Alienware 13

[shadow_allan]

I ordered online on 28th November and it was delivered on 10th December.

Congrats! so you already had 2 days playing with the AW 13? how is it? can you share your personal pros and cons?

 

[EchiZen]

did you customise any options? local retail running low on stocks my only concern is the ssd but now saw the 850 evo coming out.. might wait 2 more weeks before hooting the set

No. I got the default options. There weren't many options available. Even the processor couldn't be changed.

 

[EchiZen]

Congrats! so you already had 2 days playing with the AW 13? how is it? can you share your personal pros and cons?

I only managed to play on it for about an hour. The full hd screen for a 13 inch makes the details a bit too small for my liking. When I played D3, I reduced the resolution so that the cursor will not be so small. The hardware is good enough for a casual player like me. I like the sleekness of the laptop. It is even thinner than my m11x and it's just so easy to carry about. I'm not a fan of windows 8.1 too.

 

[fusionfish]

I only managed to play on it for about an hour. The full hd screen for a 13 inch makes the details a bit too small for my liking. When I played D3, I reduced the resolution so that the cursor will not be so small. The hardware is good enough for a casual player like me. I like the sleekness of the laptop. It is even thinner than my m11x and it's just so easy to carry about. I'm not a fan of windows 8.1 too.

hows the fan and heat? not many people talk about it.
i play dota 2 only should be good enough for me :x

 

[EchiZen]

hows the fan and heat? not many people talk about it.
i play dota 2 only should be good enough for me :x

the fans' quite noisy but bearable. The heat dissipation is good. I like to play on the bed and the area where it sits on doesn't get too hot.

 

[shadow_allan]

I had an online chat with the dell sales rep and was able to get $120 off from the final price

If you guys are are planning to buy one, try to chat them up first

 

[fusionfish]

I had an online chat with the dell sales rep and was able to get $120 off from the final price

If you guys are are planning to buy one, try to chat them up first

wow nice,

does anyone know if gamepro provide any good bundles still?

 

[whysoserious518]

wow nice,

does anyone know if gamepro provide any good bundles still?

I think so,my friend just bought a asus rog from them,get quite a lot of freebies and they let my friend to exchange the headset to other gaming headset that my friend like with little bit top up.You may check with them for xmas promo.

 

[fusionfish]

its amazing! i ran bf4 at 1080p my whole rig is running at room temp
(1080p) low graphics settings for >60 fps smooth as my desktop and room temp on deck
very impressed..

 

[shadow_allan]

its amazing! i ran bf4 at 1080p my whole rig is running at room temp
(1080p) low graphics settings for >60 fps smooth as my desktop and room temp on deck
very impressed..

Thats good to hear!

CES is on Tuesday next week - I am patiently waiting for their i7 broadwell or AW 15 announcement.

 

[shadow_allan]

FB post from Alienware

Yesterday Intel announced their latest 5th Gen Intel Core i7 Broadwell processors that offer significantly improved performance and battery life.
These new i7 CPUs are available in the Alienware 13 today and anyone who has an existing Alienware 13 order with the i7-4510U will be automatically upgraded to the new i7-5500U at no cost or delay to your order.
We appreciate your loyalty and thank you for being fans and owners. If you have any questions regarding your order, please don’t hesitate to contact us via FB message or on twitter at @AlienwareTech.
Learn more about the new Alienware 13:

 

[xXshad0wXx]

FB post from Alienware

Yesterday Intel announced their latest 5th Gen Intel Core i7 Broadwell processors that offer significantly improved performance and battery life.
These new i7 CPUs are available in the Alienware 13 today and anyone who has an existing Alienware 13 order with the i7-4510U will be automatically upgraded to the new i7-5500U at no cost or delay to your order.
We appreciate your loyalty and thank you for being fans and owners. If you have any questions regarding your order, please don’t hesitate to contact us via FB message or on twitter at @AlienwareTech.
Learn more about the new Alienware 13:

the new broadwell cpus that launch are only dual core cpus. so performance wise might not be as good as the 4th gen quad core cpus but definitely uses less power hence longer battery life. will have to wait till 2nd half of 2015 to get quad core broadwell cpus

 

[Jazz15RS]

Guys..can check if we,are still able to get the power adaptor for the older series m14xr3?

 

[Osiriz333]

Think twice...

I recently bought it, but within 26 days of using it the hard disk was locked and is now an expensive brick.


The main problem is that it is a good computer with crappy customer service that is only online and requires you to call their never ending dell customer service hotline.

So now,I was told to wait for about a month cause the parts are not available
So think about this first.

 

[shadow_allan]

Think twice...

I recently bought it, but within 26 days of using it the hard disk was locked and is now an expensive brick.


The main problem is that it is a good computer with crappy customer service that is only online and requires you to call their never ending dell customer service hotline.

So now,I was told to wait for about a month cause the parts are not available
So think about this first.

sorry for your troubles bro

so it was the HDD that was broken? if so, you should be able to replace it easily with an SSD and recover the OS via the USB recovery (hope you got one)

did someone from dell tech support remote into your AW 13 and diagnosed the problem?

if opening up the laptop is not your thing, your warranty should cover the next business day home visit by a dell technician

 

[Osiriz333]

Hey I just realised that there was reply.

An update of what happen:

At that point of time, the HDD was broken to the point where I could not use the recovery files of the OS on the USB. After much explanation to the technical support, they decided that they should get their people down to fix the laptop.

The technical support person came down with parts for a different laptop but replaced my HDD anyways saying it was the same part.

After which, it was working for a while, then guess what? The HDD got locked again. Gave up and went to the shop again and asked for a replacement.

To sum up my alienware experience:
3 week wait for order + 26 days usage + another 3 week wait for replacement

To think I just played two dota matches on that laptop.

 

[pokey2014]

why no I7 model?

 

[shadow_allan]

why no I7 model?

you need to get the AW15 if you want the i7.

yeah would have gone for AW13 if there was i7

 

[pokey2014]

Wah liao!!! Alienware 13 has i7...

Sent from GAGT android using GAGT

 

[knightshaz]

there is an i7 option

Intel® Core™ i7-5500U (Dual-Core, 4MB Cache, up to 3.0GHz w/ Turbo Boost)
http://www.dell.com/sg/p/alienware-13/pd?oc=w510931sgw8#overrides=w510931sgw8:146~78M23R