Alienware 14 1080p vs. Asus G46VW 1600×900 recommendation

Ahh, the allure of a nicely portable yet rugged gaming system… 14″ sounds like a nice sweet spot between portability and decent screen size doesn’t it?!

Two of the top machines in that arena are the Alienware 14 and the ASUS G46VW. Here are my initial thoughts:

+The Alienware 14 when kitted out with the 1080p matte display is nearly a perfect mobile gaming machine šŸ™‚ However, it is going to run around $1,499 to get a correspondingly good video card (GeForce GTX 765M GPU)Ā to match that nice display. Also, it does not have Thunderbolt if that is important to you.

+For those on a budget, the entry level G46VW with a low-res 1366×768 Ā matte LCD can be had for around $749-$799 (sometimes higher at Amazon, their sellers vary a lot). Bumping up to the 1600×900 bsi5n06Ā model is probably advised thought that is going to push the price higher šŸ™ The one big perk is that if you want to ‘dock’ this bad boy then you have Thunderbolt ready and waiting.

Recommendation: if you’re up for spending a bit of cash go for the Alienware 14 and spec it out to the hilt, if you want a bargain gaming machine stick to the entry level G46VW as its video card it almost better suited for 1366×768 rather than 1600×900 IMHO… and when you got to those higher spec-ed models the G46’s price gets mighty close to an Alienware 14!

PS as mentioned earlier, if you want to use one of these machines docked as a work/main machine you may want to consider the G46 with Thunderbolt!

And of course here are links to a couple full reviews:

Alienware 14 review

Alienware 14 Notebookhttp://www.theverge.com/2013/6/11/4417968/alienware-14-reviewI can’t quite describe just how refreshing it is to write about a laptop that looks absolutely nothing like an Apple MacBook. Alienware’s design language has always been a world apart from…

Review Asus G46VW Notebook - NotebookCheck.net Reviews

Review Asus G46VW Notebookhttp://www.notebookcheck.net/Review-Asus-G46VW-Notebook.86486.0.htmlNvidia GTX for a subnotebook. The first ever 14-inch Republic of Gamers has been causing quite the stir for its high-end GTX 660M GPU that automatically propels it to the head of its size class in…
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