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Great price/performance value,
July 18, 2015 This is my short summary of pros and cons.
CONS:
- Bulky
- Regular hard drive
- Battery life
- Fingerprint magnet
PROS:
- Performance/price
- Compatibility with the Alienware Graphic Amplifier
- Build quality
- Alienware support
- Beautiful IPS 1080p screen
Longer summary:
I would only recommend this laptop for people that will use it primarily for gaming since otherwise you can find other brands/models that will be lighter, cheaper, and have better specs.
However, the bulkiness of this laptop brings and advantage which is better cooling than many of its competitors.
Also, the Alienware 15 offers an unique feature which is the ability to use it with desktop graphics cards if you buy the Alienware Graphics Amplifier that can improve its gaming performance dramatically depending on the graphics card that you end up getting.
This is the setup I would recommend:...
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2 SSD slots GTX 965M is a great card for the average gamer,
August 11, 2015 Pros:
AlienFX lighting system.
The FEEL of the keyboard
The build quality of the machine
Graphics amplifier
2 M.2 SSD slots
GTX 965M is a great card for the average gamer. Almost as fast as a GTX 780M
Cons:
Heat. HEAT HEAT. I mean HOT. Keyboard becomes uncomfortable on mine. I would imagine it is crappy thermal paste as most manufactures can't apply thermal paste right.
The trackpad is horrible. I mean really bad. To the point that I think that I may have a faulty unit. Skips, won't scroll, etc.
The placement of the keyboard. It is weird. Your placement is about a key to the right of what it would be on any other laptop. It is very weird.
The palm rest is so much smaller than the old 17 & 18, and your wrists are very near the edge and if you are not careful will dig in.
The biggest issue that I have the is the amount of light bleed on the system. This and the trackpad is why I am hitting this machine so...
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