Managing Editor Josh Goldman is a laptop expert and has been writing about and reviewing them since built-in Wi-Fi was an optional feature. He also covers almost anything connected to a PC, including ...

The last time I tested an Alienware gaming laptop was in November 2019, so I jumped at the chance to take a look at the recently announced Alienware m17 R4. Besides a larger display – 17-inch versus ...

If you sell laptops, how do you differentiate your high-end model from all the other gaming laptops out there? It’s hard to compete on specs alone, because a lot of brands can engineer hardware with ...

Generally speaking, mechanical keyboards are usually only the domain of desktop PC gamers. While they're more of a rarity on gaming laptops, Alienware is doing what it can to change that, today ...

What just happened? Mechanical keyboards may be the preferred choice for most PC gamers, but their chunkiness mean they rarely appear in laptops. Thanks to Alienware's new collaboration with Cherry MX ...

At CES 2022, Alienware gave us a glimpse of its 2022 lineup of 17-inch gaming laptops, among which was the Alienware m17 R5 — a direct successor to the Alienware m17 R4 from 2021. Back then, Alienware ...

is an editor covering deals and gaming hardware. He joined in 2018, and after a two-year stint at Polygon, he rejoined The Verge in May 2025. Not content with settling for meeting the industry’s best ...

Most old PC technology is gone and forgotten when the next innovation hits -- except, perhaps, for retro nostalgia's sake -- but that's not the case when it comes to the mechanical keyboard. The ...

The m17 R5 Ryzen Edition is one of the first AMD Advantage laptops and will be the first to ship incorporating AMD's Smart Access Graphics. I've been reviewing hardware and software, devising testing ...

I’ve been a consumer PC expert at PCMag for 10 years, and I love PC gaming. I've played games on my computer for as long as I can remember, which eventually (as it does for many) led me to build and ...