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Alienware Sentia m3450 14-inch Notebook
First Looks
The package is black with a little alien head on the side. Inside the box you'll find the laptop packed securely using foam padding to cushion it from any turbulence in shipping. [Editor: I thought those were meticulously crafted moon rocks...] Also in the box is a smaller box containing all the accessories: an AC adapter, the instruction manual, an Alienware shirt, utility CD, phone cord for the modem, a restore CD, a copy of Nero for the DVD burner (which is also preinstalled for your convenience), and some alien head decals. There is also a book which has a condensed version of the larger manual, and a sleeve for the CDs and decals, and a final checklist of the items which are supposed to be enclosed (yes, everything was there when I received it).     I liked the fact that they package a real honest to goodness paper copy of the instruction manual. In an age where most companies have reverted to electronic documentation on CD (or even as a download on their website), having a hard copy of the instruction manual is neat. The manual reminded me somewhat of the manual you get with a new car.     That's all that is in the box, so let's get the laptop out of its packaging and take a look!
Page 1: Introduction
Page 2: First Looks Page 3: Taking a Closer Look Page 4: Bundled Software Page 5: Testing: Hardware & Software Page 6: Testing: Temperature Page 7: Testing: Performance Page 8: Testing: Battery Life Page 9: Conclusion 
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4 User Comments 1 - Posted by
EmoMakesMeCry
on December 6, 2006 - 1:43 am pretty sweet notebook. the only problem i have with the sentia is it's keyboard. it just looks...i dunno...ugly? i can't put my finger on it. anyways, any idea if y'all will be getting a thinkpad x60 for review? that'd be a pretty cool comparison. :) 2 - Posted by
Nick
on December 6, 2006 - 12:30 pm No way would i get a notebook that shuts off under full load due to thermal throttling. That just screams poor design. Im really surprised such a problem could make it through testing unnoticed. They make test chambers specifically for rooting out these types of failures and it would surprise me greatly if alienware didnt employ them during design, testing and production.
3 - Posted by
Kurtis
on December 6, 2006 - 4:47 pm I was quite surprised myself... Oddly enough, it doesn't crash under loops of 3DMark, which is what they use for stability testing. But it does crash under the heavy CPU load of Orthos (and HL2, coincidentally).
4 - Posted by
Anthony
on December 6, 2006 - 4:50 pm Indeed, and its not like my room is that hot (76-78F). But two laptops later I could provoke both into shutting down while running Orthos.
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