- Alienware S-4 m5550
Alienware S-4 m5550
Notebook Specifications
Notebook: Alienware S-4 m5550Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo T7600
Graphics Adapter: ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 128 MB
Display: 15.4 inch, 16:10, 1920x1200 pixels
Weight: 3.2kg
Links: Alienware homepage Alienware notebook section
Average Score: 72.6% - average
Average of 5 scores (from 6 reviews)
mobility: 49%, workmanship: 84%, ergonomy: 79%, emissions: 58%
Reviews for the Alienware S-4 m5550
Foreign Reviews
60% Stückwerk
Source: Chip.de 
, Length Unknown, Date: 04/20/2007
Rating: Total score: 60% price: 60% performance: 90% mobility: 60% workmanship: 80%
58% Alienware S-4 m5550 Notebook
Source: Hartware
, Length Unknown, Date: 03/12/2007
Rating: Total score: 58% price: 50% performance: 80% features: 60% display: 70% mobility: 30% workmanship: 90% ergonomy: 70%
92% Power-Books
Source: TV Movie Multimedia
, Length Unknown, Date: 02/20/2007
Rating: Total score: 92% price: 80% performance: 90%
74% Alienware S-4 m5550
Source: PC Go
, Length Unknown, Date: 02/05/2007
Rating: Total score: 74% price: 70% performance: 90%
Alienware S-4 m5550
Source: Notebook / Organizer / Handy
, Length Unknown, Date: 01/05/2007
Rating: performance: 80% features: 80%
79% Arbeitstier - Test Alienware S-4 m5550 Notebook
Source: Notebookcheck
, Length Unknown, Date: 12/22/2006
Rating: Total score: 79% performance: 93% display: 87% mobility: 57% workmanship: 82% ergonomy: 87% emissions: 58%
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 Core 2 Duo: This is the Core Duo and Core Solo successor with a longer pipeline and 5-20% more speed without more power consumption. As an addition to the Core Duo design there exists a fourth decoder, an amplified SSE-unit and an additional arithmetical logical unit (ALU).
The Core 2 Duo for laptops is identical to the desktop Core 2 Duo processors but the notebook-processors work with lower voltages (0.95 to 1188 Volt) and a lower Frontside bus clock (1066 vs 667 MHz). The performance of equally clocked notebooks is 20-25% lower than Desktop PCs because of the lower Frontside bus clock and the slower hard disks.
T7600:
>> 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.
3.2 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.
72.6%: This rating is bad. Most notebooks are better rated. This is not a recommendation for purchase.
>> Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.
