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Specially with the much more demanding games getting announced in E3. You'll play truckloads of money and won't be able to fully enjoy a game on a device that could be easily stolen, even though you'll be spending most of your time playing at home...

Plus, I gotta try FPS in 3D vision...]]>May 28th 2009 7:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/alienwares-allpowerful-laptop-teases-with-riddles/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/alienwares-allpowerful-laptop-teases-with-riddles/May 28th 2009 7:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/alienwares-allpowerful-laptop-teases-with-riddles/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/alienwares-allpowerful-laptop-teases-with-riddles/May 28th 2009 9:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/alienwares-allpowerful-laptop-teases-with-riddles/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/alienwares-allpowerful-laptop-teases-with-riddles/don't put this thing on your lap, as long as you still plan on having legs]]>May 28th 2009 10:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/alienwares-allpowerful-laptop-teases-with-riddles/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/alienwares-allpowerful-laptop-teases-with-riddles/I still think that this is easier to haul to a LAN party than an entire desktop. Most users are going to bring this with a power cord. As a matter of fact, I see no reason to even put a battery in this thing.]]>May 28th 2009 12:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/alienwares-allpowerful-laptop-teases-with-riddles/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/alienwares-allpowerful-laptop-teases-with-riddles/May 28th 2009 1:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/alienwares-allpowerful-laptop-teases-with-riddles/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/alienwares-allpowerful-laptop-teases-with-riddles/
Bet you anything the price will be between 1.5x-2x the cost of an equivalent desktop.]]>May 28th 2009 7:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/alienwares-allpowerful-laptop-teases-with-riddles/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/alienwares-allpowerful-laptop-teases-with-riddles/May 28th 2009 7:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/alienwares-allpowerful-laptop-teases-with-riddles/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/alienwares-allpowerful-laptop-teases-with-riddles/
Alienware has gouged customers for as long as they've been in existence, their hardware is often really good, but not nearly double the list price good.]]>May 28th 2009 7:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/alienwares-allpowerful-laptop-teases-with-riddles/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/alienwares-allpowerful-laptop-teases-with-riddles/May 28th 2009 7:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/alienwares-allpowerful-laptop-teases-with-riddles/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/alienwares-allpowerful-laptop-teases-with-riddles/
Hold on to your wallet for the punchline.]]>May 28th 2009 7:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/alienwares-allpowerful-laptop-teases-with-riddles/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/alienwares-allpowerful-laptop-teases-with-riddles/May 28th 2009 7:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/alienwares-allpowerful-laptop-teases-with-riddles/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/alienwares-allpowerful-laptop-teases-with-riddles/May 28th 2009 11:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/alienwares-allpowerful-laptop-teases-with-riddles/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/alienwares-allpowerful-laptop-teases-with-riddles/May 28th 2009 7:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/alienwares-allpowerful-laptop-teases-with-riddles/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/alienwares-allpowerful-laptop-teases-with-riddles/May 28th 2009 7:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/alienwares-allpowerful-laptop-teases-with-riddles/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/alienwares-allpowerful-laptop-teases-with-riddles/May 28th 2009 7:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/alienwares-allpowerful-laptop-teases-with-riddles/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/alienwares-allpowerful-laptop-teases-with-riddles/May 28th 2009 7:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/alienwares-allpowerful-laptop-teases-with-riddles/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/alienwares-allpowerful-laptop-teases-with-riddles/May 28th 2009 7:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/alienwares-allpowerful-laptop-teases-with-riddles/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/alienwares-allpowerful-laptop-teases-with-riddles/
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I dont remember Magnesium, but Magnesium is tougher than aluminum, so i doubt its that [But then again, a Magnesium frame would be in line with other alienware laptops]

As for specs, I anticipate a Core2Extreme desktop processor, Not an i7 because of thermal concerns....

I expect dual everything, RAID 0 Intel X25 SSDs with an option for RAID 0 320gb 7200 RPM HDDs [Unless they stuffed a pair of velociraptors in there..but then im not sure id ever want that on a desk, let alone my lap] with a 500gb backup disk...

Dual GTXs of some form....Maybe a mobile version of the 275 in a SLI configuration?

Blu-Ray

High res 17" screen

But in the end..WHY? This thing will have no battery life, even if it is as fast as a desktop, its going to weigh the same as a lanbox with a 19" LCD monitor, it will be margainally more compact..but at the same time...a lanbox is easily upgraded....its going to make the vicinity of the user a good 20 degrees warmer and is going to be -loud-

And BTW, Laptops are killing pc gaming, Everyday, Millions of idiots buy a laptop thinking its a proper machine to game on and then are upset when they find out that Intel XXXXXXXX-TREME Graphics Suck Balls and cant run Super Mario Bros at 30fps let alone render one eyeball in Crysis...

Then this breeds a misconception you need to spend $3000 on a gaming computer, because obviously if a $500 laptop cant run it then it must need a $3000 computer

Now if you think that im exaggeraing im not...Many people I meet seem to think that $3000 computers are necessary to play games because games wont run on a $500 "The guy at Best Buy said it was powerful" crap eMachines/HP box...and when I tell them they could easily go to Newegg and build a $500 gamebox that makes most things at Best Buy junk they dont believe me -_-

Seriously, all you need is a decent dual core processor and a Radeon 4770....Bam, Gamebox :) Newegg is running a sale with a AMD Motherboard and a Dual core processor, as well as 4gbs of ram and a Radeon 3650 for $140 after rebates....add a decent case and power supply and you're not even to $300 yet most likely, Hard drive could be reused, or get a WD Black 640gb for $70, and a DVD drive is only $40 if you need one of those.....personally I'd get the Radeon 4770 over the 3650..it wont add much to the price and if you have a copy of windows already, you wont need to blow your money on a copy of it...

