• avant-hier
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00:00All right, so this is the new Alienware Mechanical Laptop Keyboard and this was a device that I almost told them not to send because I've been disappointed so many times in the past by other companies trying to do something like this.
00:14So many gaming companies, so many laptop companies have tried to make mechanical keyboards for laptops and it's just been disappointment after disappointment to the point where as a reviewer it's just like, are they ever going to be good? Really?
00:28This thing comes in, I had low hopes, but this is something that Cherry and Alienware have been working on for three years. Turns out, it's something special.
00:36So the first thing I noticed is that these keys have very little wobble to them and the first time you use it, it's a little bit weird because it's such a sturdy typing surface, it's just not something you're used to when it comes to laptop keyboards.
00:48And the way that it works is that it's a pair of stainless steel wings that can pivot up and down. There's also a spring in between the two wings that pull it together.
00:56When you press down on the wings, you're pressing down on the switch, there's tension on the spring and when you get low enough, it'll hit the actuation point.
01:02And at that point, you'll feel this very distinct tactile bump and it feels awesome, if you like tactile keyboards.
01:09And it's unlike a desktop keyboard, like I'm not going to sit here and try to make you believe that this feels, no, it doesn't feel like a desktop keyboard at all.
01:17It doesn't even feel like they're low profile switches, like Cherry makes some low profile keyboard switches, which I personally don't like.
01:23It doesn't feel like those, it's a unique typing experience and I think, unlike every other mechanical keyboard that's ever come out on a laptop, there's no learning curve to this.
01:33You don't have to get used to it, there's no practice time you need to put in to be able to get comfortable with it, none of that.
01:38I think if you pick this up and you like tactile keyboards, you like that feel of the actuation point, you're going to like this typing experience.
01:47Very consistent feel to the key, very consistent actuation point across the whole keyboard.
01:52The total travels 1.8mm, the actuation point's at 0.8, those numbers probably mean nothing to you, but it's at a very good point, like that spot where it clicks in, it's right where I think it should be.
02:05And you also type fast on this keyboard, I think the mechanism that pops it back up is just, it's nice.
02:12Okay, now, there is potentially a downside to this keyboard and it really depends on, every person's going to be different on this.
02:20So, it has to do with acoustics, so I'm just going to demonstrate the issue.
02:26You know what, this is what normal typing would sound like.
02:35If you're a mechanical keyboard enthusiast, you might have picked up on the ping, like the mechanical resonance that you're hearing.
02:48Now, it's most pronounced if you type quick, like if you hold down a key and you snap and you just let it go real quick, that didn't do it.
02:59There you go.
03:00You hear that ring, that metallic ring? That's, I mean, that's ping, right?
03:05When it comes to traditional mechanical keyboards, people spend like hours, hundreds of dollars to remove that metal resonance from their keyboard builds, right?
03:14The thing that Teha built me, this thing, this has no ping.
03:19This is beautiful, look at this thing.
03:21But there's no, right, there's nothing.
03:24There's no metallic resonance to this device at all.
03:28This thing has a lot of ping.
03:31You ready for this?
03:34That is a very metallic resonant sound.
03:40Now, personally, I don't care about that stuff.
03:43Now, I'm not the kind of traditional mechanical keyboard enthusiast.
03:48I feel like some people are very sensitive to this stuff.
03:50That's why people spend hours lubing and doing all these things to mechanical keyboards to remove that sound.
03:54But this thing has a lot of ping.
03:56Now, it's just the spring doing its thing, spring doing its thing, delivering ping to make your ears ring.
04:04The whole thing is very audible when you're typing quickly.
04:08Now, I can't convey this in a video, right?
04:11It really depends on how fast you're typing.
04:13If you're someone who types really fast, I think that's when that sound can get more annoying.
04:23So I was tempted to pop off all the keycaps and try lubing this thing.
04:26But number one, it's a review unit, and I have a feeling that that would probably damage it.
04:29But secondly, I don't know how much that would actually do for this type of sound.
04:33It's not like it's coming from a stabilizer or one particular part.
04:37It's every key has a lot of metal.
04:39It's this stainless steel construct that just resonates if you type quick enough.
04:44So is that a problem?
04:46For me, not at all, but I'm not you.
04:49And if you're looking at this keyboard and you're wondering if this is going to fit your lifestyle, that's for you to answer.
04:54If you plan on bringing this to a noise-sensitive environment, I mean, a loud keyboard is still a loud keyboard.
05:01And no one likes that stuff, really.
05:04Not in, like, a lecture hall or anything.
05:07The secondary function keys don't light up anymore.
05:09So as an example, like the F9 key, you can only see the F9.
05:13You can't see, like, that little light icon underneath.
05:15So if you're in the dark, you kind of have to know where your functions are.
05:19And it goes with basically all of the keys.
05:21And also, the top row of keys, like those smaller keys, those are not mechanical switches.
05:27I feel like that's just the limitation of this design.
05:29It would have just been cost-prohibitive to have made these custom mini-keys to go for this particular laptop.
05:35But the keyboard overall is really nice if you like tactile keyboards.
05:39Personally, I would like this.
05:41I would want any laptop that I got to have this keyboard switch in it.
05:45Like, I hope that Cherry expands beyond just Alienware.
05:47I imagine they will.
05:49It's just a matter of when, because right now, I think these guys have an exclusive on it.
05:52But it's a great keyboard technology.
05:54And, yeah, there you have it.
05:57The Alienware Mechanical Laptop Keyboard.
06:01OK, so the rest of the device, real quickly.
06:03So this is the M17R4.
06:06This keyboard comes in the 15-inch model as well, and the 17-inch, obviously.
06:11This machine is super fast.
06:13It's running an RTX 3080 at 165 watts.
06:16And it delivers excellent gaming performance.
06:18But really, the star of the show is that fantastic keyboard.
06:22OK, hope you guys enjoyed this video.
06:24Thumbs if you liked it, subs if you loved it.
06:26I'll see you guys next time.
06:31Ciao !