Alienware SLI laptops launched

The laptops were the 19-inch Aurora mALX and the smaller 17-inch M9700. Actually, they are huge and huger, but comparatively, the M9700 was much smaller. It was similar to the weight of a mid-sized car while the mALX was a 1973 Cadillac in terms of portability. Neither is much more than a small gaming box that you can drag around, and if you slip and drop it, you can crush anything up to a mid-sized dog with a single 'whoopsie'.

The M9700 has a couple of really neat features, other than the SLI'd 7900GSs, it has both DVI and VGA outputs, something sorely needed in laptops. It also comes with two HDs, so you can RAID them or just have a ton of space, 240GB to be exact. The mALX is the mongo 19-inch laptop, it is hard to put into words how big this thing is, in the picture below, keep in mind that you are looking at a full sized keyboard on it. For real perspective, the 'little' laptop beside it is a full sized 17-inch one. The mALX has two GeForce Go 7900GTXs in it.

The last thing it had was a concept PC called the Area 51 5400. This one, like all all-in-one PCs left me a bit cold. It was innovative, don't get me wrong, with a desktop panel rather than laptop, for brightness and speed, and a port for the optional battery. To aid portability, there was a handle on top, and the wireless keyboard docks on the bottom. Not bad, but not 'laptop' enough to justify the loss of functionality over a full desktop.

One other thing to note, Alienware was very touchy about the whole 'Dell' thing. It was adamant that it was not Dell, it is a a separate company. I am not a prisoner, I am a free man. For now, it is correct, but let's see if it survives Intel's upcoming Conroe launch. µ