Alienware M16 r2 - They nailed it (almost)!

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The fact that this laptop and the Framework Laptop 13 are the only Intel Meteor Lake laptops with upgradable RAM really grinds my gears. With CAMM2 being released and some people, especially in creative and STEM fields, actually needing more than 32 GB of RAM, this is infuriating that we have so few options with upgradable RAM when we literally have a standard Dell developed and yet they don't even use it! 😡

Poor ppi and nits monitor. Plastic chassis with only cover in Al. No thanks. Good video however...👍

Thang god, that enormous footprint has always been a huge turn-off for me, and one of the big deciding factors for not getting one back when I was shopping around. Increasing the footprint has always seemed, to me, very bad trade-off, as the increase in perceived "unwieldness" is just much larger than whatever volume reduction they might have netted from decreasing thickness and spreading componentes around.

sorry but it looks ugly compared to the old one that has an extension at the back. made it stand out

The worst redesign ever

Can you review the Strix g 16 2024 next?

I know they are both owned by the same company, but why does the keyboard look like Dell keyboards?
Also when I hear that a gaming laptop has 6+ hours of battery life, I have a hard time believing that.

No full size SD reader: instant pass, instant click away, instant never bare a second eye, nothing more annoying, no bigger deal breaker, Legion 7i still reigns supreme as the best 16 inch gaming laptop.

Garbage

8gb vram is just not a good option anymore

Overall look is meh 🫤 Not sure is it colour issue or its design thing 😢 Why Alienware cant get the same designers as ASUS, I mean without Alienware logo it looks like noname chinese brand laptop. Hardware is decent just the package sucks :(( Nowadays most of brands can offer amazing performance for a good price, how the hell Alienware wants to be competitive with such as poor design

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I'm sorry but the Alienware laptops never really caught my eye, their design looks like something an edgy teen would come up with.
I prefer a sleek, elegant and subtle design which can be easily integrated anywhere, like the Asus Zephyrus (2024) and the Razer Blades (to some extent... as I find that huge snake logo cringy as hell...)

display on Alienware continues to be a joke, such a missed opportunity

I have mine and I love it. Why are there so many haters in the comments lol?

Great review as always. I really like the look of the redesign though i must say i miss the rgb ring that was on the previous design lol. I just wish Alienware would offer mini led or oled displays as an option

I have the 185H/32GB version and considering that i had many doubts, especially about the display and the limited gpu, i have to say i like it. Solid build, solid stability and it performs very well for that much casual gaming that i do (counterstrike mostly). Pretty much in line with this review. I'll probably add storage and ram further if amazon does huge discounts in the coming months.

does it charge via thunderbolt port? heard it might not

No displayport, so you can't see more colours on good monitors, hdmi just sucks. Also Inverted motherboard design is good over traditional cooling design. Battery Life is good on R2 because of weak CPU, you can also extend R1's battery life by Limiting cpu power as R2. Finally Removing tron light from back is making design as Garbage. I recommend R1 over R2

Just got one last week and even had a price drop at Best Buy of 300 bucks. Yay price match! I love it overall performance and everything. Currently 1299.99. at Best Buy

This will be my next laptop most likely after my 17r3. But I am waiting until next year when the r3 comes out. I like the m18 but it is to big and heavy. And as I only will be having one laptop, the m16 seems like the perfect choice that you actually can bring with you. The x16 is just to expensive and big to justify. And it has soldered ram... I will use it mostly for work with 3D, photo and movie editing. Hope I do the correct pick.

See latest update on bottom. TLDR Advanced Optimus woes sour the whole deal. Black screening.

Those of us that need a gaming PC that doubles as a great professional laptop seems to be who this machine is for. Can turn off all rgb and does not have the flashy I’m a gamer crap, and put in a CPU that’s not overpowered for the heat sync as it is finally small enough to fit in a 16” laptop bag, on top of enough battery life to be usable for a work day.

If you’re just a kid at home who wants a gaming laptop I get all your complaints. You want none of the things that make this an excellent laptop for those of us that integrate this into our workday.

Thank you for the review! Great stuff!

Almost, they nailed it? This is far from perfect. Even after you pointed out the flaws, I don't know how you can put such a clickbait title.

Wallpaper link please?

thinner means even worse thermals than before. hard pass

Can this unit be charged with a USB-C charger at a lower power level like 100 watts.

Is Ultra 7 RTX 4070 version with 32 gigs of ram worth $1350

I had just got this for 2 days, and this how i felt, the performance of the laptop was good, but overall, u sacrifice the rgb light at the back along with the cooler, which will make thermals not good, and replace the rgb light in the the edge of the touchpad, but m16 r2 using core ultra 7 to reduce the heat was also a great way, im a graphic designer and i felt this laptop was enough for me to use, how should i say... you gonna have a less attractive laptop this time, but the performance was there and even cooler a little bit compares to the m16 r1, i do love the design of alienware m16 r1, but this version was more of convinient and easier for traveling, not saying the design was bad this time, but the lost was not nessesary, like its okay with m18 r2, like they still keep the design and develope the performance at the same time and that was perfect, this version was more like close to what you actually need a gaming laptop to belike depends on your budget, like how its looks as a gaming laptop and how its works as a gaming laptop.

Dell as well as other manufacturers are offloading their RTX 4000's laptops so plenty of deals will be had