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1. Asetek liquid cooling chills Alienware's Area 51

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Friday, 25 September 2009

   Alienware has selected Asetek's liquid cooling technology for use in its Aurora and Area-51 gaming rigs. According to Asetek spokesperson Gary Baum, liquid cooling systems help faciliate optimal performance ...

2. Dell unveils five Alienware gaming rigs

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Wednesday, 23 September 2009

   Dell has introduced five new Alienware gaming machines. The rigs - which were jointly developed with Alienware - include four overclocked liquid-cooled desktop systems and a 15-inch laptop. Dell has introduced ...

3. AMD takes lead in discrete mobile graphics

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Monday, 17 August 2009

   ... Pavilion dv6T, Alienware M17, Acer Aspire 5739G, Toshiba Satellite M500, Sony VAIO FW Series, Samsung R522, Asus W90Vp-X1, MSI GX623 and Dell Studio 15. "As consumers increasingly demand greater visual ...

4. Nvidia passionately responds to Intel court filing

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

   Wednesday, 18 February 2009

   ... NVIDIA’s chipset for its entire new line of notebooks including the MacBook Classic, MacBook Air, MacBook and MacBook Pro. Today, companies like Acer, Alienware, Asus, Dell, Falcon Northwest, Fujitsu, ...

5. Acer launches bargain quad-core notebook

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   Monday, 29 December 2008

   ... (with a 2.53 GHz QX9300 CPU) will cost about $2550 in a comparable configuration, Dell does not offer a quad-core processor with its 17” XPS series and the company’s performance unit Alienware offers a ...

6. Core i7 PCs launch with prices from $1250 to $13,000

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Monday, 17 November 2008

   ... i7 offering is the Studio XPS desktop for $1500. The gaming desktop XPS 730 starts at $2600 and tops out at about $8000 with a factory-overclocked version of the Core i7 (965 3.73 GHz). The firm’s Alienware ...

7. Alienware launches first ATI CrossFireX notebook

   (Mobility/Mobility Brief)

   Tuesday, 04 November 2008

   Gaming notebook manufacturer Alienware is putting two ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3800-series graphics processors in the Alienware M17 notebook PC. The Alienware M17 is the world's first notebook from a ...

8. Asus announces quad-core gaming laptop

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   Tuesday, 07 October 2008

   ... on the chassis. If Asus is able to get this out soon, then it will have beaten Alienware, Voodoo and Dell to the punch with a genuine quad-core laptop.  Dell teased their quad-core M6400 back in ...

9. Diamond Multimedia says only 188 cards faulty, not thousands

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Thursday, 25 September 2008

   ... documents TG Daily has seen indicate that Alienware found higher than usual failure rates with Diamond’s cards and ended up returning its entire lot of more than 2600 graphics cards and eventually dropped ...

10. Update: Thousands of Diamond Multimedia graphics cards potentially defective

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 24 September 2008

    ... issue was amplified through a complaint by Alienware, which, according to sources, returned all graphics cards it had purchased from Diamond Multimedia. The system builder found failure rates of more than ...

11. Alienware offers workstation graphics in m15x notebook

    (Mobility/Mobility Brief)

    Tuesday, 29 July 2008

    Alienware has begun offering Nvidia’s Quadro FX 3600M GPU as a $600 option for its 15.4” Area-51 m15x notebook. According to the manufacturer, the hardware upgrade allows designers and engineers to work ...

12. New Radeon 4800 twice as fast as 3800, AMD says

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 25 June 2008

    ... by are VisionTek, Asus, PowerColor, MSI, Gigabyte, GeCube, Force3D, Sapphire, Diamond, Club 3D, HIS and Palit. Systems integrators launching ATI Radeon HD 4800 series include ABS, Alienware, AMAX, Canada ...

13. Toshiba unveils SSD notebook (with an acceptable price tag)

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Wednesday, 18 June 2008

    ... your checking account whether you can afford such a notebook or not, we tend to say that the Portégé looks like a bargain in today’s notebook world. Alienware only offers 64 GB SSD capacities right now ...

14. Acer targets Alienware and others with ‘Predator’ – RAWR!

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Thursday, 05 June 2008

      The name Acer doesn’t usually bring images of fast and sexy computers, but the company hopes its new Predator computer line will propel it into the hands of wealthy enthusiasts and high-end gamers.  The ...

15. Alienware relaunches flagship ALX desktop with 4 GHz quad-core processor

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 22 May 2008

      Given Dell’s recent product launches in the high-performance desktop PC segment, Alienware may be in the midst of an identity crisis, as Dell’s house brand was matching almost all specs of Alienware’s high-end ...

16. Seagate rolls out speedy 320 GB notebook hard drive

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 19 May 2008

      Dell and Alienware have begun offering Seagate’s new flagship notebook hard drives. The third-generation Momentus 7200 drives are now available with up to 320 GB capacity. Scotts Valley (CA) – ...

