Alienware 13 with GPU Dock - Just like MSI GS30?

Robbsy · 28 Oct 2014 at 01:00

So I just noticed this video of the new Alienware 13 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0cian91zRU

Surprisingly similar to the MSI GS30 but comes with a GTX860m.

I'm surprised that companies are adopting this form of notebook. Especially since most people with a small gaming notebook want to be able to take it around easily without having to carry a huge dock with it.

What do you guys think about these?

ninja2000 · 28 Oct 2014 at 06:24

had high hopes for this but...

Only a ULV cpu option

Did they need to make the dock so big?

Mikoyan · 28 Oct 2014 at 09:00

Sorry for being dumb but why is ULV so bad if you can upgrade the the GPU, surely Alienware tested to see if any throttling?

Edit: Nice review here

http://gizmodo.com/alienware-13-review-the-first-futureproof-gaming-lapto-1651514489

Another review:

http://www.laptopmag.com/reviews/laptops/alienware-13

Conflicting battery life reports!

ninja2000 · 28 Oct 2014 at 09:09

ULV isn't bad per se and has advantages such as low heat output and good battery life but more and more games prefer a quad these days, but if you have a hefty desktop gpu do you want a ULV dual core CPU hindering it?

ARJIBEAR · 28 Oct 2014 at 09:34

Robbsy said:
So I just noticed this video of the new Alienware 13 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0cian91zRU

Surprisingly similar to the MSI GS30 but comes with a GTX860m.

I'm surprised that companies are adopting this form of notebook. Especially since most people with a small gaming notebook want to be able to take it around easily without having to carry a huge dock with it.

What do you guys think about these?

Hi Robbsy.

This product is aimed at people who want to use their NB for work/Uni so have extended battery life, lighter, easier to carry.

Then when they get home, to be able to dock and play the best games with the latest GPU.

it's not meant to be a "gaming laptop", but a high end laptop that is capable of games, but able to be the ultimate gaming laptop when docked.

Hope this helps in regards to the GS30.

Regards

Robbsy · 28 Oct 2014 at 21:49

ARJIBEAR said:
Hi Robbsy.

This product is aimed at people who want to use their NB for work/Uni so have extended battery life, lighter, easier to carry.

Then when they get home, to be able to dock and play the best games with the latest GPU.

it's not meant to be a "gaming laptop", but a high end laptop that is capable of games, but able to be the ultimate gaming laptop when docked.

Hope this helps in regards to the GS30.

Regards

So is there going to be a smaller form factor MSI gaming laptop without the dock? I'd love to see that.

Robbsy · 28 Oct 2014 at 21:54

Also with regards to the GS30 does it have to be sat on top of the dock? When can we expect a release?

InfiniteNoise · 31 Oct 2014 at 16:35

With Alienware 13 and the dock, it doesn't have to be on the dock, you place the dock as you would with an external drive, printer, etc.

Mikoyan · 1 Nov 2014 at 19:57

Supposedly the Alienware rep has slipped there will be i3, i5 i7 option in...December
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6R4KqGzD-i4

InfiniteNoise · 1 Nov 2014 at 20:33

Probably ULV i3, i5 and i7 options, which isn't really any better.

Robbsy · 1 Nov 2014 at 20:41

Idartalis said:
With Alienware 13 and the dock, it doesn't have to be on the dock, you place the dock as you would with an external drive, printer, etc.

If it was like this with the GS30 i'd be more interested. Also I'm not a fan of the GS30's aesthetics. It would look awesome if it was like a mini GS70.

Flashheart · 3 Nov 2014 at 09:03

Do you think someone will come up with a decent "universal" style attachment? When the 970m in my laptop gets old I'd be happy to rip it out and route a cable or something direct into the pci express port it came from, to connect some external beast.

Robbsy · 3 Nov 2014 at 09:13

Flashheart said:
Do you think someone will come up with a decent "universal" style attachment? When the 970m in my laptop gets old I'd be happy to rip it out and route a cable or something direct into the pci express port it came from, to connect some external beast.

This would definitely be awesome