Ok so after flip back and forth on this machine Im ready to do a review.. I've returned 2 units and was heartbroken and disappointed in the computer @ the beginning...
The Bad:
Ill start with the issues - my 3 machines have averaged about 4.5 hours battery life doing normal tasks - the machine I'm on now seems to be better.......
The track bar is Useless - its terrible. I'm sorry. So I set it to show the functions keys so it's not that big of an issue - BUT sometimes It doesnt display - sometimes It takes a minute to show up - Sometimes only 1/2 the icons show up (Literally 1/2 icons)
Palm rejection was Terrible on my first machine - basically rest palms anywhere near the pad and all hell would break loose but this machine is better
It's IMPOSSIBLE to hook up a 4 K monitor - if not impossible it is VERY difficult - USB 3 to Mini display port to display port doesnt work - HDMI doesn't work @ 60hz, .... How many fricken dongles do you need??? (Ill wait for the LG ones to come in stock)
Dongles Dongles Dongle Dongles - Actually this doesn't bother me that much. Wasn't heartbroken when I lost DVD Drive and I'm not heartbroken now.
Price - Worth more than my everyday winter car
The Good:
The Display is glorious
The Track Pad is perfect - NEVER accidentally tap pad (happens all the time on windows machines)
Ever try to drag on a windows machine??? Nightmare
The looks are amazing - Space grey is so sharp - the Size is so slender and light.
The Keyboard - At first I hated it but learned to love it. It's awesome
The Fingerprint scanner is so good I bet it will make passwords useless soon....
The hard Drive - SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Fast - I installed Windows 10 in 7 minutes start to finish - You can't install Windows 10 in 7 minutes on a 5k alienware with a M.2 SSD - Just doesn't happen....
So lets see - After 3 weeks, 2 returns, 3 computers I have to say I actually Love the new computer.
I think I "joined the party" and bitched about everything just because - i returned the first one because palm rejection was terrible and the 2nd one because I had track bar issues but honestly I could have kept them both as I think they may have been software issues and would have been fixed soon enough..
I give the new computer a 8.5/10 - Not a necessary update from the 2015 machine but anything older should be upgraded.... Overall I'm finally happy
The Bad:
Ill start with the issues - my 3 machines have averaged about 4.5 hours battery life doing normal tasks - the machine I'm on now seems to be better.......
The track bar is Useless - its terrible. I'm sorry. So I set it to show the functions keys so it's not that big of an issue - BUT sometimes It doesnt display - sometimes It takes a minute to show up - Sometimes only 1/2 the icons show up (Literally 1/2 icons)
Palm rejection was Terrible on my first machine - basically rest palms anywhere near the pad and all hell would break loose but this machine is better
It's IMPOSSIBLE to hook up a 4 K monitor - if not impossible it is VERY difficult - USB 3 to Mini display port to display port doesnt work - HDMI doesn't work @ 60hz, .... How many fricken dongles do you need??? (Ill wait for the LG ones to come in stock)
Dongles Dongles Dongle Dongles - Actually this doesn't bother me that much. Wasn't heartbroken when I lost DVD Drive and I'm not heartbroken now.
Price - Worth more than my everyday winter car
The Good:
The Display is glorious
The Track Pad is perfect - NEVER accidentally tap pad (happens all the time on windows machines)
Ever try to drag on a windows machine??? Nightmare
The looks are amazing - Space grey is so sharp - the Size is so slender and light.
The Keyboard - At first I hated it but learned to love it. It's awesome
The Fingerprint scanner is so good I bet it will make passwords useless soon....
The hard Drive - SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Fast - I installed Windows 10 in 7 minutes start to finish - You can't install Windows 10 in 7 minutes on a 5k alienware with a M.2 SSD - Just doesn't happen....
So lets see - After 3 weeks, 2 returns, 3 computers I have to say I actually Love the new computer.
I think I "joined the party" and bitched about everything just because - i returned the first one because palm rejection was terrible and the 2nd one because I had track bar issues but honestly I could have kept them both as I think they may have been software issues and would have been fixed soon enough..
I give the new computer a 8.5/10 - Not a necessary update from the 2015 machine but anything older should be upgraded.... Overall I'm finally happy
