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The Alienware 18 is Back!

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The World's most powerful laptop has been unveiled. With a full 4790K and dual 980M cards. I am sure that all the rich 12 year olds will be happy now. This has to be my dream laptop (shame it doesnt have an RGB Mechanical keyboard, then it would be perfect)

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i7 4790K

Dual 4GB 980Ms

512GB SSD + 1TB 7200rpm hard drive

86W Battery 

1080p display

 

Buy now here: http://www.dell.com/us/p/alienware-18/pd.aspx?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs&~ck=mn

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Peripherals:  Display: Acer XB272 1080p 240Hz G Sync Keyboard: Corsair K95 RGB Brown Mouse: Logitech G502 RGB Headhet: Roccat XTD 5.1 analogue

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And for the second time.....nobody cares, because it'll cost more than a car in Australia......

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and as always, an idiot will purchase that for a ridic amount of money, because its "portable"

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Still better than a Macbook.

But seriously. I don't get why Alienware are still in business. They ARE worse than Apple. 

...The Alienware Alpha is pretty neat, though.

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Meh, would prefer a MSI GT80 over this.

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Meh, would prefer a MSI GT80 over this.

True, i wish both had G-sync and 120Hz monitors to take full advantage of their OP GPUs

Current Rig:   CPU: AMD 1950X @4Ghz. Cooler: Enermax Liqtech TR4 360. Motherboard:Asus Zenith Extreme. RAM: 8GB Crucial DDR4 3666. GPU: Reference GTX 970  SSD: 250GB Samsung 970 EVO.  HDD: Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB. Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro. PSU: Corsair RM1000X. OS: Windows 10 Pro UEFI mode  (installed on SSD)

Peripherals:  Display: Acer XB272 1080p 240Hz G Sync Keyboard: Corsair K95 RGB Brown Mouse: Logitech G502 RGB Headhet: Roccat XTD 5.1 analogue

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Wtf actually is the difference for paying 2 thousand dollars more?

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Nope. The Alienware 18 is the first SLI laptop to have a desktop CPU

Current Rig:   CPU: AMD 1950X @4Ghz. Cooler: Enermax Liqtech TR4 360. Motherboard:Asus Zenith Extreme. RAM: 8GB Crucial DDR4 3666. GPU: Reference GTX 970  SSD: 250GB Samsung 970 EVO.  HDD: Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB. Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro. PSU: Corsair RM1000X. OS: Windows 10 Pro UEFI mode  (installed on SSD)

Peripherals:  Display: Acer XB272 1080p 240Hz G Sync Keyboard: Corsair K95 RGB Brown Mouse: Logitech G502 RGB Headhet: Roccat XTD 5.1 analogue

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And for the second time.....nobody cares, because it'll cost more than a car in Australia......

 

I care :) I have a 2 year year old Alienware M18x so its nice to see new models

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Nope. The Alienware 18 is the first SLI laptop to have a desktop CPU

I meant to desktop hardware in laptop. I just chose the 17-x cause I knew it had em 

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I care :) I have a 2 year year old Alienware M18x so its nice to see new models

But, they suck? They're ugly, bulky, as a secondary function it acts as an oven on your lap. I wouldn't use it at school cause it'd be too god damn heavy and stupid looking, I wouldn't use it at home, because I could use a desktop?

 

jkes though I'm just being an arse, by using the truth. :|

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I meant to desktop hardware in laptop. I just chose the 17-x cause I knew it had em 

 

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But, they suck? They're ugly, bulky, as a secondary function it acts as an oven on your lap. I wouldn't use it at school cause it'd be too god damn heavy and stupid looking, I wouldn't use it at home, because I could use a desktop?

 

jkes though I'm just being an arse, by using the truth. :|

 

They dont suck.. ive already made my thoughts available in the review I did, its a beast, its a great desktop replacement, would suit a university student, somebody who goes to lan etc

i visit friends a lot so I like to take it with me

I have a desktop, this is a second machine and I have a lighter laptop for when I dont want to lump it around

 

Here is mine

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/170701-the-alienware-m18x-review/

Desktop - Corsair 300r i7 4770k H100i MSI 780ti 16GB Vengeance Pro 2400mhz Crucial MX100 512gb Samsung Evo 250gb 2 TB WD Green, AOC Q2770PQU 1440p 27" monitor Laptop Clevo W110er - 11.6" 768p, i5 3230m, 650m GT 2gb, OCZ vertex 4 256gb,  4gb ram, Server: Fractal Define Mini, MSI Z78-G43, Intel G3220, 8GB Corsair Vengeance, 4x 3tb WD Reds in Raid 10, Phone Oppo Reno 10x 256gb , Camera Sony A7iii

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They dont suck.. ive already made my thoughts available in the review I did, its a beast, its a great desktop replacement, would suit a university student, somebody who goes to lan etc

i visit friends a lot so I like to take it with me

I have a desktop, this is a second machine and I have a lighter laptop for when I dont want to lump it around

 

Here is mine

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/170701-the-alienware-m18x-review/

I just hate the 'gamerness' of it, I don't need a desktop replacement, and besides the point, it's way to expensive for me, even more so for someone in uni. Sorry if I'm coming off as a dick, but I just kinda hate it. 

CPU: i5-4690k GPU: 280x Toxic PSU: Coolermaster V750 Motherboard: Z97X-SOC RAM: Ripjaws 1x8 1600mhz Case: Corsair 750D HDD: WD Blue 1TB

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You could probably buy a company like Nvidia for less than this laptop.

I also heard a very hot and underclocked 4790k works well.

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When I saw the title I thought "Overpriced crap" but actually looking at those specs that quite impressive, I bet that pulls a lot of fps. I usually can't justify Alienwares pricing but this actually makes sense this time round.

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RAM: 32GB 3600MHz

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I just hate the 'gamerness' of it, I don't need a desktop replacement, and besides the point, it's way to expensive for me, even more so for someone in uni. Sorry if I'm coming off as a dick, but I just kinda hate it. 

 

Fine hate it all you want, it doenst appeal to you, thats fine

 

But for people that WANT a desktop replacement, and want something gamer looking, its appealing

 

Its not too expensive for me and for the job I bought it for it does it extremely well, I still edit premier videos on here and all sorts, and it still has a punch when gaming despite being 2 years old, and its an absolute TANK

 

Not all products can appeal to everyone you know

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1080p with dual 980m's?

 

1440p would have been better, the perfomance difference isn't alot from 1080 to 1440p

 

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Fine hate it all you want, it doenst appeal to you, thats fine

 

But for people that WANT a desktop replacement, and want something gamer looking, its appealing

 

Its not too expensive for me and for the job I bought it for it does it extremely well, I still edit premier videos on here and all sorts, and it still has a punch when gaming despite being 2 years old, and its an absolute TANK

 

Not all products can appeal to everyone you know

Yeah I know, I'm not saying that it's awful for everyone. And I don't doubt it's performance, just in my honest opinion it sucks. I'm not trying to incite a massive war, I actually respect your opinion a lot, but sometimes people disagree on things, it happens. :3

 

No hard feelings but your laptop sucks lol (jkes, I'm kidding I'm kidding).

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How long does this portable beast last? 2 hours?

Mobo: Z97 MSI Gaming 7 / CPU: i5-4690k@4.5GHz 1.23v / GPU: EVGA GTX 1070 / RAM: 8GB DDR3 1600MHz@CL9 1.5v / PSU: Corsair CX500M / Case: NZXT 410 / Monitor: 1080p IPS Acer R240HY bidx

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And for the second time.....nobody cares, because it'll cost more than a car in Australia......

You think everyone lives in Australia or what?

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