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Alienware just unveiled its new m16 R2 atCES 2024.
Gone is the bulky thermal shelf.
Alienware “can’t divulge all the alien technology behind” the m16 R2.
Secret improvements
I love the look of the new Alienware m16 R2.
The new Alienware m16 R2 is 43% more efficient than its predecessor when it comes to airflow.
The redesign of the m16 R2 resulted in other improvements as well.
Alienware removed the thermal deck from the m16 R2 and reduced the laptop’s footprint by 15%.
The laptop has a larger palm rest and touchpad.
That larger trackpad is surrounded by RGB lighting.
A hotkey (F2) switches off keyboard backlighting and AlienFX lighting zones.
The Alienware m16 R2 has plenty of RGB lights, but you can shut them all off with a stealth mode shortcut.
Stealth mode also swaps the laptop from performance mode to quiet mode, reducing fan noise.
NVIDIA DLSS 3.5 upscaling tech is supported, as is NVIDIA Reflex for latency reduction.
The laptop can charge up to 80% in 35 minutes through Express Charge 2.0.
The Alienware m16 R2 runs on up to an Intel Core Ultra 7 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070.
