Poweful Netbook Alienware

virii

Hi all

I'm looking for a poweful netbook, budget isn't an issue as I've stopped smoking so I'm treating myself.

I need something portable and powerful, HDMI output and HD playback. The Aleware M11x is what I was looking at.

It comes to £789.00 whcih I know is a lot for a notebook,

Does anyone else have any other suggestions?

Thanks

Specs

Alienware M11x - Cosmic Black

Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium, 64bit, English

Intel® Core™ 2 Duo SU7300(1.3GHz,800MHz,3MB)

1 year of coverage included with your PC

11.6-inch WideHD 1366x768 (720p) LCD

2048MB 800MHz Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM [2x1024]

320GB (7,200rpm) Serial ATA Hard Drive

1GB GDDR3 NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 335M

8-cell 63Whr Lithium Ion battery

Dime_Bar

Lucky you.

These look fantastic but I would not go with the default configuration, with something that powerful processor/graphics wise I would be looking for 4GB Ram+.

Other than that I am not sure if there really is anything else comparable, so if it meets your requirements then go for it :-)

debitcardmayhem

IT really depends on what you want it for , games /office apps /surfing the web / video editing / watching tv . I would suggest giving the forum a bit more info first.

globalds

This was posted up on hotukdeals yesterday

Dell Studio 17 i5-520 ATi 5650 8GB RAM 1TB HDD £808.68

Base Intel® Core i5-520M (2.4GHz, 4 Threads, turbo Boost up to 2.93GHz, 3MB cache)
Microsoft Operating System Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium, 64bit, English
Memory 8192MB 1066MHz Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM [2x4096]
Keyboard Internal UK/Irish Qwerty Keyboard
Video Card 1GB ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650 Graphics Card
Hard Drive 1TB (7,200rpm) Serial ATA Dual Hard Drive (2x 500GB)
Optical Devices DVD +/- RW Drive (read/write CD & DVD) with DVD Burn software
Wireless Networking Dell Wireless 1397 Mini Card (802.11 b/g)
Primary Battery Primary 6-cell 56 WHr Lithium Ion battery
LCD 17.3 High Definition+ (1600x900) LED with TL

http://www.hotukdeals.com/item/651257/dell-studio-17-i5-520-ati-5650-8gb-


No Blu -Ray ...But that would not put me off.


EDIT

Just realised you was after a netbook ...This would be too big I think.

kabayiri

A couple of days ago I bought a HP envy 15 in.

It's got an i7 quad core chip, 4Gb ram, and 320Gb ram. I like the fact that the dvd isnt built in, but it won't appeal to all.
Apparently its got a fairly good video card in, but I wouldn't be able to judge.

Perhaps have a look at one of these? Currys had as good a high street price as any, at £900 or so. It seems to be in a similar bracket.

Fwiw, I did like the comparable alienware machine, but it worked out at quite a bit more for the cpu i wanted.

If you're a road warrior type who demands good battery life however, look elsewhere!

Darksun

Unless you're going to be gaming, the graphics card in the Alienware is probably overkill, you can manage HD video on a lower specced machine. Also, if you're going to be storing lots of HD video you'll want something with a big harddrive, 320GB might not be enough