# Alienware 15 review: Perfect timing for a budget gaming laptop

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/alienware-15-review-perfect-timing-for-a-budget-gaming-laptop/
- Published: 2026-07-24T12:30:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-07-24T12:49:04+00:00
- Original publisher: Engadget
- Original article: https://www.engadget.com/2222040/alienware-15-review/
- Topics: Entertainment, Gadgets, Gaming, Paranormal, Technology, Weird & Viral

## Key points

- Affordable Alienware gaming laptop with solid performance and connectivity
- Display lacks brightness and colour accuracy
- Sensible compromises make it strong value

## Summary

Alienware has launched its first genuinely budget-focused gaming laptop, the Alienware 15, starting at $1,000. The review finds it well timed amid rising RAM prices, offering respectable performance, sturdy construction and a practical range of ports while stripping back the premium styling associated with the brand.

The 15.3-inch laptop uses a mostly black plastic chassis, weighs just under five pounds and includes a firm backlit keyboard with a numpad, two USB-A ports, two USB-C ports, HDMI 2.1 and Ethernet. Its main weakness is the fixed 1,920 x 1,200, 165Hz LCD display: although adequate indoors at 300 nits, it covers only 62.5% of sRGB, making colours appear washed out; the webcam and loud fans are further drawbacks.

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