Alienware introduced a redesign of its m16 gaming laptop computer at CES 2024 that makes it extra travel-friendly and interesting to consumers who need strong gaming efficiency however a toned-down design. From the entrance, it would not look all too completely different from the unique from final 12 months. Shut the lid and you may see the distinction, although: Alienware lopped off the thermal shelf, serving to make it 15% smaller.
The m16, accessible in January beginning at $1,650, has a 16:10-ratio show, and mixed with the thermal shelf, it made the laptop computer unusually broad. Like “this may not slot in my backpack’s laptop computer sleeve” broad. Eliminating the thermal shelf provides the m16 R2 extra abnormal dimensions, so it might probably now slip into an everyday laptop computer backpack.
Shedding the thermal shelf on the rear of the m16 R2 (proper) makes its footprint considerably smaller than the unique (left).
Shedding the thermal shelf does restrict graphic choices, although, since that is what was protecting it cool. Whereas Alienware did develop a brand new, extra environment friendly cooling system for the m16 R2, it might probably’t deal with the warmth from the Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 accessible for the unique m16; the m16 R2 tops out at an RTX 4070. It may be configured with as much as an Intel Core Extremely 9 185H, 64GB of DDR5-5600 reminiscence and 8TB of storage. The 16-inch show has a 2,560×1,600-pixel decision and a 240Hz refresh price.
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So it might probably actually be configured for high-quality gameplay. And its smaller, extra moveable dimension makes it somewhat simpler to hold and mix in at work or faculty. (It nonetheless weighs 5.6 kilos, or 2.6 kilograms, although.) Alienware additionally added a Stealth mode hotkey that immediately kills the RGB lighting and turns the keyboard backlight to white.
The m16 R2’s touchpad has RGB lighting.
Talking of lighting, the lack of the thermal shelf additionally meant shedding the RGB stadium loop lighting that goes across the fringe of the shelf. To make up for it, Alienware put RGB lighting across the laptop computer’s new bigger touchpad the place it isn’t solely extra seen to the person however eminently extra helpful, letting you see the touchpad at the hours of darkness.
The m16 wasn’t the one Alienware laptop computer to get up to date for CES 2024. The slimmer all-metal x16 R2 would not have a brand new design however has been tuned up with new Intel processors, sooner 240Hz shows, LPDDR5X-7467 reminiscence speeds and as much as 8TB of storage. A 240Hz show additionally comes customary.
The m18 R2 (left) and x16 R2 look the identical as their predecessors however have new elements.
The massive 18-inch m18, Alienware’s strongest laptop computer, will get contemporary processor choices with as much as a Core i9-1400HX processor and essentially the most storage capability ever in an Alienware laptop computer — as much as 10TB. It has a selection of Nvidia RTX 4060, 4070, 4080 and 4090 GPUs and two show choices: QHD with a 165Hz refresh price or FHD with a 480Hz refresh price.
The up to date m18 R2 might be accessible in January beginning at $1,900. Alienware says the x16 R2 is coming quickly beginning at $2,100.
