Created by avid gamers, Alienware products remain iconic for gamers today. The Alienware m17 (2019) is the new brainchild of Dell with improved hardware and top design. Dell engineers have worked not only on their productivity but also on an attractive well-thought design. The dynamic laptop with all amazing capabilities is ready to stun you with its slim case and lightweight. You can safely take a laptop anywhere: work or study, cafe, etc.
The m17 laptop has become lighter and more productive than its predecessor, Alienware 17. Let’s take a closer look at what the new laptop from Dell is capable of.
The new «Alien» is lightweight and really thin, weighs 2.63 kg, with a thickness of 18.6 mm, which is splendid. Thus, refuting the idea that a laptop for games is a huge heavyweight device with a monster processor. Despite its smaller size, Alienware m17 has a powerful performance. Our hero works on the new Nvidia RTX series graphics cards, 9th-generation Intel Core processor, DDR4 RAM. Real «Giant», agree? This buddy can run absolutely any game at maxed-out settings.
Case design
Alienware has a reputation of the company producing expensive and productive devices. So Alienware m17 (2019) is perhaps the company’s greatest achievement in their history. Our hero today`s hero has a lot of improvements and looks very different from its predecessor. Besides, the laptop is lightweight and thin. If you compare the laptop with the Asus ROG Zephyrus S GX701, the m17 model is slightly lighter and almost as thin as mentioned above. At one time, we mentioned Zephyrus laptop as a good example of an outstanding laptop for gaming. Today Alienware m17 is a step ahead of it (especially for its price!).
A bit about the case. It is made of a premium magnesium alloy, therefore the model looks exclusive, durable, and lightweight.
Built-in connecting and exhaust ports provide an output for hot air created by powerful hardware. Therefore, the surface temperature of the laptop is slightly higher than its predecessor Alienware 17. However, the high “monster” performance costs a lot.
Color solutions are narrowed to 2 main themes: Lunar Light as well as Dark Side Light and dark options. The keyboard is quite convenient to use, the keys have enough travel. The delicate and trendy backlight is one more delightful addition.
About performance
Attractive exterior and premium design are all well and good, nevertheless, a gaming laptop should first of all be distinguished by high performance playing modern games at high settings. Luckily, m17 not in the least bit let us down. We have great news for you! «Alien» works just perfectly. We conducted a test playing graphics-intensive game Shadow of the Tomb Raider at ultra settings and got an excellent result. The result of Alienware was 92 frames per second. For comparison, Xbox One X and PS4 Pro, for example, barely produce 60 frames per second.
The laptop works on GeForce RTX 2080, which runs on the latest NVIDIA Turing architecture. Thus, this is the laptop with advanced lighting options in games. What is it about? It means realistic graphics is a reality for this device. Therefore the competition for the place of the “best” device for games is on the way for many years to come. The M17 will be a great option for completing high-performance tasks such as video editing or maybe 3D design. In any case, its performance justifies the investment.
About battery life
Now about the sore matter. It is known that 17-inch laptops packed to the rafters do not show any special battery life results. However, the m17 showed disappointedly short battery life even by the criteria of such models. We ran a video in 1080 resolution at 50% brightness. Under these conditions, m17 yielded only five hours and twenty minutes performing a low-intensity task. Unfortunately, this is not enough. Thus, if you need a laptop to do just anything of middle-intensity, you have to plug it in – which contradicts the formula: a laptop vs computer.
Back to the gamer`s issues. Despite the incredible performance and super hardware, you need to charge the laptop if you want to play.
Additional Pros and Cons
The battery capacity of the m17 laptop appears to be quite low even by standards of gaming laptops. Therefore, to perform almost any medium-intensive task you will have to plug it.
High-Performance Monster Cost
The ultra-modern powerful hardware makes this laptop extremely expensive. However, if you need a powerful device for purpose, it’s worth it.
Bulky and heavy?
Not at all, the m17 rightly proved the opposite It is one of the lightest and thinnest models ever existing on the market. So it isn’t a problem if you need it on the go.
For regular games
Not a professional or experienced gamer? Or you just play simple games from time to time? Then I don’t recommend this monster to you. Alienware m17 is a powerful and serious laptop, but in case of simpler games – do not waste your money. A huge number of laptops for games are available to buy. Choose a laptop for every taste and budget with good integrated graphics. In any case, you can find a worthy device with decent graphics, that would be much cheaper.
