Great video Bob ! I feel sad that I didn't get time to review it. Still have some footage which I might share at some point. Great screen, loved it. Glad it's gone to a good home !
RTX is on its way so please don't worry! The AERO 15 was stuck in Alaska from Taiwan and delayed so the time I took off work for that was spent on this video. I have the Aero in possession now and I will be getting to work on that along with more testing with the GT75. Once we can get enough subs and views I can afford to slack on my main job and focus more on B.O.A.T.
Last time I checked the price on DELL it was under 2000$. I see the price getting much higher now on outside shops like amazon because of the scarcity.
I’m talking about when it was new. Originally it was around 2100 iirc. Before they Clarence them out they had some pretty decent deals on them under $2k
@@BobOfAllTrades Yep. As with latest tendencies of Alienware upgrading to a slimmer form factor I feel this model is going to become the last of its kind.
Are you going to get Aero 15 RTX 2070 ? If yes that's mean it's my lucky day!!! Cuz I am confused if I should change my ram and undervolting the cpu :( Waiting for your review :D Best Laptops YTer ever! ❤️
Bob Of All Trades Hello Bob, I need your advice,please.I bought the new asus rog gl704gw with rtx 2070 and i7 8750h.I tried to undervolt the cpu like in you tutorial video about the cpu,but i can’t go much further then -50mv.If i try this,on full load when i play a game for exemple,it closing the application or having a blue screen.I tried to repaste it,but is still the same,on full load is reaching 92 degrees.Do you have any suggestions for me please.
Awesome video! This laptop reminds me when Alienware wasn't part of Dell. I truly love it! It's so solid. Not only functional but a great conversational piece. It would fit in with my decor perfectly! Pricey? Yes. Worth it? I definitely think so!!! Life is short so why not! Thanks again for a great informative video!!!
Got mine for 1400€ here in germany on Cyber Monday (2018), directly from Dells site. It wass the cheapest Config with OLED and GTX 1060 (8GB RAM, lowest capacity ssd) and I upgraded it wit a 2 TB SSD and 16GB's of RAM. Best decision ever! I ended up spending around 2000€ in total, and even though I wouldn't recommend it for everyone, it works great for me. As the panel is locked to 60Hz and doesn't have gsync, it's not for hardcore gamers. I do a lot of photo editing and I play games casually, so the display was the thing that caught my eye. I know what this machine is capable to do and if I ever needed more, I'd build a PC and still have a very portable Laptop that is great for everything on the go. I don't have a lot of money and really needed a machine to take with me (for example to my friends), so nobody could tell me I made the wrong decision. Also it is possible to upgrade the graphics with an gpu enclosure (with thunderbolt, or alienwares graphic amplifier, which delivers even better performance), which makes the CPU the only bottleneck which can't be upgraded. Still great in 2019, if you are the kind of person who needs this (like me). The other thing is that it's build like a tank, so I think it will hold up longer than other gaming laptop or ultrabook. Let me know if you would pick up something different if you were me. P.S. Only game with the power adapter, as the performans drops significantly while on battery (every game lags, as if the machine is connected to a very bad TV... Or even worse).
Same bro I bought it cheaper for 1400 SGD and upgraded to 256 gb additional SSD alongside 500 GB SSD M.2, It performs very well especially the display..love it
I fell in love with this device 2 years ago but it was always so expensive. Almost $2000 new and $1400 cheapest on Dell outlet. On Valentine's day, they had a 14% off coupon AND 14% cashback so I jumped to buy the Oled/8gb ram model for $1100 after tax. I regret nothing. The battery life is great (~6:30). The screen is great (100% RGB!). The gaming performance is still good. My use-case is 80% work and 20% games so I care more about the screen, keyboard, and battery life and this little guy is amazing in all aspects.
@@zZDeGaNsk8eRZz yeah. Still my daily driver. Replaced the Keyboard (I wanted to lube it and ended up destroying the electronics in some keys) and the fans (I think the bearings broke. They made a very loud annoying sound as they ramped up). The fans are quite easy to replace and in general it is easy to open (for the keyboard I had to disassemble the whole machine, but it wasn't as big of a problem as you might think). Am still happy with my decision. Even if I end up buying something else, this is still great for travelling. In addition it is built like a tank.
cool video ! I been having my Alienware R3 OLED since summer of 2016. I use it everyday and still runs great amazing. I love playing games on this laptop because of the amazing Display and how games just run good on this laptop. I travel a lot for work so this Laptop is always with me on the road !
This was my first choice 2 years ago as soon as I got out of the Apple environment. I preferred looking for something more light and portable since my last Apple daily driver was a 2014 MacBook Air but to this day I'm still keeping an eye on this Dell masterpiece for a sudden offer. It's thick as hell but it makes it up with the compact size an that OLED display, and proprietary connection for its own Graphics Amplifier that has better bandwidth for eGPU applications than TB3. I'm sad Dell dropped it.
Finally got your hands on one! I've had mine for 2 months now. -125mv core and cache in Throttlestop and I rarely go over 80c on CPU and GPU. Although, the games I play aren't battlefield 5! Regardless, your points are valid on the discontinuing of the Alienware 13. I love it, despite it being chunky for the screen size. However, although I've adapted to the smaller screen, I'm left wishing it was a larger screen... Really my only complaint about it. I may hold onto it, then again, I have considered selling it and opting for a 17" gaming laptop (perhaps the g7?). Anyway, as always, great video Bob.
Aw13 oled will remain still one of the most special laptops of all time, specially that screen.... I think is the most beautiful laptop screen of all time..... That's why... 😉
just to clarify the audio outputs, it's 2 separate plugs for headsets including mic, so you can plug in 2 headsets with mic at the same time, pretty cool feature
Really good review! You know you're passionate when you're dropping reviews of unique laptops. The old factor actually gives this a vintage feel. Good stuff! Might snag one :D
I have owned this laptop and used it since it came out, and I have to say with the exception of a bit of heat, its been an awesome laptop. I think the main reason Dell is ceasing it (for now) is that laptops are progressively thinner and lighter, and the new video card format for slim systems is making it hard to justify the size compromise for many folks. Coupled with that is the fact that the OLED panel, the ace-in-the-hole (trust me, the best IPS cannot compare) is no longer made. That being said, it is good enough that with the exception of six cores, there is just no reason for me to give it up. I am hopefuly a new version will come out again, I think it will actually.
I like the old format better (like the last minute) .. it's just my opinion though.. it felt more natural and authentic.. still.. great content as always Bob!
One of the biggest issues with the old format is there was not any structure so people wouldn’t watch the video from start to finish and they would just ask for that specific part they wanted to know.
