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The Alienware Area-51 was the kind of laptop that gets you excited to game. It felt great on the fingertips thanks to its mechanical keyboard with Cherry Ultra switches. It looked the part—like it had ...

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Alienware is synonymous with PC gaming, but apart from powerful desktops, the company also offers more portable machines. Although Dell has several gaming laptops in its product portfolio, Alienware ...

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Dell has made good on its promise to offer upgradeable modules for the Dell Alienware Area-51m laptop family. Despite the eye-watering cost, these packages could be good deals -- at least in the ...

As I opened the atypical lid on this laptop and tapped the little alien face that it has instead of a power button, I was blown away. The OLED screen on the Alienware 13 R3 is simply sublime. It can ...

Sometimes only the best will cut it. Y’know when even just a tiny bit of compromise is too much – no matter if the alternative would save you hundreds of quid? Use that approach when it comes to ...

It’s a good time to be in the market for a gaming laptop that doesn’t look stupid. Higher-powered laptops have begun to tick crucial checkboxes across the board, with smaller, super-powered GPUs ...