Reviewers Liked
- Strong battery life
- Great keyboard
- Bright, crisp touchscreen display
Reviewers Didn't Like
- Amplifier does not come with GPU
Alienware 13 Series
The Alienware 13 is an interesting gaming laptop that features an optional accessory called the Graphics Amplifier. The Amplifier is a box that houses a standard desktop GPU and power supply, which attaches to the Alienware 13 through a cable. When it's plugged in, the mobile GPU in the laptop is disabled, and all the GPU power comes from the Amplifier.
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So at the moment the Alienware 13 is one step away from being a truly compelling product. It’s a good laptop, packing decent enough hardware for the price into a portable shell with a great keyboard. The Graphics Amplifier is a very promising idea that greatly enhances the package, but again a few tweaks wouldn’t go astray, especially where the design and price are concerned.
By CNET UK
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For something truly different and eye-catching, the OLED display on this "limited edition" Alienware 13 gives it great visual punch, but keep in mind this is not a top-end gaming...
By LaptopMag
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The Alienware 13 R2 gives you solid performance and a stunning display, but poor battery life holds it...
By NotebookCheck
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Overdue, yet not game-changing: the hardware upgrade for The GeForce GTX 960M and the external graphics amplifier both suffer due to the dual-core CPU. Although the notebook is quite portable, it will not be the first choice for passionate gamers, due...
By PC Advisor
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The Alienware 13 is a compact yet very powerful laptop, suited to playing all modern Windows games. It's chunky thick but relatively light in weight, and has been well designed and equipped to be a premium yet still portable...
By Expert Reviews
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A well-built, thin and light gaming laptop with great battery life, but the specification does not match the Alienware 13's high...
By Good Gear Guide
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The Alienware 13 certainly is a powerful kit when compared to other laptops of a similar form factor, mainly because it packs a discrete graphics adapter that can be used capably for a variety of games, and it can be maxed out with 16GB of RAM and up to...
By gadgetshow.channel5.com
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The Alienware 13 is the latest and one of the smallest fully-fledged gaming laptops from the PC maker, and what it lacks in size, it certainly makes up for in grunt - and it's future proof too. Starting from £899, is this Dell and Alienware's best gaming...
By NotebookCheck
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Alienware 13 Apart from the processor, which is debatable, Dell offers an excellent 13-inch notebook with the Alienware 13. Besides the build quality and the nice design the display in particular is a highlight. It is rare that we review such a...
By Pocket-lint
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Which to go for - the desktop mega rig for graphically intense sessions, or a hardcore laptop for on-the-go gaming? How about a solution combining the best of both? That's the approach of the Alienware 13 gaming laptop. Use as a mobile gaming machine,...
By TechRadar AU
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I see a lot of potential in the Alienware 13. As a standalone laptop without the Amplifier, you've got a solid rig that should play games like Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor at a respectable 60 frames per second while live streaming on Twitch. Add an...
By Gizmodo
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ExpandIm not entirely sure. The idea of taking all my games on the go, then coming home and plugging them into a desktop graphics card, monitor, mouse, and keyboard sounds pretty damn fantastic. But the Alienware 13 is still pretty chunky and still...
By LaptopMag
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Alienware has never been afraid to march to the beat of its own drum. Measuring just an inch thick, the Alienware 13 ($1,699, starting at $999) is the company's thinnest gaming laptop to date, and retains many of the things we love about Alienware...
By CNET France
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Cette « édition limitée » du pc portable Alienware 13 dotée d'un écran Oled offre une sensation visuelle vraiment saisissante, mais il faut garder à l'esprit qu'il ne s'agit pas d'une bête de course pour les jeux...