I guarantee this system would be as fast or faster than most computers at a big box store and MUCH faster than just about every sub $2000 laptop for gaming...

Oh and yes, It will in fact, run Crysis...]]>May 28th 2009 8:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/alienwares-allpowerful-laptop-teases-with-riddles/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/alienwares-allpowerful-laptop-teases-with-riddles/
Long live the gaming laptop. I'm sure they will evolve, as they have in the past, to use the same graphics and processors but in smaller (cooler) form factors. Till then, great balls of fire will be my swan song.]]>May 28th 2009 9:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/alienwares-allpowerful-laptop-teases-with-riddles/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/alienwares-allpowerful-laptop-teases-with-riddles/May 28th 2009 10:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/alienwares-allpowerful-laptop-teases-with-riddles/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/alienwares-allpowerful-laptop-teases-with-riddles/
Fast forward to today, I tend to have the laptop set-up on a TV tray in the living room so I'm not tucked away in my office ignoring my wife. She's happy that I'm right there beside her and I'm happy I still get to play my games to de-stress. I've only run across one game so far that my laptop cannot run, GTA 4, which I've been told is above the specs for nearly everything but the latest hardware. Granted, games like Fallout3 I have to drop the resolution to 1200x800 (I think that's the right vertical) from 1400x900 so I can still have the visuals turned up.

I'm really wanting someone to figure out how to wirelessly pair a monitor with a desktop without introducing significant latency or artifacts. I'd then gladly switch to using a desktop hidden away in my entertainment center with a monitor, headset, keyboard, and mouse all wirelessly paired so I don't sequester the TV for my gaming habits. Until then, I'll stick to my powerful laptops.]]>May 28th 2009 11:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/alienwares-allpowerful-laptop-teases-with-riddles/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/alienwares-allpowerful-laptop-teases-with-riddles/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium]]>May 28th 2009 11:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/alienwares-allpowerful-laptop-teases-with-riddles/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/alienwares-allpowerful-laptop-teases-with-riddles/May 28th 2009 12:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/alienwares-allpowerful-laptop-teases-with-riddles/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/alienwares-allpowerful-laptop-teases-with-riddles/May 28th 2009 2:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/alienwares-allpowerful-laptop-teases-with-riddles/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/alienwares-allpowerful-laptop-teases-with-riddles/May 28th 2009 2:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/alienwares-allpowerful-laptop-teases-with-riddles/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/alienwares-allpowerful-laptop-teases-with-riddles/]]>May 28th 2009 8:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/alienwares-allpowerful-laptop-teases-with-riddles/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/alienwares-allpowerful-laptop-teases-with-riddles/
This could mean we will have no wealth, or they are making no profit?]]>May 28th 2009 9:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/alienwares-allpowerful-laptop-teases-with-riddles/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/alienwares-allpowerful-laptop-teases-with-riddles/
Must be 'Net' surely? Can they be bragging about a network card??
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If you use this laptop for more than 1 hour, we can guarantee you will be sterile for the rest of your life!

Warning: high heat may cause scalding and first degree burns... ]]>May 28th 2009 4:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/alienwares-allpowerful-laptop-teases-with-riddles/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/alienwares-allpowerful-laptop-teases-with-riddles/
don't get me wrong, i am sure the old alienware logo _could_ be made to look modern, but alienware chose to not do this for the past... 10? years...]]>May 28th 2009 10:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/alienwares-allpowerful-laptop-teases-with-riddles/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/alienwares-allpowerful-laptop-teases-with-riddles/
Also, stay away from Alienware, I've had 2 of their computers (one desktop that I returned 2 years later because it was crap, they tried to fix it 5 times and still couldn't get it right. The laptop I bought after they gave me a credit for my first computer, I wish I could return that one too).]]>May 28th 2009 10:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/alienwares-allpowerful-laptop-teases-with-riddles/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/alienwares-allpowerful-laptop-teases-with-riddles/May 28th 2009 11:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/alienwares-allpowerful-laptop-teases-with-riddles/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/alienwares-allpowerful-laptop-teases-with-riddles/May 28th 2009 12:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/alienwares-allpowerful-laptop-teases-with-riddles/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/alienwares-allpowerful-laptop-teases-with-riddles/
Of Course that's just speculatory, you remember the m15x right? Who knows maybe alienware will only release the Allpowerfull (Great Marketing’) after rigorous testing.
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oh yeah...as to the "laptop"....i don't know about anyone else, but my lap isn't wide enough to hold a 17" behemoth]]>May 28th 2009 12:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/alienwares-allpowerful-laptop-teases-with-riddles/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/alienwares-allpowerful-laptop-teases-with-riddles/
Just *maybe*...]]>May 28th 2009 12:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/alienwares-allpowerful-laptop-teases-with-riddles/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/alienwares-allpowerful-laptop-teases-with-riddles/May 28th 2009 1:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/alienwares-allpowerful-laptop-teases-with-riddles/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/alienwares-allpowerful-laptop-teases-with-riddles/May 28th 2009 1:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/alienwares-allpowerful-laptop-teases-with-riddles/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/alienwares-allpowerful-laptop-teases-with-riddles/May 28th 2009 1:07PM