Alienware's redesigned Area-51, Aurora, and updated M15x hands-on

Okay, so it's not quite the invasion that the company touted, but Alienware definitely gave itself a fairly sizable retail space at this week's Tokyo Game Show, on hand to show off its Area-51 / Aurora revised desktops and its upgraded m15x laptop. We think you can already grasp the gist of the lineup from the company's long-standing modus operandi: large, powerful, and covered inside and out with LEDs. Enjoy the sight of six hard drives aligned in a wall by way of the gallery below, and stay tuned after the break to see a very brief demonstration on how those "scales" on top of the desktops work.

Core i7-equipped Alienware M15x hands-on

Alienware's updated Aurora / Area-51 desktops hands-on

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[John Doe Posted Sep 24th 2009 3:49PM]

from Dell's DCSE site:

One left side connector
Two right side connectors


Three is still pretty damn lame for such a system though, and that third one is a ESATA\USB2 combo port so its either or.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 24th 2009 3:35PM]

Nice. Cheaper than a Mac and x10 faster!

[John Doe Posted Sep 24th 2009 3:44PM]

*sighs* Someday I hope that the folks at Dell and Alienware will grow the fuck up and realize that their designs are turning off a shit load of people. Having bling bling on a desktop is one thing, but if I'm taking that thing out, while by and large I couldn't care less about looks I don't want something that screams HEY LOOK AT ME! I'M AN IDIOT TEEN WHO NEEDS ATTENTION SO I HAVE THIS UNGODLY RIG THAT IS DESIGNED TO ATTRACT AS MUCH ATTENTION AS AN ESCALADE WITH SPINNERS AND GROUND EFFECTS!!!!!


In short. Dear Alienware. Grow the fuck up. If you want to keep the slick as hell customizable backlights for the keyboard and mouse that is fine. but the lights behind the speaker grill? the backlit alienhead? the backlit fan grill? Someone please beat the designers with a subtle club? As it stands I'm either getting an XPS or something from HP. I have the money to get one of these, but not with that shell.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 25th 2009 12:01AM]

525W~875W max? when XPS 730 had 1k power supply. lol and only one year warranty...not even worth lookin at it..