Blade 2016 vs New Alienware 13

Aquilius · December 16, 2016

Hello all,

I cannot decide between the Blade 2016 and the new Alienware 13. I'm leaning towards the Blade for its superior battery life, but its price, inferior speakers, and inferior keyboard are causing holdups for me. Is there anyone here who has used both Alienware's keyboard and the keyboard on the new Blade? Additionally, with the Alienware 13, do you think burn-in will be a problem on the OLED screen? There haven't been any real tests of it, and I'm worried about browser/taskbar/desktop background being burned in to the display. I'm also worried about the Blade's durability, having had many Razer products fail in the past and knowing someone who has a lot of trouble RMAing his Blade Pro (he kept being sent broken machines).

Thanks

SonOfPerdition · December 16, 2016

Let me make it clear, I am no PC expert. But the battery life is only a seeing point based on your intended use. If your planning on just surfing the web then you'll see that 6 hour span, but if you think your going to play a game somewhere then your still going to have to lug around the charger.

But just looking reviews from the two I would say the Alienware 13. Both run really hot but the Razer does more so then the Alienware which means the Alienware will last longer.

My personal suggestion is to save the $100-$200 dollars to get the New Alienware 15 with the GTX 1070 GPU and a bigger screen.

But if your really set on the 13" display then it's more of a toss up of whichever you think looks better and what you intend to use the laptop for. If your like me and your going to game on the go your just going to end up grabbing your charger by nature anyway.

Hope this helps.