I've used mine for four years. Great laptop. Love the OLED screen - well worth optioning. Had two fan replacements and a motherboard replacement under warranty first and out of warranty second under NZ consumer law (entitled for it to work for a reasonable period of time, not just warranty period). Also had the speakers replaced. The speakers still sound a little bad at loud volume - a problem not present when laptop was brand new. It'll be hard to justify an upgrade unless there's something with an OLED panel available, and that's not something you see much on the market. Luckily I don't game much anymore haha! Hoping it doesn't break again, because I think I'd be screwed now and have to pay for repair. I just wish it had a macbook like mousepad. But that's basically the worst thing about it, it's an excellent machine otherwise.
Got one off EBAY for $850 , DELL let me renew the warranty for two years as well. All I use it for is my main browsing unit for youtube light gaming. Great little lappy .
I picked this up on sale for $1400 off dell during Christmas in 2017. Got the 7700hk version too. The amplifier is honestly a really good addition to this. If I want to game at my friends house I have enough power to do so, when I come home I dock it to my GA with a GTX 1080ti FE and it keeps alot of heat off of my R3 and I only get about a 5% loss in performance potential with the bandwidth limitation on the alienware graphics port. I think its a pretty nice hybrid set up if you appreciate portability and power in the same right.
I’d say it is the finest Alienware 13-inch gaming laptop they’ve ever made, everything about it was perfect except when it came to some of its proprietary software which was a nightmare for me initially. But nitpicking aside, I love it, I have the 1080p IPS version, along with 16GB RAM, GTX 1060 and 512GB SSD. Every game I throw at it, it devours like the hungry beast that it is. It’s a shame they’ve discontinued it, but I have hopes that someday it may make a glorious return.
Bob Of All Trades well, not hard at all, it’s just one of the options when using the GA. But, it is highly recommended to use an external monitor for such setup (with the GA)
What a lovely little machine! That screen looks gorgeous too :) Ages ago I had a Toshiba Satellite P50t-C-109 with 4k touchscreen and I LOVED it!! Had a GTX950 4GB in it and 12GB ram (shit now, but for the time, when it was maybe (?) the first laptop to have a 4k touchscreen...it was mind blowing!) Only thing was, it couldn't actually handle anything at 4k (gaming or even streaming video) without bottlenecking and chugging, so the screen was pretty redundant!! On that note, have you ever thought of doing retro laptop reviews once in a while? Maybe getting hold of laptops from a few years ago and seeing how they hold up with todays games etc.? That would be super interesting :)
I bought this laptop i7-7700HQ with GTX 1060 6gb, 16 gb DDR4 RAM and 1/0.5 Tb NVMe SSD.. I paid a lot to be honest, but I didn't regret it. The Oled panel on this thing is incredible. I've never seen a laptop screen come even close to this one in terms of colors and crisp details. Plus, if you haven't seen the black color on Oled panels, then you haven't seen black at all. I mainly played BF1 on it (while recording my gameplay at 60fps). It never disappointed.. I had the smoothest most stable experience. But when it came to BFV.. the cpu was bottlenecking the gpu on this setting. I had to change the resolution from QHD to FHD.. and turn everything down to medium. That's when I felt the smoothness and speed of the game. Also, I had to put the cpu on constant performance mode which boosts the speed from 2.8 ghz to 3.2 - 3.4 Ghz. In short, it's the best laptop I've ever owned.. but the cpu on this thing isn't that great.
Hey Bob, was wondering about the 9260 wifi upgrade. I still have the killer WiFi card and was thinking about upgrading. There was an Intel 9260 WiFi card on Amazon for $14.99 but it said No Vpro? Are there different variants of the card? You stated it's a simple plug and play upgrade? No drivers to download? Looking forward to more videos on this computer. I'm on stock paste and am curious if liquid metal would be a worthwhile procedure and how much a high quality paste differs from stock!
VPro is a security feature for businesses. It is completely irrelevant to 99% of people (even business IT guys who barely use it). I upgraded mine already with a 9260 no-vpro from amazon and it works great. More bars for the same network and better bluetooth as well. Didn't even need to install drivers.
i love my alienware 15 r3 but the 13 was definitely a favourite of mine with the 2k touch oled and a full gtx 1060 makes it such a amazing laptop wish dell did a better job with the m15 its like a downgrade not a replacement the 13 is a beast while still being very compact they do have magnets and i really like the feel when i close my alienware you know that its properly closed
I just bought a used 15 r3, I love it. The 13 r3 was always my first choice, but I could never save enough to buy it. I can't say I am disappointed though. The 1070 is a beast.
@@R4ttl3h34d yeah its a beast the alienware 15 r3 but yeah the 13 is also amaizng i still like my 15 r3 the 120hz display is amazing for a tn the quality is really good looks like a ips u dont get much color distortion and layout id great
Hey Bob, great video, thanks for the overview! Do you think this laptop has good longevity and is still a good choice in 2019 to use for the next four years or so? I'm in search for a well cooled laptop with a rigid chassis for longevity, a great keyboard for studying, a not too crazy looking chassis for college and a gtx 1060 to be able to game in the evening (doesn't have to be best settings, as long as every game runs smooth for a few hours I'm fine). Is this my best pick? Theres a good discount right now in Germany and other laptops with same gpu (but better CPU) are just a little cheaper. Would love to hear your thoughts on this :). Kind regards, Lukas.
Nice video BOB. I really liked OLED calibration you showed. Colors look even more natural after calibrating with sRGB. Gaming performance of Kabylake and Pascal is more than enough to push more than 60 FPS on FHD and sub 50 FPS on QHD at High or Ultra settings. Any plans of extending the video for showing thermal performance after LM/Traditional thermal paste? I use power plan switcher app from MS store to extend my battery runtimes on most laptops by switching off extra lights and put into Power saver mode. As always, ThrottleStop and Che0063's battery life improvement guide helps in getting advertised battery life. Since 13 r3 will be in Dell's Museum, what feature of AW 13 r3 did you miss or wish Dell included in AW which could've made truly unique laptop? Patiently waiting for your Aero 15 and RTX M review.
I have one of these. 32GB RAM, 2TB 960 PRO, 1060, OLED, i7. It doesn't come across as a "DELL" to me... and the reason being it's been dead-reliable. I've not had any issues with it (heat, thermals, battery, anything), and it's two and a half years old and going like a champ. I would have rather had something of this thickness with the RTX 2060 (which would have been awesome) than have something like the m15 R2 where even the RAM is soldered to the mainboard. Unfortunately, with the "ultrabook" craze in full-swing, things like key-travel (13 R3 = excellent), upgradeability (RAM = 32GB, which is more than m15 R2 @ 16GB max), are going to be sacrificed to say "i'm a gaming macbook!". I never thought I'd say this, but when my 13 R3 finally goes, I'll genuinely be sad. It's an absolutely amazing laptop for everything from going to Starbucks, to gaming, to video watching, to well... just about anything.
