Customer Ratings & Reviews

Everything i expected and more. I have always wanted an Alienware but i took some time to get one. Worth the wait.

Best laptop I have ever owned. Very fast and responsive. Graphics are awesomely impressive. Great job Alienware!!!

Works for everything you could possibly need. Great Computer!

GREAT GAMING WITH AWESOME GRAPHIC, I WOULD RECOMMEND TO ANYONE. I WILL BE GETTING A SECOND ONE, NO DOUBT!!!!!

Powerful processors combined with a stunning display make this laptop a must have for anyone who loves to game

I always wanted an Alienware Laptop, this exceeds my expectations. I'm very happy and satisfied with my laptop!

laptop works as expected based upon reviews that I have read

great ITS A CHUNKY MONKEY THOUGH BUT LOVE IT AND STILL HAVE IT

I bought this laptop after looking at what all was available. It performs flawlessly for what I use it for

The screen size with 4k display was too frustrating to use with the window sizes constantly changing after I left a game. Other than that I actually liked this laptop more than the MSI model I tried after so maybe if you are using an external display it wouldn't be so bad.

Its an Alienware with an SSD... do I need to say more?? Its awesome

This is a great gaming computer the graphics are fantastic very happy with this purchase.

Very much enjoying this product. Has performed well for the price and no problems so far.

Very heavy, does not work well with my software. According to the blogs it has to do with the software itself. The fact that the power plugs into the left side of laptop is just poor design.

Satisfied with product, great laptop. Handles video better than previous product

You would think for near 2K Dell would give you a battery that lasted longer than 2 hours (new) and battery would not fail to hold a charge after only 1 year! Dell's response; it's "normal" for battery life to degrade. Really? Not for $2K! A large laptop with a small battery that can't last for 2 hours new is shameful for a high end laptop and fails to hold a charge is icing on the cake. And let's not forget you can't get the part on the Dell website!! Is that "normal" too Dell??

Exceeds my expectations. I'm editing video and audio with no limitations.

I Use this computer for Autocad programming. The graphics are very good.

I’m very happy to buy this computer. Excellent machine.

I've used many laptops like Asus ROG and the MSI gaming one. I've used other tablets and laptops in between. I used the Inspiron 7700 4k and Toshiba 4k and the Dell screen is just so much better. The screen of this at 30% brightness is like the 4k Toshiba at 100% brightness. The screen is no ordinary 4k as it has IGZO technology. Look up the tech on the internet as 2 years ago a screen alone cost $5500. The screen colors and black levels are all great. I played some games at 4k on Ultra and they are playable. Some FPS games require 1080p to run good but all games with Vsync are great. Max everything with no AA as it is not needed. Playing project cars with everything maxed looks like the GT5 Playstation prerenders on a showroom that isn't rendered in real-time but this is. I was extremely competitive even with keyboard on the Formula A (fastest car in the game) which means the frame rate is very playable. The reason why you cant play all the FPS games at 4k maxed is it's hard to aim even with vsync off. Unbelievably, Planetside 2 works on Ultra at 1080p Very playable even under the biggest battles. Also to mention I had 16x AF on in every single game. If you run 1080p you can play any game maxed. It looks like a regular 1080p screen and not very blurry. Also text is ULTRA sharp and amazing. The colors are very uniform throughout the screen even at off angles. The blur when moving around isn't dreadful and the low FPS gets OUT WEIGHED by the 4k display. The computer has as subwoofer which many people don't notice but any model that isn't 17" has no sub so people have no idea. The sound processor is a dedicated processor by creative which many people have no idea about but you can look up Soundcore 3D on google for all it's benefits. Also the wireless and ethernet is powered by a dedicated chipset as well which many people think is generic. It's far from generic as if you look up the benefits of that make it more praise worthy. Way back those kinds of technology cost at least $150+ to get but now it's included and put in the common sense as it's the same as any chipset but no, not at all. The skylake does a great job of having like no heat even while powered up gaming. The 970m I thought would be very hot but it's not. I was using it on the lap for a while then used it as desktop to try games and settings. It does not get loud and hot like others say. Despite what Dells says saying it uses the nvidia graphics card and not Intel 530, they are wrong as the Intel 530 does work which promotes good battery life when not gaming. The only problem is, I think the Intel drivers are in the infancy stages on Windows 10 as the Windows OS didn't report correctly and said it was a preview before I installed the newer drivers. The only thing I did when I got the PC was install steam games, update video and intel drivers and that's it. It has no bloatware like others that have unnecessary anti-virus and other unnecessary things. I ordered directly from Dell for $1899 but saw it was the same specs here. I said for them to price match me so they credited me $125 back. They discounted $50 before and I got a 1 year accidental warranty. I also got 10% cash back coming in so I can get a backpack/mouse or console from them. I had huge massive savings. This laptop is DDR4 as the others are just DDR3. It has 2 more core + 2 more thread than the i7-6500u which is worse. For some reason that cost more but it's not better. The SSD that it came with was 500 MB read sustained and 150 MB write sustained. The problem with alienware is it takes 1.7 minutes to boot no matter what I tried to disable and change in the bios. Other laptops take 8 seconds but I assume sleep/hibernate is wiser than a total shutdown as the new power saving tech of 2015 makes it like having your cell phone on but off but it's on. The lights are great and programmable so you can make it look the way you want. I disabled the touchpad light, alienware logo light, the bottom chassis light but kept the keyboard lights on. The macro lights can be changed color and so can the LED indicators which is awesome. The outside likes on top and the alien head on the outside and inside are independent. The rubber feel of the chassis and watching youtube vids and doing anything on the PC just feels like 2015. I've used other things but they do not feel 2015. The Inspiron 7700 touchpad is so bad. The touchpad of the alienware is very accurate. The feel of the keys also have a concave nature to them, they aren't flat. They do not show up on pictures and probably reviewers don't talk about it. This laptop is great if you scientifically analyze everything. It's just weird that people who think it's the same as other laptops, it's not. They don't use soundcore3D, which is extremely important if you do the research it's no gimmick, and the wifi setup. Just remember to disable allow computer to turn wifi card off or else it will also lose connection. After I did that my connection was 100%. I was downloading at 23MB per sec like my ethernet desktop that is connected directly to the router.