Alienware 18" Laptop Might Have The Worst Product Announcement Video Ever

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Heh. So apparently, Alienware’s idea of drumming up interest for their new 18” laptop is having their employees act like total weirdos in their warehouse. I can’t imagine lugging such a huge laptop around.
 
just looked it up - it weighs 12lbs holy crap.

All that power, with an 18" screen, and it's still only 1080p - HA

Their commercial for it was something I'd expect out of a startup company... not a company with millions of dollars in the bank and the backing of Dell.
 
It's nice to see Dell has plenty of money for marketing videos such as this one.
 
That was horrifying. Not in a good way or bad way - in an indifferent way. I hope no one re-tweets, re-posts or re-shares this crap.
 
This is like one of those videos that employees make while goofing off. I can't believe they released this junk officially.

Anyway, if you want a huge sli-equipped (because without SLI there is no reason to buy this) laptop, they make that again. I'd just get a desktop, but I suppose there are reasons you might want this.
 
Question, what is the highest (or sweet spot) resolution 980M SLI can handle? 1080P for that setup and size laptop seems so underwhelming, and at a $4,700+ price tag!
 
I haven't used my desktop in ages because of how awesome the 18 is. I can take it with me to school, work, or on vacation, edit video wherever I am, and play any game I want. I also have loads of storage space with four hard drives. It isn't for everyone, but it certainly is for me.
 
I think my old m18x weighed closer to 16.5 pounds so this is much more luggable, and comfortable in the lap, though I really just ended up leaving it at the inlaw's place because it hurt my back to lug that beast around. I really miss that computer, but last year I couldn't wait and just got a clevo with a 970m.which is already fast enough for just about anything with a 1080p 60hz screen. I wish they'd bring back the old 120hz screens, it would justify sli in a 18" laptop (Can't deal with a 4k 18" screen unless i get reading glasses, and if I was going for an external monitor, i might as well get a 980ti in one of their external GPU boxes).
 
It's so bad that we watched it and I know I know Alienware has a 18" 12lb laptop. Doesn't that mean this video was a success? :S
 
I think there's a distinct lack of manufacturers making higher resolution 18 panels, which is also the reason they dropped the 18 for awhile, since SLI doesn't make any sense. This may mean someone is planning to have higher resolution panels available in volume in the near future, and they're just dumping 18" 1080p inventory first.
 
Funny part...someone thought that ad should have been made public.
 
collegeboy69us said:
just looked it up - it weighs 12lbs holy crap.
All that power, with an 18" screen, and it's still only 1080p - HA
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Exactly. I really don't get why every large display laptop has a 1080 display, while the 12"-15" displays are 2-3k. It makes no sense.
 
collegeboy69us said:
just looked it up - it weighs 12lbs holy crap.

All that power, with an 18" screen, and it's still only 1080p - HA

Their commercial for it was something I'd expect out of a startup company... not a company with millions of dollars in the bank and the backing of Dell.
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Anything more than 1080P on an 18 inch screen is pointless. Stop buying into Apple's bullshit marketing hype.
 
I barfed at their presentation of a new product.
Then I had diarhea and then had to clear out snot from my eyes.

No wonder their warehouse looks empty and they guys work out of a 5x10 room.
 
collegeboy69us said:
just looked it up - it weighs 12lbs holy crap.

All that power, with an 18" screen, and it's still only 1080p - HA
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Still, it is technically portable. And my roommate, despite trying to extol the virtues of a custom built tower, would choose this monstrosity every time over a similar priced desktop "because I can take it with me, you can't do that with a desktop." *sigh*
 
nilepez said:
Exactly. I really don't get why every large display laptop has a 1080 display, while the 12"-15" displays are 2-3k. It makes no sense.
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Super high resolution screens end up usually having some kinda scaling and zooming to enlarge stuff which means they don't actually display more stuff than low resolution ones because human eyeballs can't see things that are so tiny. If your eyes can't see that kind of stuff AND you have to enable desktop scaling, then it's probably pretty pointless to do the whole high resolution thing to begin with because you're not reaping any actual benefit, but you are paying for it in terms of reduced battery life plus cost, heat, and lower overall performance.

