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.

Alienware has announced the second generation of its flagship Area-51m gaming laptop, the Area-51m R2. It’s largely similar on the outside to the original Area-51m, but the specs are almost completely ...

The Quest for the Holy Grail of gaming laptop features—upgradable internal graphics—ended in a horrible, ignominious death on Wednesday, with the release of Alienware’s Area-51m R2. And by death, we ...

Dell demonstrated an astonishing amount of chutzpah today when it unveiled a second-generation Alienware Area-51m -- and declared that whoops, the first-generation of the "upgradeable" laptop isn't ...

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Dell really wants you to choose its Alienware Area-51m over a high-end desktop. The company has called it a “desktop replacement” since the model’s inception, and not without reason: in addition to ...

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It’s upgrade season for Dell’s Alienware laptops, with the company’s entire lineup of portable gaming machines — the Area-51m, the m17, and the m15 — getting overhauled with updated specs, including ...

Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. Alienware has just unveiled its very latest gaming laptop with the new Area-51m packing some serious heat underneath its keyboard. Inside, you can ...