Is Alienware have better quality than thier dells, because I am using the Studio Xps 16, right now and it isn't the best for gaming.
The Alienware is really a top bit of kit and the support is exceptional but then again so it should be for the price, it handles everything that I throw at it and performs well in all situations, I think a great deal of thought has been placed into where the cooling vents are and things like that, im very pleased
Although I rate my Alienware I do not think it is as good value for money as my XPS1530 and think that's a really good bit of kit.
The Alienware I feel is a reasonably decent quality laptop, I like the build quality in most areas however it still has a few things which need improving imho, it must be said you don't buy one because they are cheap, good value for money, or decent quality you buy them because they are very very good performers. (but they are super cool imho)
The way I buy laptops, is not to buy the very latest I can afford but buy a mid range and spec it right up which I did with my Alienware as such I can obtain over 5 hours using battery (9 cell and a smart bay battery) and take a space 6 cell out in my pocket for good measure, its the first powerful laptop which I have had that I can take away from the power supply for a while, I also have 8 gigs of RAM and two SSD's
its all I need from a laptop
As laptops become more powerful, the battery performance is not matching the demands in general which is why I think netbooks are doing so well, simply because a lot of laptops are not longer truly portable.
I like it and have tried to be honest in my review so far - But I must say Alienware support is the best i have ever received from any company which makes computer systems.