Until the brand's new dawn truly breaks, then, you'll find all the best Alienware ... and a super tactile keyboard with a full-sized number pad built in. Performance: The M18 also benefits from ...

I found this quite distracting, although the large speakers alongside the keyboard do an excellent job of drowning it out with more noise. The laptop has the usual Alienware styling, with the ...

The keyboard also glows ... but serious gamers will really enjoy all it offers. Two obvious alternatives to the Alienware M18 R2 exist: the Acer Predator Helios 18 and the Razer Blade 18.