Alienware prepping "Allpowerful" laptop for next month
When it's not busy perpetrating negative stereotypes about alien cranium sizes, Dell's Alienware has been known to throw together a product teaser now and then. This latest one points to 20 days in the future, when Alienware will presumably unveil a "new gaming laptop & computer" (according to the header) dubbed "Allpowerful." Seems a little pretentious, sure, but we wouldn't expect anything less. We'll see y'all in June.



















Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Blake @ May 12th 2009 6:53PM
Holy crap...something new??
Wait, all their laptops are amazing. I have an Area 51, and it is overkill
Game_playa @ May 12th 2009 6:37PM
Whatever it is, I'm sure it's gonna be $1000-$2000 overpriced
AVG @ May 12th 2009 6:51PM
And will also, of course, feature all of the colored lights and Alien "technology" inspired case designs that will bring flocks of beautiful women wherever you choose to display it.
Joseph @ May 12th 2009 6:59PM
@AVG
it's stupid comments like that have inspired me to switch to AVIRA antivirus.
Game_playa @ May 12th 2009 7:06PM
Can you read minds? I also used to use AVG and have now switched to Avira. This is funny
Stupidiot @ May 12th 2009 7:28PM
How does Avira compare with AVG?
Haven't had any major problems with AVG really, but I'm always scouting for better software.
j_g_puff @ May 12th 2009 7:32PM
Whatever it is, you'll be able to out-game it with a $500 machine in 18 months time.
Monkey with glasses @ May 12th 2009 7:33PM
Me too, i would like to know which is better and why?.
Ray @ May 12th 2009 7:35PM
What ever it is, im pretty sure its going to be butt ugly...
holy_moly112 @ May 12th 2009 7:57PM
@ Game_playa
Just like an Apple product!.. Right?
yopladas @ May 12th 2009 8:51PM
Yes, because they should have given my my computer for free...
AVG @ May 13th 2009 12:57AM
@Joseph
You're right. Alienwares are stylish and hip.
Mike @ May 13th 2009 2:06AM
cant wait! i always like to customize my own and see how much it comes up to! although it probably wont beat the mac pro in price.
Srikanth @ May 13th 2009 10:52AM
well said.. i lost my interest in tracking alienware products..its too much out of 95% of people's reach..is that why its "alien" ware..
nerdtalker @ May 12th 2009 6:39PM
I've had it with gaming laptops. They're all the pain of a huge laptop and none of the upgradeability or cool factor of a normal desktop, and they have a huge price premium to boot. I'm getting rid of my XPS M1730.
skyblaze @ May 12th 2009 6:51PM
i always thought your ava was a guy with a tie sitting down with his head low all depressed like... now seeing it in un-reply size its actually something quite disturbing................
r3loaded @ May 12th 2009 6:54PM
Yeah, the phrase "Jack of all trades, master of none" comes to mind with my laptop. Sure, it's fast. But it can't quite handle Crysis like a full desktop, yet at the same time, its battery doesn't match up to more traditional laptops...
Chavez @ May 12th 2009 7:05PM
You're getting rid of your massive luggable? It's an icon though! How will people at the coffee shop know to pay you homage without it?
CH3BURASHKA @ May 12th 2009 7:35PM
I got 100 bucks. You interested?
Levi @ May 12th 2009 9:23PM
Well.. look at it this way. You could have an awesome desktop and a low end laptop or netbook fo the price of a gaming laptop... or you could have a nearly awesome dekstop replacement that is 90% as good as that desktop and 290% better than that low end laptop or netbook. And either option costs the same amount.
I just got a desktop replacement gaming laptop. First laptop ever, first time I've been without a desktop. I'm torn whether I made the right choice or if I should have built a new desktop instead. It plays Crysis on high, but I haven't even taken it out of the house yet -_-
Setnev @ May 13th 2009 1:16AM
Another thing too is they say that all these parts that are supposed upgradable, you can't even find parts to match or newer parts that are compatible.
