Alienware Intro Area 51 M17X HD Gaming Notebook – Our Most Powerful Notebook Ever, Says Alienware

Alienware have announced what their press release bills as their ‘most powerful notebook ever’ in the form of their new Area 51 M17X Gaming Notebook which not only combines Intel’s Core 2 Extreme X9000 processor with dual Nvidia GeForce 8800M GTX GPU mounted in SLI configuration promising ‘unrivalled mobile DirectX 10 HD gaming’ but also comes with up to 1.5TB of storage capacity thanks to the Area 51 M17X’s 500GB HHD and optional dual 500GB Smart Bay drive configured in a RAID 0 array.

Frank Azor, Executive Vice-President for Alienware’s Product and Marketing Groups, announced the new Area 51 M17X stating; ‘We pride ourselves in designing elite systems for consumers who absolutely refuse to settle for second best, the Area-51 m17x is, by far, the most aggressive, most powerful notebook computer Alienware has ever built”.

Alienware Area 51 M17X HD Gaming Notebook Key Features:

• NVIDIA SLI technology with dual NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX graphics cards to produce an unrivaled mobile DirectX 10 gaming experience.
• Intel’s 45nm Core 2 Extreme X9000 mobile processors supporting maximum speed and responsiveness during intense battle sequences in users’ favourite games, crisp 3D rendering, flawless music encoding and other high-intensity tasks.
• 17” Wide Screen WUXGA 1920 x 1200 with Clearview (1200p HDTV resolution support)
• Up to 7.1/5.1 Digital High-Definition Audio (8 Channel)
• Up to 1TB of hard drive capacity configured in a RAID 0 array for storing massive entertainment collections, plus support for solid state drives and hybrid hard drives.
• Smart Bay technology that allows users to swap out their optical drive for an additional 500GB hard drive, bringing the notebook’s storage capacity to 1.5TB.
• The Alienware Command Center control panel, home to exclusive programs such as the AlienFX customizable lighting feature and the AlienFusion power management system.

Just made available via Alienware’s online store, pricing of Alienware’s new Area 51 M17X HD Gaming Notebook starts at $2,199 for the cheapest model on offer with a veritable host of options and component upgrades serving to escalate the price to somewhat coma inducing $6,500+.

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