Alienware Area-51 m5550

CNET reviewed the Alienware Area-51 m5550 and wrote - "Unlike its higher-end sibling, the Aurora mALX, the silver-and-black Alienware Area-51 m5550 has a subdued look that might blend in to the corporate landscape, were it not for the familiar glowing alien head on the lid. At 7 pounds, the Area-51 m5550 is also designed to be slightly more mobile than the mALX--though its disappointingly brief battery life is likely to keep users tethered to the wall socket. The laptop did post some of the best test scores we've seen on our application benchmarks, so if you're looking for raw power (and you can afford to pay more than two grand to get it), you won't go wrong with the Alienware Area-51 m5550. If you need a laptop you will run on its battery for extended periods, though, we recommend a similar and less expensive system, such as the HP Pavilion dv6000 or the PC Club Enpower ENP680."

PCMag.com also got their hands on an Alienware Area-51 m5550 and wrote - "Speed-wise, the m5550's performance is very promising. It produced some of the most impressive numbers I've seen on our SYSmark 2004 SE tests, with overall scores 5 to 8 percent better than those of computers with the fastest Intel Core Duo for mobile systems, such as the Dell XPS M1710 and the ASUS W2Jb. It helped that Alienware also slipped in 2GB of system RAM, as opposed to the 1GB found on the WinBook T231. You should see slight improvements in Adobe Photoshop rendering as well. The m5550 completed my scripts in 1 minute 2 seconds—some of the fastest numbers I've seen from any notebook."

Check out the product details of the Alienware Area-51 m5550 laptop at Alienware.com


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