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Behold: the all-important top-down keyboard view.
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She may not appear to be a lot—however she does the Kessel Run in underneath 12 parsecs.
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The rear view reminds us of the Millennium Falcon, however this three-quarter profile is Star Destroyer all the best way.
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The alien head emblem and exhaust trim ring are performed in glowy LED, not paint—we have seen them each in blood pink, in addition to this aqua/cyan. Note rear-mounted USB-A, USB-C, full-size HDMI, and DC energy ports.
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The left aspect of the m15 reveals off a 2.5Gbps wired Ethernet port, subsequent to a 2.5 mm audio jack.
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On the correct aspect, we have now two type-A USB 3.2 ports.
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This time final yr, we covered one of many first Ryzen 9 gaming laptops—Asus’ ROG Zephyrus G14. A yr later, Dell is becoming a member of the Ryzen-powered gaming laptop get together with its new Alienware m15 Ryzen Edition.
Last yr, the Achilles heel of Ryzen-powered gaming laptops was mediocre GPU choice—for no matter purpose, most producers did not spec RTX 3000-series GPUs together with Ryzen processors. That’s fortunately now not the case in 2021—the brand new Alienware m15 pairs Ryzen 7 5800H or Ryzen 9 4900HX with as much as 32GiB RAM and a alternative of RTX 3060 or RTX 3070 graphics. (Asus can be providing high-end GPUs this yr—we’re within the strategy of hands-on testing a ROG Zephyrus G15 with Ryzen 9 5900HS and RTX 3070 this week.)
You can get a fast peek on the Alienware m15 on this brief hype video.
The new m15 presents three show selections—1080 p at 165 Hz or 360 Hz, or 1440 p at 240 Hz—and an optionally available keyboard improve to Cherry MX. There’s an ordinary 2.5Gbps wired Ethernet adapter to go together with the Killer AX1650 Wi-Fi 6—and in contrast to the ROG Zephyrus gaming laptops, the Alienware m15 has an built-in 720 p webcam.
RAM is absolutely user-upgradeable with two DDR4 sockets, supporting DIMMs as much as 3200 MHz. Alienware m15 Ryzen Edition might be accessible within the US on April 20 in choose configurations beginning at $1,800.
Dell G15 Ryzen Edition
If you are out there for a strong gaming laptop at a cheaper price level, the Dell G15 Ryzen Edition could be extra your velocity. The G15 pairs a Ryzen 5 5600H or Ryzen 7 5800H with a GeForce RTX 3060 GPU, as much as 32GiB of DDR4-3200 RAM, and as much as 2TB PCIe NVMe storage.
You do not get a Cherry MX keyboard-upgrade choice on the G15, and the G15 solely presents two show choices—each 1080 p, at 120 Hz/250 nits and 165 Hz/300 nits. But G15 configurations begin at solely $900, half the price of the bottom Alienware m15 spec. The G15 Ryzen Edition might be accessible within the US starting May 4—or, when you’re an Intel fan, you’ll be able to go for 10th-gen Intel processor configurations as early as April 13, additionally beginning at $900.
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