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The BIG Alienware m9750 review

Comprehensive review on the Alienware m9750 gaming notebook by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Tags: Notebooks, Personal Technology, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, product photos, alienware, m9750, notebook, games, gaming, nvidia, vista

Image galleries 2007-11-29

Alienware m9750 vs. My quad-core rig

Alienware m9750 vs. My quad-core rig - which will play Crysis the best by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Tags: Quad-core, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, screenshots, m9750, alienware, quad, core, intel, ati, nvidia, crysis

Image galleries 2007-11-29

The BIG Alienware m9750 review

I don't spend anywhere near as much time gaming as I'd like to.  Part of this is down to being busy, but a bigger factor is the fact that I have to be sitting at my desk, and that feels an awful lot like work even when it's not.  Is...

Tags: Game, Alienware, Notebook, Problem, Setup, M9750, Games, Personal Technology, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2007-11-27

My Alienware Experience - Amazing gaming system!

OK, I've just spent a good few hours gaming on the Alienware m9750 system and to say that I'm impressed by the performance of this notebook is a massive understatement.  If you want portable gaming, this is the system for you. OK, a few specs.  The Alienware...

Tags: Game, Alienware, Hard Drive, Notebook, Performance, CPU, Graphics, Graphics System, M9750, Clearview Screen, Games, Notebooks, Personal Technology, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2007-11-12

Alienware Area-51 m9750

Alienware has long been the first name in big-budget gaming rigs, straddling the line between the mainstream and enthusiast markets with flashy ads, high-end components, and just enough hand-holding for novices. We first laid eyes on the company's flagship laptop, the Area-51 m9750, at CES 2007 back in January and...

Tags: Video cards, Games, Processors, Alienware, Alienware Area-51

Product reviews 2007-07-26

Additional Resources

How Toshiba's 128GB SSD-equipped Portégé R500 stacks up

Toshiba has released what it says is the first laptop with a 128GB SSD. Technically, the 17-inch Alienware Area-51 m9750 can be configured with two 64GB SSDs, but Toshiba gets credit for shipping the first laptop equipped with a 128GB SSD that you'd actually want to carry anywhere. ...

Tags: Hard Drive, Toshiba Portege, Toshiba Corp., Laptop Computer, Portégé R500, SSD, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, John Morris

Blog posts 2008-06-17

Toshiba Satellite X205-SLi4

Toshiba impressed us late last year by putting dual SLI Nvidia GeForce 8600M GPUs in a standard 17-inch Satellite chassis for its inexpensive Satellite X205 series. But the computer market can change very quickly, and just a few months later, the new Satellite X205 SLi4 offers a better CPU (Intel's...

Tags: Network technology, Notebooks, Processors, Toshiba Satellite, Satellite X205, Toshiba Corp., satellite

Product reviews 2008-03-17

Samsung bets on SSDs and mobile hard drives

Samsung plans to double the capacity of solid state disks SSDs every 12 months. The company said it will deliver samples of 128GB SSDs by mid-year and a 256GB drive sometime in 2009, according to several reports from a Samsung press conference yesterday. At the same time, Samsung is boosting...

Tags: Hard Drive, Disk, Mobile, Drawback, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Solid State Disk, Spinpoint M6, John Morris

Blog posts 2008-03-05

Alienware Area-51 m15x

Power users who pride themselves on having the most advanced laptops are happy to trade portability and desk space for a massive 17-inch desktop replacement with the latest high-end components. Those same hardware fetishists should be kicking themselves now that Alienware has gone all-in on a new 15-inch system, the...

Tags: Notebooks, Processors, Alienware Area-51, Alienware, laptop computer

Product reviews 2008-03-04

Toshiba Qosmio G45-AV690

Toshiba's Qosmio line is known for high-end home-theater features and high prices, and the massive Qosmio G45 is one of our favorite desktop replacements for movie and media consumption. The latest edition, the G45-AV690, tweaks the previous model, the G45-AV680, by adding Intel's new Penryn processors and a third GB...