Hey Bob, always love your reviews. You're very pleasant to watch/listen. When will you get your habds on a 2070 MQ 80W part? looking forwards to it. Cheers man!
I've had this since 2017 and also got a 51m with 2080, 9900k. If i had to return one the 51m would be gone. Love the 13 r3 it is a tank and i've speant more time than i'd like to admit with it.
Hey Bob I was thinking of getting this last year but got scared of the burn in as I believe OLEDs in laptops have a risk of burn in. What do you think?
@@BobOfAllTrades kg, m/cm, C°/K, etc :) I cant do anything with Pounds for example. Just give us metrics and add those "imperial units" too I dont know how i can be more specific about that? Otherwise i mostly like your content! :)
Thank you for making this video I bought this laptop towards the tailend of its life cycle on Dell and was wondering if I made the right choice. Also are you sure you can just upgrade the ram from 2400 to 2667 (assuming you buy the same manufacturer ram)? And also I've had Wi-Fi and Bluetooth interference with my default Wi-Fi card and my attention peaked when you mentioned swapping it for another card could you explain why?
Killer 1435 and 1535 cards are EXTREMELY buggy. 9260 and don’t look back 👍 I’m positive it’ll accept 2666. Dell use to sell these with that RAM on their customizing page. Tons of people on the forums have made their upgrade long ago. People have even went with the HyperX Impact 2666 CL15 too 👍
Jay Serrano Heads up! There’s a few Crucial Ballistix 2666 modules are that default themselves to 2400, even in machine that are supposed to run 2666 natively. I’d stay away from that brand just to be safe. They make great memory otherwise 👌
@@BobOfAllTrades thanks for the heads up I was thinking to get crucial to keep the same manufacture but since you recommended hyperX I'm not messing with success so I'm gonna get those 2666 CL15
Little doubt this is the greatest laptop ever built. I have an Alienware 15 R3 with a 120 Hz panel also running at 400 Nits which is awesome but I would have preferred this one due to its lower weight and higher 2K resolution with touchscreen functionality as well.
Do you have any burn in on your screen, also how long do you recon it’s safe to use on daily basis, in terms of screen burn in. Especially with windows bar or Microsoft document tabs on top, in a bit worried. Please clarify whether this burn in issue is Problematic or not.
Best laptop I’ve ever owned. Just sad that hardware moves on forcing me to sell. On to an aw15 r4 with 1070. That’s how impressed I was with the 13. But the 15 is a tad too big and heavy.m for what it is. But the next closest thing and coincidentally designed similar to the Alienware is the y740 which I’m all for as it’s smaller than the aw15 even tho they both 15”
Bob Of All Trades excellent. A few users are waiting to get theirs on notebook review forums. But I really like your attention to detail and other things that get overlooked that is not related to thermals so looking forward to that
Honestly looks like a really good laptop but honestly I'm still waiting for a reason to give up my acer nitro 5. The gtx 1050 ti does great and I'm hoping to get the 120hz panel for it soon and put better thermal paste on it.
The two choices you gave yourself here are for two different preferences. 240hz panels are too niche and 144 will suite the majority instead. Unless it’s producing even better color gamut. The OLED is nice but limited to 60hz.
Hello Bob please answer my question. My question is should I get the Walmart overpowered 15 inch or 17 inch then sell my AW13 R3 OLED? Is it worth the switch from Alienware 13 R3 OLED to overpowered laptops by Walmart? Thank you hopefully waiting for your response.
They’re two very different laptops. The OP will offer better gaming experience hands down. FHD, high refresh rate and good colors. The AW13 OLED is extremely unique. If you sell it, do so with a mindset of never getting one back again. Both are diamonds in the rough to be honest.
Okay thank you bob probably will buy an OP gaming laptop 17 inch. They are pretty much the same price if I sold the Alienware 13 R3 then buy walmart 17 inch
Hi BoB. Nice to see u reviewing an AW notebook.I ll share my oponion about this laptop as i had it just non led model with 7300hq and 1050.For me speakers are really great on this machine.Laptop is small but still heavy.Chasis is nice built , i didnt had any problem with thermals on this machine but my gpu was bottlnecked on 60-70% bcs of HD resolution in most games it did not maxed out gpu usage.In hitman 2016 i got fps drop to 27 on some places i think bcs of CPU...AC:Origins also below 40.Which problem i encountered with that notebook ? I got it with 130w psu brick so cpu could not get enough juice and could not turbo boost ,even web browsing was lagging) then i bought 180w dell ac adapter and problem was sloved.It is good notebook for multimedia and light gaming users.To be honest 13inch is good for all but not for gaming.And one question for u BoB i think when you turn off CPU performance mode in Bios your cpu wont turbo boost ? I turned it off and cpu didnt turbo boosted anymore or i missing something?
People should keep in mind due to bezels getting smaller asus g14 is really similar in terms of old small Alienware sizes like the m11 and 13 that seems to be ditched by Alienware now
I miss mine, beautiful screen. It was just so chonky for 13", I'd rather use an xps 13 and keep a real gaming laptop. You going to hang onto that model Bob?
The honeymoon phase is too strong to part with at this time lol. I don't have a "main" computer so what you see for videos was edited on the machine in said video. So having a laptop of my own is nice for once, instead of buying, reviewing then selling.
@@BobOfAllTrades i buy this Alienware 1300 us un december of the 2018 buy 2k and 16 ram core i5 seven generation 2 GB vram 500 ssd, in 2019 no sale more this model i question Alienware support don't good news
Maybe you can convince Eluktronics to make a 13 in OLED touchscreen 1440p laptop , thiccboy with amazing thermals? Imagine reusing this chassis with some modern cooling solutions and 12th gen cpus? Oh a man can dream can't he. convince
I have the Alienware m15 (1st gen, with i7 8750H). Two of them actually. I got one for myself (2080 MQ) and for my brother (1660 Ti) and both of them had battery bloat within 1.5 years. Very disappointed.
It’s way too soon to see what that thing is going to be made of. I have this laptop for this whole entire month and that is nowhere near enough time to get a decent assessment regarding Azure.
Just like the Area 51M, dell shows what theyre capable of in the form of this laptop. A great niche product from Dell. Bob, noob question: Can any 1080p panel get as color accurate as this panel?
Unfortunately not. The The closest 1080P panel I know of after calibration hit 89% Adobe RGB which is very close. But then you’re missing those inky blacks. That was the Chi Mei panel I installed on the Mech-15 👍
Sir can u help my budget is 1200$ max and i cant decide which laptop i should go I need 8 or 8+ hours battery life good screen because i use netflix and amzon prime. atleast mx150 graphic to support little bit gaming .performance good. I checked envy 13 ,matebook d,and some more can u suggest?
