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PHOTOS: Alienware M15x, Aurora and Area 51
High-power gaming machines 23 September 2009 16:20 GMT
Dell has unveiled a pair of new gaming desktop machines, and a 15-inch version of its gaming laptop. Pocket-lint was on hand to take a few photos, and here are the results.

It's worth noting that these are prototypes - the lighting on the desktop machines wasn't...
Dell launches Alienware M15x gaming laptop
Along with Area 51 and Aurora desktops 23 September 2009 16:04 GMT
Dell's ownership of Alienware is starting to take hold, with the company starting to roll out laptops and desktops that take advantage of the multinational's bulk-buying power and economies of scale.

As a result, there's more component options crammed in the...
Alienware offers "nebula red" M17x
Gaming laptop gets a paint job 16 July 2009 18:21 GMT
If the only thing stopping you from splashing out on Alienware's £1699 and up M17x gaming laptop was that it wasn't available in red, then today is your lucky day.

The company, or more accurately, Dell, its parent company is offering the high-end portable gaming...
Asus launches G60 gaming laptop
"Republic of Gamers" branded 25 June 2009 15:06 GMT
In the Lamborghini showrooms in South Kensington, Asus has just launched its G60 gaming laptop. It's a 16-inch beast, with a Core 2 Quad processor.

It also packs 4GB of DDR3 RAM, from a 320GB to upto a 1TB solid state hard drive, Blu-ray, and the impressive...
PHOTOS: Alienware M17x
UK pricing also announced 2 June 2009 5:01 GMT
We've just been dropped a bunch of pictures of Dell's new Alienware machine, and gosh aren't they pretty. There's also some information about the UK pricing of the machine, which will officially start at £1700, including VAT and delivery.

To recap, the machine...
Dell launches Alienware M17x gaming laptop
"All powerful" 29 May 2009 15:17 GMT
Dell is set to announce a new Alienware gaming laptop at E3. The company hasn't launched too many gaming products since taking a stake in Alienware in 2006, so this machine represents a couple of years' worth of development.

As you'd expect from an Alienware...
HP merges Voodoo with wider catalogue
Voodoo co-founder says he supports the move 24 July 2008 12:23 GMT
Hewlett-Packard's speciality PC company that brought us gaming desktop Omen and super-thin laptop Envy 133, has merged with HP's core consumer business and will now be sold as part of HP's wider catalogue.

Voodoo is pitching the merge as a good thing and something...
CES 2008: Gateway debuts FX Edition gaming laptop
Comes with 17-inch screen and new Intel Mobile Extreme X7900 processor 7 January 2008 14:12 GMT
Gateway has announced its first FX Edition laptop for gamers at CES in Las Vegas.

THe new P-Series FX Edition laptops will feature an Intel Core 2 Duo processor with Intel Centrino Mobile Technology, NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTS 512MB GDDR3 graphics solution, HDMI...
Alienware launches Area-51 m9750 notebook in the UK
"Breakthrough" super-notebook for gamers 27 June 2007 13:28 GMT
Announced at CES earlier this year, Alienware have finally got around to announcing the launch of their latest gaming notebook – the Area-51 m9750 - in the UK.

With the boast of being to be the first 17-inch notebook in the world to fuse the two (!) NVIDIA...
Evesham introduces Zieo N500-HD notebook
Gaming notebook. Media centre. Work horse 23 May 2007 14:30 GMT
UK-based Evesham has announced an addition to its current notebook range – the Zieo N500-HD.

A 17-inch WSXGA X-Bright display, 2GB of RAM, the latest NVDIA graphics unit, a 2.2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T7500 processor and a 160GB hard drive certainly appear to back...
HP confirm HP Pavilion HDX "The Dragon" laptop
New model with 20-inch screen 9 May 2007 3:02 GMT
HP has confirmed the rumours from the weekend and launched a 20-inch laptop called the HP Pavilion HDX.

However unlike the rumours which suggested that the company would be launching a gaming laptop to go up against Dell's XPS M2010 laptop, the new model will...
HP announce 13 new laptops, HDX gaming laptop and MScape
Shanghai Making Connections event gets underway 9 May 2007 2:51 GMT
HP has announced the launch of a host of new products at its Making Connections conference in Shanghai.

The company used the event to launch 13 new notebook models including the much rumours HDX gaming model.

HP has also announced the launch of...
HP HDX gaming laptop rumours surface
Rumoured to go up against Dell's XPS M2010 6 May 2007 10:17 GMT
HP is rumoured to be launching its first foray into the gaming market with a 20-inch gaming laptop called the HDX.

According to electronista.com, the Pavilion HDX should be the first fruits of the Voodoo PC buyout and is likely to be aimed at gamers and movie...
Alienware launches Come Out and Play campaign for PC gamers
Marketing move to attract online community of gamers 5 September 2006 12:16 GMT
Alienware is attempting to improve the community spirit of its customers by launching a campaign entitled “Come Out and Play”.

The company poses the question, “Are you a player?” to consumers and is inviting them to a series of events and online gaming competitions,...
Alienware launches Area-51 m5550 and Sentia m3450 laptops
Two new Dual-core gaming machines unleashed 30 June 2006 17:52 GMT
Alienware has launched two new laptops today in the guise of the 15.4inch Area-51 m5550 and 14.1inch Sentia m3450. The two new models feature Intel Core Duo Processors and the promise of advanced gaming and multimedia capabilities.

The Area-51 m5550 will sport...