The Alienware m15 R4 gaming laptop has an option for a Cherry MX mechanical keyboard.
The Alienware m15 R4 gaming laptop has an option for a Cherry MX mechanical keyboard.
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Alienware and Cherry MX create a true mechanical keyboard on a gaming laptop

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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  • 3 min

Alienware and Cherry MX are launching what they call the first “truly mechanical keyboard” on a gaming laptop. They have added the keyboard to the Alienware m15 R4 and Alienware m17 R4.

That might not sound too exciting to people who care more about what’s on their gaming laptop displays. But the companies are convinced there are a lot of keyboard aficionados out there who like the clicking sounds mechanical boards provide. And these fans will appreciate that the companies took more than three years to design the keyboard.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.