17. Dell keeps XPS alive

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 14 May 2008

    ... XPS family will not be phased out. Which got us thinking: Maybe there was just a mix-up in names: To us, it looks like Dell almost killed Alienware, not the XPS.  Round Rock (TX) – Dell responded ...

18. Dell to kill off most of its high-end XPS line

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Tuesday, 13 May 2008

    ... Alienware. Dell purchased Florida-based Alienware back in 2006 for an undisclosed amount.  Since then, Alienware has operated pretty much untouched as a standalone unit of Dell.     ...

19. Dell/Alienware, HP/Voodoo, Gateway/FX: Branding power

    (Hardware/Hardware Opinion)

    Monday, 12 May 2008

      Analyst Opinion - TG Daily recently took a look at the new Dell XPS 730 H2C and spoke about an interesting notion on how this new system was invading Alienware’s territory. Given the proliferation ...

20. Dell XPS 730 H2C desktop invades Alienware territory

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 01 May 2008

    ... system over this new XPS 730? A lot has changed since Dell’s acquisition of Alienware. Dell  always intended Alienware to remain a standalone premium performance brand while its own XPS brand ...

21. Product news roundup Monday, March 24: Plextor hybrid Blu-ray/HD DVD drives, Alienware quad-core PC

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 24 March 2008

    ... that all the scrapbookers, parents, teachers, arts and crafts enthusiasts and aspiring photographers among you will use the service to share ideas and inspiration and exchange tips. Alienware Area-51 ...

22. Alienware relaunches Area-51 desktop with 9800 GX2

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Tuesday, 18 March 2008

    Miami (FL) – With today’s lifting of Nvidia’s 9800 GX2 NDA, system builders are announcing desktops powered by the dual-processor graphics card.  Alienware, known for their expensive and beefy, computers, ...

23. Atom, Alienware m15x, and the next iPhone: The future of Super Devices

    (Hardware/Hardware Opinion)

    Friday, 07 March 2008

    ... that need more power? Well, at the other end you have the first hybrid gaming/workstation class notebook that can be used as a daily carry laptop, Alienware’s Area-51 m15x.  The notebook can  ...

24. Alienware announces quad-graphics desktop

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Wednesday, 05 March 2008

    Patience and a generous budget will be necessary to get you one of the first announced quad-GPU desktop PCs. Alienware has rolled out the Area-51 ALX “CFX”, which will be available with up to four ATI ...

25. PC industry rivals form gaming alliance against consoles

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Tuesday, 19 February 2008

    ... an impressive list of members like Acer/Gateway, Activision, Dell/Alienware, Epic, Microsoft and Nvidia. Randy Stude is Intel’s director of the Gaming Program Office and represents the company is ...

26. Alienware launches Penryn 2.8 GHz notebook

    (Mobility/Mobility Brief)

    Tuesday, 19 February 2008

    Alienware’s Area-51 notebooks are now available with Intel’s T9000 series of 45 n Core 2 Duo processors, including the 2.8 GHz X9000 model. The Area-51 m15x comes standard with a 15.4” screen as well ...

27. Samsung puts 100 MB/s SSDs into mass production

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Friday, 15 February 2008

    ... will be commercially available soon in “select Dell and Alienware notebooks,” Samsung said.  ...

28. Dell offers dual-8800M GTX GPUs for XPS M1730 notebook

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Tuesday, 29 January 2008

    ... point of its own premium brand Alienware. The high-end Alienware Area-51 m15x is priced between $2100 and $5200 and is only available with single GeForce 8600M, 8700M and 8800M GTX GPUs.  ...

29. Alienware fires up new flagship notebook

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Tuesday, 15 January 2008

    If you have well more than $2500 to burn on a performance notebook, then there’s a new option at Alienware. Miami (FL) – If you have well more than $2500 to burn on a performance notebook, ...

30. Is the Consumer Electronics Show on its last leg?

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Opinion)

    Thursday, 10 January 2008

    ... call for the show organizers.   Show high points: From Wireless TVs, to products that would upset Steve Jobs   The two best monitors I saw were from Dell/AlienWare they had a wrap around ...

31. CES 2008 – Intel’s Skulltrail promises godly performance

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 09 January 2008

    ... Francois Piednoel showed off a prototype Skulltrail-enabled Alienware system by blazing through several benchmarks. Las Vegas (NV) – Intel’s upcoming Skulltrail platform promises almost divine ...

32. CES 2008 – Dell’s Curve monitor is something to drool over

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 09 January 2008

    Dell’s Alienware Curve monitor is definitely a sight to behold.  Crowds at the 2008 Consumer Electronics Show lined up to see Crysis being played o the 3-foot wide curved screens.  The ...

33. Alienware launches electronics trade-in program

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Monday, 22 October 2007

    Alienware allows customers to trade-in electronics devices to receive a check or gift-card that can be used toward a purchase of a new Alienware computer. The platform, based on Dealtree, supports devices ...

