An Alienware worker confirmed it before M11X came out, that it would get the CULV core update. But nobody knows how good these will be and how much better performance.
I considered buying this Laptop, but went against it. My main problem is that it's dimensions are basically the same as a 13''. But it a 11'' display, with a big bezel, is very fat, and... uses CULV.
But it is an amazing laptop no doubt.
I still think that I would just wait and see if I could get the money for the Vaio Z 13''. It only has M330 as opposed to m11x's M335, but it's non CULV i7 processor is gonna go walks around the m11x in games that take more advantage of the CPU... GTA, Total War, Source games and so on.
Vaio Z is just so insanely expenssive, that it's almost... ludacris to pay such a high amount for a technology that will be outdated soon. But if you can afford it, it is the same dimension, but much lighter(1,6 kilo) and slimmer, and has a dvd/blu-ray drive, and basically the best screen and keyboard I have seen.
And if you are really, really insane, you can go the way of 4 SSDs in Raid, 8 GB Ram, and a 1900x???? display...
There is also the Acer Timeline X 3820 TG, which is a 13'' that is supposed to be packing a Ati 5650, which circles around the M335, also has no optical Drive, and Core i5/i7... Question is if the cooling will be good, and the build quality will be good. We know it's not made from plastic, and supposedly the first models in taiwan and singapore praise small things... but I think that its safe to say that the LED Glossy display will be as useless as almost every other damn laptop these days.
EDIT: Apparently Vaio Z's 330M is downclocked... didn't know that. Still seems like a decent thing considering how thin it is;
http://www.notebookcheck.net/Review-Sony-Vaio-VPCZ11X9E-B-Notebook.28704.0.html