You can get a Microsoft surface laptop 2 for under $1100 with i5 8gb ram. It has an incredible screen and fantastic battery life, it just lacks USB C and a dedicated GPU which is just sad.
Funny watching this now and knowing that in the current Alienware models the thermals are a massive issue with most people getting cookers .Without undervolting and re-pasting the new models are waaaay too hot. Guess RTX was / is too much even in Max Q for the current size / Thickness of notebooks. They all overheat. With a re-paste and re-pad and underolt the 13 R3 doesn't break past 80 degrees under full load stress on either chip with averages gaming at 2K or 1080p on GPU around 75 and CPU the same. Impressive for the form and a full fat 1060. So yes to the title question. Nothing has come since that betters this great little machine.
Thank you for the feedback. So far my unit didn't have burn-in after extensive usage when playing games. Hopefully it wouldn't be an issue in the future. Btw can you give the link on the forum that you've mentioned.
IMO that belongs to the 17 R1, last AW with socketable hardware and great build quality Also something of note, 2K is 1080p, 3K is 1440p, and 4K is well, 2160p
Bob i have one question my Alienware 13 r3 have 2gb vram And 2k, i buy graphiic amplifier, my question is what graphic card is the best for 2k gamers And the future games
If only they could shave those bezels and invent an OLED that does high refresh rates and supports freesync / G-Sync. The 60Hz limit is always going to be a deal-breaker for me now that I've experienced higher refresh rate panels; even with OLED being as gorgeous as it is.
Oh yeah there’s gonna be a series about this laptop. I’ll have a tear down including thermal performance afterwords I’ll also roll the undervolt in there as well.
It's a damn shame no one makes 13 inch gaming laptops anymore, but your reasoning is very logical. At least Razer is gonna give it a shot with their upcoming Blade Stealth with a i7-1065G7 and a GTX 1650.
I would love to give that particular Blade a shot if it wasn’t going to be $1600. I think it will sell pretty well if we ever see it go on sale for $1200
Some people really like that M15 but I am definitely not one of them. I ordered one for review and I’m very thankful Dell canceled my order. Very unimpressed and it is incredibly hot unfortunately.
I haven’t read much on this as a legit complaint. A lot of talk but no evidence. This isn’t exactly new and it’s mint so far. My main tv is a 1080p OLED and my kids game on it all the time. Zero burn-in and it’s 3 years old. Perhaps I’m lucky?
@@BobOfAllTrades TVs dont have static visuals on display, Ive had 2 OLED phones burnt in both on notifications bar and bottom menu, better put all static aspects of windows on transparent or sth
@@BobOfAllTrades temporarily statics like HUD may cause small retention which is refreshed each time you turn off the display but constant statiq images will end up as permenant heavy image retentions, aka burn in.
@@BobOfAllTrades Besides the screen size your paying 2500 for a 1060 based laptop. You can buy 1080 laptop for the same price or less. I'm just saying it's not a very good value.
DrawTimeInc Why do you think you never saw one on this channel till now? Like I said in the very beginning I bought this used. I wouldn’t personally pay much more than half of what it is on Amazon. I didn’t pay anything close to that 👍
As an FYI.... these are on sale in the Dell Outlet section for $940 right now ; )
Is it still available on sale?
Any answer would be appreciated
i neeed this aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
Great video Bob ! I feel sad that I didn't get time to review it. Still have some footage which I might share at some point. Great screen, loved it. Glad it's gone to a good home !
Thank you 🙏
RTX is on its way so please don't worry! The AERO 15 was stuck in Alaska from Taiwan and delayed so the time I took off work for that was spent on this video. I have the Aero in possession now and I will be getting to work on that along with more testing with the GT75.
Once we can get enough subs and views I can afford to slack on my main job and focus more on B.O.A.T.
Last time I checked the price on DELL it was under 2000$. I see the price getting much higher now on outside shops like amazon because of the scarcity.
I’m talking about when it was new. Originally it was around 2100 iirc.
Before they Clarence them out they had some pretty decent deals on them under $2k
@@BobOfAllTrades Yep. As with latest tendencies of Alienware upgrading to a slimmer form factor I feel this model is going to become the last of its kind.
Are you going to get Aero 15 RTX 2070 ?
If yes that's mean it's my lucky day!!!
Cuz I am confused if I should change my ram and undervolting the cpu :(
Waiting for your review :D
Best Laptops YTer ever! ❤️
Bob Of All Trades Hello Bob,
I need your advice,please.I bought the new asus rog gl704gw with rtx 2070 and i7 8750h.I tried to undervolt the cpu like in you tutorial video about the cpu,but i can’t go much further then -50mv.If i try this,on full load when i play a game for exemple,it closing the application or having a blue screen.I tried to repaste it,but is still the same,on full load is reaching 92 degrees.Do you have any suggestions for me please.
Loving the music choice here. Thanks for being a solid TH-camr and inspiring me to pick up an OP 17+. Couldn’t resist such a steal!
Awesome video! This laptop reminds me when Alienware wasn't part of Dell. I truly love it! It's so solid. Not only functional but a great conversational piece. It would fit in with my decor perfectly! Pricey? Yes. Worth it? I definitely think so!!! Life is short so why not! Thanks again for a great informative video!!!
Got mine for 1400€ here in germany on Cyber Monday (2018), directly from Dells site. It wass the cheapest Config with OLED and GTX 1060 (8GB RAM, lowest capacity ssd) and I upgraded it wit a 2 TB SSD and 16GB's of RAM. Best decision ever! I ended up spending around 2000€ in total, and even though I wouldn't recommend it for everyone, it works great for me. As the panel is locked to 60Hz and doesn't have gsync, it's not for hardcore gamers. I do a lot of photo editing and I play games casually, so the display was the thing that caught my eye. I know what this machine is capable to do and if I ever needed more, I'd build a PC and still have a very portable Laptop that is great for everything on the go. I don't have a lot of money and really needed a machine to take with me (for example to my friends), so nobody could tell me I made the wrong decision. Also it is possible to upgrade the graphics with an gpu enclosure (with thunderbolt, or alienwares graphic amplifier, which delivers even better performance), which makes the CPU the only bottleneck which can't be upgraded. Still great in 2019, if you are the kind of person who needs this (like me). The other thing is that it's build like a tank, so I think it will hold up longer than other gaming laptop or ultrabook. Let me know if you would pick up something different if you were me. P.S. Only game with the power adapter, as the performans drops significantly while on battery (every game lags, as if the machine is connected to a very bad TV... Or even worse).
