ars technica reviews the AW13r3

"If you’re going to put customizable lights on a keyboard, either map every button, or don't do it at all"

Shit like this pisses me off. How is this a con? The only laptops that do every button that I can record of is Aorous and Razer, and guess what, they start at $1800. Alienware starts at $1000. So, no shit sherlock that they are pricing it cheap by cutting corners.

"Who made this screen panel? Jeff Bezels? So much wasted space"

Please direct me to a "gaming" laptop that has small bezels. This person reviewing it is definitly thinking from the beginning "XPS 15 bezel, OLED screen, GTX 1050ti, amazing battery life, amazing keyboard lighting, amazing everything." Sure everyone would love thin bezels but there must be an ulterior motive on why it's not done... oh there is. Reducing the bezel size = reducing overall footprint of the laptop = less cooling and work for other things. If you want thin bezel and not aiming too much at gaming, go for XPS series. You want gaming, enjoy great cooling and perfectly fine bezel.

TL;DR: Ignore this review, very negative author who has an XPS 15/AW laptop in mind but it dosen't meet that and he just says everything is wrong.

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