16X Aurora

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16X Aurora

44 positive 1 neutral 32 negative

Based on 77 Reddit mentions

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Which of these gaming laptops is better?

if you just want the best battery life thats the alienware aurora 16. which gets 11 hours in casual use and 3 hours even when gaming. kind of insanely good battery. (one of the few budget options with a large 99watt hour battery) unfortunately alienware aurora 16 has a bad screen https://youtu.be/l_

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PIO_PretendIOriginal in r/laptops

April 20, 2026 11:21 PM

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Is the Alienware 16X Aurora worth buying right now? Is it good?

It is great option actually due to its battery’s life, It actually can stay up to 10 hours which is one of the best but one huge flaw of this one is screen, screen is just really bad and ghosting, some people might care some people might not but I personally do, so It’s up to you, you could’ve get 1

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alv1annn in r/Alienware

March 15, 2026 7:50 AM

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Alienware laptop 2025 range

I don't know what possibly could Dell's marketing team be smoking. They made the dumbest ever decision to kill off XPS, Latitude and other decades old well established sub branding. And most importantly, they killed, or better say merged Dell G15/G16 gaming laptop line with Alienware. The Aurora 16/

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constantinoplestands in r/Alienware

May 28, 2025 6:57 PM

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Laptop recommendation for gaming and studying

If you have a big backpack then yeah sure. 18>16 inch imo. But do note that most backpacks only have 16 inch laptop pouches so you'll gonna have to either get a sleeve or a big backpack. Alienware laptops are kind of the in-between from budget and premium laptops. Their Aurora line is decent but I'd

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MSTEAMSSUCK in r/laptops

February 10, 2026 10:34 PM

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Alienware 16x aurora (AC16251) with linux, long boot times

I've found 2 things that trigger this over the past few months. I haven't figured out what device this is as it doesn't show in lsusb or anything from what I can tell Linux-Firmware updates have off and on caused whatever this device is to freak out Booting into Windows with fastboot enabled in Wind

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Lousy_Hunter_ in r/Alienware

November 8, 2025 3:56 PM

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Do the Aurora 16 and 16X deserve the Alienware name?

in my opinion. No. it screams cheap. it wears the name Alienware but we know deep down its a rebadged dell. feel like it was a quick "lets reduce cost" move. plastic everything, the 16x at least has an aluminum bottom. not to mention it's still lacking in screen quality. This really doesn't live up

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Adorable-Credit7133 in r/Alienware

November 15, 2025 10:34 AM

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