Is the Alienware M15 R1 a good buy?

[Motorola SRX 2200]

If anyone has a M15 I am curious as to it's durability. I am in the process of researching new 'gaming' laptop and so far have heard great things about the computer. I have a friend that says his didn't last at all and he barely used it. He had a warranty and received a new one, he said that one also didn't last and said not to buy it. M15 fits my form factor requirements. I just want to make sure what I get is worth the 2k investment. The current configuration I'm looking at has a RTX 2070 8GB, 16GB of RAM, and an i7-9750H. Do you think it would be a good call?

[mtono]

maybe have a look here, too:
https://www.schenker-tech.de/en/
just to mention.

[Squirrell]

Avoid. Judging by theoretical benchmarks -

cpu is ok about the same a mid-range gaming system
2070 max-q is weak (it would be regarded as an entry level gpu in a gaming desktop. max-q gpus are weaker tan the desktop version)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1w0E-27nofo&list=PLEJXr5zwpsI5_R7TXevglD0HXUxAf4xRm&index=14

For the same money you could get a top end desktop.

[[☥] - CJ -]

Its my personal opinion/preference to avoid Aliendell.

But, i would find something similar from ASUS/Lenovo/etc and compare the price.

[mtono]

☥ - CJ -님이 먼저 게시:

Its my personal opinion/preference to avoid Aliendell.

But, i would find something similar from ASUS/Lenovo/etc and compare the price.

why to avoid alienware? in earlier days they always had the fastest laptops. dell bought this knowlegde. what has become worse with the alienware brand?
my2ct

[[☥] - CJ -]

Alienware/Aliendell has always sucked
You pay more for the design and the name than the actual hardware

[GuRu Asaki]

To my Information with Dell Computers...

Is like the person above had said, it seems they sorta are half right...

They give, or used to give a good solid ground for a Computer to work with
in terms of Gaming, but if you want Power, you still have to Upgrade it...
But it's a solid start...

However, you are over paying for the brand... You won't get better Specs
from other Companies, but you will get a lot cheaper products by other companies...
But if you want better Hardware for the price of a Dell, you would need to build
your self a Computer by piece, by piece...

I do not know if this is still the case today, as I barely almost never look at
pre-built setups anymore...

Example:
Custom Built House PC's = Better Then DELL XPS Setups with "Close To Same Pricing"
Dell XPS = Top of the line pre-built Computers / Laptops with "Overly Brand Pricing"
Other Systems = Lower or Weaker Computers / Laptops with "Lower Non-Brand Pricing"


Would you agree? Disagree?

[mtono]

alienware is a luxury thing. a lot of rich people dont care about 10.000 $. like arnold schwarzenegger and sylvester stallone etc. why shouldnt they buy alienware??

[[☥] - CJ -]

LOL
Its definitely not a luxury thing
Its a people not knowing any better thing

Just because its a known brand doesnt mean you should pay more because its a KNOWN brand

https://www.amazon.com/Zephyrus-Portable-GeForce-i7-9750H-GU502GW-AH76/dp/B07VF88TMR/

https://www.amazon.com/s?k=gaming+laptop&rh=n%3A13896617011%2Cp_n_feature_seven_browse-bin%3A18107822011&dc&crid=39R19G06U5TKO&qid=1582800059&rnid=3012494011&sprefix=gaming+lapt%2Caps%2C142&ref=sr_nr_p_n_feature_seven_browse-bin_6

So after looking up that Alienware laptop, it seems its on sale for 1800 down from 2200
I SUPPOSE that could justify it but ehhhh...

shrug

[Omega]

teh_germ님이 먼저 게시:

alienware is a luxury thing. a lot of rich people dont care about 10.000 $. like arnold schwarzenegger and sylvester stallone etc. why shouldnt they buy alienware??

It's not, you pay for the brand. The do the same crap Apple does. They sell the same stuff everyone else does and make you pay 2x as much because *Insert brand name*.

If you want something expensive which does deliver quality for the price get a T or P -series Thinkpad.

[Electric Cupcake]

I had an Alienware laptop a long time ago. It served me well for a good 7-8 years.

Now, I would recommend a Asus ROG or Sager XOTIC

[mtono]

Omega님이 먼저 게시:

teh_germ님이 먼저 게시:

alienware is a luxury thing. a lot of rich people dont care about 10.000 $. like arnold schwarzenegger and sylvester stallone etc. why shouldnt they buy alienware??

It's not, you pay for the brand. The do the same crap Apple does. They sell the same stuff everyone else does and make you pay 2x as much because *Insert brand name*.

If you want something expensive which does deliver quality for the price get a T or P -series Thinkpad.

i am sorry...i think apple is cool. and my crappy ibm pc compatible pc sucks big time: error after error...mostly hardware errors^^

[Motorola SRX 2200]

Hugsie Muffinball님이 먼저 게시:

I had an Alienware laptop a long time ago. It served me well for a good 7-8 years.

Now, I would recommend a Asus ROG or Sager XOTIC

The Sager has all the bells and whistles of the Alienware I was looking at and it is almost $600 cheaper. From what I hear they are excellent laptops. Thank you for the input.

[Omega]

Hugsie Muffinball님이 먼저 게시:

I had an Alienware laptop a long time ago. It served me well for a good 7-8 years.

Now, I would recommend a Asus ROG or Sager XOTIC

I can say the same about my Ideapad which is just a poor man's Thinkpad. It's been running solid for 6 years and I am still using it almost daily. The device is in great condition for all thge torture it had to endure. I had to do some minor repairs a few times like replace the keyboard and screen which wore out or got damanged due to heavy usage.

teh_germ님이 먼저 게시:

Omega님이 먼저 게시:

It's not, you pay for the brand. The do the same crap Apple does. They sell the same stuff everyone else does and make you pay 2x as much because *Insert brand name*.

If you want something expensive which does deliver quality for the price get a T or P -series Thinkpad.

i am sorry...i think apple is cool. and my crappy ibm pc compatible pc sucks big time: error after error...mostly hardware errors^^

Apple isn't worth it. They only get points for me for their software which works really well with their devices. But Apple screws you over for money at every oppertunity.

You pay 2x as much as the machines are actually worth. Their machines are becoming increasingly harder to repair. You can't even replace the keyboard, screen or touchpad, when you do the machine will refused to work until Apple runs a piece of software on it to make it work again. And that is besides the fact that everything is glued which makes the dissasembly of their machines even harder.

Apple machines are prone to issues which Apple can't be bothered to fix as long as these devices are in production. If your machine dies after a few years you can't fix it and Apple will refuse to fix it and tell you to just spend $2000 on a new device.