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    no option to add bluray or gsync to the new alienware 18, 2015 November model seriously?

    Discussion in '2015+ Alienware 13 / 15 / 17' started by speedyallan777, Nov 8, 2015.

  1. speedyallan777

    speedyallan777 Notebook Enthusiast

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    alright so firstly before i get into the alienware question i need to ask a doubt about this forum.im soo pissed that i cant sort topics correctly by date or last reply.
    when i sort by date i expect to see that latest threads/posts first,instead when i click it,it shows eg:
    1.2010
    2.2009
    3.2010
    so which essentially means it is not showing in order and when i click on alienware or asus forums and sort by date it seems like the latest post has been in 2009,seriously? coz 2009 is the latest post in top.butguess what ,i could find a 2015 post after searching.but a website like this cant even sort by date ...what a shame.


    next thing ,lets move to the topic.
    honestly do u guys think this seriously makes any logic.
    when alienware has all this cool name and claim they are the best laptop in the world,yes i would support that coz even i think the name is cool.but for a name cool like that why would they want to spoil themselves like apple who overprices stupid low specs at a very high price.
    alright but alienwares overpricing is kind of bearable when compared to the asus or msi,its not that much more expensive than asus or msi.etc.
    but it usually feels like extreme overpricing when u start upgrading ram and ssd.etc on alienware website or reseller websites,whereas if u do the same upgrade to an msi or asus on reseller websites it wont be that expensive like alienware.

    and now with alienware having this cool name,i would still not understand thier stupid ideas to drop most essential important things that makes a laptop stand out as the best.
    if they did some things with logic ,people would prefer them over msi or asus anyday.
    but unfortunately here are some of my complaints and reasons why people would always have second thoughts before buying alienware and they might probably decide to go for asus or other companies.etc

    1.what logic does it make to have the fastest high end laptop like the alienware 18 and then have absolutely no option to add a bluray drive even in the one with the highest configuration.its stuck on having just dvd drives.
    even msi gt80 titan has sli 980m's and bluray writer but unfortunately that laptop is just so ugly i wouldnt even think of buying one and having people laugh at me.

    2.what logic does it make for alienware to remove optical drive in the alienware 17.
    alienware 17 is usually the more affordable laptop that people would buy like me.having no optical drive a shame.
    several occasions would arise where you would need to format windows or ur windows crashed or got corrupted with an error then u have only a windows cd most of the time instead of a bootable usb.

    3.i dont understand why the stupid alienware company decided to take that beautiful ring of light which was around the alienware 17 2014 model with the 880m.
    now in the new 2015 model,the neon light thing is only on the front bottom.
    the 2014 alienware looked so damn gorgeous due to having the long strip of lights on the side ,which went along under the usb port and dvd drive.

    4.what logic does it make for them to add optimus again to their 2015 model laptops.
    optimus is already the biggest issue in any gaming laptops.even asus decided to remove optimus completely since the g751jy.
    optimus is completely useless and has somany issues with some games not being able to detect ur main gpu and the biggest problem with optimus as to being ,its locked to the stupid 60hz.it cannot go anyhigher.many people with oculus rift or 3d projectors have this issue of going to 120hz.
    i personally am telling with my g751jy laptop without optimus i still get a good 3 and half hours battery life.many notebook people just complain so badly about optimus causing many problems for them.
    oh and what,in optimus laptops,the most important software,3dtv play will not work!!!!
    nvidia 3dtv play is only for non optimus laptops.pathetic!!
    my question is with displayport on alienware laptops will it even be able to do higher than 60hz despite intel hd optimus gpu limitation to the 60hz.
    do u really think its display port will be able to do higher than 60hz.i havent tested but i do know for sure the hdmi is completely locked to 60hz due to optimus as the main gpu is connected first to the integrated gpu and the integrated gpu is connected to the internal screen.

    5.what damm stupid logic does it make for them to release a brandnew laptop with 6th gen intel processor but no gsync screen,,,wtf???
    already alienware were very late to upgrade their processors and if u didnt know , they even completely skipped the 5th generation intel i7 processors altogether which were already there recently in other gaming laptops.
    almost every gaming laptop now has 6th gen proccesor and also gsync.
    alienware has only 6th gen but no gsync screen,which is the worst stupid decision by the alienware CEO or whoever.

    6.the highest end alienware 18 right now on the website comes with sli 980 and the biggest joke of all 4th generation i7 4940mx.
    i know its fast and all,but seriously not 6th processor?? alienware 17 has it but all the alienware 18s are stuck with 4th gen.hahahahahahaha.idiots.
    even msi gt80 titan has already upgraded to a higher end 6th i7 processor,i gues 6950HQ or something,forgot the model number.

    7.final joke , 17 inch 4k displays are finally released for 17 inch laptops recently.
    i still cant believe that a laptop like the alienware 18 with sli 980m's dont have an option to add an internal 4k screen which is the biggest joke of all time.it might be to cut costs but come on,980m's in sli are already faster than desktop gtx 980 and slightly faster than titan x.
    and the 970m's in sli also beats the gtx 980.
    come on we can drive games at 4k high settings easily.
    dont tell me i need to buy an external 4k screen due to the alienware 18 not having an internal 4k screen.
     
  2. CJ.Jacobs

    CJ.Jacobs Notebook Enthusiast

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    What's the point of your rant? If you don't like the way Alienware chooses to spec its models you're free to spend your money elsewhere!
     
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  3. rinneh

    rinneh Notebook Prophet

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    i only can say, optical drives arent as widely used anymore especially not in laptops. Games are downloaded through steam for example.

    Not almost every game laptop has Gsync, do you know why? Optimus prevents this from happening. Mostly SLI laptop sor specific laptops with optimus disabling function have it.

    Also 4K 18inch screens arent produced by manufacturers for use in laptops yet. Dell is not a screen manufacturer.

    Take your money somewhere else.
     
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  4. Tony V

    Tony V Notebook Consultant

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    Ya take your money somewhere else. If you where smart you would know that it is essentially the same alienware 18 from 2013/2014 they just refreshed a couple components and started selling it again because they had leftover returned units/parts I wont be suprised if it will be unavailable again soon. It was/is still plagued with bios fan table and OC issues. They would have to redesign the entire motherboard to support skylake.
     
  5. Ramzay

    Ramzay Notebook Connoisseur

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    Few laptops are G-SYNC certified, this is no exception.

    Also, this is just a refresh of the previous AW18, using the exact same parts (mostly). That's why it's still using Haswell chips, DDR3, etc.

    Though I agree about the Blu-ray drive thing, not sure why it isn't an option, but you can always buy/install it yourself afterwards.

    Beyond that, the 18.4" Samsung PLS TrueLife display on the AW18 is one of the better panels out there, so not having G-SYNC isn't a big deal considering the display panel you get.