{"id":1853,"date":"2013-10-25T09:14:53","date_gmt":"2013-10-25T16:14:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.computerabuser.com\/?p=1853"},"modified":"2013-10-25T09:18:13","modified_gmt":"2013-10-25T16:18:13","slug":"a-new-alienware-14-is-on-the-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.computerabuser.com\/?p=1853","title":{"rendered":"A New Alienware 14 Is On The Way"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Alienware<\/a>

Alienware 14 (2013)<\/p><\/div>\n

Well, after\u00a0humming and hawing for two weeks I finally decided on the 2013 Alienware 14 from Dell.<\/p>\n

The Inspiron 17R Special Edition (7720) I ordered back in May<\/a> just didn’t cut it.<\/p>\n

I sent back the Latitude E6540<\/a> without opening it.<\/p>\n

I almost went with the Latitude 3540, but a few things just didn’t work for me.<\/p>\n

I liked the size, 1080p anti-glare screen and AMD Radeon HD 8850m GPU. \u00a0I didn’t like that it lacked any type of digital video output. \u00a0At my desk I use HDMI to connect to a switch that also connects to a Blu-Ray player and HDTV Cable Box. \u00a0I could have used VGA to connect directly to my monitor, but without HDMI or DisplayPort I would need to use the analog audio output to connect the sound to my stereo and I would already need the headphone\/mic port for my headset.<\/p>\n

I could have worked around this limitation (purchase a USB Headset), but I was able to get an extra $150 off of the Alienware 14 which was already on sale by $100. \u00a0Plus with the Dell Advantage Loyalty Program<\/a>, I will get another 5% back, which is only available on “Home & Home Office” purchases, not Small Business.<\/p>\n

For 45% more in cost (over the Latitude 3540), the Alienware provides 70% more gaming performance (with the NVidia GTX 765m GPU), plus double the RAM, considerably faster CPU and fancy lights. \u00a0I will miss the larger screen and better battery life though.<\/p>\n

It should be here within 2 weeks.<\/p>\n

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ComputerAbuser<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Well, after humming and hawing for two weeks I finally decided on the 2013 Alienware 14 from Dell.<\/p>\n

The Inspiron 17R Special Edition (7720) I ordered back in May just didn’t cut it.<\/p>\n

I sent back the Latitude E6540 without opening it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[6],"tags":[184,171,186,182,185,176],"class_list":["post-1853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology","tag-alienware","tag-dell","tag-haswell","tag-laptop","tag-notebook","tag-nvidia"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t