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June 28, 2007 9:11 AM PDT

Alienware's award-winning big rig arrives

by Dan Ackerman

Alienware's Area 51 m9750

You may be asking, "Whatever happened to that laptop that won CNET's Best of CES award in the Gaming category back in January?" Like you, we've been waiting for the Alienware Area 51 m9750 ever since. With high-end options including dual video cards, a Blu-ray drive, and even a TV tuner, this massive black box impressed with a starting price around $2,000 (minus all those cool extras, of course).

After bugging Alienware on a seemingly weekly basis for months, the Area 51 m9750 was finally released this week, and our favorite Dell subsidiary even managed to send a rep to lovingly hand deliver one into our greedy little paws.

Is it the best gaming laptop ever? It's certainly close to the largest, at least for 17-inch desktop replacements, at nearly 10 pounds and 15.5-inches wide.

The Area 51 m9750 is currently undergoing our rigorous CNET Labs benchmark testing, to be followed by plenty of hands-on, real-world gaming (purely for research purposes, of course), so look for a full review soon.

New York native Dan Ackerman, a former radio DJ turned journalist, has written about technology and music for publications including Spin, Blender, The Hollywood Reporter, and USA Today. He hosts the weekly Digital City podcast and the New York edition of Editors' Office Hours. Dan's new album, Tales Out of Night School, is available now. E-mail Dan.
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Alienware Use
by monk2444 June 28, 2007 10:54 AM PDT
Well, I would really like to post something that would endorse Alienware but I do have to say that the 2 units that I have only problems have arisen so I really haven't been able to appreciate all the benefits supposedly offered by this company, I have watched it in action and can say from what I saw it was Great but I have yet to see it via my 2 laptops, Hopefully I will be able to sometime soon.
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got any specifics?
by SuttoXXX June 28, 2007 5:31 PM PDT
come on man, don't this kind of crap without somethig specific to mention... i have a feeling you got nothing
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previous post was meant as a reply to first one
by SuttoXXX June 28, 2007 5:33 PM PDT
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