alienware specifications are a joke??lol,its not the best anymore.

whats the point of ur stupid company?? i was a fan but i stopped being.not becoz u r simply overpricing,but becoz ur companys products simply does not make sense.u are very late to upgrade to new technology.u still dont have g-sync while all other similarly priced laptops have it.and u completely skipped 5th gen i7,ok does not matter u now have 6th gen.u still have the stupid optimus?? are u kidding me?? u know optimus does more bad than good.cant even drive a 120hz desplay becoz of the intel hd graphics passthrough refresh rate limitation so no 3dtv play?? what a joke.no 3d vr?? what a joke all coz of optimus? and u stil decided to get rid of optical drive?? haha to reduce size?? are u kidding me? asus g752vy laptop looks way better than this alienware and keeps size slim and has a bluray drive. so if u want to sell slim laptop without optical drive it can be in the 13 or 14 but people buy 17 or 18 coz they want everyhting yet u take away everything from them.u know how asus outclasses u in everything today? they got premium build quality and sexy looks and gives me everything i need. gsync display,4k or 1080p screen option,no ****ing optimus so i can drive 3d displays at higher refresh rate and yet without optimus they manage to have good battery life.and they have a ****ing bluray writer drive.the biggest joke of all time.spend the highest money for the alienware 18 with maxed out specs and stil u have only a dvd drive?? no option for bluray drive? are u just trying to scam people? do u know that bluray is current technology? and do u know that ur alienware 18 the highest specs one has only a 4th gen extreme i7 processor and the alienware 17 has a 6th gen i7 and there is no option for 6th gen i7 in 18 and the new msi laptops are giving the extreme processors with intel 6th gen i7.you are a company that used to be the best before but now just cares about money and marketing and not the quality of the item.in terms of fooling people,u guys "alienware" are worse than apple.sorry guys u just lost a customer.not coming back to ur stupid alienware unless u give me the option to pay more and customise it to meet my needs.not coming back unless u stay up to date with new laptop technology

 

Paragraphs and formatting will make it a lot easier to read. If you look at any other laptop with the 980m, they're all going to be close if not over 2 grand. No gsync, ok I give you that, but I am not aware of any other 17" laptops that offer a 4k option. So far other companies only go up to 15" for 4k.

As for the VR, AW does sell the graphics amplifier to plug in a desktop card. I imagine if you plug the VR headunit directly into the GA, that should give you the VR performance that you need for ideal experience. As for the optical drive, it's kind of a thing of the past. I recently built a desktop and dropped 3 grand on it. One thing I didn't even bother with was a dvd/bluray drive. Heck, with my old Precision laptop I took out the bluray drive so I can slot in another hard drive. If you really need a disc drive there's very cheap usb options out there.

Which xtreme i7 are you referring to that are being put into laptops? I've been shopping around xoticpc lately and the highest end laptop chip being used is the 6820, otherwise I think the 6700k is also being offered (not sure if that's a desktop part or a laptop part).

No company has one laptop that has every single component at the maximum settings, usually they are lacking one or two things that another company has.

 

that is just ur opinion.ur reply seems to be that u r a fanboy.anyways idk about that.ur not aware of any laptops with 17inch 4k??? i think there is no point to talk then.first go research about asus the 17inch new models and see if they have 4k and then come back.if u researched and came then there is point of talking.
another more important thing,yes alienware offers graphics amplifiers and so does the new msi.
but im talking about people who are going to buy the laptop wtihout graphics amplifier.so please take out ur opinions and talk without graphics amplifiers.
without a graphics amplifier and the price i dont think even most of my friends would sacrifice an optical drive,optimus and no gysnc for the price.u r telling no company that maxes out every single component.u maybe right in a way but u need to know that companies like asus and msi has the option to max out almost many specs for the same price or better specs at the same price or slightly higher.they would have 4k screen,gsync option,no optimus and optical bluray drive.if u dont need this,does not mean everyone else does not need it.if alienware offers these options i would definitely buy it coz of the brandname.but unfortunately even if i can pay more there is no option to add these things what a joke.

u dont bother with bluray drive but many do so they get asus rog or msi.
heres the link with msi thatt has 980m in sli ,has bluray drive and also a 6920hq which does not bottleneck the 980m sli.
so u are not even aware about this i7 model and u come here and tell only ur opinion which is the issue.msi offers an option to have the 6th gen i7 6920hq.while other companies stay up to date with the tech,does alienware even offer an option to have 6th gen i7 with 980m sli?? no

at the moment alienware specs are a joke.many people have issues with optimus.want me to buy such an expensive laptop,have optimus and not have nvidia 3dtv play?>?? big joke.stop keeping ur own opinions and try and listen to other people and give feedback so atleast alienware sees it and plans to make upgrades in the future

 

oh and the msi link
http://www.ncix.com/detail/msi-gt80-titan-sli-i7-cf-118215-1066.htm

 

EVERY SINGLE SKYLAKE LAPTOP, save for a few Clevo models, use a soldered BGA Intel CPU. you may be thinking 6700HK, which is soldered garabge with a TDP hardware encoded lock and an "unlocked" multiplier. There is no mobile skylake processor that can stand up to the 2920XM/3920XM/4930MX found in older laptops today, because those were truly unlocked chips that could run turbo indefinitely. You aren't going to find that in 99.9% of notebooks today.

