Alienware, known mostly for its gaming PCs, has now introduced a thin-and-light notebook based on Intel Centrino technology. The 5.5-pound Area-51m Sentia is geared toward students and business users.

For as long as I can remember, I’ve been disappointed by gaming laptops—I avoided them myself and advised friends to do the same, given the lower performance levels they offered versus desktop PCs.

From the beginning, Alienware computers have been built with hardcore gamers in mind -- that explains the stylish cases and aggressive designs, which helped spark the rise of bold gaming PCs. But the ...

Alienware is without a doubt one of the most easily recognizable gaming computer brands in the world. It has been a household name in PC gaming for as long as I’ve been a PC gamer (over 20 years), and ...

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The Alienware Area-51m is a solid gaming machine that doesn't give you the latest components, like the fastest Pentium CPU or PCI Express graphics. But in a mobile gaming world where the best cost ...

The Alienware m15 (Review) and Alienware m17 are now on the R3 moniker. The R3 version of these laptops will pack the newest 10 th generation Intel processors, going as high as the Intel Core ...

Like top-of-the-line Alienware portables before it, the Area-51m “laptop” is gigantic, expensive, and won’t fool anyone into thinking it’s anything but a device for Rockstar-swilling gamers. But at ...

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CES 2019 is officially underway, which means the time has come for every gaming PC maker under the sun to introduce new hardware. Dell and its Alienware subsidiary are no exception, and on Tuesday, ...

Alienware unveiled an all-new fire-breathing laptop during CES 2019, the Area-51m. It's only the second time in the company's long history that it's endowed a laptop with the airy title of "Area-51," ...