Alienware m16 R2 Laptop Review

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The Alienware m16 R2 straddles the fence between gaming and productivity. Though it bears the hallmark Alienware logo and is bulkier than an ultraportable, this redesign of last year’s Alienware m16 is suitable for those who also want to use this machine for everyday computing. Other than its sharp 16-inch display and Nvidia RTX 40-series GPU, the main draw is the inclusion of an Intel Core Ultra “Meteor Lake” processor. This chip’s NPU can perform AI-driven tasks faster than a processor lacking an NPU. In addition, pressing the F2 key instantly switches to productivity mode — which uses less power than performance mode.  The Alienware m16 R2 is an intriguing device since it can function as both a work and gaming laptop. Its relatively subdued design is also attractive. It could be one of the best laptops this year!

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00:00Hey guys, we're here with Dell at CES 2024 checking out the brand new Alienware m16 though

00:06This is a gaming laptop. It has a very

00:09Stealthy feature. Let's check it out

00:11This is a laptop for gamers who don't want everybody to know that they're gaming

00:16So if you're out and about you may not want all this RGB stuff going on

00:20What's cool is now you click on the f2 key and all the keys just turn white RGB goes off

00:26This Alienware logo shuts off which is kind of interesting and what's cool is when you hit f2 it also goes into

00:34Regular mode basically goes to the productivity mode turns off performance mode

00:38So you don't have to you know use up so much power, which is really cool

00:41But obviously if you're ready to play games and you know, you're not around anybody

00:47Flip on f2 get the RGB back you get performance mode and it runs great graphics wise

00:53We have up to an RTX 4070 GPU, which is plenty of power for modern games, which is great

00:59But as I said, if you hit f2 turns off performance mode, and we're just using the dedicated graphics

01:06So you're not using up as much power, which is a really cool design

01:09This model has removed the thermal shelf from the back which actually makes it smaller easier to carry it around

01:15Which is obviously good

01:17But other than that, it still retains the same basic design that all Alienware laptops are known for

01:23It's still slightly heavy, but not too bad and because it's smaller you actually lose some ports

01:29but you still have all the main ones you have HDMI you have an Ethernet and

01:35Of course my personal favorite USB a for legacy another design choice

01:39That's interesting. Is that because this isn't a dedicated gaming laptop. You could actually now turn the display

01:46180 degrees so if you want to get comfortable on your couch with this you can no problem

01:51It looks a little weird, but it's actually pretty cool. All right guys. So that was our first look at the Alienware m16 r2

01:57I really like the new redesign, but I want to know you think so

02:00Make sure you drop your comments down below and for everything else CES

02:04Make sure you follow Tom's guy at Instagram Facebook and tick-tock. Once again, I was Tony Puankel and I'll see you next time later

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