Roughly a year and a few months ago we had a chance to play with the first 12-inch Sentia business notebook and we surely liked what we saw. You can check that review here. That model is just slightly different from the new twelve-inch Sentia m3200. The new model uses DDR 2 memory, 915 GM chipset and a Dothan CPUs that are now running at FSB 533. The Sentia m3400 ends up a little bit faster but not dramatically.
The 14-inch notebook weights 2.1 KG. The company decided to stick to its well recognisable and eye pleasing futuristic design and this time we received grey-coloured unit.
The machine is equipped with and an LCD that with integrated web supporting 1280x800 resolution of 16x9 wide screen aspect. It really fits this screen and makes your view a little bit wider. It is much better to watch the movies on this model than on a standard 4x3 screen.
When it comes to business use it will let you surf nicely and your Word screen will be wide enough. You can easily do Photoshop or spread sheets or web design on this machine. It can replace your desktop PC if this is what you are after. Once you turn the machine on you'll notice that the Alienware logo and the alien head will illuminate in very attractive blue colour. It will attract a lot of attention. It just looks cool and people on the airplanes tend to ask for too many details about Alienware notebooks. Many wanted to buy one but and we were kind enouigh to inform them where can they get one. The machine boots very fast, at least our case with a brand-new installation and just a few test programs.
The Alienware packs a 2GHZ Pentium M with FSB 533 based on Dothan core, of course. The CPU was running between 398MHz to 798MHz most of the time, but when necessary it was running at 1995MHz, almost 2GHz, if we may note. It runs at full speed if it is absolutely necessary or when it is plugged in to a power supply.