I recently purchased a new/refurbished Alienware 15 R2 laptop.  This was to replace my 18 month old MSI gaming laptop, which I liked, though could never get past a couple of niggles; these being the constant fan noise, even when under light load,  and the unresponsive track pad. In defense of the latter, gaming laptops would generally be used with an external USB mouse, though even still, it’s nice to have a decent amount of accuracy when using the trackpad for day to day tasks.  … [Read more...]