On the M-series machines you definitely can use the X-Series controller via Bluetooth. I play the Tomb Raider series, Batman Arkham City and The Resident Evil games. I play Thief but the character moves in circles with this controller. I bought an Xbox 360 wired controller and that fixed the circular movement problem. So, yeah, you can use the controller, but if you want no problems get a Xbox 360 wired controller. It just works. No drivers needed and cheap. Look on E-Bay.
PS: I forgot to mention a point. All of the above mentioned games minus the Resident Evil series will play the spinning game, too. They are sold by Feral Interactive and need a pList file added to stop the spinning. If you come across this problem feel free to message me for a copy of the file instead of waiting days for their response. To add to that, the pList file didn't fix Thief. This is why I recommend the Xbox 360 controller. It just works.
