Review: Alienware Sentia m3200
Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 3rd Apr 2006 17:14 UTC
Hardware, Embedded Systems Ars reviews the Alienware Sentia m3200, a 12" laptop which is not unlike Apple's iBook in case of features. Ars concludes: "The Sentia m3200 is small, light and fast enough to be a very good machine for many tasks. It's not built to handle the latest 3-D games, as it uses onboard graphics, but it makes up for that by being a well-rounded multimedia machine and the fact that it runs cool is a nice plus. When the kinks are ironed out of PowerCinema, the Instant-On feature will make more sense."
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Not a gaming PC?
by Omega Penguin on Mon 3rd Apr 2006 19:30 UTC
Omega Penguin
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2006-02-12

Strange.Usually Alienware sells gaming PCs.Could Dell be the reason for this?

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RE: Not a gaming PC?
by suryad on Mon 3rd Apr 2006 19:39 UTC in reply to "Not a gaming PC?"
suryad Member since:
2005-07-09

No not really. Alienware has made thin and light laptops for a while now.

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coincidence(sp?)
by firl on Mon 3rd Apr 2006 21:20 UTC
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2006-03-16

"Intel GMA 900 graphics"

Maybe to make porting OS X onto it much more easily?

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RE: coincidence(sp?)
by PowerMacX on Tue 4th Apr 2006 07:11 UTC in reply to "coincidence(sp?)"
PowerMacX Member since:
2005-11-06

"Intel GMA 900 graphics" Maybe to make porting OS X onto it much more easily?

First, please tell me you didn't just post that! Seriously. ;-)

Second, if for some bizarre reason they did, they should have used a GMA950, like the Mac mini. In that very same article, a ThinkPad with a GMA950 had *twice* the FPS as the Alienware Sentia m3200:

http://arstechnica.com/reviews/hardware/sentia-m3200.ars/5

In any case, US$1,477 is way too much for what this machine delivers.

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Ick. 2-3 hours of battery?
by bubbayank on Mon 3rd Apr 2006 21:43 UTC
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2005-07-15

And people say the ibooks are overpriced and underperform.

Not only is the fugliest thing for an adult to carry around, but none of the specs are really impressive.

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Lada
by aon_ on Tue 4th Apr 2006 05:54 UTC
aon_
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2006-04-04

There are Lada laptops?! Where do I sign?

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Lada rocks
by Soulbender on Tue 4th Apr 2006 06:24 UTC
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2005-08-18

"If you're like me-not rich and in need of a tan-then that last claim is a big sell and the idea of not having to settle for the Lada of laptops if you're on a budget is significant."

Too bad Alienware are more or less just rebranding such "Lada" laptops, eh?
As the owner of a "Lada" laptop (I'm guessing he is talking of non-brand/unbranded laptops) I can honestly say I much rather buy a "Lada" for ~$500 than an Alienware with a fancy case for ~$1000.

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hmm
by TezKAh on Tue 4th Apr 2006 17:45 UTC
TezKAh
Member since:
2005-07-06

Sure, it's just a sleek mousepad with their logo on it. But it's not just any mousepad: it's a Func Surface 1030. This is a household name in gaming and it's still the king of accurate optical pads in my opinion.

Wow! a Mousepad! I was like "wow thats a nice mousepad", and then I looked at mine.. and it was exactly the same. Except mine cost me $10 on sale and has an "Allsop" logo on it instead.
(for reference http://www.allsop.com/mouse-pads/pc-gamers-mouse-pads/model-27814/c... you cant even see the logo 99% of the time.)


And my Windows laptop cost me less than a $1000USD - two years ago, its 12" and less than an inch thick. Good old Averatec.

Edited 2006-04-04 17:46

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