wanting to like or, or even to use it, but the ONLY thing stopping me, was the fan. Any other review that you read, if someone says the fan isn't that bad, is lying or borderline deaf. I'm sorry. I've been building and repairing computers for at least 15 years now, and never have I heard any fan that gets THIS loud. I understand that things need to be kept cool, but things also need to be designed better to keep the airflow going. The fan noise was unbearable playing a game to the point you had to use headphones just to hear what you were doing, even just browsing webpages in chrome fired the fan up and got it spinning, albeit not as loud as when gaming.I tried everything I could to get the fan down to a comfortable level. Updating the BIOS to the latest one (which dell wrote specifically for the fan complaints), flashing an unlocked BIOS from the guys over at bios-mods, changing fan heat thresholds, propping it up on a book, using a laptop cooler. I even went as far as ripping the ENTIRE laptop apart and re-applying the best thermal grease I could find. The old stuff that I cleaned off looked like colgate. That was actually the only thing that showed any significant improvement, it actually dropped the temperature down by about 5-7 degrees celsius at idle and 10-15 degrees celsius at load.Bottom line, this laptop needs two fans, or a shorter heat pipe to the CPU/GPU. the heatpipe had to be at least 6 or 7 inches, and for this dinky little fan to keep up it has to spin like a 737 taking off.So after my issues with the fan I decided to return it using my "30 day money back guarantee" which turns out to cost about $250... those idiots at dell sell you a laptop with an obvious design flaw, and then tell you "oh, yeah, just box it up, pay for shipping, then we'll just go ahead and charge you an additional 15% restocking fee"I will NEVER recommend this laptop to anyone, and probably tell people to just stay away from dell completely. That re-stocking fee is just plain robbery.Just sold this laptop on craigslist about an hour ago, so technically, Dell still has my money, how depressing.
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