Alienware 13 OLED Laptop Review: 13 Inches Of Gorgeous

There's a first time for everything, as the saying goes, and the Alienware 13 OLED is a first for us without question. Though there were a couple of OLED (Organic LED) display driven laptops at CES 2016 this year, Dell's Alienware division is the first in the door here at HotHardware with a retail ready product. OLED displays offer better brightness, contrast, saturation and pixel response times versus legacy display types like IPS, and in in general they're more power efficient as well. OLED displays are somewhat common these days in smartphones and as it turns out, OLED-enabled handsets like the Samsung Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 Edge are some of our favorite devices in this arena, primarily because of their superior brightness, color reproduction and overall image quality. 

That said, OLED displays are also expensive, with 30+ inch desktop monitor sized displays and TVs costing several thousand dollars currently. However, like anything else in high tech, as manufacturing technologies improve, OLED display technology is making its way into mainstream device categories like laptops. Factor in economies of scale with multiple notebook manufacturers entering the OLED fray, and before you know it OLED will be a standard option for high volume production models like the Alienware 13. 

Alienware revamped its 4.5 pound light-weight gaming laptop with the latest Intel 6th gen Skylake Core series processors, and although the external skins look virtually identical, there are a few other tricks under the lid of the AW13, not the least of which is its swank new OLED display. 



We'll dive in and discuss all the salient points of the Alienware 13's revamp, and take a long lustful look at its OLED display on the pages ahead. But for now, here is a video tour of this compact, vibrant little beast, then we'll circle back with deeper analysis and performance metrics... 

Dell Alienware 13 OLED Specifications & Features

Processor	Core i7-6500U Dual-Core 2.5GHz (Max 3.1GHz)
Operating System	Windows 10 Home 64-bit
Display	13.3-inch QHD OLED Touchscreen (2560X1440), 1ms Typical Response
Video Graphics	Intel HD Graphics 520, Discrete NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M 4GB
Storage	512GB M.2 NVMe PCI Express SSD
Memory	8GB LPDDR3-1600
Audio Support	Creative Soundblaster X-Fi MB3, Klipsch 2.0 Speakers
Camera	FHD 2MP Camera With Dual Digital Mics
Networking	Killer Networks Gigabit Ethernet and 802.11ac 2x2 WiFi w/ Bluetooth 4.1
Ports: Left Side	1x USB 3.0, Headphone/Mic jack, Power Port, Lock Port
Ports: Right Side Ports: Rear	1x USB 3.0, 1x USB Type C Thunderbolt 3, 1 Gigabit Ethernet LAN 1x Alienware Graphics AMP Port, 1x Full Size HDMI 1.4
Battery	4-Cell 62 WHr Li-Ion
Weight	4.537 pounds
Dimensions	12.91 x 9.25 x 1.09 (W x D x H)
Lighting	Backlit Keyboard With AlienFX Lighting Zones, 8 Zones Programmable
Warranty	1 Year Hardware Service with Onsite/In-Home Service
Price	$1,949 (As tested) Starting at $899 - Find It At Dell

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