TareX @ May 12th 2009 6:42PM
Only way I'm considering this is if it's got a multitouch 120 Hz screen....
Other than that, gaming desktop FTW.
jonshipman @ May 12th 2009 6:48PM
Did they hire Ben Heck and they're making a 360 laptop?
JamesBond @ May 12th 2009 6:50PM
I think this guy is using it in this James Bond fan movie:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jz3eDK0eN4
Dach @ May 12th 2009 6:50PM
They don't translate the headline when you roll over it, but it says "Let Armageddon Begin"
It was fun translating it. I wish it didn't translate the rest when you rolled over it. Too easy...
AVG @ May 12th 2009 6:52PM
You are just the kind of ridiculously huge nerdass that Alienware is hoping to sell this to.
Menos @ May 12th 2009 6:53PM
you, sir... are a genius.
Jason @ May 13th 2009 1:31PM
Translate? Dude, it's just a different font...
H0rK @ May 12th 2009 6:51PM
ok, so its going to be an i7 laptop. how back-breakingly awesomely un-portable.
i so would :(
marccarroll0 @ May 12th 2009 6:54PM
Great. They've crammed another machine full of the latest hardware to make it super powerful. And they're making it really expensive. And ugly as an elephants arse. What's there to anticipate?
Marco Juan @ May 12th 2009 6:55PM
Is that like the "allspark" ?
voodoo @ May 12th 2009 6:56PM
Its either going to be based around the Nvidia GTX260M/280M, or else a refresh of the Ati-based M17 (with HD4850 or 4870).
Hopefully they'll get rid of that sh1tty M15x also, that has been a joke of a laptop, with the overheating and falling-apart issues.
Amrosorma @ May 12th 2009 6:56PM
Gaming laptops all suck a huge one.
Brian @ May 12th 2009 7:03PM
Give me an option for the nVidia's GTX 260M / GTX 280M!
z-man @ May 12th 2009 7:03PM
So long as it is not four feet thick and weighs 3 tons, im ok with it. :)
Ed T @ May 12th 2009 7:06PM
Yet another plavitch from the masters of the genre.
crescentdavid @ May 12th 2009 7:38PM
very nice use of plavitch. I truly think the old motorola macs were the original masters of the genre... "but our single, proprietary test shows they're 38% faster in these two cherry-picked filter runs in PS than any mortal pc .... "
CH3BURASHKA @ May 12th 2009 7:36PM
The stuff they sell now is plenty powerful. How about "Allcheaperthanyournewbornchild"
darkmax @ May 12th 2009 7:38PM
ok I learn something new today... Dell owns Alienware.....
Brian @ May 12th 2009 7:46PM
Exactly what i thought when i read this article
Matt @ May 12th 2009 8:02PM
I like the word omnipotent better..
Eric AHAF @ May 12th 2009 8:19PM
+1
jay @ May 12th 2009 8:04PM
Alienware is so 2003
Psycros @ May 12th 2009 8:48PM
Allyourbase.
Super-sic @ May 12th 2009 9:49PM
Are belong to us. Ah hah haha ha.
TZK @ May 12th 2009 9:12PM
Mobile Quad Core i7
Levi @ May 12th 2009 9:24PM
aren't i7's like 6 or 8 cores...?
Cosmo @ May 12th 2009 10:08PM
No, they are quad-core processors but a six core version is to come out in late 2009 or early 2010.
Neoprimal @ May 13th 2009 2:51AM
I7s have 4 physical cores, but they have 8 logical cores that look and perform like 8 cores to the operating system.
e. @ May 12th 2009 9:16PM
Did they ever fix those issues with the m15x? You know: Over heating, Cracked Case, CPU scaled down power?, Screen Hinge breaking, wobbly screen.
http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/12/alienware-area-51-m15x-owners-outraged-by-overheating-cracking
Its kind of tough to be excited about any thing from Alienware.