Monday, September 15, 2008

Alienware Area-51 M9750

Over view :

Alienware was launch a new gamming laptop :Alienware Area-51 M9750 . this 17" laptop use Intel Core 2 Duo, and Nvidia high peformance as video card.

Specs :

Intel Core 2 Duo T7600 (2.33GHz/ 667MHz FSB/ 4MB L2 cache)

DUAL Nvidia GeForce Go 7950GTX video cards with 512MB DDR3 each (1024MB total) – SLI enabled

2GB DDR2-667 RAM (4GB available)

Two 160GB 7200RPM Hitachi TravelStar SATA hard drives in RAID 0 (RAID 1 available)

17” WUXGA (1920x1200) glossy display

Windows XP Media Center 2005 with TV tuner

8X DVD dual layer burner

Intel PRO/Wireless 4965AGN WLAN

Internal Bluetooth

The Alienware M 9750 has a select user base. With the kind of components this notebook has, it is tough to beat. For gamers who want the ultimate power in a reasonably portable package, the Alienware M9750 is the machine to beat.

Build & Design

An Alienware M 9750 is like a high-end sports car; pictures do not do either of them justice. The Alienware M 9750 has Alienware’s famous out-of-this–world case design which instantly sets it apart from every other notebook in its class.

The Alienware M 9750 is entirely of one color - black. The machine looks extremely sleek, like a stealth aircraft. Personally, I find the look to be visually stimulating and attractive. No matter where this machine is taken, it will turn heads. I took the Alienware M 9750 to a local coffee shop and everyone there took a long, hard look at it.

Alienware nailed build quality on the head with the Alienware M 9750. The machine is constructed from high strength plastic. I was not able to detect any flex in the chassis. Even though the palm rests are quite expansive, I could not get them to budge applying any amount of pressure. There might as well be two-by-fours lining the inside of the chassis.

Usually, notebooks with 17” displays flex quite a bit when twisted from side to side, which is understandable given they are so large. However, the Alienware M 9750’s 17” display hardly moves when twisted. The strength of the display is commendable; I believe Alienware M 9750 unique lid design has something to do with this.

The surfaces of the Alienware M 9750 with the exception of the area surrounding the screen and just below it are pleasing to touch as they are soft and rubberized. Fingerprints do not show easily. I did not get the usual “sweaty palm feeling” like I do with glossy-surfaced machines. The area around the display and just below it are glossy black plastic which does show fingerprints; however, this area is unlikely to be touched often.

The Alienware M 9750 is one of the lighter 17” notebooks, weighing in at the rather low weight of 8.5 pounds. It is only 1.5” thick. Here is a shot of Alienware M 9750 next to some "real world" objects so you can get an idea of the size

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