Next Alienware 13/15

Take a look http://forum.notebookreview.com/thr...radeon-rx580-gpu.805386/page-24#post-10653545 I don't like the cooling in the model. It's flawed. And it's a reason they went for 68w graphics.

 

Not With AMD iGPU but own in similar design...
'Arctic Sound' and 'Jupiter Sound' Intel dGPUs could be in the works, possible first look leaked

 

If you go to the alienware subreddit and lookup the ces 2018 thread someone at the very bottom posted that they found a leak of a YouTube video that supposedly mentions the next alienware 17 coming with a desktop 8700k and sli gpus. Trying to get more info on it but that's friggin exciting. Sounds like alienware are trying to get the 17 to compete with sager and the other big boys.

 

That one sounds pretty far fetched to say the least. I wouldn't get to excited for that one.

 

They failed to cool 45W CPU, let alone 95W nuclear reactor
They should focus on those 15W new CPU and make sixpod CPU and GPU HS each

 

Alienware compete with Razer, Aorus, Gigabyte and Evga on who can offer the thinnest possible gaming laptop. This what you said is as far away from Azor's goals as possible. Why do you think he shrinked last Alienware line vs. the predecessor? Expect next refresh will go in same direction.

 

I think next refreshes should be desktop or LGA sockets all the way because doing that will save lot of time for patching Intel systems if they're vulnerable in future.

 

Nice wish, but not likely.
And how should LGA save time patching over BGA?

 

Unfortunately I think we are going to see more MaxQ and a bigger push for the AGA. Personally I think this would be ok for the 13. The 15 and 17 will probably still keep the regular GTX series but the industry is going thinner so they will probably follow suit. Although I think I have a better chance of seeing a real unicorn, I would love to see a desktop K series in Alienware 17 or 18.

 

Too be honest i dont have a problem with max q necessarily i get what theyre trying to do with it i just think its too pricey for what it is and they prey on some peoples need for thinner and lighter. Like ya well give you a nice thin n light laptop but were gonna make you pay out the ass for it and itll perform considerably less than a reg laptop at the same price point.

 

I get why they dont use DT cpu's anymore. Its a support nightmare, people start to mess with delidding, try new gen cpu's while they are not fully supported by the laptop cooling measurements and dimensions etc. Next to that out of the box laptops dont have that great thermal performance as well when they use a DT cpu. It's small companies that offer it with delidded CPU's and liquid methal paste that have decent cooling. Also Intel doesnt offer any support on those so a company with the size of Alienware would be screwed if something really goes wrong, for example a manufacturing's error etc.

I just hope they keep the current sizing, for me personally a good balance between performance and portability. The AW15R2 is one of my favorite laptops when it comes to portability, the new 15 is a tad bigger unfortunately but it does look well designed.

What I want to see changed in the industry as a whole are batteries that can survive more cycles and degrade less over time and better QC in general. I can find flaws with pretty much any laptop maker out there.

 

Finally, someone who thinks just what i do!!! Cheers brother

 

Yeah 2 usb ports are just too few, I connect a mouse and Xbox wireless controller and that's it.. theres the USB C and Lighthing port.. but I rarely use them really.. there should be 2 more usb ports on the back at least

 

I myself switched pretty quickly. My phone for example uses USB C. my switch etc so where I can I switch to USB C. Only my mouse and X360 controller are USB. I recommend doing the same. USB C ports wear out far less quickly.

 

tweeted Frank, no eta yet for 8th gen AW as it depends when intel releases the HQ chips.
the form factor will not change

 

https://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDI...A104-chips-launching-this-April.281932.0.html


New GPU also on horizon

 

coffee lake HQ chips are finally leaked in the benchmarks! how long more should we wait to see them in the dell store?!

 

Ideally I'd like to see 3 USB and 2-3 USB-C. I use the usb C ports for my phone and if I run out of regular USB ports I use a converter sometimes. But yeah there should be more ports.

Two of each isn't enough, especially if you use a wireless mouse half the time, leaving you with only 1 regular USB for everything else. I can't wait till USB-C is the standard for most electronics

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I have a USB 3.0 hub that I use for my mouse, keyboard and external HDD. It's nice because whenever I get home I just pop my laptop on the stand and plug in the Hub and am ready to go. I agree though, we could definitely use more ports (even though it already has many). On the 13 there's only room on the right side to add some more but I think the 15 and 17 can definitely have way more ports.

And while they're at it, can they also increase the size of the trackpad and make it bigger? Even on the AW 13 it's pretty small and the 15 and 17 use the same trackpad.

Aaaand, maybe get them to make these damn bezels smaller? Even my old XPS 15 l502x has smaller bezels than my AW13R3. I don't think I've come across any laptop these days with bezels so damn big. They could've easily fit a 14" panel in that space.

 

two is enough

you aren't playing within the perfect constraint that dell/ayylmaoware gave you


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