No budget cap.

[MoMo_RT]

One thing I'm bummed about and maybe someone here will have an answer for me...

The lack of backlighting for the keyboard.

Are there aftermarket options for keyboards that I can go with to replace the gaming keys and current keyboard? I was REALLY REALLY close to going with the M17x with an 820QM because of its backlit keyboard. In the end I opted for the EON18 because I was able to get it with 3 drives, a Blu-ray burner, and the 840QM (as opposed to all the x20QM options that Dell offers) for less than the M17x.

Performance outweighed the little frills this time.

[Johnny87au]

Asus G73Jh laptop - G73JH-FHD-TZ155V
http://www.affordablelaptops.com.au/...-notebook.html

[MoMo_RT]

One thing I'm bummed about and maybe someone here will have an answer for me...

The lack of backlighting for the keyboard.

Are there aftermarket options for keyboards that I can go with to replace the gaming keys and current keyboard? I was REALLY REALLY close to going with the M17x with an 820QM because of its backlit keyboard. In the end I opted for the EON18 because I was able to get it with 3 drives, a Blu-ray burner, and the 840QM (as opposed to all the x20QM options that Dell offers) for less than the M17x.

Performance outweighed the little frills this time.

Bumping this question ^^^

[trueplaya4ever8]

Hey MoMo RT,

When is yours supposed to arrive?

I want to see some pictures of that beast, never even heard of that company until I looked at this thread, shows how long I have been out off it!

[zanzabar]

Bumping this question ^^^

i have no idea on changing the keyboard, but u shouldent need a backlight for gaming if anything that would make it harder to see the screen

[MoMo_RT]

Hey MoMo RT,

When is yours supposed to arrive?

I want to see some pictures of that beast, never even heard of that company until I looked at this thread, shows how long I have been out off it!

Apparently its pushed out to 3 weeks because of the lead time on the dual graphics cards.

I'll deff. be taking some pictures to post up. I searched for a while and couldn't really find any pictures but the ones from their galleries. Search Alienware and you will fine about a million pics of users laptops.

i have no idea on changing the keyboard, but u shouldent need a backlight for gaming if anything that would make it harder to see the screen

Yea I would most like something that I would be able to dim. I asked their sales guy if he knew of anything so maybe they will be able to give me some options.

[lawtq]

So it looks to me like the SLI 480m's got an... "ok" 3DMark06 score. Doesn't a single 5870m score around 20k+? If that's a real review and real benchmark score then I'm not impressed.

That was a single gtx480m benchmark score.

I had a clevo d901c I think it was a year and a half back I think it was, lovely machine, it had the previous generation intel 775 pin cpu, I forget which one, and the gtx8800m gpu's in sli, which scored around 16000 in 3dmark06, loved it, but it broke down for an unknown reason and I got a desktop as a replacement lol.

The x7200 really looks good

[MoMo_RT]

Oh quick note on the SLI 480m's through Origin.

I asked them about this setup and they said that the EON18 has the space for it but currently doesn't have the power to support them.

EON18 has the space for SLI GTX480Ms, however, it does not have the power to support 2 x 100W modules

Apparently they need to get their hands on whichever power supplies Clevo will be using in the x7200.

If anyone is interested in the other responses I got from then, on various questions, I'll quote those too.

In regards to the EON18 having space for the desktop components

EON18 does not support desktop CPUs because it is primarily a gaming platform. Therefore we favor DUAL GPUs over a Desktop CPU. However we could purchase and build for you a D900F barebone customized specially for you

In regards to the display

It is a GRADE A CCFL LCD with IPS and at the highest resolution available for an 18.4" notebook LCD. 1920 x 1080. A lower resolution is available is preferred.

In regards to ram timings. Also confirms no support for overclocks currently

It varies because we support different memory options and brands, however, since we do not support overclocking in our notebooks at this moment, the memory timings do not really matter much. Nonetheless, we usually are within the 7 & 9 timings.

[TheScavenger]

Whats the weight on this beast?

[MoMo_RT]

I think it's something like 13lbs. Don't remember if I saw an actual number or if I'm just making that up though.

[PCDominator]

how about this here They call it sager or something it is powered by an intel i7 980x and a nvidia 480m + 3 hdd's. Quite a handfull

[Kurumi]

If you are planning on using it for Revit and AutoCAD, I would suggest skipping consumer grade video cards and get something on a workstation level; or at least something you can softmod to.

Dell Precision M6500 machines are really nice.

[tigeredwards]

good for you, i have limited budget