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Alienware announced today the refreshed Area-51 m9750 gaming and multimedia notebook, which is now claimed to be the World’s first 17-inch laptop to fuse dual 512MB NVIDIA GeForce Go 7950 GTX graphics cards and Intel Core 2 Duo processor.

Along with Core 2 Duo Mobile “Merom” processor and 945PM chipset, the Intel “Napa” platform-based Alienware Area-51 m9750 features single NVIDIA GeForce Go 7950 GTX 512MB GDDR3 graphics card or two of them paired using NVIDIA SLI technology. These graphics solutions empower the notebook’s 17-inch widescreen display with 1920×1200 or optional 1440×900 resolution.

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The 250GB 2.5-inch laptop hard drives spinning at 5400rpm have arrived to the market, according to the reports about these drives offered with Dell’s and Alienware’s notebook PCs.

The configuration pages of select Alienware Aurora and Dell XPS notebooks show the new hard drives use Serial ATA (SATA) interface and have 8MB of cache memory.

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Alienware today announced the overclocking option for the Intel Core 2 Duo processors incorporated in Area-51 m5790 and Area-51 m5550 gaming notebooks.

The company says the customers now can take advantage of higher processing performance without the higher price, when purchasing the 17-inch m5790 and 15.4-inch m5550.

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Alienware Aurora m9700 gaming laptop has just been refreshed with new features such as 1GB of graphics memory and the new color options. The Aurora m9700 is now available with dual 512MB NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS graphics cards. In addition to Saucer Silver, the Aurora m9700 is now available in Conspiracy Blue and Cyborg Green color for additional $99.

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Alienware Area-51 m5550 is one of the first company’s laptops to feature new Intel Core 2 Duo Merom processor and one of the first Merom-powered notebooks reviewed by PC Magazine and Notebook Review.

Older Yonah Core Duos are no more an option when configuring the m5550, so you can choose one of five Merom processors. The cheapest among them is Core 2 Duo T5500, which is included in the Area-51 m5550 basic price of $999 after $100 instant rebate. The basic Alienware Area-51 m5550 configuration with mid-range Core 2 Duo T7200 costs $1249 after $100 off, while its basic price with top of the line Merom T7600 CPU is $1699 after rebate.

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Alienware today published that Intel Core 2 Duo (Merom) processors are now available on the Alienware Area-51 m5750, Area-51 m5550, and the Sentia m3450 laptops, “delivering up to 20% greater performance than previous-generation Core Duo processors.”

The basic 17-inch screen Alienware Area-51 m5750 and the 15.4-inch Area-51 m5550 Core 2 Duo configurations start at $1399 and $899 respectively, while 14-inch screen Alienware Sentia m3450 powered by Merom starts at $849.

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Select Alienware laptops, including the new Area-51 m5750 and Area-51 m5550, will be powered by the new Intel Core 2 Duo mobile processor (Merom) when it becomes available later in third quarter, Alienware announced.

This announcement was published in recent Alienware’s press release dedicated to it’s new desktop PCs featuring Intel’s Core 2 CPUs.

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Alienware Aurora m7700 17-inch screen gaming laptop is a Alienware’s AMD version of the dual-core Area-51 m7700. Here are Alienware Aurora m7700 review quotes with links to full stories.

LAPTOP Magazine - Alienware Aurora m7700 Review
Alienware offers great performance, unmatched style, and the best customer service of any gaming notebook manufacturer, but the Dell XPS M170 still edges the m7700 out due to its lighter weight (8.6 pounds) and a price tag that comes in nearly $1,000 cheaper than this extraterrestrial wonder.

The Aurora m7700 is an exceptional desktop replacement, but don’t mistake it for a perfect portable gaming solution. The machine’s high heat level and noticeable fan noise make it unsuitable for actual laptop use. Serious gamers and media creators with consistent sources of power and strong backs, however, will find few more powerful options.

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Alienware Aurora m9700 is a SLI-enabled gaming laptop. Here are some hand-picked Alienware Aurora m9700 review quotes with links to full stories.

Alienware Aurora m9700 - Hot Hardware
In the end, Alienware has once again raised the bar for gaming notebooks with the launch of the Aurora m9700. If the system we tested had 512MB GPU’s and a dual-core CPU, we would have rated the Aurora m9700 higher on the Heat Meter. Until we are able to confirm whether these options will be made available, we will give the Aurora m9700 a score of 8.5 on Hot Hardware’s Heat Meter.

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Alienware has just unveiled the newest additions to their award-winning Area-51 and Sentia laptop offering: the Alienware Area-51 m5750, Alienware Area-51 m5550 and Alienware Sentia m3450.

The Alienware Area-51 m5750 features:

* Intel Core Duo Mobile processors for break neck multitasking speed;
* High-Performance ATI Radeon Mobility x1800 and x1400 graphics cards for the most vivid images possible;
* Dual Hard Drives with RAID configurations for ensuring all your media is with you wherever you go, instead of at home;
* 17” widescreen LCD with Clearview technology for a 30% larger viewing area than standard aspect ratio LCDs.

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Alienware MJ-12 m7700a and Alienware MJ-12 m7700i mobile workstations are now available to be equipped with the powerful NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M graphics card, which comes loaded with an 512MB of graphics memory.

Engineered to deliver the highest workstation application performance, the Quadro FX 2500M represents a cutting-edge solution for visualization centers, medical imaging, scientific computing, digital film production, HD broadcast graphics, and more. The Quadro FX 2500M includes features like a 256-bit memory interface for rapid data transfer and 12-bit subpixel precision to provide high geometric accuracy.

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Alienware unveiled two new SLI-enabled gaming laptops today, one 19-incher with a slick color-shifting paint job, and another that may be the first 17-inch notebook on the market with two graphics cards. As far as features go, both machines sport almost identical specs to the other SLI models we’ve seen: XP-powered AMD Turion 64 processor, two 256MB nVidia GeForce Go 7900 GTX cards, anywhere from 512MB to 2GB of RAM, WiFi (Bluetooth optional), 4-in-1 card reader, and your choice of hard and optical drives. Available for preorder immediately, the 19-inch Alienware Aurora mALX starts at $4,500 ($500 less than Voodoo’s similar Envy u:909) while the 17-inch Alienware Aurora m9700 (pictured after the break) goes for $2,000 and up.

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Backed by top-of-the-line graphics performance, the Area-51 m5700 is designed to deliver high-demand games, digital photography and video in stunning, vibrant imagery. Here are some quotes of Alienware Area-51 m5700 laptop reviews:

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