Alienware Goes Bigger and Taller With the X16 and M18 Gaming Laptops (theverge.com) 17
Alienware is unveiling a refreshed lineup of its M- and X-series gaming laptops at CES 2023. Like some other laptop companies, including Razer and Acer, Alienware is shifting focus away from 15- and 17-inch laptops toward thin, powerful 16- and 18-inch models. From a report: The brand is going big with the new M18, an 18-inch model that's being pitched as a desktop replacement. This is actually a resurrection following the M18's previous spec update way back in 2015. The 2023 model will feature Intel's 13th Generation HX CPUs and Nvidia's RTX 4090 mobile graphics card. The latest processors and graphics options from AMD will be available in the M18 later in 2023. Not only is the M18 massive and powerful -- it's a big deal in other ways. It can be configured with an 18-inch QHD Plus screen in the taller 16:10 aspect ratio and set up to include a ton of ports, including two Thunderbolt 4 ports, HDMI 2.1, Ethernet, an SD card reader, and many others. It supports user-upgradeable dual DDR5 RAM slots, and you can also cram up to 9TB of NVMe M.2 storage in it. This model starts at $2,099, but the first configuration it's releasing will cost $2,899.
One can carry this... (Score:2)
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I have a Dell Precision which is admittedly a monster with lousy battery life, marketed as a "portable workstation," and you know what? It works great. The time I save compared to my previous slower laptop is much more than the extra number of minutes it takes me to carry anywhere, which is zero. Is it the best for everybody and all circumstances? No. So what?
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Dude! (Score:1)
You're getting a Dell!
Totally portable (Score:1)
Just like the IBM 5155 I used to have. Lasts about as long on battery too, I bet.
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QHD+ (Score:2)
They talk about a new 16:10 aspect ratio. So does that mean 2880x1800 resolution? That would be awesome!
Hell, even 1920x1200 would be great. Hate the current generation of wide/short,16:9 displays.
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They talk about a new 16:10 aspect ratio. So does that mean 2880x1800 resolution? That would be awesome! Hell, even 1920x1200 would be great. Hate the current generation of wide/short,16:9 displays.
Even as a non-gamer, I get annoyed by 16:9 displays. 16:10 lets you have media controls which don't obstruct the video itself, for example.
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This is why I currently run a triple monitor setup with each of the monitors in portrait mode, then using NVSurround so I can easily span certain apps across ALL of them.
For gaming? Span.
For text/web consumption, where 6480 pixels at 150% is still just a giant waste of horizontal space, I simply max a browser/text window to the central monitor.
Messaging, mail, IP Phone all get pushed to the 2 peripheral monitors.
But still, Windows multi-monitor is DEEPLY BROKEN.
NVIDIA NVSurround has been left to rot. And
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Not sure what you see as broken in multi-monitor support in Win10, but I don't do much gaming. For all my coding activity it's great for me.
Win11 I agree is stupid, your description of infantile is spot on. (I also think the same about Ubuntu's shit interface, Linux Mint Cinnamon for me! Although forced to use CentOS7 at work :( )
As far as the 4K thing, I totally agree, I picked up a 53" 4K TV to use for a monitor. It was overwhelming at first, now I love it. Then I go to work and have to use shitty dual 23
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Maximize a screen.
With native Windows, it only ever auto-maximizes to a single monitor.
Not the entire desktop.
Not acceptable.
Using NVSurround, I can maximize things to the whole desktop by dragging it to the dimensions I desire the first time. And it stays after.
But NVSurround breaks the taskbar as it will only span about half the total desktop.
Win11 has both of these problems.
PLUS it breaks auto-hide and because taskbar is forced to the bottom, it partially pushes the taskbar down past the bottom boundary
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Yeah, the divider line on multi-monitor kinda chaps my ass.
And I don't expect my eyesight to stay this good much longer. About to hit the big Level 50 and start working on Incarnate levels (kudos if you get the reference).
And pretty much EVERYONE in my entire family has at least MINOR visual acuity issues.
Light quality is starting to become an issue. "Warm Yellow-ish" bulbs make smaller text unreadable for me.
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How close do you sit to that 53"?
I've got eyesight issues and have thought about getting a 4k TV to use as a monitor, but wasn't thinking of anything quite that big (although I guess 43" may be the minimum size).
What TV did you get, and are there any features (or issues) you recommend being aware of when choosing a model for this use?
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The only machines multi-monitor ever really worked like you expected on were classic macs, or maybe classic (pre-compositing) X where all framebuffers are identical. Even in new macs some monitors are treated differently from others, so it's a shit show again.
Three grand... (Score:1)
With at least 40% of that being the Alienware name...
Similar to Samsung with their tablets (Score:2)
The flagship Galaxy Tablet has gone from a 10.5 inch (diagonal) screen to 12.4 inches with the S7+, then 14.6 inches with the S8 Ultra, and now there's talk that Samsung is considering another bump in size for the next generation.
They kept a S8+, but I miss the form factor that was used on the Galaxy Tab S4, and S6, flagship tablets.
If you like playing Android games, the larger size Tablets can be great, assuming you either can hold them comfortably, or play them while they're on a stand of one kind or anot