Solid gaming performance. Really bright, 240-Hz display. Convenient ports in the back. Responsive touchpad. Battery life is decent. Keyboard and palm rests get warm. Cheaper gaming laptops perform ...

Gaming laptops are an interesting market, and there are a ton of great options to choose from. The Alienware 16X Aurora is just one of them, and it’s the smaller cousin to the Alienware 18 Area-51 I ...

You could forgive M17 for having an identity crisis. Observers refer to this emission region as the Omega, the Swan, and even the Checkmark Nebula. M17 doesn’t even know what constellation to call ...

As part of its Back to School Sale, Dell is offering the Alienware m17 R5 17" AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX gaming laptop with RTX 3070 Ti video card for only $1199.99 after a massive $1050 in instant savings.

US PC-maker Dell has added the Alienware m17 and x17 models to its lineup of gaming laptops. The models are enhanced versions of the Alienware m17 R5 and x17 R2 laptops. They have 17-inch screens with ...

Alienware has just released what may be two of the best gaming laptops, the m17 R5 and x17 R2. Both are filled to the brim with cutting edge features and the kind of specs you'd expect from a premium ...

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PC gaming is one of the many trends that has accelerated over the past couple of years as people have adjusted to a more at home world. Gaming was growing before the pandemic but with entertainment ...

Alienware's 17-inch laptops have always offered strong performance. But now thanks to an update that's adding support for up to a Radeon RX 6850M XT GPU and a new 480Hz display, Alienware says the ...

PC display speeds are about to go up. Alienware’s updated m17 R5 and x17 R2, a pair of 17.3-inch gaming laptops, will each include the option for 480 Hz displays—about 33 percent faster than the ...

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