Alienware 15 R2 (2015)

97 reviews

Dec, 2024

Positive
performance (38)
screen (18)
usability (16)
durability (14)
design (9)

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reliability (14)
portability (13)
price (10)
image quality (3)

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alaTest has collected and analyzed 97 reviews of Alienware 15 R2 (2015). The average rating for this product is 3.5/5, compared to an average rating of 4.0/5 for other products in the same category for all reviews. Comments about the keyboard and design are on the whole positive. The durability and usability also get good feedback, but there are mixed reviews on the price and portability. The image quality and reliability get less positive comments.

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We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other products in the same category the Alienware 15 R2 (2015) is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 85/100 = Very good quality.

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Consumer review (amazon.co.uk)

Amazon.co.uk review summary for Alienware 15 R2 (2015)

alaTest has collected and analyzed 1 user review of Alienware 15 R2 (2015) from Amazon.co.uk. The average user rating for this product is 5.0/5, compared to an average user rating of 4.0/5 for other products in the same category on Amazon.co.uk. Reviewers really like the durability, but there are some negative opinions about the screen and portability.

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100% of the reviews on Amazon.co.uk give this product a positive rating.

Dec, 2024

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Amazon.com review summary for Alienware 15 R2 (2015)

alaTest has collected and analyzed 75 user reviews of Alienware 15 R2 (2015) from Amazon.com. The average user rating for this product is 3.4/5, compared to an average user rating of 3.9/5 for other products in the same category on Amazon.com. Reviewers are impressed by the sound and keyboard. The durability and usability also get good comments. Many are critical about the image quality and reliability. There are mixed views on the design and price.

performance, usability, durability, keyboard, sound

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68% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

Dec, 2024

Consumer review (amazon.ca)

Amazon.ca review summary for Alienware 15 R2 (2015)

alaTest has collected and analyzed 1 user review of Alienware 15 R2 (2015) from Amazon.ca. The average user rating for this product is 1.0/5, compared to an average user rating of 4.1/5 for other products in the same category on Amazon.ca.

0% of the reviews on Amazon.ca give this product a positive rating.

Dec, 2024

Expert review by : Andreas Osthoff (notebookcheck.net)

Alienware 15 R2 Notebook Review

New revision. We already checked the Alienware 15 twice. In this review update, the gaming notebook gets a fresh Skylake processor and the fast Nvidia GTX 980M. Can Alienware keep the components of the 15-inch device cool?

excellent performance with good Turbo utilization, sophisticated chassis, good input devices, useful tools, comprehensive illumination, long battery runtimes, decent sound, good cooling solution, optional graphics amplifier, matte IPS panel, very fast...

display way too dark, low color space coverage, loud under load, GPU throttling in extreme situations, slightly complicated maintenance, no SSD or hybrid hard drive by default

The first review sample of the Alienware 15 with the Nvidia GeForce GTX 970M was already very convincing and got a very good rating. The model with the Radeon R9 M295X on the other hand had some issues and was not a good alternative. With its brand-new...

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Expert review by : Divyanshi Sharma (indiatoday)

Alienware X15 R2 review: Work hard, play harder

From Assassins Creed Odyssey and Red Dead Redemption 2 to Resident Evil Village and Doom, I enjoyed various games on the Alienware X15 R2. Is the laptop worth buying at Rs 3,59,990 price tag? Let us find out in this review.

Sleek and compact design ; Powerful performance ; Impressive display

Placement of ports ; Only one USB Type A port ; Price

Apr, 2023

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Expert review by : Stuart Andrews (stuff.tv)

Alienware 15 R2 review

A great gaming laptop for the everyman

Strong design and build ; Excellent gaming performance ; Good full HD screen ; Decent battery life

Not particularly sleek or powerful ; Screen could be brighter ; Still expensive

A true gaming powerhouse at a slightly more affordable price

Feb, 2016

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Expert review by : Digit Laptops (digit.in)

Dell Alienware 15 MLK R2 Z549952HIN8

Dell Alienware 15 MLK R2 Z549952HIN8 is a stylish and powerful gaming laptop powered by latest 6th generation Intel Core i7 6700HQ processor having a clock speed of 2.6 GHz with Turbo Boost Upto 3.5 GHz and 16GB DDR4 RAM at the speed of 2133 Mhz. All...

Apr, 2016

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Expert review by (stuff.tv_in)

Alienware 15 R2 review

A great gaming laptop for the everyman

Strong design and build ; Excellent gaming performance ; Good full HD screen ; Decent battery life

Not particularly sleek or powerful ; Screen could be brighter ; Still expensive

A true gaming powerhouse at a slightly more affordable price

Feb, 2016

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Expert review by : Stuart Andrews (pcauthority.com.au)

Review: Alienware 15 R2

A great gaming laptop for the everyman

A true gaming powerhouse at a slightly more affordable price.

Feb, 2016

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Alienware quality, driver issues galore

- Buy a laptop cooling mat ( Doesn't have to be a super huge, loud, crazy LED one either.) I have a single small fan one that is super for when I'm gaming- Buy a SSD for fun. The HDD that it comes with works great but putting a SSD in it for the OS is...

This laptop is amazingly fast. It runs games on high to very high with few issues. FFXIV Heavensword benchmark on very high setting pulled in a 6134. Runs solid at 38 FPS. Games like DayZ ran a lot slower and setting had to be pretty low. Battlefield...

As stated in the title - Driver issues...It took me a few days to get everything working perfectly because of driver issues. Dont' get me wrong, this should not keep you from buying the laptop. Just know you're going to have to do a little work to get...

Mar, 2016

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Disappointing Quality Control, return after 6 hours.

- I do know that it's a refurbished product. But the refurbished that doesn't do its job? I'm sorry.

- love the looks and overall appearance of the labtop

- The keyboard's a unbelievable. The S and D keys, the backspace and [ keys keep switching back and forth. Sometime I pressed the S key and I gave me SD and the same goes for the D key as well. This is the 2nd Dell laptop I've returned this month. and...

Feb, 2016

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Terrible product for a 3D Artist

If you wanna plat videogames go for it, if you wanna work, never buy it.

Design is awesome. Looks classy af. Extra buttons on the left makes your life easier.

Overheating from the very beginning. Problem with graphic card and main board connection. Couldn't work with a secondary monitor with Maya, Nuke or Adobe series. Finally returned it.

Feb, 2016

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

looks nice but doesn't run nice

I have had this laptop for 3 days, and 2 hours after unpacking nothing would load and had to restart, and then a few hours after restart it just shutdown and restarted while in the middle of playing ARK, then the next day first thing in the morning it...

nice design, fast when it wants to be, color customization is really nice

crashed out 2 times in 1 day, restarted on me 2 times in 2 days for no reason while in the middle of gaming and 1 time this morning when no one was around it, graphics aren't that great compared to my desktop with a lesser graphics card(not the...

Feb, 2016

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