- Conclusion Get the lowdown
- Features How they compare
- Performance Real world benchmarks
- Differences Technical showdown
- Reviews Word on the street
- Competition Others to consider
- Discussion Answers and opinions
Compare with...
- Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga
- Apple MacBook Pro with Retina Display
- SAMSUNG Series 7 Chronos
- Sony VAIO E Series
- HP Envy Spectre XT
- 15.6"
- Core i7 2.2 GHz Quad core
- 8 GB DDR3-1600
- 750 GB HDD
First seen on January, 2012
Rated 80% by by TrustedReviews (Aug, 2011)It feels just as good, with solid build, soft-touch plastics and a superb keyboard and touchpad.
Conclusion Which is better for you?
Features Key features of the HP ENVY 15-3040NR compared to the Alienware M Series M14x
GHz2.2
Intel Core i7 2670QM
3 GHz
Rated 80% by by TrustedReviews (Aug, 2011)Both MSI and Asus offer several configurations around the £1,000 mark, with a choice of AMD Radeon 5870 or Nvidia GeForce GTX 460M graphics – either one of which is noticeably faster than the M14x's GT 555M.
screen resolution
M Series M14x by TrustedReviews (Aug, 2011)At high detail it maintained a just-about-playable 27fps average, but knocking the detail up to full had it limping along at 17.4fps.
cpu speed
| 0 GHz | 3 GHz   | 3 GHz |
M Series M14x by LaptopMag (Apr, 2011)With a 2.3-GHz Intel Core i7-2820QM quad-core processor, 8GB of RAM, and an Nvidia Geforce GT 555M processor (with 1.5GB of VRAM), the M14x has a lot under the hood.
processor
M Series M14x by TrustedReviews (Aug, 2011)There's a fully backlit keyboard and more connections than you can shake a stick at on the outside, while beneath the hood we have a quad-core Core i7 processor, 256GB SSD, 8GB of RAM and GeForce GT 550M graphics.
memory
| 0 GB | 8 GB | 8 GB |
M Series M14x by TrustedReviews (Aug, 2011)Whether you pay the extra £130 to double its RAM to 3GB, as on our review sample, will really make very little difference in most games.
Performance Real world tests of HP ENVY 15-3040NR vs Alienware M Series M14x
battery life
9 hour
6 hour
M Series M14x by TrustedReviews (Aug, 2011)In our relatively light test (with the screen at 40 percent brightness, using Intel's integrated graphics rather than the Nvidia card, and with wireless radios disabled), this little beast managed a solid four hours and 47 minutes from its eight-cell/63Wh battery.
Differences What are the advantages of each
Advantages compared to the Alienware M Series M14x
| Is full HD | Yes | vs | No |
|---|---|---|---|
| Somewhat common; the screen is large enough to display 1080p video without scaling | |||
| Much higher resolution screen | 1920 x 1080 | vs | 1366 x 768 |
| Around 2x higher resolution screen | |||
| More cores | Quad core (Intel Core i7 2670QM) | vs | Dual core |
| Twice as many cores; run more applications at once | |||
| Significantly longer battery life | 9 hour | vs | 6 hour |
| 50% longer battery life; surf the web longer without having to plug in | |||
Advantages compared to the HP ENVY 15-3040NR
| Significantly faster processor | 3 GHz | vs | 2.2 GHz (Intel Core i7 2670QM) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Around 40% faster processor; run computation-intensive applications, such as photo editing, faster | |||
Reviews Word on the street
HP ENVY 15-3040NR | Alienware M Series M14x |
Competition What else you should consider
 | 3 | SAMSUNG Series 7 Chronos 3-way tie: Fast internal storage |
 | 4 | Sony VAIO E Series 2-way tie: Has a Blu-Ray reader |
 | 7 | Dell Inspiron 15R-N5110 2-way tie: More VGA ports |
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