Wednesday 27 August 2014

Product Review: Alienware-14, Most Powerful Notebook in the Whole Universe.



"There's a thousand thin notebooks out there. If you want one, there's plenty of options," says Alienware's Frank Azor. Here at E3, the company's announcing the first new industrial design for its laptops in four years... and yet where most firms are focusing their efforts on ever-thinner machines, all of Alienware's latest products are actually thicker than their predecessors.

Alienware has all but done away with distractingly glossy screens. Even the base $1,199 Alienware 14 has a matte panel, although it's a low-res 1366 x 768 deal. What you'll want, mark my words, is the gorgeous 300-nit 1080p IPS panel that Alienware offers as a $150 upgrade. While you can certainly make out some jagged edges if you look close — it's not quite up there with the panels in the Chromebook Pixel or MacBook Pro with Retina Display
— it's crisp and clear at typing distance from the screen, viewing angles are excellent, and the colors just spring to life. Blacks are deep and dark enough to play games and movies that try to depict night. And honestly, it's the right choice for gamers — 1080p is the right resolution for the amount of gaming performance in this machine, and this is the best 14-inch 1080p panel I've seen.


Specs

Hardware

Laptop type
Gaming PC
Width
13.19 inches
Depth
10.17 inches
Thickness
1.64 inches
Weight
6.12 pounds
Software

Operating system
Windows 7 & 8
Display (base)

Screen size (diagonal)
14 inches
Display SurfaceMatte

Technology
LCD
Backlight
LED
Resolution (X)
1366 px
Resolution (Y)
768 px
Display (max)

Size (diagonal)
14 inches
Technology
IPS LCD
Backlit   WLED

Resolution (X)
1920 px
Resolution (Y)
1080 px
Processor (base)

CPU brand
Intel
CPU family
Haswell
Model
Core i7-4700MQ
Cores
4
Clockspeed
2.4 GHz
Turbo clockspeed
3.4 GHz
Processor (max)

Brand
Intel
Family
Haswell
Model
Core i7-4900MQ
Cores
4
Clockspeed
2.8 GHz
Turbo clockspeed

GPU (base)

Graphics type
Discrete
Base discrete GPU brand
Nvidia
Discrete GPU model
GeForce GT 750M
Dedicated VRAM size
1 GB
GPU (max)

Discrete GPU brand
Nvidia
Discrete GPU model
GeForce GTX 765M
Dedicated VRAM size
2 GB
Memory

Base RAM size
8 GB
Max. config RAM size
16 GB
RAM type
DDR3
Base RAM speed
1600 MHz
RAM slots
2
Storage

Base drive type
HDD (7200RPM)
Base drive capacity
750 GB
Max. config SSD
512 GB
Max. config Hybrid
814 GB
Webcam

Effective pixels
2 megapixels
Video resolution
1080p
Port options

USB 3.0
3
Ethernet
1
Ethernet type (Gigabit)
10/100/1000
Mini DisplayPort
1
HDMI

3.5mm headphone
1
Connectivity

Wi-Fi
Yes
Wi-Fi options
802.11b, 802.11n, 802.11g,
Bluetooth
Yes
Bluetooth version
4.0
Battery

Size
6 cell, 69 Wh
Chemistry
Lithium Ion (Li-Ion)

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