Dell and RAMageddon are watering down the Alienware brand

I remember a time when Alienware refused to make a thinner laptop — the company didn’t want to compromise on its builds. But today, Dell is slapping the Alienware name on a piece of hardware that sounds utterly watered down. It’s partly RAMageddon ’s fault. The new five-pound Alienware 15 is supposedly an entry-level gaming laptop, one designed to invite those with less cash into the fold. That’s an admirable goal at a time all kinds of gaming hardware suddenly costs more . …