Alienware m15 Ryzen Edition R5 (2021)
Price: £1,499 (inc VAT) from fave.co/3w2Av3W
Alienware gaming laptops are huge and expensive, right? That may have been the case a few years ago, but that’s certainly not true anymore. Take the new Alienware m15 R5, the latest model for 2021, which costs just £1,499. That makes it one of the most affordable laptops that Alienware has ever produced, and it plants this machine firmly into the mid-range market rather than the more unattainable high-end arena.
This alone makes this a tempting proposition but has Dell made sacrifices to achieve these prices?
DESIGN
The m15 R5 adheres to Alienware’s familiar design language, so it doesn’t introduce anything new. That’s not necessarily a problem: it still has the hexagonal grilles, rear-mounted RGB LEDs and futuristic logos.
Build quality is good, if not infallible. The Alienware is sturdy enough to sling into a bag without worry, but there’s noticeable movement around the keyboard deck and base. And, at 23mm
