Dell XPS 13 vs Alienware m17 R4

It was supposed to a Dell xps 13 9310 but it had the look and feel of a Dell 3100 chromebook. There is a $1500 difference in the price between the two models but it seemed like Amazon thought they were the same. I would not purchase this laptop unless you want an overpriced chromebook.

That Razer blade would be a complete waste of money. It's not a max powered card and so it will probably not even push 30 FPS in most AAA games at 4k.

The battery life is very short (4ish hours) and it takes a long time to charge (about 1 1/2 hours). The brick on the cord gets very hot as it charges as does the bottom of the laptop. Otherwise it runs cool. I really like that there is no separate place to plug in the charger

Poor battery lifeCherry keyboard costs extra

Laptop seems to be working "ok" as of now besides the WiFi issues everyone has been having and apps like Netflix and Hulu not properly working. Another thing that is concerning is the packaging. I'm pretty sure I was sent a used product considering it came in a cheap cardboard box and not in it's original XPS box/packaging. Also the laptop itself was not even wrapped in any kind of plastic or padding or anything and I am at a military base in Iraq

In view of this, choosing an Intel CPU is also questionable, as it's less efficient and more difficult to cool than its current AMD Ryzen counterparts. However, the graphics performance achieved by the mobile GeForce RTX 3080 is remarkable. Hardly any competitor can keep up here, since Dell grants the GPU a particularly generous TDP. Very high frame rates are achieved in modern games, and they come into their own on the fast display