Alienware M17 Gaming Notebook Is Mine!
I gave myself a treat this Christmas. I bought an Alienware M17 gaming notebook computer. I have done away with my desktop computer and I now use this notebook for everything. It is a powerhouse that can handle anything I throw at it.
The Alienware M17 is not built with portability in mind. It is a desktop replacement machine that weighs around 10 pounds. Needless to say, not many jet-setters will be carrying this thing around. If you are looking for a gaming notebook and portability is not that important to you, then you need to take a serious look at the M17.
The M17 can be customized in many different ways. I chose the 2.53ghz Core 2 Duo processor. It can be easily upgraded to a quad core processor later on, so I didn’t feel it was necessary to pay the extra money for it now. I also choose to get 4gb of RAM, 320gb hard drive, 17″ screen, illuminated keyboard and more. You can really make the M17 your own.
The most important feature available on this notebook is the SLI graphics card option. I went with dual ATI 3870 graphics cards, each with 512mb of RAM, and running in Crossfire mode. That is two full video cards with a total of 1gb in video ram – in a notebook computer!
I haven’t had a ton of time with it yet, but I can tell you that this thing screams! It plows through World of Warcraft at max settings with ease. I also love how quiet it runs. Even with the GPU fans at full speed, the noise is very acceptable. I expected it to sound like a jet engine but it absolutely does not.
I’ll report more on its gaming performance as I get back into playing. I am very interested to see how it can handle Vanguard’s hefty graphics engine.
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Wow, it has been a long time since I have posted anything here at the MMO Notebook. Unfortunately, my job took a strangle-hold on my life and all of my MMO playing time with it. The past months have been rough and tumble for me, but things are finally starting to settle down a bit, which hopefully will get me back to playing the games that I love.
First off, I was laid off from a job that I very much enjoyed. Needless to say, all my recreational expenses had to come to a quick halt. I had to say goodbye to my MMO subscriptions. It was necessary to do so, but that didn’t make it any easier.
It took more than two months to finally find a good job. I was happy to be working again, but I was also working a crazy amount of hours, usually six to seven days a week. As you can imagine, there was no play time to be had.
Now, months later, the job is starting to slow down some, which has allowed me time to play again. I am not sure which game I will settle on as my main, but I am currently back in World of Warcraft. I am also taking advantage of the free play time that Vanguard is offering former players. This will last until the end of January. Chances are that I will keep both World of Warcraft and Vanguard and split my time between them.
A friend of mine wants me to come back to Everquest, and while EQ will always be my first and best MMO love, I just can’t see myself doing it. Everquest requires more play time and it usually requires several people to get anything done. My play time is casual at best, so Everquest doesn’t really fit what I need right now. I wish it did.
So, I will slowly start posting on this blog again. My adventures in World of Warcraft and Vanguard will mostly be lower-level stuff, so I am not sure how interesting it will be for most people playing these games. I will do my best.
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