The Alienware 15 sets out to balance affordability and performance, but whether it succeeds depends on personal preferences.

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After all this is a gaming notebook that can look nice in the hands of students at the university and school kids will definitely like to show off the Crysis 2 FPS on their latest rig. Nvidia has made ...

When Intel and Nvidia made a joint announcement for new gaming laptop processors and graphics, new hardware from Alienware and Dell was conspicuously absent from the deluge of news. Well, now we’re ...

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Few brands have the kind of name recognition that Razer and Alienware have held over the past few decades when it comes to high-end gaming laptops. It only makes sense to pit the Razer Blade 16 (Early ...

One of the painful realities of buying a gaming laptop is that no matter how close to the bleeding edge you get, its graphics processor will be practically obsolete in a year or two. That’s great for ...

What just happened? Dell has confirmed that its Alienware Graphics Amplifier external GPU enclosure has been discontinued. The news follows the announcement of the X15 and X17 thin laptops, which lack ...