Last Updated: June 20, 2012 3:50 PM

First published: May 30, 2011

Alienware M14x R2

http://www.dell.com/us/p/alienware-m14x-r2/pd

Kepler GeForce GT 650M

OOBE

windows didn't not started normally on first boot?

thick, and heavy (and expensive)

Power

POST (A01 BIOS)- cannot recognize 150W power adapter type on some outlet? throttle down. Haven't seen in A03 BIOS, not be same outlets when saw it also

LCD

LCD - only 1600x900 HD+, no FHD - LGD0366? -> 40% of Adobe's RGB LG-Philips LP140WD2 panel?

Update

no auto update like Lenovo, Asus?

mSATA

64GB boot only has 50GB? usable (recovery partition?), cannot even install Adobe Creative Cloud, even change preference to D:, still need to write some to C:, down to <5GB

Samsung SSD PM830? + 500 GB Seagate ST9500423AS?

Wireless

WiDi 3.0.x keep dropping, cannot stay connected long enough even to flash Netgear PTV2000 firmware to 3.1

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