- Alienware S-4 m5500
Alienware S-4 m5500
Notebook Specifications
Notebook: Alienware S-4 m5500Processor: Intel Pentium M 760
Graphics Adapter: ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 128 MB
Display: 15.4 inch, 16:10, 1280x800 pixels
Weight: 3.3kg
Links: Alienware homepage Alienware notebook section
mobility: - %, workmanship: - %, ergonomy: - %, emissions: - %
Reviews for the Alienware S-4 m5500
Alienware M5500
Source: Driverheaven 
Based on the size and specification of the M5500 Alienware obviously went out to create one of the fastest 15 inch notebooks available. Using a high spec Pentium M and the Mobility X1600 almost guarantees excellent performance. The laptop could have been let down by a bad choice on the other components though and a 5400rpm drive or inadequate memory would really kill performance. Thankfully the system is available with up to 2Gb of memory (ours featured 1Gb). The bundle provided with the system is (as always) very good and the personalised folder of information, t-shirt and mouse mat are nice touches. The laptop arrives very well packaged and there is almost no chance that it will be damaged in transit.
sehr umfangreicher und voll ausgestatteter Testbericht mit vielen Seiten
Leistung sehr gut
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 07/27/2006
performance: 95%
Foreign Reviews
Spielefans, aufgepasst!
Source: Notebook / Organizer / Handy 
online available, Very Short, Date: 07/16/2006
Flach verpackt: Zwei Gigahertz und schnelle Ati-Grafik
Source: Netzwelt
online available, Very Short, Date: 04/19/2006
Comment
ATI Mobility Radeon X1600: ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 is a middle class graphic card for notebooks of the X1000 series. Its performance can be compared with NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600.
Lower end of Graphics Cards for users who want to play games. New games should run on these cards, but only with decreased details and mediocre resolution.
>> Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.
Intel Pentium M: With Intel chip set (855 or 915) and Intel WLAN also available with the name Centrino (name for the package).
In the comparison very fast per megahertz and very modest with weaknesses in floating point operations.
It is also available as a low voltage version with very small current consumption.
760:
>> Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.
15.4": 15 inch display-variants are the standard and are used for more than the half of all notebooks. 15.4 inch display with 16:10 are the standard for notebook displays.
The reason why so many people like displays with medium size is, that this size is not exhausting for the eyes, does not need too much current and the laptops can be kept quite compact.
>> To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.
3.3 kg: This weight is average for notebooks. Therefore the numerous mass of laptops with 15 inch display fits in this class of weight.
Alienware: Alienware is a rather small international manufacturer with a small market share and few reviewed models. Reviews often mention the extraordinary performance, but also the high price.
>> Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.