34. Ridata jumps on SATA SSD train

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 10 October 2007

    ... ago. If it is about price however, Ridata can’t quite match Alienware: The enthusiast PC builder currently offers two 64 GB SATA SSDs (for a total of 128 GB capacity) for $1700. The comparison isn’t ...

35. Alienware’s desktop flagships get a solid state drive option

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 09 October 2007

    Alienware has extended the availability of solid state disk drives (SSDs) from some of its notebooks to two of its enthusiast desktop computers. Interested users should be prepared to spend at least $6000 ...

36. Alienware increases hard drive capacity in its notebooks to 640 GB

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Thursday, 20 September 2007

    Half a terabyte of space is still a lot of storage room, for any type of client computer, desktop or notebook. But if you are looking for even more space on a notebook, then Alienware may be an option ...

37. Dell, Alienware offer expensive 64 GB SSD

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 10 September 2007

    Samsung has begun shipping 64 GB SATA drive in a 2.5" form factor. The NAND flash-based hard drives are expected to become available as storage options for Dell and Alienware consumer notebooks. ...

38. Alienware adds 4X Blu-ray drives to lineup

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Brief)

    Thursday, 23 August 2007

    Miami (FL) – Premium computer maker, Alienware, has added 4X Blu-ray read/write drives to its lineup of desktop.  The drives can be ordered as upgrades to the default DVD/CD-ROM burners and ...

39. Alienware offers SSDs for notebooks

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Tuesday, 24 July 2007

    Alienware has begun offering flash-based mass storage devices for some of its notebooks. Customers can now purchase 32 GB solid state disk drives (SSDs) in a single or dual device configuration. Prices ...

40. Alienware offers barebones kit

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Tuesday, 19 June 2007

    Alienware said it is offering its P2 desktop chassis for a limited time as a desktop barebones kit. The chassis is offered with standard Astral Blue lighting and a 700-watt power supply unit. The cases ...

41. Computex Wars: AMD vs. Intel vs. VIA - and some unexpected implications

    (Hardware/Hardware Opinion)

    Friday, 08 June 2007

    ... around AMD was the Alienware Hangar 18 Media Center, which is the only entertainment PC I’ve ever seen that is complete from a hardware design perspective. It is expensive, but if you want to put ...

42. Alienware debuts new high-end entertainment PC

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Wednesday, 06 June 2007

    Alienware has announced a new entertainment center PC that doesn’t look out of place under your TV. Miami (FL) – Alienware has announced a new entertainment center PC that doesn’t look ...

43. Analyst opinion: Dell’s and Gateway’s gaming strategies compared

    (Hardware/Hardware Opinion)

    Friday, 25 May 2007

    ... GM’s acquired companies, like Volvo and Saab, are relatively independent much like Alienware is, but GM’s internal flagship car is the Corvette with which it demonstrates it technical competence ...

44. Hitachi ships fastest and biggest drive

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Thursday, 10 May 2007

    ... which can scramble the information on the entire drive. Hitachi says Dell and Alienware will be the first vendors to offer the new drive.  Power users can also order a Dell XPS M2010 and Aurora Alienware ...

45. PC trends 2007

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Opinion)

    Friday, 13 April 2007

    ... While they don’t have the performance edge of say a Voodoo, XPS, or Alienware but they have been building game capable machines that are lighter than these gaming firms typically field, which means ...

46. Dell offers up to 500 GB storage capacity in mobile Alienware, XPS systems

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Tuesday, 10 April 2007

    ... drives with perpendicular magnetic recording technology in two portable computers. The first computers to offer either single or dual 5400 rpm 250 GB drives are the Alienware Aurora m9700 notebook and ...

47. HP exits MCE business, continues with Apple inspired line - analyst opinion

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    Tuesday, 03 April 2007

    ...  HP follows Gateway who exited some time ago and leave behind a struggling Sony and Alienware, which probably is the only major vendor (they are owned by Dell) to actually come close to getting the Media ...

48. Analyst opinion: Putting the “Lust” back into a performance PC

    (Hardware/Hardware Opinion)

    Friday, 09 March 2007

    ... go well together. Now, not all PCs are dull, certainly not those made by Alienware, Voodoo, and Dell's XPS team. These systems stand out visually but they don't broadcast their performance to ...

49. Alienware announces Vista overhaul

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 30 January 2007

    Alienware, a specialty maker of top-end gaming PCs, has thrown its hat into the big Vista ring, now offering the new operating system on its compatible PCs as part of the large-scale Vista launch. Miami ...

50. Alienware offers notebook with overclocked Core 2 Duo processor

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Thursday, 18 January 2007

    Alienware today announced a "special edition" of its Area-51 m5700 notebook. The system does not look different that the normal m5700, but can be equipped with a few goodies that are only available ...