Alienware m15 Gaming Laptop Preview: Thin, Light And Punches Above Its Weight Class

Gaming laptops are a tough gig for PC OEMs. Most times, they're either beastly heavy and loud machines, or if they're thinner and lighter they either sacrifice performance or battery life, or both. You usually can't have your cake and eat it too, as they say. However, Dell's Alienware division seems to have split the baby nicely, so to speak, with the new 15-inch Alienware m15 gaming notebook. We're just now getting beyond our kicking the tires phase with the machine here at HotHardware, but our full review is inbound in the weeks ahead, hopefully just before the new year. That said, first impressions are everything and with a well-engineered cooling solution on board, this machine not only maintains its performance over extended testing, it also does so with a relatively civilized acoustic signature and, when not gaming, decent battery life too. 

Drop into our video guided tour here for some particulars and an early look ahead of our deep dive...