Alienware had some serious goodies for gaming enthusiasts on display in Las Vegas. Click further for our hands-on impressions.
| Alienware Area-51 m15x |
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 Alienware officially unveiled what may be the most powerful 15.4-inch laptop at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on Sunday. The new Area-51 m15x, scheduled to be released later this month, not only comes with the kind of monster specs you expect from a high-end gaming rig--Intel Core 2 Extreme CPU, 512MB Nvidia GeForce 8800GTX graphics chip, a 320GB SATA HDD and a Blu-ray optical drive--but may be the first 15.4-inch notebook to offer full 1080p HD resolution. Most of the current 15.4-inch HD notebooks only offer 720p, a full step beneath the current max HD standard. The Area-51 m15x will also offer a binary graphics system that allows you to switch to integrated graphics if you want to extend the battery life. This could easily take the crown as the best 15.4-inch notebook available when it hits the market later this month. Release: January 2008. Price: $3600.
Pros: Full 1080p HD resolution; binary graphics system allows you to switch between integrated and discrete; illuminated keyboard
Cons: May have a price point to match its extraordinary features
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| Alienware DLP RPTV |
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 Alienware unveiled a prototype 42-inch wraparound monitor at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on Sunday, one of the more unique devices on display. The 2880x900 resolution screen is designed to mimic the full peripheral vision that the human eye is capable of, instead of the boxy rectangle most monitors offer. Illuminated by OLED (organic light emitting diode, a brighter version of LED) from DLP, this monitor is designed makes multiple-display setups obsolete--although there is no official word yet if this will ever become commercially available. Release: January 2008.
Pros: One-of-a-kind form factor; OLED display; mimics human peripheral vision
Cons: May never become commercially available; takes up a lot of space
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Philip Berne, Matthew Ruiz, Edward Distel and Sindre Lia contribute to the CES 2008 coverage.
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