Gaming laptops often include top-tier components such as Meteor Lake processors and RTX 40-series GPUs, but professionals sometimes avoid them due to flashy RGB lighting. RGB can be distracting in meetings and undermines a professional appearance, increasing demand for subtler designs. Manufacturers are responding with models aimed at working professionals. Dell's m16 R2 pairs powerful hardware with a subdued exterior: a shiny dark gray chassis, stylized number 16, and Alienware logo. The design omits a protruding thermal shelf, placing vents flush with the display to reduce bulk. The laptop remains heavy at nearly six pounds, and its matte black keyboard offers vivid RGB, smooth surfaces, and springy keys for comfortable typing.
Gaming laptops are often on the cutting edge of technology, housing some of the industry's best hardware. Powerful Meteor Lake processors, visually stunning RTX 40-series GPUs, the works. With that in mind, you'd think that professionals looking for high-end machines would be clamoring to buy one of these machines for themselves, but that's not really the case. Gaming laptops aren't exactly ubiquitous, but why? Well, it might have to do with their flashy RGB lights that light up like Disney's Electrical Parade.
Gaming devices often come equipped with RGB lighting, which looks cool, but can be pretty distracting, especially when you're in a work meeting trying to look serious and have a laptop lit up like a Christmas tree in front of you. Subtlety is the name of the game here. Thankfully, manufacturers are taking notice of this potential shift in customer preference. Dell, for one, has come up with a solution in a new gaming laptop that also has the working professional in mind: the .
I am a big fan of Dell's design choices here. The m16 R2 strikes a good balance of looking aesthetically cool while also maintaining practicality. On the outside, you have a shiny dark gray exterior with a stylized number 16 and an Alienware logo at the top. You'll notice there isn't a big thermal shelf jutting out; the heat vents are flush with the display when positioned upright.
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