What is it: Extreme gaming laptop
What we think: Gamers will go nuts for this machine. It's by no means light, but it's powerful and just the right side of unwieldy
What you need to know
Reviewed on: 26 May 2005
Tags: alienware, designs, preferences, logo
We like:
Massive screen; gutsy performance; glowing alien head on lid
We don't like:
The weight of the thing -- but most gamers need the exercise anyway
You might also need:
You might want to plug in an external mouse. Sometimes the trackpad just doesn't cut it when spinning around to nail your enemy with a cranial drill
CNET.co.uk judgement:
Warmongers and hitmen-in-training, rejoice -- this is the toughest, meanest gaming laptop this side of hell. The Area 51 knocked our cotton socks off and held a blade to our throat, whispering, "There's nothing faster than me, you hear? Nothing." By the end of our review, we believed it
Alienware Area 51m 7700 History
14 Jun 2005 in Digital Living
The Area 51 laptop continues Alienware's fine tradition of amphetamine-ramped machines for the Half-Life-2-obsessed gamer. Do you fancy flying quite this high?
17 May 2005 in Crave
Bullet Boy: Alienware 51m 7700
What happens when one of the world's most extreme PC manufacturers turns its hand to laptop design?
Latest user reviews
May 31, 2006
Posted by: Matthew McKenna
"Great piece of kit, just a little too pricey"
June 29, 2005
Posted by: dave sir
"fast very fast"
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