High resolutions are nice to a point, but people have really bought into the hype of needing as much as possible for little to no benefit which was an Apple thing done to sell people on the superiority of their phones and tablets since it was one of the few numbers that most of the public could be made to understand without getting into deeper technical details.
 
PC companies really should stop trying to be cute. They just don't have the knack for it.
 
collegeboy69us said:
just looked it up - it weighs 12lbs holy crap.

All that power, with an 18" screen, and it's still only 1080p - HA

Their commercial for it was something I'd expect out of a startup company... not a company with millions of dollars in the bank and the backing of Dell.
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Exactly, it's an 18" screen.... not a 55"+. No need to push anything other than 1080p. Means you're getting a better performing machine for what it's designed to do instead of extra pixels that serve no point outside e-peen and slowing it down.

Never understood this fetish people have with huge resolution on small screens where they can't even see it.
 
A 12lbs laptop with a SLI showing off its' 18" display in only 1080p resolution?

Sort of.........like a PC from 2001 running with a VooDoo SLI muscling in all its glory on a monochrome 12 inch CRT that sports a lowly 640x480p.

Meh.
 
OMG that was being forced to watch a bad porno.....and then I realized it was all guys so that made it 10 times worse!!!!!!
 
Dekoth-E- said:
Exactly, it's an 18" screen.... not a 55"+.
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Do you sit 8' from your laptop when you're using it?

Most of my laptop usage is lying on a couch or a hotel bed and my face is 18" from the screen. At less than 3' viewing distances with an 18" screen, 1080p stops being enough. Even when I'm using it at a desk my viewing distance is less than 3'.

So there is very much a reason to push more than 1080p.
 
Frankie said:
Do you sit 8' from your laptop when you're using it?

Most of my laptop usage is lying on a couch or a hotel bed and my face is 18" from the screen. At less than 3' viewing distances with an 18" screen, 1080p stops being enough. Even when I'm using it at a desk my viewing distance is less than 3'.

So there is very much a reason to push more than 1080p.
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Regardless, it's a terrible video of a terrible product.
 
im still rocking with m18xr2 which i managed to get for little money, but AW have become right ++++s when it comes to upgrading the gfx cards. not only that all the curren aw18 suffer from stuttering one of the main reasons its still got a 1080p screen.
 
Jim Kim said:
You might get butt hurt about apples successful retina display campaign, but higher resolution has always made a difference on small screens at short distances.:D

http://s3.carltonbale.com/resolution_chart.html
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Anyone can draw lines on an arbitrary chart. What is the formula used to calculate that? What is the basis for that formula?

And Windows looks like ass on hi-dpi screens because most programs don't support it and have to be scaled making them a blurry mess.
 
This is reminiscent of one of the most successful ad campaigns in Connecticut history. The simply stupid bedding barn commercials that 30 years later are still playing.
 
CreepyUncleGoogle said:
Super high resolution screens end up usually having some kinda scaling and zooming to enlarge stuff which means they don't actually display more stuff than low resolution ones because human eyeballs can't see things that are so tiny. If your eyes can't see that kind of stuff AND you have to enable desktop scaling, then it's probably pretty pointless to do the whole high resolution thing to begin with because you're not reaping any actual benefit, but you are paying for it in terms of reduced battery life plus cost, heat, and lower overall performance.

High resolutions are nice to a point, but people have really bought into the hype of needing as much as possible for little to no benefit which was an Apple thing done to sell people on the superiority of their phones and tablets since it was one of the few numbers that most of the public could be made to understand without getting into deeper technical details.
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I'd use the screen for photo editing, and you can use the extra resolution for that...and it still doens't explain why 15" laptops are 3k or more while this 18" monitor is just 2k.
 
damicatz said:
Anyone can draw lines on an arbitrary chart. What is the formula used to calculate that? What is the basis for that formula?
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Did you complain when monitors changed from 640x480 to 1024X768 , was it a shocker when monochrome gave way to color.
There are textbooks full of research "and formulas" on minimum resolvable distance, arc minutes and angular resolution, but you have already made up your mind.
All the while progress marches on. I for one can't wait. There is no going back.
 
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