Despite being smaller than a MacBook Air, the XPS 14 has much more battery capacity, coming in at 70WHr to the Air's 53.8WHr.

Alienware says its new Area-51 desktop gaming PC with AMD's new world's best gaming CPU aka Ryzen 7 9850X3D, is the 'king of ...

Alienware unveils a slew of new 16X Aurora and Area-51 18 and 16 gaming laptops at CES 2026: OLED displays, upgraded CPUs and ...

At CES 2026, Alienware debuts new antiglare 240Hz OLED panels in its 16-inch Aurora and Area-51 laptops, plus new Intel "Arrow Lake" silicon options. I got to check out the screens up close, and ...

The new-for-2025 Alienware 16X Aurora gaming laptop is on sale today at a price that's lower than any Black Friday deal. You can pick up a well-specced laptop featuring an Intel Core Ultra 9 CPU and ...

If you used or owned a laptop in the 2000s, you'd probably remember that it sported either a DVD or Blu-Ray drive for popping in installation discs, movies, and even the occasional album from your ...

Optical drives are still practical for many users, whether to play old CDs and DVDs, install software, or create backups—especially with modern laptops, which are usually supplied without a drive.

Alienware’s laptop lineup has a new look in 2025, as seen with the Alienware 16 Area-51 and now the 16X Aurora (starts at $1,649.99). For a 16-inch gaming laptop, the 16X is thin and trim, with a ...

Solid gaming performance. Really bright, 240-Hz display. Convenient ports in the back. Responsive touchpad. Battery life is decent. Keyboard and palm rests get warm. Cheaper gaming laptops perform ...

Gaming laptops are an interesting market, and there are a ton of great options to choose from. The Alienware 16X Aurora is just one of them, and it’s the smaller cousin to the Alienware 18 Area-51 I ...

For 2025, Alienware revived its iconic Area-51 name and gave it an all-new design and flagship components. (Sam Rutherford for Engadget) Alienware is at its best when it makes no-holds-barred gaming ...

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