For Sale: Alienware Aurora m9700 Gaming Laptop

This is the last gaming laptop built and produced entirely by Alienware before they were acquired by Dell. It is still considered to be one of the best gaming laptops of all time. This laptop's build date is 07/04/2006. My original purchase price: $2800.00

I haven't used it much in the last year or two so I am finally re-homing it to someone who will get the proper use out of it. All specifications are listed as detailed by the original invoice as well as what the system states in software diagnostics.

17" Widescreen WXGA LCD, 1440x900 w/ 1.3MP webcam built in
Alienware NVIDIA Mobile SLi Chipset
AMD Turion 64 Mobile 1.8GHZ Processor
2GB Dual Channel PC3200 SODIMM AW65 memory (was purchased with 1GB, I added another 1GB)
Internal MINI-PCI TV Tuner
2 x SEAGATE 120GB 5400RPM SATA HD
8X DVD+/- RW Optical Drive
Dual 256MB NVidia GeForce Go 7900 GS, SLI Enabled Video Cards
Internal 802.11 B/G MINI PCI Netwoork Card
Internal High-Def audio with surround sound
Full size keyboard with numberpad

Original Alienware Owner's Manual, Documentation, Owner's Card and document folder














This thing is still in great shape and still run's like a beast. There are only a couple small cons:

1. The battery is dead, if you unplug the powercord it will turn off. You can get a replacement battery directly from Alienware, or anywhere online, for $120. It didn't really matter to me because I always had it plugged in.

2. One of the screen hinges has started to mess-up in the plastic and you have to pay attention when closing the screen or it will sometimes start to press out. Sounds worse than it is, and anyone who knows enough to mess with it could probably fix it easily. You can still open and close it as long as you pay attention no problem and I kept it open 24/7 on my desk anyway so didn't affect my use of it.

3. One of the internal cooling fans has stopped spinning, if you don't put it on a cooling pad it can overheat after some time. I have a USB powered cooling fan you can have with the laptop if you want it, as long as it was on that it never overheated for me. You can get a replacement OEM fan on eBay for $15 but I didn't want to mess with replacing it.

I figured I would offer it up here to see if any State students were interested before I put it on eBay.

I am starting it at $800, I will discuss reasonable offers and may also be open to any interesting trades. If you have any questions just let me know!

4/12/2012 11:14:03 AM

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"07/04/2006"

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"I am starting it at $800,"

HA

4/12/2012 11:46:45 AM

This is what goes for $800 around here: message_topic.aspx?topic=622411&page=1

4/12/2012 12:11:48 PM

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"If you have any questions just let me know!"

Are you on crack?

4/12/2012 12:14:19 PM

I appreciate the feedback you guys. When Aurora m9700's happen to come up for sale, they are typically in this range on eBay, you can buy them bare-bones missing many key parts for $300-$400 if you're lucky on eBay, maybe that is more in your guy's ball park?

$800 is simply where I am starting like I said, anyone is welcome to discuss anything lower like I said, just giving fellow State'ers a shot at it first

4/12/2012 1:31:19 PM

if you sell this to someone at NC State for 800 bucks you should be punched in the face for ripping off a "fellow state'er"

4/12/2012 1:42:07 PM

Ok, in the interest of helping people who don't understand 'starting price', I will bring it down to $500 to start. Anyone interested in talking about the laptop or asking any questions and not just commenting feel free to PM me! Those who have messaged me with interest I have responded to all PMs!

4/12/2012 2:35:59 PM

I'll offer $25

4/12/2012 3:10:13 PM

^^ you're gonna have to bring it a good deal lower.

If I had $500ish to spend, I'd get something like this instead: http://slickdeals.net/permadeal/72418/dell-home-office-dell-xps-17-laptop-core-i52450m-2.5ghz-17.3-hd-900p-led-6gb-ddr3-750gb-hdd-gt-550m-6cell-win-7-prem

5 years is an eternity in laptop technology.

4/12/2012 4:26:03 PM

That's a pretty good deal, synapse, and I'm going to let you finish, but defone is selling one of the best gaming laptops of ALL TIME.

4/12/2012 4:42:04 PM

Electronics are poor investments as they are easily outdated and thus do not hold value very well. Actually, electronics have the worst resale value, believe it or not...

4/12/2012 7:21:39 PM

Can't believe you spent that much...

4/16/2012 1:24:10 PM

^ I can only because I have an idiot friend that did the same thing back in 2004

4/16/2012 1:46:04 PM

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"but defone is selling one of the best gaming laptops of ALL TIME."

true..5 years ago.


Alienware is so overrated. 6 months after you bouht this you probably could have gotten $800. The problem is that there are so many other options for serious gamers especially if you don't mind a desktop. for $500 you can get state of the art parts that can compete with the top gaming computers today.

If your price comes down to $150 I will buy it.

[Edited on April 16, 2012 at 1:48 PM. Reason : .]

4/16/2012 1:47:19 PM

Thanks for the interest Klatypus but this has sold already, forgot to update the thread. Thanks everyone for your interest as well!

4/16/2012 2:29:27 PM

cool!! glad you sold it!

4/16/2012 2:29:58 PM

I'd really like to know how much you sold it for.

4/16/2012 3:18:39 PM

Hey destroyer, no problem, I sold it for $300.

4/16/2012 3:58:42 PM

not a bad price-

4/16/2012 4:50:29 PM

do you still have this? how about $725?

4/16/2012 6:23:59 PM

you raped the shit out of someone to get $300

mad props to you...even if you are a bad person

4/16/2012 6:47:16 PM

lol AMD Turion Mobile 1.8 for $300. Some poor sucker got hosed.

4/17/2012 7:40:57 PM

I've sold a laptop with a broken monitor for $500 to a Canadian on ebay. I had originally paid $1200 for it a year earlier...

4/17/2012 7:59:32 PM