Same bro I bought it cheaper for 1400 SGD and upgraded to 256 gb additional SSD alongside 500 GB SSD M.2, It performs very well especially the display..love it
I fell in love with this device 2 years ago but it was always so expensive. Almost $2000 new and $1400 cheapest on Dell outlet. On Valentine's day, they had a 14% off coupon AND 14% cashback so I jumped to buy the Oled/8gb ram model for $1100 after tax. I regret nothing. The battery life is great (~6:30). The screen is great (100% RGB!). The gaming performance is still good.
My use-case is 80% work and 20% games so I care more about the screen, keyboard, and battery life and this little guy is amazing in all aspects.
Anyguy4321 do you use it nowerdays?
@@zZDeGaNsk8eRZz yeah. Still my daily driver. Replaced the Keyboard (I wanted to lube it and ended up destroying the electronics in some keys) and the fans (I think the bearings broke. They made a very loud annoying sound as they ramped up). The fans are quite easy to replace and in general it is easy to open (for the keyboard I had to disassemble the whole machine, but it wasn't as big of a problem as you might think). Am still happy with my decision. Even if I end up buying something else, this is still great for travelling. In addition it is built like a tank.
cool video ! I been having my Alienware R3 OLED since summer of 2016. I use it everyday and still runs great amazing. I love playing games on this laptop because of the amazing Display and how games just run good on this laptop. I travel a lot for work so this Laptop is always with me on the road !
This was my first choice 2 years ago as soon as I got out of the Apple environment. I preferred looking for something more light and portable since my last Apple daily driver was a 2014 MacBook Air but to this day I'm still keeping an eye on this Dell masterpiece for a sudden offer. It's thick as hell but it makes it up with the compact size an that OLED display, and proprietary connection for its own Graphics Amplifier that has better bandwidth for eGPU applications than TB3. I'm sad Dell dropped it.
I’m super glad I got mine last August before it got discontinued. That screen is a marvel to behold! Great video!
Finally got your hands on one! I've had mine for 2 months now. -125mv core and cache in Throttlestop and I rarely go over 80c on CPU and GPU. Although, the games I play aren't battlefield 5! Regardless, your points are valid on the discontinuing of the Alienware 13. I love it, despite it being chunky for the screen size. However, although I've adapted to the smaller screen, I'm left wishing it was a larger screen... Really my only complaint about it. I may hold onto it, then again, I have considered selling it and opting for a 17" gaming laptop (perhaps the g7?). Anyway, as always, great video Bob.
I wish AW would bring back the M11x. That was such a great little laptop.
i don't get why they did not... always wanted a small gaming laptop
Aw13 oled will remain still one of the most special laptops of all time, specially that screen.... I think is the most beautiful laptop screen of all time..... That's why... 😉
just to clarify the audio outputs, it's 2 separate plugs for headsets including mic, so you can plug in 2 headsets with mic at the same time, pretty cool feature
Your video is nicely made and hits many points no one else covers on this model - many thanks Bob - sad to see they no longer make the 13"!
Mohamed YNAP This is my favorite laptop dell and alienware made in the last five years
Such an underrated channel....really appreciate your style of reviews and tutorials
Really good review! You know you're passionate when you're dropping reviews of unique laptops. The old factor actually gives this a vintage feel.
Good stuff! Might snag one :D
Found one on Dell outlet , what a beauty.
Runs super cool mid 30s browsing youtube.
BIOS set to max fans , it's loud but I love it.
M15, M17, they definitely need to make an M13, the r13 was a small but beast machine!
Yes I need to give Dell feedback about this idea. If enough will they may listen.
I have owned this laptop and used it since it came out, and I have to say with the exception of a bit of heat, its been an awesome laptop. I think the main reason Dell is ceasing it (for now) is that laptops are progressively thinner and lighter, and the new video card format for slim systems is making it hard to justify the size compromise for many folks. Coupled with that is the fact that the OLED panel, the ace-in-the-hole (trust me, the best IPS cannot compare) is no longer made. That being said, it is good enough that with the exception of six cores, there is just no reason for me to give it up. I am hopefuly a new version will come out again, I think it will actually.
I feel there needs to be a 1660ti 13" version of the M15. It would be pure bliss thin as they're making it right now!
I like the old format better (like the last minute) .. it's just my opinion though.. it felt more natural and authentic.. still.. great content as always Bob!
One of the biggest issues with the old format is there was not any structure so people wouldn’t watch the video from start to finish and they would just ask for that specific part they wanted to know.
@@BobOfAllTrades I see what you mean.. I mean it's still Bob so it's still great! Thanks again for all your work!
I've used mine for four years. Great laptop. Love the OLED screen - well worth optioning. Had two fan replacements and a motherboard replacement under warranty first and out of warranty second under NZ consumer law (entitled for it to work for a reasonable period of time, not just warranty period). Also had the speakers replaced. The speakers still sound a little bad at loud volume - a problem not present when laptop was brand new.
It'll be hard to justify an upgrade unless there's something with an OLED panel available, and that's not something you see much on the market. Luckily I don't game much anymore haha! Hoping it doesn't break again, because I think I'd be screwed now and have to pay for repair.
I just wish it had a macbook like mousepad. But that's basically the worst thing about it, it's an excellent machine otherwise.
Got one off EBAY for $850 , DELL let me renew the warranty for two years as well.
All I use it for is my main browsing unit for youtube light gaming.
Great little lappy .
I picked this up on sale for $1400 off dell during Christmas in 2017. Got the 7700hk version too. The amplifier is honestly a really good addition to this. If I want to game at my friends house I have enough power to do so, when I come home I dock it to my GA with a GTX 1080ti FE and it keeps alot of heat off of my R3 and I only get about a 5% loss in performance potential with the bandwidth limitation on the alienware graphics port. I think its a pretty nice hybrid set up if you appreciate portability and power in the same right.
I’d say it is the finest Alienware 13-inch gaming laptop they’ve ever made, everything about it was perfect except when it came to some of its proprietary software which was a nightmare for me initially. But nitpicking aside, I love it, I have the 1080p IPS version, along with 16GB RAM, GTX 1060 and 512GB SSD. Every game I throw at it, it devours like the hungry beast that it is. It’s a shame they’ve discontinued it, but I have hopes that someday it may make a glorious return.
My AW 13R3 with GA and RTX series in it will have me going for another couple of years (:
Great vid, BoB !!
I should give that GA a try 👍. How hard is it to pipe the video back into the OLED display?
an RTX card in an alienware r3 13? how is this possible lol?