Tags: HD DVD, Notebooks, Consumer electronics, Toshiba Qosmio line, silver Qosmio logo, Toshiba Qosmio, HD-DVD, Toshiba Corp., Qosmio G45

Product reviews 2008-02-29

Alienware m9750 (Alienware m9750 vs. My quad-core rig)

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Tags: Alienware M9750, Alienware, quad-core

Discussion threads 2007-12-19

AVADirect D900C

If the last few weeks at CNET Labs were any indication, it would seem that laptops stocked with desktop processors are coming back in vogue. Hot on the heels of the quad-core 917V Accelerator, the massive AVADirect D900C brought an Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 processor, 800MHz memory, and two...

Tags: Notebooks, Processors, Games, AVADirect D900C, laptop computer, Intel Core 2 Duo

Product reviews 2007-12-10

News to know: Vista SP1; Google; PDF ads

Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft hones its internal sales pitch for Vista Service Pack 1. Vista SP1 Release Candidate expected next week. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Even Microsoft has trouble understanding what 'Vista Capable' means. Performance profiles for Vista ...

Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Advertisement, Adobe PDF, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows Vista SP1, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Security, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software

Blog posts 2007-11-29

Xtreme Notebooks 917V Accelerator

Xtreme Notebooks made quite a splash by declaring the 917V Accelerator "the world's first quad-core laptop" when it was unveiled earlier this year. But because there are no quad-core processors designed specifically for the mobile space, Xtreme turned to the Core 2 Quad Q6700 desktop processor, then paired it with...

Tags: Notebooks, Processors, Xtreme Notebooks 917V Accelerator, Xtreme Notebooks, laptop computer

Product reviews 2007-11-28

Crysis on the Alienware m9750

Crysis on the Alienware m9750Question about your WEI score[i]Primary hard disk: 5.9[/i]What hard drive and configuration are you using to get a 5.9? My hard drive is the only measure below 5.9.Crysis IndeedAt $400 the PS3 is the most expensive console you can buy. It comes with a broadband cpu...

Tags: Games, Crysis, Alienware, console, PC

Discussion threads 2007-11-28

Crysis on the Alienware m9750

A few people have e-mailed in to ask me how the m9750 I have on loan from the kind folks at Alienware handles Crysis.  Given that I'm on a bit of a gaming bender as of late, I'm happy to oblige. Check out the complete screenshot gallery here. ...

Tags: Game, Alienware, Quad-core, Graphics, Crysis, Windows Experience Index Here, Quad-core System, Games, Processors, Personal Technology, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2007-11-28

News to know: Malware infects Google search; IT disaster; Macworld 08; Alienware review

Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: Sunbelt Software: Google search results delivering massive malware attacks. Techmeme. Globes: In global precedent, Google to hand over blogger's IP address. The top 10 IT disasters of all time. Windows XP outshines Vista...

Tags: Google Inc., Alienware, Larry Dignan, Information Technology, Microsoft Windows XP, Malware, Google Search, IBM Corp., Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Network Technology, Viruses And Worms, Security, Networking

Blog posts 2007-11-28

The BIG Alienware m9750 review

The BIG Alienware m9750 reviewRe: The BIG Alienware m9750 review2" of screen space, a solid state drive, and dual graphics cards are the only thing this Alienware has over the Inspiron 1520 I just purchased.The difference in money, however, is much more prevailent. Twice as much the cost, in fact.Not...

Tags: Games, Notebooks, PC ecosystem, game, BIG Alienware m9750, BIG Alienware m9750 review, Alienware

Discussion threads 2007-11-27

Toshiba Satellite X205-SLi3

The current flood of excellent gaming laptops, (Dell's XPS M1730, HP/Voodoo's Envy, and Alienware's m9750) means that PC gamers have plenty of choices when it comes to picking a new mobile rig. To break through the clutter, Toshiba, not exactly the first name that comes to mind when you think...

Tags: Games, Network technology, Processors, Notebooks, Toshiba Satellite, Toshiba Corp., satellite

Product reviews 2007-11-20

My Alienware Experience begins

A few days ago I took delivery of an Alienware notebook for review (which, unfortunately - for me - has to go back in a few weeks ...).  That means the start of a new series of posts - "My Alienware Experience." When it comes to gaming...

Tags: Alienware, Notebook, Notebooks, Games, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Personal Technology, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2007-11-09