The Legion Pro 5 earns its stripes with an excellent OLED screen and a punchy keyboard, making it a compelling midrange gaming rig. Its CPU grunt and battery life don’t inspire, but its gaming ...

Starting at $1,899, the ROG NUC (2025) isn’t the most expensive pre-built gaming PC on the market, but it is on the pricier ...

Build the foundation of your setup. Our gaming experts round up the best gaming desks of 2025. Read on to find the right one ...

The Black Friday weekend is almost over (although Cyber Monday is just hours away), and while we’ve covered how you can get an Alienware RTX 5080 build at a discount, Dell’s deals extend to the RTX ...

Very pretty desktop with nice lighting, especially if you like Tron. GPU, RAM, and storage are simple upgrades. Tool-less latch system to remove the side panel. Great value. CPU upgrades are limited.

Apple this week released the second beta of macOS Tahoe 26.2 for developers. While the update isn’t exactly a big one, it does come with an interesting new feature Apple hadn’t told us about at WWDC: ...

Last week, Apple started beta testing macOS Tahoe 26.2 alongside iOS 26.2, iPadOS 26.2, and more. With the second build of this upcoming operating system update, the company added a new feature that ...

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 ...

CNET’s expert staff reviews and rates dozens of new products and services each month, building on more than a quarter century of expertise. The Alienware Area-51 (AAT2250) is quite something. Its ...