We're still not sure where
Alienware gets off calling this thing "all powerful" -- where do you go from there? -- but we certainly like what's under the hood. This 17-inch M17x desktop replacement, which is due for E3 next week, has started cropping up early and we've gotten a quick look at one in the flesh. It weighs in at 11.5 pounds, and packed to the gills it can handle dual GeForce NVIDIA GTX 280M GPUs, an Intel Core 2 Extreme Quad-core processor some fancy overclocking options, and up to 8GB of 1333MHz DDR3 RAM. There's also the lovable GeForce 9400M integrated graphics with HybridPower switching for when you want to turn things down a notch and write a nice, long letter to your mother while milking the overtaxed nine-cell battery for all it's worth. Outside the raw horsepower, Alienware's revamped its design, with a hefty aluminum chassis, user-configurable lighting accents and a great many radar-evading accoutrements -- oh, and facial recognition for login and timed auto-logout. The display is configurable up to 1920 x 1200, and the laptop can pump out a good many pixels to an external monitor as well -- we saw it powering
Dell's almost-ready 2880 x 900 curved display running Crysis with no problem. Other options include Blu-ray, up to 512GB of SSD storage in the dual drive bays, and perhaps best of all: a $1,799 starting price, which includes a GeForce GTX 260M GPU to get your feet wet.
We got to play with the laptop a bit at a recent event, and were seriously impressed with the look and feel of the thing -- somewhat of a rarity in the over-plasticized gaming space. As we mentioned, Crysis ran fine, and while the hardcore gamer-on-the-go with endless supplies of cash might be a bit of a rare breed these days, at least they haven't been forgotten... though they
are in store for some serious back problems in later life.
posted May 30th 2009 2:39PM
Nothing can beat the ASUS W90 in perfomance!!
And it's so damn cheap xD
i like everything -
save the skimpy little hinge.
dang that resolution is bigger than my 22'' monitors
Too bad this rebadged Dell brick runs Windows. It's like putting a Pinto engine to a Hummer.
What else is it going to run, OSX?
Whats the point in having a powerful gaming laptop and not running the OS that has the most support and compatibility for the most games out there.
Take the Mac out of your ass and grow up.
Does OS X even have drivers for those video cards?
What an appropriate, on-topic comment.
Actually, all Dells are rebadged Alienwares
The blue trim looks a zillion times better than the red.
Brb, drooling.
I KNO RITE?!
Is so sexy. :3
That is to big for a desktop.... desktop.
what kinda monitor is it hooked up to? and where can i get one?
I know it's wrong, but I would take out another loan for this thing...
also would like info on the monitor.
The keys look nice from this distance... I'd have to punch them for god's sake to pass judgment.
Hey, you know what's stupid?
"Gaming laptops" are stupid.
Timed auto-logout? really? What a time to live in....
THAT is my next monitor. It's BEAUTIFUL! Is it from the future?
Thanks a lot Engadget.
From Be : dawalker
2880x900? = stretched pron.
Is that a 4:3 aspect ratio? Wtf?
idk why but that monitor scares me!..lol
i cant tell is the keyboard buttons a flat touch or is it a actual keyboard with popup buttons
whats up with the depth of that otherwise awesome monitor? it looks like a CRT mated with the future.... leaving me confused and frightened
....because its rear projection notttt lcd
However powerful this is I don't think it is worth anyone suffering the experience I have had with Dell computers regarding this machine.
Wait for a more reputable company to produce something.
What a shame Dell have ruined an amazing company!
I don't give a rat's @$$ about gaming, but I need to do some heavy computing. How would one unleash the power of the GPUs for massive parallel computing? What software development tools will support use of the GPUs? I bet they cost more than the computer hardware.