Zz3123 Onaofe yeah, using GA (Alienware graphic amplifier)
Bob Of All Trades well, not hard at all, it’s just one of the options when using the GA. But, it is highly recommended to use an external monitor for such setup (with the GA)
What a lovely little machine! That screen looks gorgeous too :) Ages ago I had a Toshiba Satellite P50t-C-109 with 4k touchscreen and I LOVED it!! Had a GTX950 4GB in it and 12GB ram (shit now, but for the time, when it was maybe (?) the first laptop to have a 4k touchscreen...it was mind blowing!) Only thing was, it couldn't actually handle anything at 4k (gaming or even streaming video) without bottlenecking and chugging, so the screen was pretty redundant!!
On that note, have you ever thought of doing retro laptop reviews once in a while? Maybe getting hold of laptops from a few years ago and seeing how they hold up with todays games etc.? That would be super interesting :)
I bought this laptop i7-7700HQ with GTX 1060 6gb, 16 gb DDR4 RAM and 1/0.5 Tb NVMe SSD.. I paid a lot to be honest, but I didn't regret it. The Oled panel on this thing is incredible. I've never seen a laptop screen come even close to this one in terms of colors and crisp details. Plus, if you haven't seen the black color on Oled panels, then you haven't seen black at all. I mainly played BF1 on it (while recording my gameplay at 60fps). It never disappointed.. I had the smoothest most stable experience. But when it came to BFV.. the cpu was bottlenecking the gpu on this setting. I had to change the resolution from QHD to FHD.. and turn everything down to medium. That's when I felt the smoothness and speed of the game. Also, I had to put the cpu on constant performance mode which boosts the speed from 2.8 ghz to 3.2 - 3.4 Ghz. In short, it's the best laptop I've ever owned.. but the cpu on this thing isn't that great.
Hey Bob, was wondering about the 9260 wifi upgrade. I still have the killer WiFi card and was thinking about upgrading. There was an Intel 9260 WiFi card on Amazon for $14.99 but it said No Vpro? Are there different variants of the card? You stated it's a simple plug and play upgrade? No drivers to download? Looking forward to more videos on this computer. I'm on stock paste and am curious if liquid metal would be a worthwhile procedure and how much a high quality paste differs from stock!
VPro is a security feature for businesses. It is completely irrelevant to 99% of people (even business IT guys who barely use it). I upgraded mine already with a 9260 no-vpro from amazon and it works great. More bars for the same network and better bluetooth as well. Didn't even need to install drivers.
I hope you do more follow up videos with this laptop too for anything we may want or need to know.
I plan on at least a Teardown and new thermal paste 👌
These are actually still available new on the Dell UK website... £1549 for 16gb, GTX 1060, OLED, 512gb ssd after a £150 off voucher.
Great video, great screen. Dreaming of an m15, 1440p, oled with above 90% adobe rgb.
Great video Bob, do you think rtx 2060 laptops are worth the asking price ( from what you have experienced from rtx laptops)?
i love my alienware 15 r3 but the 13 was definitely a favourite of mine with the 2k touch oled and a full gtx 1060 makes it such a amazing laptop wish dell did a better job with the m15 its like a downgrade not a replacement the 13 is a beast while still being very compact they do have magnets and i really like the feel when i close my alienware you know that its properly closed
Well said 👌
I just bought a used 15 r3, I love it. The 13 r3 was always my first choice, but I could never save enough to buy it. I can't say I am disappointed though. The 1070 is a beast.
@@R4ttl3h34d yeah its a beast the alienware 15 r3 but yeah the 13 is also amaizng i still like my 15 r3 the 120hz display is amazing for a tn the quality is really good looks like a ips u dont get much color distortion and layout id great
Hey Bob, great video, thanks for the overview! Do you think this laptop has good longevity and is still a good choice in 2019 to use for the next four years or so? I'm in search for a well cooled laptop with a rigid chassis for longevity, a great keyboard for studying, a not too crazy looking chassis for college and a gtx 1060 to be able to game in the evening (doesn't have to be best settings, as long as every game runs smooth for a few hours I'm fine). Is this my best pick? Theres a good discount right now in Germany and other laptops with same gpu (but better CPU) are just a little cheaper.
Would love to hear your thoughts on this :).
Kind regards, Lukas.
Nice video BOB. I really liked OLED calibration you showed. Colors look even more natural after calibrating with sRGB. Gaming performance of Kabylake and Pascal is more than enough to push more than 60 FPS on FHD and sub 50 FPS on QHD at High or Ultra settings. Any plans of extending the video for showing thermal performance after LM/Traditional thermal paste?
I use power plan switcher app from MS store to extend my battery runtimes on most laptops by switching off extra lights and put into Power saver mode. As always, ThrottleStop and Che0063's battery life improvement guide helps in getting advertised battery life.
Since 13 r3 will be in Dell's Museum, what feature of AW 13 r3 did you miss or wish Dell included in AW which could've made truly unique laptop?
Patiently waiting for your Aero 15 and RTX M review.
I have one of these. 32GB RAM, 2TB 960 PRO, 1060, OLED, i7.
It doesn't come across as a "DELL" to me... and the reason being it's been dead-reliable. I've not had any issues with it (heat, thermals, battery, anything), and it's two and a half years old and going like a champ. I would have rather had something of this thickness with the RTX 2060 (which would have been awesome) than have something like the m15 R2 where even the RAM is soldered to the mainboard. Unfortunately, with the "ultrabook" craze in full-swing, things like key-travel (13 R3 = excellent), upgradeability (RAM = 32GB, which is more than m15 R2 @ 16GB max), are going to be sacrificed to say "i'm a gaming macbook!".
I never thought I'd say this, but when my 13 R3 finally goes, I'll genuinely be sad. It's an absolutely amazing laptop for everything from going to Starbucks, to gaming, to video watching, to well... just about anything.
ganzonomy I got emotional
Hey Bob, always love your reviews. You're very pleasant to watch/listen. When will you get your habds on a 2070 MQ 80W part? looking forwards to it. Cheers man!
Thanks 🙏
I have an Aero 2070mq here now actually.
I've always wanted the Aw13 OLED saw it at best buy and looked amazing. Wasnt a fan of the chunky chassis but the size at 13 would be manageable.
I've had this since 2017 and also got a 51m with 2080, 9900k. If i had to return one the 51m would be gone. Love the 13 r3 it is a tank and i've speant more time than i'd like to admit with it.
Hey Bob I was thinking of getting this last year but got scared of the burn in as I believe OLEDs in laptops have a risk of burn in. What do you think?
Negative you’re good. This has been asked in the forums and these labels are fine. No burn-in 👍
Speaking of which it’s time to move out on this one.
Please use metrics! If you fell the harsh need you can still add those old sensless units too but please mainly use metrics! Thanks
What exactly do you want to see? Be specific so I can accommodate.
@@BobOfAllTrades kg, m/cm, C°/K, etc :)
I cant do anything with Pounds for example. Just give us metrics and add those "imperial units" too I dont know how i can be more specific about that?
