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If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. If you’ve been looking at the field of gaming laptops for the past couple of years, you’ve probably ...

Alienware is without a doubt one of the most easily recognizable gaming computer brands in the world. It has been a household name in PC gaming for as long as I’ve been a PC gamer (over 20 years), and ...

The Area-51M is a unique beast. At first glance, it looks like what we used to expect from gaming laptops: It's an intimidating, hulking machine that doesn't belong in the modern age of slim notebooks ...

The Area-51m was designed to usher in both a new era for the longtime gaming PC company as well as the PC gaming world at large. “We told our engineers, ‘‘Go build us a monster, and see what you can ...

From the beginning, Alienware computers have been built with hardcore gamers in mind — that explains the stylish cases and aggressive designs, which helped spark the rise of bold gaming PCs. But the ...

Dan Ackerman leads CNET's coverage of computers and gaming hardware. A New York native and former radio DJ, he's also a regular TV talking head and the author of "The Tetris Effect" ...

Alienware has a nearly 20-year history of building top of the line gaming laptops, but with this year’s CES offerings, they’re moving to a new aesthetic. The new Alienware Area-51m is the company's ...

When Dell made the Alienware Area-51m, it broke one mold and created another. Announced at CES Tuesday morning, this gaming laptop is the first to debut a new overall design for Dell’s Alienware ...

For as long as I can remember, I’ve been disappointed by gaming laptops—I avoided them myself and advised friends to do the same, given the lower performance levels they offered versus desktop PCs.

Dell demonstrated an astonishing amount of chutzpah today when it unveiled a second-generation Alienware Area-51m -- and declared that whoops, the first-generation of the "upgradeable" laptop isn't ...

Justin Jaffe is the Managing Editor for CNET Money. He has more than 20 years of experience publishing books, articles and research on finance and technology for Wired, IDC and others. He is the ...