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TLDR; It Does
This was begging for an experiment,...
So I bought Alienware 17 R2 and Osprey Farpoint 40 and the rest is history...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnrUfZVdJog
And if it fits Alienware 17 it pretty much should fit any 17'' laptop...
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This review claims
A laptop pocket will handle up to a 17β laptop
I saw similar claims on the Amazon product page. But the manual claims the laptop sleeve to be
Inches 14h x 11w x 1.5d
which in theory could house a 17" screen since it's 17.8" diagonally but real world 17" laptops are 16" or above in height with a 11" width.
The Alienware 17 however is 17.9 x 12.9 x 2.26-2.23 inches which is far, far bigger than this size. This old CNN review concedes it's closer to a 18" laptop in fact:
the Alienware 17 desktop replacement gaming laptop is not all that much smaller than the 18-inch Alienware 18version we recently reviewed