 

Who uses an optical drive nowadays? lol. #GetwiththetimesGrandpa

 

It's like complaining that new systems don't come with an internal stegosaurus.

 

If that stegosaurus played Blu-ray movies so I could watch my Redbox movies without digging up a Blu-ray player, I would feed him daily

Streaming ain't there yet, and with the move to 4k/8k content, that day has been pushed out another few years.

Not everyone has a internet connection fast enough to support the full throughput required.

And, even though I do, not all releases are going to be offered on 4k streaming for quite a while.

Just because you live in a Streaming box, hunkered down on Youtube, doesn't mean the rest of us haven't lived lives encompassing the full range of data sources.

 

Here you go:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827136283

Actually, you probably want this instead:
http://www.amazon.com/ION-Computer-Converter-Discontinued-Manufacturer/dp/B0017PJ5FI

Nobody wants a bulky drive in their laptop anymore #GetwiththetimesGrandpa

 

this MSI is ugly as FU**

 

My laptop already has a Blu-ray player. It's not bulky, and it takes up little room.

VHS video tape was never in laptops

AW and other makers are lame for removing optical from laptops that can fit it comfortably internally.

Ultrabooks, and tablets can't fit the media as optical drive offerings currently allow, but it would be nice to have one there too.

Internet connectivity isn't universally available everywhere we go, and often too costly to consider streaming video when roaming.

That SATA 1.5 port isn't speedy enough for SSD's, and with 1TB M.2 drives (PCIE x4 and SATA III) releasing now, there is room enough with 4x M.2 ports + 2.5" bay for 6TB/8TB internal storage.

We need to hold that space open for the UltraHD Blu-ray players

Amazon ushers the 4K revolution forward with pre-orders for 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray discs
http://www.digitaltrends.com/home-theater/amazon-first-4k-ultra-hd-blu-rays-preorder-the-martian/

Panasonic’s ultra HD Blu-ray player offers the best TV picture quality ever
http://www.digitaltrends.com/home-t...0-ultra-hd-blu-ray-player-specs-news-pricing/

Introducing Ultra HD Blu-Ray The new standard for ultra high definition picture and audio quality in the home
http://www.uhdbdinnumbers.com/

Everything We Know About Ultra HD Blu-ray
http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/s...verything-we-know-about-ultra-hd-bluray/26595

 

Can we not feed the troll?

anyway i dont pay for my movies, i dont have the storage space for 4k movies, and I dont have the bandwith for 4k movies, so i'll buy a 4k laptop in 2 years time.

 

You aren't interested right now, but you might want it there for you when you are ready.

Don't toss out good things just because you can't get them for yourself right now.

 

I certainly will be!

And my alienware graphics amplifier + future purchase of a 4k external, properly sized screen will facilitate 4k this year. Probably buy it in the 2nd half of the year.

hopefully by then windows 10 will sort out scaling issues.

 

i love my alienware 15 R1 and if you don't like the brand, you can just buy another notebook and shut up.

 

If you ever had to deal with Asus tech support you would never recommend or buy any of their crap. Asus and Msi also are notorious for throttling and overheating.

The rest of your rant was so incoherent and full of grammatical errors that it wasn't worth reading any further. Glad you like your Asus pos.

 

To be fair, when I owned the Asus G73 (yes, I'm not a dell/alienware fanboy) I thought the cooling on it was amazing. Went even as far as saying I could probably game over a stove due to how well it cooled everything inside (I did not do this of course). Maybe the new releases have gone downhill.

 

A 4th generation MX CPU will completely prevail over any 5th or 6th generation BGA turd. Hell! the 5 years old 2920XM will perform better ! Nothing outperforms an extreme mobile CPU except a desktop K/X processor.
MSI is selling the "latest 6th generation cpu" but it's still a soldered chip, and I'm not sure if the unlocked HK chips can hold OC/TDP under load.

 

Yeah agreed this new move towards BGA is completely disheartening. I've stopped buying Alienware since the m14xr2 and the m18xr2.

However with Alienware's revival of the 18 with the 4th gen platform, they were making a claim to give something back to the enthusiast supposedly. So the fact that it's remained 4th gen after coming back from the dead doesn't bother me. However if they still put BGA CPUs when they do announce its refresh... Then it's dead. This is the point of no return.

Also too bad the OP wrote the rant as a vexed teenager sending shorthand text to a friend. I stopped reading after the 5th thing that ended with a period, and think there were good points in there but kinda defeated the purpose. One thing for sure. Clearly passionate.


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Are there really people responding seriously to this?

 

One thing is certain... There will be more competition about who can design the thinnest BGA gaming laptop ever. EVGA and Razer is and will be a major competitor. None of them are intended for proper desktop hardware. Razer will compete well with its new G/A as well. Dell must perhaps begin with soldered memory for their 2017 Aw laptops so they can reach their target to have the slimmest 13/15/17 inch gaming laptops of all the OEM's. The goal is not that far away Why compete with thicker laptop models as Clevo, Asus and MSI when they can compete with Razer and Evga?