Nice for a gaming laptop no doubt. Camera and mics were good. Speakers sounded good. A con you did not mention is the soldered memory. I think many gamers would like the ability to upgrade memory if they want to. Display for a gaming type laptop is very good. The rest of the upgradeability is good. Design with ports on the back is good. Great review.
It's not a big deal. 16gb is plenty. I have a 32gb ram and it's an overkill. No one is gonna keep this for 6 years and by that time, nicer machines will bd available
The only thing that’s hindering this otherwise Super Premium laptop for me is the rather poor display brightness of only 285 nits and the battery life. There is really no excuse for this on a premium laptop in 2023! Other than these two issues, it is a fantastic laptop which might not be for everyone due to what I have just mentioned. The webcam and mics are clear, the audio quality of the internal speakers are fine. I love the color of the Alienware x16 R1 (2023) as well as the port selection. Thank you once again Andrew for your brilliant review!! 👍😄
In addition to the lack of a 4K monitor option it's too bad there is no high-speed LAN port and no privacy shutter to block the camera on this machine.
Can you do a review of the ASUS TUF Dash F15? I wanted to know if it's good for multitasking for work, and for screensharing and video calling. I will use it for gaming for a bit only. I wonder if the battery life is also good.
Is there any downside on having onboard RAM? From My understanding is impossible to upgrade and if they go bad the laptop is basically garbage is this right or am wrong?
I wonder how this would do against the Lenovo Legion 9i, which just recently released. It might be a good idea for a future comparison advantage. My big complaint is that so much of this laptop is soldered down. There are 3 options for the display, but no truly high end options. Lenovo offers a 3.2k mini Led on its flagship Legion 9i and Razer offers a 4k option on the Razer 16. Yet another option would be the Oled that ships with the Asus Zenbook Pro 16X.
I am in a situation where i can either buy the Alienware x16 or the Omen 16 with 4080 GPUs. Which one would you recommend? I like the Omen look a lot more, the CPU can be undervolted but the Alienware seems like the more premium laptop but it looks so goofy.
@AhedBen92 Yes, but that's only one stick soldered while the x16 has both sticks soldered, and most gaming laptops don't have any sticks soldered anymore at 16 inches. Given there's no reason for such a thin laptop to be so heavy still, it's clear the goal is to screw over consumers by forcing them to pay more now for later. And I'm not supporting that when Framework has a thinner and lighter 16 inch laptop (and even a 13.5 inch laptop) that still has all of the RAM upgradable.
It is LP DDR5 - Low Power DDR5. It uses less power so the extra power can be redirected to the GPU (which is the principle underlying the choice of processor as well: maximising power to the GPU). LP DDR5 must be soldered. Besides, it runs at 6000MHz - faster than most competitors. So the AW X16 is more power-efficient, and faster - I'll take that any day.
@@igordrukov4776 Still, for a gaming laptop, I'd rather have it upgradable. Also, Dell is literally the company responsible for CAMM modules, which can use LPDDR5 RAM modules. Why they wouldn't use it here blows my mind.
300 nits brightness is unacceptable for a laptop at this price point.
Nice for a gaming laptop no doubt. Camera and mics were good. Speakers sounded good. A con you did not mention is the soldered memory. I think many gamers would like the ability to upgrade memory if they want to. Display for a gaming type laptop is very good. The rest of the upgradeability is good. Design with ports on the back is good. Great review.
He did mention it 5:13
It's not a big deal. 16gb is plenty. I have a 32gb ram and it's an overkill. No one is gonna keep this for 6 years and by that time, nicer machines will bd available
Absolute love my X16 4090 run really smooth 👍👍
Como te va con la laptop bro? Quiero comprar una igual
The only thing that’s hindering this otherwise Super Premium laptop for me is the rather poor display brightness of only 285 nits and the battery life. There is really no excuse for this on a premium laptop in 2023! Other than these two issues, it is a fantastic laptop which might not be for everyone due to what I have just mentioned. The webcam and mics are clear, the audio quality of the internal speakers are fine. I love the color of the Alienware x16 R1 (2023) as well as the port selection. Thank you once again Andrew for your brilliant review!! 👍😄
100% it is the exact reason why I went with another company. Other than that I really liked that machine.
this guy is awesome, great review and look forward to see coverage of 2024
Can you do a video where you show it playing games please would love to see more content on this laptop.
In addition to the lack of a 4K monitor option it's too bad there is no high-speed LAN port and no privacy shutter to block the camera on this machine.
Hope to catch the best deals on laptops like this🔥
Can you do a review of the ASUS TUF Dash F15? I wanted to know if it's good for multitasking for work, and for screensharing and video calling. I will use it for gaming for a bit only. I wonder if the battery life is also good.
what about hardcore programming?
The camera looks good. I suggest using a MacBook for sound comparison as you used to do.
Is there any downside on having onboard RAM? From My understanding is impossible to upgrade and if they go bad the laptop is basically garbage is this right or am wrong?
It’s possible to change the ram but you need someone extremely skilled
I wonder how this would do against the Lenovo Legion 9i, which just recently released. It might be a good idea for a future comparison advantage.
My big complaint is that so much of this laptop is soldered down.
There are 3 options for the display, but no truly high end options. Lenovo offers a 3.2k mini Led on its flagship Legion 9i and Razer offers a 4k option on the Razer 16. Yet another option would be the Oled that ships with the Asus Zenbook Pro 16X.
I have it coming next week stay tuned
@@andrewmarcdavid Cool. I look forward to seeing the review.
Yes solid stuff Dell but I’m taken by Surface Laptop Studio 2; Panos Panay is gone, he’s an Amazon!
I am in a situation where i can either buy the Alienware x16 or the Omen 16 with 4080 GPUs. Which one would you recommend? I like the Omen look a lot more, the CPU can be undervolted but the Alienware seems like the more premium laptop but it looks so goofy.
Bom dia, vai terá apresentar Lenovo legion Slim 5 Amd 7840HS IA + RTX 4060 ?
Yes this week
Review: 2023 Asus TUF Gaming A16 Advantage Edition
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Soldered RAM only on a 16 inch laptop? Hahahaha, Alienware, GTFO of here!
even XPS and inspiron has sodimm RAM lol
Legion 7i slim too got soldered RAM. Thin gaming laptop usually got that
@AhedBen92 Yes, but that's only one stick soldered while the x16 has both sticks soldered, and most gaming laptops don't have any sticks soldered anymore at 16 inches. Given there's no reason for such a thin laptop to be so heavy still, it's clear the goal is to screw over consumers by forcing them to pay more now for later. And I'm not supporting that when Framework has a thinner and lighter 16 inch laptop (and even a 13.5 inch laptop) that still has all of the RAM upgradable.
It is LP DDR5 - Low Power DDR5. It uses less power so the extra power can be redirected to the GPU (which is the principle underlying the choice of processor as well: maximising power to the GPU). LP DDR5 must be soldered. Besides, it runs at 6000MHz - faster than most competitors. So the AW X16 is more power-efficient, and faster - I'll take that any day.
@@igordrukov4776 Still, for a gaming laptop, I'd rather have it upgradable. Also, Dell is literally the company responsible for CAMM modules, which can use LPDDR5 RAM modules. Why they wouldn't use it here blows my mind.
Hello Andrew as usual a thorough review. Would you possibly review the Corsair A1600 Voyager?
I will look into it. Thanks!