Otherwise i mostly like your content! :)
Thank you for making this video I bought this laptop towards the tailend of its life cycle on Dell and was wondering if I made the right choice. Also are you sure you can just upgrade the ram from 2400 to 2667 (assuming you buy the same manufacturer ram)? And also I've had Wi-Fi and Bluetooth interference with my default Wi-Fi card and my attention peaked when you mentioned swapping it for another card could you explain why?
Killer 1435 and 1535 cards are EXTREMELY buggy. 9260 and don’t look back 👍
I’m positive it’ll accept 2666. Dell use to sell these with that RAM on their customizing page. Tons of people on the forums have made their upgrade long ago.
People have even went with the HyperX Impact 2666 CL15 too 👍
@@BobOfAllTrades you're the best Bob! Thanks I'm going online to get these things now, pretty pumped.
Jay Serrano Heads up! There’s a few Crucial Ballistix 2666 modules are that default themselves to 2400, even in machine that are supposed to run 2666 natively.
I’d stay away from that brand just to be safe. They make great memory otherwise 👌
@@BobOfAllTrades thanks for the heads up I was thinking to get crucial to keep the same manufacture but since you recommended hyperX I'm not messing with success so I'm gonna get those 2666 CL15
Those are the fastest 👍
Little doubt this is the greatest laptop ever built. I have an Alienware 15 R3 with a 120 Hz panel also running at 400 Nits which is awesome but I would have preferred this one due to its lower weight and higher 2K resolution with touchscreen functionality as well.
It is indeed the best AW laptop, especially that beautiful screen. What i'm curious though, will it last long with that kind of temp?....
I’ll take it apart and repast it soon. It’s on the shelf till then 👌
Great review, thanks
Most AW R3-4 series have thermal issue that it is almost impossible to fix even repasting with thermal grizzly conductonaut and fujypoly thermal pads
Do you have any burn in on your screen, also how long do you recon it’s safe to use on daily basis, in terms of screen burn in. Especially with windows bar or Microsoft document tabs on top, in a bit worried. Please clarify whether this burn in issue is Problematic or not.
Google laptop OLED burn-in and you’ll see that we’re safe actually. It’s not a thing 👍
Bob Of All Trades that’s good to hear cos I really wanna get the new xps 15. Thank you for your reply.
Best laptop I’ve ever owned. Just sad that hardware moves on forcing me to sell.
On to an aw15 r4 with 1070. That’s how impressed I was with the 13. But the 15 is a tad too big and heavy.m for what it is. But the next closest thing and coincidentally designed similar to the Alienware is the y740 which I’m all for as it’s smaller than the aw15 even tho they both 15”
KING0SISQO I might have a Y740 on its way...... 🤫
Bob Of All Trades excellent. A few users are waiting to get theirs on notebook review forums. But I really like your attention to detail and other things that get overlooked that is not related to thermals so looking forward to that
Honestly looks like a really good laptop but honestly I'm still waiting for a reason to give up my acer nitro 5. The gtx 1050 ti does great and I'm hoping to get the 120hz panel for it soon and put better thermal paste on it.
The 240hz option has been up on Alienware site for a while but there isn't any review yet. :( I'm hesitating about getting that or the 4k oled one.
The two choices you gave yourself here are for two different preferences.
240hz panels are too niche and 144 will suite the majority instead. Unless it’s producing even better color gamut.
The OLED is nice but limited to 60hz.
Hello Bob please answer my question. My question is should I get the Walmart overpowered 15 inch or 17 inch then sell my AW13 R3 OLED? Is it worth the switch from Alienware 13 R3 OLED to overpowered laptops by Walmart? Thank you hopefully waiting for your response.
They’re two very different laptops. The OP will offer better gaming experience hands down. FHD, high refresh rate and good colors.
The AW13 OLED is extremely unique. If you sell it, do so with a mindset of never getting one back again.
Both are diamonds in the rough to be honest.
Okay thank you bob probably will buy an OP gaming laptop 17 inch. They are pretty much the same price if I sold the Alienware 13 R3 then buy walmart 17 inch
Hi BoB. Nice to see u reviewing an AW notebook.I ll share my oponion about this laptop as i had it just non led model with 7300hq and 1050.For me speakers are really great on this machine.Laptop is small but still heavy.Chasis is nice built , i didnt had any problem with thermals on this machine but my gpu was bottlnecked on 60-70% bcs of HD resolution in most games it did not maxed out gpu usage.In hitman 2016 i got fps drop to 27 on some places i think bcs of CPU...AC:Origins also below 40.Which problem i encountered with that notebook ? I got it with 130w psu brick so cpu could not get enough juice and could not turbo boost ,even web browsing was lagging) then i bought 180w dell ac adapter and problem was sloved.It is good notebook for multimedia and light gaming users.To be honest 13inch is good for all but not for gaming.And one question for u BoB i think when you turn off CPU performance mode in Bios your cpu wont turbo boost ? I turned it off and cpu didnt turbo boosted anymore or i missing something?
Mine boosted like normal, no problem with it off at all. Nearly all of my usage has been without it 👍
People should keep in mind due to bezels getting smaller asus g14 is really similar in terms of old small Alienware sizes like the m11 and 13 that seems to be ditched by Alienware now
What song did you use for the audio test?
I miss mine, beautiful screen. It was just so chonky for 13", I'd rather use an xps 13 and keep a real gaming laptop. You going to hang onto that model Bob?
The honeymoon phase is too strong to part with at this time lol. I don't have a "main" computer so what you see for videos was edited on the machine in said video. So having a laptop of my own is nice for once, instead of buying, reviewing then selling.
You can get this same laptop on Dells outlet store for around $1300
Right now? I was just on their site a few days ago lol.
@@BobOfAllTrades woops sorry, I got a little confused. You can still buy the OLED 1060 model but it's around $1600 which is a little pricey.
@@BobOfAllTrades i buy this Alienware 1300 us un december of the 2018 buy 2k and 16 ram core i5 seven generation 2 GB vram 500 ssd, in 2019 no sale more this model i question Alienware support don't good news
Sorry for my bad English, i am latam
Maybe you can convince Eluktronics to make a 13 in OLED touchscreen 1440p laptop , thiccboy with amazing thermals?
Imagine reusing this chassis with some modern cooling solutions and 12th gen cpus?
Oh a man can dream can't he.
convince
I have the Alienware m15 (1st gen, with i7 8750H). Two of them actually. I got one for myself (2080 MQ) and for my brother (1660 Ti) and both of them had battery bloat within 1.5 years. Very disappointed.
What do you think about Microsoft Azuer AI in the new Aero rtx in term of throttlestop ?
I think it will miss up throttlestop work.
