Alienware Area-51 m15x: A delight for hardcore gamers

Gaming notebooks have become quite popular with hardcore gamers. Their convenient size and advanced configuration along with trendy designs is what lures a gamer towards them. Alienware Area-51 m15x is another gaming notebook, which has very recently hit the market. With Alienware Area-51 m15x, the display you get is provided with a glossy coating with antiglare features. With adequate viewing angle from either side, you can notice crisp details and vivid colors, while viewing images on its displays. Its display can be tagged as appropriate for gaming, as the images (apart from being clear) are not found to be harsh on your eyes. Area-51 m15x has enough real estate with its 15.4 inch screen (TFT active matrix) to open multiple windows for multitasking. The same feature has minimized side-by-side scrolling for viewing websites.

Its 14.6 in x 10.7 in x 1.3 in body is supported by black color, which is the only one used in the model. Alienware Area-51 m15x weighs 7.1 pounds and has a full-size keyboard with a separate pad for numbers. It has more of a silent keyboard, which is necessary for gaming notebooks, as the user might require nullifying every sound for concentrating on strategy games. Again, the touchpad of this notebook is fairly simple and very much sensitive. The battery backup of Alienware Area-51 m15x’s 6-cell lithium ion battery is slightly above ninety minutes. However looking at the load that it undergoes with 200 GB hard drive, 15.4 inch display and a video card, the backup seems to be adequate.

For supporting high-end games, Alienware Area-51 m15x is provided with an Intel Core 2 Extreme X9000 Processor (800 MHz FSB). The speed of the processor is 2.4 GHz supported by a 4 MB L2 Cache. The gaming notebook is also provided with NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GTX video card. The video card is provided with an SLI enabled 256 MB DDR3 RAM to give a better configuration for high resolution games. Area-51 m15x has 200 GB hard drive for storing as many games as you desire without giving it a second thought. Its 200 GB SATA disk space is complemented with a 4 GB DDR2 RAM (667 MHz), extendable up to 8 GB. The standard operating system for the model is MS Windows Vista Premium Ready. Again, you have the scope of playing games on the web with Area-51 m15x. It has several wireless connectivity options including Ethernet, Intel Pro/Wireless 4965AGN WLAN and an Internal Bluetooth. The standard for WLAN followed in the model is IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n, whereas Bluetooth standard is 2.0.

At $1,499, Alienware Area-51 m15x is worth making an investment in, especially for hardcore gamers, as they will get a perfect environment to play high-end games.

Alienware Area-51 m15x Specifications:

Processor:

• Model: Intel Core 2 Extreme X9000
• Speed: 2.4 GHz
• Front Side Bus: 800 MHz
• Cache: 4 MB L2

Screen

• Size: 15.4-inch
• Screen Type: WXGA+ TFT active matrix
• Graphics card:
• Type: Integrated Graphics
• Version: 256 MB NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT

Weight: 7.1 lbs

Memory:

• Hard Disk Size: 200 GB
• Type: 7200 RPM SATA-150
• RAM Size: 4 GB
• Type: DDR2

Ports:

• USB 2.0 Port: 3
• Headphone Port: 1
• Mic-in Port: 1
• RJ-11: 1
• RJ-45: 1
• S-video: 1
• ExpressCard/54: 1
• IEEE 1394b FireWire800:1

Networking:

• WLAN: 4965AGN WLAN from Intel (Optional)
• Bluetooth: 2.0

OS (operating system): Windows Vista
Version: Genuine MS Microsoft Windows Vista Premium

Pros: Alienware Area-51 m15x has enough space for storing all your favorite games. With 4 GB Ram along with 256 MB NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT video graphics card, you can play almost every game on your system. Its antiglare and glossy display allows gamers to go about their task without any harmful effect on their eyes.

Cons: Battery backup is very low with only 92 minutes available with user. However, looking at the configuration of the system and its main purpose, the backup time is tagged adequate by experts.

Price: At $1,499 (Starting range)