Review - Alienware Area-51m 7700

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From their glowing blue alien eyes, to the cutting edge mobile hardware contained within, Alienware PCs are utterly distinctive. Laptopical's Todd Gold has the enjoyable task of taking the Area 51m 7700 "Mobile Desktop" for a quick spin, and reports on a great game of Rome - Total War, but an aching right shoulder :)

I return,exhausted from my trip to GerbilTech HQ in sunny Somerset UK,where I was reviewing prototype, eco-friendly - hamster-wheelpowered laptops. Barely have I reached my desk, before our mugwielding editor, (Think Bill Lumbergh from "Office Space" withouthair), intercepts me. Slurping coffee, he leans over my cubiclewall:

".....Um.....Yeah.....I've got a laptop assignment for you,I'd like you to check out the Alienware Area-51m7700.....Thanks.....Oh, oh and I almost forgot.....Um.....I'malso going to need you to go ahead and come in on Sunday too ok.We, ah, lost some people this week and, uh, we need to sort ofplay catch up......Thanks... "

Alienware have been cranking out top-end computer gamingmachines since the mid 90's, but I have to admit I've nevermanaged to get my sweaty palms on one of their quality laptops.....Untilnow.

Staring back up at me from my humble desk are a pair of glowingblue alien eyes, giving this notebook Godzilla a distinctive,almost intimidating design. The Area-51m 7700 behemoth of achassis weighs almost 13 pounds. If you have arms like pipecleaners, and couldn't punch your way out of bag of Kettle chips- it's time to look elsewhere.

The Area-51m 7700 is essentially a desktop replacement, or"Mobile Desktop" as Alienware like to say. Underneath the hoodthrobs the latest Pentium 4 processor, NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800 ULTRA chip, ATI's Mobility RADEON X800graphics module, and 1GB of 533MHz DDRII memory. I fired up Rome- Total War and was impressed with how smooth the game playwas.

The crisp 17in widescreen display, boasting ClearView's LCDtech, and four integrated Harman Kardon speakers with subwooferalso help to enhance the overall gaming experience. All this cutting edge computer tech and design comesat a price though. Indeed a top of the range Alienware Area 51m7700 will set you back the best part of four grand, (around 2,200uk pounds.)

If you're a dedicated gamer with arms like Van Diesel, andmoney to burn, the Area-51m 7700 is an absolute winner. Pennilesspip-squeaks (myself included) should dust off the bowflex, andstart saving.

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