Once upon a time, having a laptop with any gaming credibility meant you had a 10-pound beast that looked and sounded more like an air conditioning unit than a portable PC. With the advances in mobile ...
The model on sale today foregoes the pricier Core i7 processor -- which does little for gaming performance -- and instead keeps costs down with a (still Ivy Bridge) Core i5-3210M dual-core chip.
Alienware’s refreshed Area-51 and 16X Aurora laptops are now on sale with Intel Arrow Lake-HX chips, anti-glare OLED upgrades, and premium pricing that climbs fast.