Alienware M11x Now Ready for Pre-order

By Dena Cassella Published February 1, 2010

The Dell Store is sporting a pre-order page for its new M11x gaming netbook. The Alienware M11x, which features an 11.1″ 720p display complete with both NVIDIA GT335M and integrated graphics. Dell says the M11x should achieve over six hours of battery life in its lower-graphics function mode and attain around two hours of intense gaming time in its other mode. The M11x also comes with DisplayPort, HDMI, and VGA ports so you can take your gaming to the big screen and connect to larger monitors and HDTVs.

The M11x has a starting price of $799 and comes with a 1.3GHz Pentium SU4100, 1GB NVIDIA GeForce GT335M, 2GB of memory, and 160GB HDD. Mobile broadband is available from Verizon or AT&T for another $125—which is starting to make this gaming netbook a lot more expensive than we hoped for. The specs really do add up fast, so careful with your clicking.

The ship date is March 1st.

Dena Cassella

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