It’s way too soon to see what that thing is going to be made of. I have this laptop for this whole entire month and that is nowhere near enough time to get a decent assessment regarding Azure.
Good review
Just like the Area 51M, dell shows what theyre capable of in the form of this laptop. A great niche product from Dell.
Bob, noob question: Can any 1080p panel get as color accurate as this panel?
Unfortunately not. The The closest 1080P panel I know of after calibration hit 89% Adobe RGB which is very close. But then you’re missing those inky blacks.
That was the Chi Mei panel I installed on the Mech-15 👍
Sir can u help my budget is 1200$ max and i cant decide which laptop i should go
I need 8 or 8+ hours battery life good screen because i use netflix and amzon prime.
atleast mx150 graphic to support little bit gaming .performance good.
I checked envy 13 ,matebook d,and some more can u suggest?
You can get a Microsoft surface laptop 2 for under $1100 with i5 8gb ram. It has an incredible screen and fantastic battery life, it just lacks USB C and a dedicated GPU which is just sad.
Funny watching this now and knowing that in the current Alienware models the thermals are a massive issue with most people getting cookers .Without undervolting and re-pasting the new models are waaaay too hot. Guess RTX was / is too much even in Max Q for the current size / Thickness of notebooks. They all overheat. With a re-paste and re-pad and underolt the 13 R3 doesn't break past 80 degrees under full load stress on either chip with averages gaming at 2K or 1080p on GPU around 75 and CPU the same. Impressive for the form and a full fat 1060. So yes to the title question. Nothing has come since that betters this great little machine.
Did you have issues with the wifi card that came with the laptop I have the same system but noticed wifi drops
I never used it. I very much dislike killer. I installed the 9260 before ever powering on the laptop.
Have the same laptop, but I'm always paranoid using it because of the burn-in that might plagued my oled screen.
We’ve been talking about this on the forums and there’s guys on there with thousands of hours in their laptop nobody has any burn in yet.
Thank you for the feedback. So far my unit didn't have burn-in after extensive usage when playing games. Hopefully it wouldn't be an issue in the future. Btw can you give the link on the forum that you've mentioned.
Notebook Review forum
Okay thank you 😁
Does hwinfo64 show if ram changed from 2666 to 2400 when adding additional sticks
As shown on the forums it does 👍
IMO that belongs to the 17 R1, last AW with socketable hardware and great build quality
Also something of note, 2K is 1080p, 3K is 1440p, and 4K is well, 2160p
Back when Alienware was on their own?
@@BobOfAllTrades Alienware has been owned by Dell since the M17X R2 days, or around 2010 if memory serves
Bob i have one question my Alienware 13 r3 have 2gb vram And 2k, i buy graphiic amplifier, my question is what graphic card is the best for 2k gamers And the future games
The best you can afford 👍
What do you have in mind? The RTX 2070 would do nicely
Oh no you are the best www.dell.com/support/article/us/en/19/sln300946/alienware-graphics-amplifier-supported-graphics-card-list?lang=en
then if the 2070 is compatible thanks
I want to ask you what the Lenovo Y730 vs Asus Rog Zephyrus S looks like with Nvidia RTX
Jose Duarte Van Helsing I don’t know I don’t have either one of those laptops 👍
If only they could shave those bezels and invent an OLED that does high refresh rates and supports freesync / G-Sync. The 60Hz limit is always going to be a deal-breaker for me now that I've experienced higher refresh rate panels; even with OLED being as gorgeous as it is.
Heck yeah! Give it time 🙏
Is the display panel overclockable?
Nope
Now next, we need you to make an rtx 2060 laptop review for us bob
Hey heard a lot abt u from stephen... nice vid...
can you do an updated undervolt tutorial?
Oh yeah there’s gonna be a series about this laptop. I’ll have a tear down including thermal performance afterwords I’ll also roll the undervolt in there as well.
It's a damn shame no one makes 13 inch gaming laptops anymore, but your reasoning is very logical.
At least Razer is gonna give it a shot with their upcoming Blade Stealth with a i7-1065G7 and a GTX 1650.
I would love to give that particular Blade a shot if it wasn’t going to be $1600.
I think it will sell pretty well if we ever see it go on sale for $1200
And it catches dust crazily
Great video ;)
Steve probably loaded it with Newcastle Propaganda. You better clean install it.
It got a bath 🛀
Oled is perfect for ultrabooks!
True 👌
OLED is PWM plague.
you could get an entry level area m51 for that!!!
As you should! I want a white one so bad!!
Adult type tasks.... brilliant 😂
Someone got my sense of humor 🤛
Area 51m next. Please? ;)
That’s probably not in the budget lol
400 nits on OLED? wow....
this is greater than my pc
Yes it was .. I was really hoping for a refresh instead we get the cheap plastic m15 no one asked for
Some people really like that M15 but I am definitely not one of them.
I ordered one for review and I’m very thankful Dell canceled my order. Very unimpressed and it is incredibly hot unfortunately.
get ready for a burnt in task bar
I haven’t read much on this as a legit complaint. A lot of talk but no evidence.
This isn’t exactly new and it’s mint so far. My main tv is a 1080p OLED and my kids game on it all the time. Zero burn-in and it’s 3 years old.
Perhaps I’m lucky?
@@BobOfAllTrades TVs dont have static visuals on display, Ive had 2 OLED phones burnt in both on notifications bar and bottom menu, better put all static aspects of windows on transparent or sth
They sure do when games are played. That was my point.
@@BobOfAllTrades temporarily statics like HUD may cause small retention which is refreshed each time you turn off the display but constant statiq images will end up as permenant heavy image retentions, aka burn in.
owner of AW13R3 since launch. no burn in. 0. Samsung AMOLED BURN IN on my galaxy fones are different.
I love oled to death but this is so expensive
2500? You could literally buy the new area 51m. Why would you buy this? Plus gaming on a small 13 inch screen suks. The bigger the better.
Yeah I mean at least you clearly know this is not for you 👍
@@BobOfAllTrades Besides the screen size your paying 2500 for a 1060 based laptop. You can buy 1080 laptop for the same price or less. I'm just saying it's not a very good value.
DrawTimeInc Why do you think you never saw one on this channel till now? Like I said in the very beginning I bought this used.
I wouldn’t personally pay much more than half of what it is on Amazon.
I didn’t pay anything close to that 👍
DAMN just realized the crack on the hinge on the right when rewatching this a third time 1:30
Me too! I’ll see what I can do about it 👍
@@BobOfAllTrades GL man maybe u can glue it into place with some special glue for plastics
Ali-W7 Ananza I’ll probably just replace the lid as it’s tied to that piece.
@@BobOfAllTrades the lids can get quite pricey around 60-90 bucks
Hello
240Hz PWM garbage.