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Alienware Area-51 m5550 Notebook Review

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PC Magagazine has reviewed the Alienware Area-51 m5550 notebook PC. 'Alienware makes some of the coolest-looking laptops in the market, but the company has usually been one of the last to get its hands on the latest and greatest components—especially those from Intel. Until now, that is. Having been bought by Dell has its privileges, and the Area-51 m5550, one of the first notebooks to receive the latest Intel Core 2 Duo mobile CPU (code-named "Merom"), perfectly illustrates these benefits. The laptop's 2.33-GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T7600 processor is the fastest one available so far, but this performance-driven media laptop is hot in more ways than one.

The notebook's black protruding edges resemble the upper part of a rib cage, giving it the profile of an extraterrestrial being. Of course, the m5550 wouldn't be a true Alienware notebook without a muscle-car paint job, and the glossy silver coating is another shining point for this laptop. You'll find another glossy coating literally on top of the 15.4-inch widescreen. I noticed the detail and excellent color saturation when watching movies, editing digital photos, and playing games, though I would have liked to see a higher resolution than 1,280-by-800. '

Read: Alienware Area-51 m5550 Notebook Review - PC Mag

Posted by HCG Admin on August 31, 2006 4:25 PM |

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