Dell alienware m15x gaming laptop
Grab the reins of this 15" powerhouse with blazing-fast graphics, the latest in processor technology and Hi-def capabilities all in a devilishly sleek design.
Sit back and enjoy the ride — gaming will never be the same. Faster and Smarter Destroy and conquer with DDR3 MHz memory, engineered to support the next-generation quad-core processors that are designed to bring you faster speeds and higher bandwidths. View Details. And you can personalize your machine from a selection of three colors: Metallic Red, Metallic Silver or Metallic Black. Your laptop, however, will. The Alienware QuickTouch control pad uses touch-capacitive sensors to access and manage power and volume controls, wireless connectivity and both Command Center and Stealth Mode launch functions.
Following the redesign of its inch gaming notebook flagship, Alienware went and gave the same extreme makeover to the M15x, its newest inch notebook. Not only does this monster have the same intimidating looks as the M17x --a menacing grille and colored backlit keyboard--but, outfitted with an Intel Core i7 processor, it shattered a number of our benchmarks. Like the M17x, the front of the M15x has the angular looks of the redesigned Chevy Camaro. The red coloring only extends as far as the outer lid, sides, and chassis, so the inside and front of the system is black.
The magnesium-alloy chassis is a departure from that of its predecessor, the Area M15x, which experienced an issue with the plastic frame cracking due to overheating issues. Still, it adds to the size; this There aren't any visible screws anywhere but on the customized aluminum name plate, which resides on the underbelly of the beast. Alienware managed to cram customizable color lights in several places, including the Alienware logo below the inch x pixel resolution display, along the touchpad, under the keyboard, on the Alienware head-shaped power button, and even on the back of the lid.
The end result is that the M15x makes a very strong impression even before you fire up a single game. The chunky keys on the M15x don't have any flex to them, so it's as if you're typing on a legitimate desktop keyboard.
Unlike the larger M17x, there's no number pad, so you'll have to use other keys to store all of your macros in games such as World of Warcraft. As mentioned, you can tweak all of the colored lights on the notebook, and Alienware even lets you adjust the keyboard by region. So, for example, you can have the far left of your keyboard glow blue, the middle-left glow red, the middle-right glow orange, and the far right glow green.
It reminded us of a rainbow snow cone. Regardless of whether you stick with any particular pattern, it's fun to experiment with all the possible combinations. The touchpad on the M15x is large and flush with the wrist rest, except for a small glowing border; its honeycomb texture allows for swift finger glides across the surface.
The two touchpad buttons provided good feedback, but if you're playing a first-person shooter you'll want to use a gaming mouse for quicker button presses. The The edge-to-edge glass gives the system a sleek look, and while it kicked back some reflections, they weren't much of a bother, even in nighttime scenes while playing games.
The display was amazingly crisp and had great contrast; when watching a Blu-ray of Monsters, Inc. Audio from the two front-mounted speakers was loud, but we were disappointed with their quality. For this amount of money, we expected more. However, there was enough sound separation between the two speakers that we could hear and anticipate enemies coming toward us from either side when playing games such as Left 4 Dead.
While the M15x has a good number of ports, we were surprised to see some omitted. At this price point and on this large of a chassis , we would have expected the more common HDMI as well. Unlike the M17x, the charging port is located on the left side of the M15x.
The 2-megapixel webcam on the M15x returned excellent images; over Skype, a caller could clearly make out our beard stubble and the shininess of our hair. Click to enlarge When it came to our traditional benchmarks, the Alienware M15x performed about as we expected.
Which is to say, it kicked ass. On PCMark Vantage, which measures overall system performance, the M15x scored 6,, surpassing every other production notebook we've tested. It beat out the M17x which uses a 2.