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Nvidia prepares the release of the GeForce 8800M GTX video card for notebooks, the leaked Alienware’s laptop specifications revealed.

According to the information published on Alienware.com, the PC maker will unveil the 15.4-inch Area-51 m15x featuring the optional single Nvidia 8800M GTX and the 17-inch Area-51 m17x with an option of two of these video cards operating in SLI mode.

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Alienware has launched the new AlienExchange Trade-in Program, allowing customers to trade in any number of electronic devices toward the purchase of new Alienware products.

The Trade-in Program allows anyone who is considering purchasing Alienware products the chance to increase their finances by trading in items such as desktop and notebook computers, servers, monitors, as well as gaming consoles, mobile phones, MP3 players, PDAs, cameras, camcorders and projectors, and home and car audio receivers.

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Alienware has started to offer single and dual Samsung 320GB hard drive configurations in RAID 0 and RAID 1 modes in the 17-inch Area-51 m9750 and Aurora m9700 notebooks, as well as a single Samsung 320GB configuration in the 15.4-inch Area-51 m5550 notebook.

“The Area-51 m9750 and Aurora m9700 are the industry’s first mobile systems to provide up to 640GB of hard drive space, while the Area-51 m9750 is the first to offer the combination of a 320GB hard drive and a 64GB solid state drive. As a result, Area-51 m9750 users can enjoy the best possible options in multiple hard drive formats,” the Alineware’s press release says.

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Alienware has released the preconfigured 15.4-inch Area-51 m5550 Quick Ship Edition laptop, featuring Intel Core 2 Duo 7200 processor at 2GHz and ATI Mobility Radeon X1400 128MB dedicated video card.

Alienware Area-51 m5550 Quick Ship Edition is priced at $1,599.00 and ships within 2 business days. The system is based on Intel’s 945PM chipset and features 2GB of DDR2 memory, a 160GB SATA hard drive at 5,400rpm and a DVD burner. The Mobility Radeon X1400 empowers the 15.4″ widescreen LCD display with 1280-by-800 pixel screen resolution. This laptop integrates the Intel 7.1 High-Definition Audio.

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Alienware has added solid state drive (SSD) options to its notebook PCs. The offered SSD choices include 32GB units, as well as 64GB RAID 0 option with two 32GB drives.

These Flash memory-based Serial ATA drives are available on the 17-inch Area-51 m9750 and Aurora m9700 laptops, as well as on the 15.4-inch Area-51 m5550.

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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.

Based on Alienware NVIDIA Mobile SLi chipset, this 17-inch widescreen notebook comes with one of the AMD Turion 64 Mobile processors with 1MB of L2 cache and with CPU speeds ranging from 1.8GHz to 2.4GHz. You can configure Alienware Aurora m9700 with 512MB, 1GB or 2GB DDR memory and with SATA hard drive from 60GB to 160GB. You can also have the m9700 with 320GB of storage space by configuring it with two 160GB HDDs.

The m9700 basic configuration includes single NVidia GeForce Go 7900 GS graphics card with 256MB of video memory, but you can also purchase it with SLI enabled Dual NVidia GeForce Go 7900 GS featuring 2×256MB or 2×512MB of graphics memory, for additional $400 and $600 respectively.

The Microsoft Windows Vista Capable Alienware Aurora m9700 comes with internal 802.11b/g WiFi Card, but there is also one wireless option for $150 – an internal 802.11b/g WiFi Card with Airgo MIMO Technology, which makes your wireless network connection “go faster, reach farther and work more reliably than ever”. The Aurora m9700 also has an integrated 10/1000Mb Gigabit Ethernet, a 56K V.92 modem and an integrated Bluetooth device, as same as optional integrated TV Tuner.

Depending on configuration, the Alienware Aurora m9700 costs from $1700 to almost $4000.

Alienware estimates that will start shipping this notebook from September 11th.

Alienware Aurora m9700 Notebook

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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