For mobility, I chose an Alienware x15 R1 with a Core i7 and an RTX 3070. My daily-use desktop is the Alienware Aurora R13 with a 12th Gen Intel Core i7 3.61GHz CPU and an Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 GPU. In my case, I went for two different PCs, both from Alienware.
I selected this Alienware x15 as the drop-in replacement for my Macbook Pro for mobile use. What I’d hoped to gain in the process were: So, given the hassle of disrupting daily life in ways ranging from subtle to significant, making the leap to Windows had better yield some worthwhile benefits. Reflexive menu navigation and hotkey patterns ingrained in muscle memory over many years suddenly meant nothing, and I would need to learn new ones in their place. In a world where the bulk of my daily interactions happen through a digital interface, switching computing platforms changed just about everything in some way. Along the way, I hit a few snags and annoyances, but I also unlocked some awesome Windows capabilities that were out of reach on my Mac. While the proliferation of cloud-based services and cross-platform utilities has made switching easier than it’s ever been, it’s still a significant change to the way we live and work. After more than a decade of Mac-centric computing, I made a big switch last month, setting aside my MacBook Pro and moving to an Alienware Aurora R13 desktop as my primary day-to-day computer.
