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 ...

What fascinates me about the Alienware 18 Area-51 is how an 18-inch laptop manages to hide a full desktop computer beneath its surface. It’s nothing like the laptops I have used in recent months, ...

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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I am the first to admit that I am only a casual gamer with not a lot of time to dedicate to gaming. So something like the Alienware 18 Area-51 is absolutely too much firepower for me. But, holy cow! I ...

Three years after the OG 34-inch ultrawide OLED from Alienware, this updated model brings elevated refresh rates. But even without a price bump, it's a tricky sell compared to the latest 4K OLED ...

OLED monitors are incredibly prolific, so much so that it’s easy to forget they weren’t really a thing just five years ago. The Alienware AW3423WF was arguably the monitor that changed that, but it’s ...

It's refreshing to see a gaming laptop that isn't wholeheartedly set on beating Apple when it comes to making the thinnest product possible, and the Alienware M16 R2 is surprisingly thick in ...

Alienware is no stranger to making top-tier gaming monitors. Its latest release, the AW2725Q, aims to be one of the best gaming monitors of 2025 with a 4K, 240Hz, QD-OLED panel, along with software ...

The company reveals its least-expensive QD-OLED to date and more with its newest design and less intrusive base for the stand. I've been reviewing hardware and software, devising testing methodology ...

While parent company Dell is doing a big rebrand of its entire PC portfolio, at CES 2025 Alienware is sort of returning to its roots by bringing back the classic Area-51 name back for its new flagship ...