Alienware's Little Notebook - Yes, it Plays Crysis

[Guest]

[citation][nom]justiceguy216[/nom]But can it play Skifree?[/citation]
I think he really meant to say...

But can it Cook Eggs? 😀

 

[djcoolmasterx]

Can it play Far Cry?

 

[WheelsOfConfusion]

Does it have a Hemi?

 

[xc0mmiex]

seriously... i don't really see the point... here is why...
1. Will you actually play Crysis on 11.6 inches? No. Or you may for 10 minutes just to show it off... but seriously it doesn't sound practical...
2. What else can you do on it? Well its powerful so you can do professional work on it... oh wait it has an alien as a logo... doesn't sound to professional...
3. Well maby your in engineering college and you need something powerful to do CAD work but you also like to have fun... oh wait... its impossible to do CAD on a such tiny monitor or any sorts of programming on really anything.
4. Ok So your in a state college you need to take notes but you want to play games on your larger screen back at your room... First i don't know how much res is the small screen ... but the little laptop may not have enough juice to power your big screen... But again how bout you bu a net book for cheap for your notes and doodling in class and buy a rig with the rest for your dorm.... which is sure to be better then whatever inside that little thing

 

[razor512]

alienware enjoys the good ol bait and switch, they advertise a laptop thats great at gaming, and they say prices starting at $xxx

then when you look into it you see that if you get it at the starting price, you will be stuck with a crappy onboard intel videocard and a outdated CPU and barely any memory and some how it still gives you crappy battery life

the same goes for a lot of produces, you see a car ad, you see it doing tons of cool stuff and every feature you could want and then they say prices starting at

then you look into it and find out that to get the features you likes in the ad, you would have to spend like an extra $10,000-15,000 on the car.


when it comes to gaming PC's these ads are targeted at the novice computer users who don't know much about hardware
so they see something that catches their eye then they see the starting price and think everything is great and buy it then take it home then find out it cant run any of the games they like, but they don't know why because they don't understand what the hardware means, so they blame the problem on viruses and spyware that some many ads and company try to scare them with, then they end up taking their system to a repair place complaining that it is running slow. The repair shop then charges them an arm and a leg and then reformat and reinstall the OS and send it back to them

the user then again tries to run their games and it is still slow but not they cant really return it and there stuck with a overpriced and underpowered computer

if any of you have done computer repair jobs, you will fully understand how often this happens, (I usually test the system in front of them and pull up the specs then tell them right there that it is not a software problem and that they bought a slow computer and recommend they return it and get their money back)

 

[Gin Fushicho]

LIEZ! They must be lying because it is not possible!

 

[pocketdrummer]

At what resolution and settings? WEI states Crysis only needs a "3" to run. So, at 640x480 and all settings at zero, I'm pretty sure a lot of systems can run it. The "It plays Crysis" claim doesn't mean much to me.

Wait.... IT plays Crysis? I didn't know artificial intelligence was so advanced. Stay away from this thing, it's self aware!

 

[scook9]

It will barely have any options......you may be able to choose the ram and hdd and MAYBE a CPU upgrade

They will ALL have the GT335m as well as all the lighting. I would count on it being a 1366x768 LED screen same as the Inspiron Mini 11z

What I have heard is it will actually start at $799 and go up to $1000 maxed out - but only time will tell

That all said, I am definitely getting one

 

[r0x0r]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but it doesn't appear to have a removable battery...

 

[kingtoid]

[citation][nom]WheelsOfConfusion[/nom]Does it have a Hemi?[/citation]

No, it wouldn't pass emissions. But they did manage fit a viper engine by adding a tiny electric motor and calling it a hybrid.

 

[Guest]

But does it play... CRYSIS WARHEAD???

 

[scook9]

[citation][nom]r0x0r[/nom]Correct me if I'm wrong, but it doesn't appear to have a removable battery...[/citation]

the battery is built in according to other sites

 

[jn77]

Considering this is CES and an Alien Ware Laptop... and all the bad experiences I had with Nvidia, the only way I would get one of these is if that ATI Mobile 5000 card was in there, what is Alien Ware thinking, I guess it is a low end Dell in an Performance Alien Ware shell

 

[r0x0r]

[citation][nom]scook9[/nom]the battery is built in according to other sites[/citation]

Fair enough. Even though it is small, it probably isn't something you would have away from a wall socket for long anyway. 6.5hr battery life is just marketing guff.

[citation][nom]whocaresaboutcrysiswhen[/nom]But does it play... CRYSIS WARHEAD???[/citation]

Seeing as it is better optimized than Crysis is, then yes, it will

 

[Luscious]

No optical drive. I'd like to see how it "plays" games sans emulation software.

 

[littlec]

My laptop plays Crysis on High and I only payed $700 for it (factory refurb) it also has a disc drive and a 9cell battery. While the concept is cool I ask myself is it worth it?

 

[td854]

Finally, this is exactly the type of thing I've been waiting for. There's a number of games I'd play on something like this with a controller, makes the small screen size not matter as much cause your hands aren't up there crammed into a tiny space. Plus the small screen means a clear crisp image at a lower native resolution, thus keeping frame rates up for a weaker graphics subsystem than on a larger machine.

 

[scryer_360]

I've always wanted lots of power in a small package... no wait that came out wrong I've always appreciated small things with a loud bang... no still not right...

 

[g00ey]

[citation][nom]warezme[/nom]Yea right, the one that starts at $1,000 will probably not have a GT335M GPU, will not have a light up keyboard like the picture and will not have a fast enough processor to do much of anything like gaming and probably a low res screen. Once you add all the extra's to reach the level they describe, think more in the neighborhood of $2,500 I would guess.[/citation]

I don't think companies are allowed to do such things, that would be what is known as "false advertising". I remember once when I bought something from the store. When I looked at the receipt I saw that the price of the good was higher that what was marked on the shelf. I pointed that out to the cashier. I ended up with a full refund and got the good free of charge. "Too, bad I didn't buy more!", I said to the cashier and left.

So I look forward to seeing people suing their asses for false advertising and getting their money back.

 

[rockstone1]

But can it... hey wait a second!

 

[mlopinto2k1]

Reminds me of a 1.8T VW GTI.. pretty neat.

 

[mcreskiller]

But can it play PONG!

 

[Burodsx]

I'm not a huge fan of Alienware, but I sure do love the sleek look of their laptops.

 

[logitic]

If everything stays the same, this may be the most popular laptop ever! I will be watching this one develop.

 

[krazynutz]

[citation][nom]lowguppy[/nom]You might also notice that its floating in space... those are not meant to be actual shots, they look like nice renders.[/citation]
Ah, I believe the screen is Photoshopped but the laptop itself is most likely a real photo. Not a rendering. It's simply been cropped and placed on a black background to make it sexier. Again, with Photoshop, but still a photo nonetheless.