The Alpha might be beat by some competitors in terms of dimensions, but how
Alienware made use of its chosen figures is what sets this device apart.
Alienware made a dramatic change to its lineup in 2011.
According to Tomas Rawlings, also tweeting from the conference,
Alienware made an unveiled dig at Xbox - maker Microsoft:
Not exact matches
So the decision was
made, «Alright, look, let's take XPS, and let's go give the gaming business to
Alienware, and let's focus XPS on other areas like premium products and other things.
The fact that the Velocity Micro was able to surpass or at least compare favorably with the $ 3,200 AVADirect and the $ 7,700
Alienware on a few tests is probably most impressive (both of those vendors will
make the move to Core i7 as well).
Of course, you can always choose from four ready -
made options;
Alienware's $ 449 base model comes with an Intel Core i3 processor, 500 GB of storage and a custom Nvidia graphics chip equivalent to a GeForce 860M card.
Included in the package was an
Alienware branded keyboard and a mouse that's so damn shiny it
makes chrome feel bad for existing, and is therefore also impossible to actually keep clean.
The hefty 2.6 KG of weight
makes the
Alienware 13 a tricky beast to cart around, as does it's the thickness of 31 mm that means it doesn't fit in most 13 ″ laptop bags.
Pushing aside the tricky topic of pricing and value for money since it's a very difficult thing for people to agree on there's no denying that
Alienware continues to
make quality feeling products.
HMV, PS3, Xbox 360 and Nintendo are still partnered with the expo but with
Alienware now added into the mix this is going to
make for an awesome expo.
In November 2015, Valve is finally
making its big push into the living room with more than a dozen Steam Machines from hardware partners including
Alienware, Falcon Northwest, and Origin.
Interstellar Marines and its co-op mode will also be on display at PAX Prime this weekend in the
Alienware booth, so if you are going to be in attendance
make sure to get some hands - on action before the rest of the world can on September 18th.
Ron Darwish, desktop product manager at
Alienware, explained that the company and Valve have had an ongoing partnership, one that
made it «an easy transition for us to support this new ecosystem.»
Alienware was a last - minute addition to the Steam Machine partner parade, so much so that its name didn't
make it on the official welcome party banner.
Perhaps the better question might be how do they bridge that gap between brand - cultures to better
make «real Dell» as «exciting» and «personal» to consumers as
Alienware does well enough within a smaller niche of system sales?
Xiaomi
made plenty of noise about its pricing too: in China, an
Alienware laptop with comparable specs costs 17,699 RMB ($ 2,830), while the Mi Laptop's top - of - the - line configuration described above can be had for just 8,999 RMB ($ 1,440).
If you have a light course load this semester, an
Alienware laptop will help you
make the most of your down time.
Despite all we've said, there's still ample room for SteamOS to
make an impact, as
Alienware general manager Frank Azor told PCWorld ahead of last year's E3:
It's likely we'll see the
Alienware Alpha and its buddies
make an appearance alongside the unveiling of the newest, «refined» Steam Controller.
Chipmaker AMD has partnered with PC maker
Alienware to
make the Area - 51 Threadripper Edition for high - performance gaming.
Alienware is
making a play for your living room with an updated user interface that further blurs the line between gaming desktop and console.
It would've been nice to see a 1070 or even a 1080 option, but Dell seems intent on
making sure you know
Alienware still
makes more powerful laptops.
Dell has announced a few new devices today including a new XPS 13 with a 4k borderless infinity display and new
Alienware gaming XPS 13: Dell is
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Alienware was a last - minute addition to the Steam Machine partner parade, so much so that its name didn't
make it on the official welcome party banner.
Its maximum brightness and contrast are both right at acceptable levels, without really excelling in either category, particularly when faced off against recent OLED panels that have
made their way into systems like the
Alienware 13.
Overclocking laptops can be a tricky process, so to
make things easier, the new laptops come with the
Alienware Command Center, which was first glimpsed at this year's CES 2018 event.
Although it lacks Hyper - Threading, it
makes up for it with an unlocked multiplier, which
Alienware has already rigged for one - button overclocking up to 4.3 GHz.
As far as the weight is concerned «Asus ROG GL502» is less weight compared to Razor or
Alienware because the body ismostly
made up of less weight materials.
The Valve - endorsed Steam Machines have finally been
making their rounds this quarter, with companies like
Alienware and Zotac putting out their contributions today.
Is the marriage of
Alienware and AMD a match
made in heaven?
The 18.3 x 15 x 5.8 - inch Bolt 3 isn't quite as living - room - friendly as more compact machines such as the Maingear Drift, the
Alienware Alpha or even the older Bolt 2, but its sharp aesthetic
makes a nice complement to any desk or supersized entertainment center.
The lackluster display, combined with the
Alienware 17's inability to excel beyond the competition in other areas,
make this notebook a tough sell.
Not content with just
making gaming computers, Dell is expanding their
Alienware gaming hardware with a plethora of new peripherals to match their laptops and desktops.
Alienware generally
makes giant honking gaming computers.