Alienware's m3450, m5550, and m5750 go Core Duo

They had to go Core Duo sometime, so why not now? Looks like Alienware's updated their laptop lineup with three new machines that run right up the spectrum of portable product offerings. The new Sentia m3450, replacement to the m3400, is your basic 14.1-inch widescreen Centrino Duo 5.5-pounder, integrated graphics, and options for the usual gear (7200 RPM drives, Bluetooth, etc.); the 15.4-inch Area-51 m5550, successor to the m5500 also appears to be more of the same, though this time, of course, equipped with Core Duo Mobile (and integrated graphics, as far as we can tell); and, of course, their 17-inch powerhouse m5700 go the Core Duo upgrade and the m5750 monicker and, you guessed it, that new dual core Intel chip. Expect prices between $1,100 to upwards of a couple of grand, depending on your machine and options; games not included, and probably shouldn't be considered for your regular Alienware shoppers looking to snag a rig with some graphics horsepower.

[Thanks, gimmeadollr]

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[John @ Jun 27th 2006 8:30AM]

Integrated graphics??? What's the point?

[Mark @ Jun 27th 2006 8:34AM]

Damn.... my poor Alienware m5700 which I just picked up a few months ago isn't core duo.. I guess I should've waited... I could've probably benefitted from core-duo since I'm an extreme multi-tasker... oh well.

[Intrepid @ Jun 27th 2006 8:35AM]

This confuses the Dell-AMD rumors.

[Paul @ Jun 27th 2006 8:38AM]

well, it looks like dell has quickly decided to kill of another brand

[rafalski @ Jun 27th 2006 9:12AM]

Sentia configured same as Macbook is priced like the black one. It has 7.1 sound though.

[David @ Jun 27th 2006 9:47AM]

how? Alienware has been using intergrated graphics, and even Celerons, long before Dell decided to buy them...

[ted @ Jun 27th 2006 10:15AM]

Funny how these laptops have the exact same size screens as the apple macbook pros and macbook.

[David @ Jun 27th 2006 10:17AM]

the macbook has a 13.3" screen not a 14". 15.4" and 17" are very common screen sizes on laptops

[dnl2ba @ Jun 27th 2006 10:50AM]

Hey, these laptops have screens! They're copying Apple!

[Alexandre.D @ Jun 27th 2006 10:54AM]

the 15 and 17 inchers Have got graphics cards (X1600 with 128Megs or Geforce 7600 with 256 megs for the 15.4 inch model, and an X1800 with 256 for the 17 incher, though im not 100% sure of all these specs) as i told the staff (thats your Ryan) almost an hour ago.
And as far as 14 inchers are concerned, check out the asus A8Jm, its actually got a really good card for it's price and size

[Jimmay @ Jun 27th 2006 12:15PM]

Alienware has always used intel in it's smaller laptops. There are still 3 laptops with AMD though and almost all the desktops offer AMD. This doesn't mean anything. They're just switching their Intel Core Solo laptops to Intel Core Duo.

[Ypocaramel @ Jun 27th 2006 8:55PM]

X1400 for the 15" model, actually. Finally a non-behemonth laptop from a fairly capable graphics card from the ostensibly gaming brand - and thanks MxN for that. Pricing isn't bad - it's close to the Macbook Pro and the 8200, but the 8200 packs intergrated Bluetooth and nice VoIP phone, while the MBP is a ... Mac. Well I guess the Alienwares have those rib-wings... Oh! They're eyes. Nevermind.

[gimmeadollr @ Jun 27th 2006 9:46PM]

hey somebody thanked me! yay
but i've never understood how some people can play those fps stuff on a laptop
i mean, doesn't it get frustrating without full size keyboards or mouse position or something?

[Mike @ Jun 29th 2006 1:02PM]

Thanks dnl2ba, it's nice to see some sarcasm...
People should try to be openminded, not stuck on the "fact" that "Dells are ugly and grey and Apple is god."
That's probably my one and only gripe about Engadget... when they discuss something non-Apple, there's about 2 million Apple fanboys floating around, saying "LOL dell sux" or "apple rox" or "m$ is teh devil" etc, etc, etc...
And "Apple white"!?!? Since when did THAT become a color?! It's glossy white! *sigh*
I heart Linux. You know, that really hard-to-use OS? Like... Ubuntu. Mmmm, tasty.
OK, end of rant.

[debbie @ May 18th 2007 1:21PM]

I wouldnt suggest any of you buy a alienware of any sort, you ever been on the phone with them for over 2 hours at a time and have a new $6000 computer that hasnt worked since it was shipped. I ask for a replacement and even the repair man told them to replace it and they actually laughed and this was a month old computer. Pos computer i have here.