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Alienware "Special Edition" m5790 offers up overclocked Core 2 Duo
It seems that the "most powerful" laptop in Alienware's ever-growing lineup has already lost its crown, as the (somewhat) budget-friendly m5700-series has received a new member, and the "Special Edition" m5790 delivers a base price that won't elicit rage from the SO, but offers up an overclocked CPU option to satisfy your speed cravings nonetheless. Aside from the 17-inch display, 512MB of RAM, 60GB hard drive, NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600, gigabit Ethernet, 56k modem, Bluetooth, WiFi, and combo drive, the machine seems fairly vanilla, but if you cough up $800, you can get an overclocked 2.66GHz Intel T7600G Core 2 Duo processor to spice things up. Among the other upgrades that push the pricetag on this lower-end machine up into the clouds are a $200 UXGA screen, $430 for 2GB of DDR2 RAM, $270 for 200GB of HDD space, $600 for a built-in Blu-ray drive, and $350 for ATI's Mobility Radeon X1900. So if you're in the mood for seeing just how much self-control your mousing finger really has, surf on over to the read link and (try to) buy only what you want need.[Via TGDaily]
Alienware's not quite "most powerful" Area-51 m5790 laptop
While it might not be the world's "most powerful 17-inch system" -- like the recently announced (and similarly named) Area-51 m9750 -- the Area-51 m5790 is no slouch in the specs department. The SLI NVIDIA graphics are out, replaced with the more modest 256MB ATI Mobility Radeon X1900 but the rest of the specs are the same: Core 2 Duo processors are in, Blu-ray optical drive, dual HDD up to 200GB per and up to 2GB of dual-channel DDR2 667MHz RAM and a 17" WUXGA display capable of rendering a 1920 x 1200 resolution. The system ships with Windows XP, but is Windows Vista-capable so you can upgrade when Vista hits on January 30th (don't forget about your 50% discount).
