Alienware Area-51 m17x Review – a solid high end gaming notebook
- Monday, November 24, 2008, 4:55
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Alienware’s new release – Area-51 m17x is all in black and is a high end gaming notebook, which is available only from Alienware directly. It is probably one of the largest notebooks among the most popular one’s with a solid and strong built. As per looks are concerned, Area-51 m17x has a very traditional looks and box like design with a rubber matte black finish and glossy on the borders of the LCD. Its integrated LED backlighting system, known as AlienFX on the five areas of the notebook makes it all different from others.
The five areas where the LED backlights are used are, Keyboard, Touchpad, Touch buttons, Alienware logo below the display and Alien head power button and emblem on the backside of the display. The color of each of these five areas can be changed independently among 12 given colors.
The display of this notebook is of very high quality and is just perfect for gaming, playing High Definition videos and for general use. The cooling system is very important for any laptops and Area-51 m17x is upto the mark. It has a number of large fans and two air intakes under palmrests in addition. The backside of the notebook contains lines of exhaust vents to throw out extra amount of heat.
Technical features of Alienware Area-51 m17x:
- Processor: Intel Core 2 Extreme X9000 with 2.8GHz, 4MB L2cache and 800MHz FSB processor
- Hard Drive: 500GB (2 x 250GB) RAID 0 7200rpm Samsung Hard Drive
- Memory: 4GB DDR2-667 RAM
- Graphics: Dual 512MB Nvidia GeForce 9800M-GT graphics cards in SLI
- Display: 17-inch 1920x1200 WUXGA glossy display screen
- Operating System: Windows Vista Home Premium (32 bit)
- Keyboard: AlienFX lighting and backlit keyboard
- Connectivity: Intel Wireless Wi-Fi Link 4965AGN wireless card (supports 802.11a/g), standard draft-n connections with internal Bluetooth technology
- Battery: 12-cell 6600mAh battery pack
- Other: Internal TV Tuner and Remote Control
- Carry Case: Alienware Orion messenger bag
- Warranty: 1 year warranty with 24 x 7 technical support and onsite service.
Keeping aside all the pros, there are some bad sides of Area-51 m17x notebook;
- Price is very high
- Too much noise made by the fans
- Quite heavy (11 pounds)
- Battery life (66 minutes as tested)
- Keyboard has a flex problem
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