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Alienware S-4 m5550
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, glossy: no
Weight: 3.2kg
Average of 5 scores (from 6 reviews)
Reviews for the Alienware S-4 m5550
Foreign Reviews
Source: Chip.de
DE→ENSingle Review, , Length Unknown, Date: 04/20/2007
Rating: Total score: 60% price: 60% performance: 90% mobility: 60% workmanship: 80%
Source: Hartware
DE→ENSingle Review, , Length Unknown, Date: 03/12/2007
Rating: Total score: 58% price: 50% performance: 80% features: 60% display: 70% mobility: 30% workmanship: 90% ergonomy: 70%
Source: TV Movie Multimedia
DE→ENSingle Review, , Length Unknown, Date: 02/20/2007
Rating: Total score: 92% price: 80% performance: 90%
Source: PC Go
DE→ENSingle Review, , Length Unknown, Date: 02/05/2007
Rating: Total score: 74% price: 70% performance: 90%
Source: Notebook / Organizer / Handy
DE→ENSingle Review, , Length Unknown, Date: 01/05/2007
Rating: performance: 80% features: 80%
Source: Notebookcheck
DE→ENSingle Review, , 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.
Only some 3D games with very low demands are playable with these cards.
» 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:
The Core 2 Duo T7600 is a Merom based Core 2 Duo with 4MB Level 2 Cache. It is positioned in the middle class (in 2009) and performs on par with a modern P7550 or Turion II Ultra M660.
» 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. Nowadays, more and more 16:9 displays with 15.6 inch appear. 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 energy 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 an American computer hardware company and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dell. It mainly assembles for high-performance gaming. Alienware also offers for sale rebadged laptops and computer peripherals, such as headsets, computer mice, monitors and keyboards. Alienware was founded in 1996. The corporate headquarters is located in Florida. Alienware established its EMEA (Europe, the Middle East, and Africa) headquarters in Ireland, in 2002. 2005, Alienware brought in upwards of $170 million USD in annual sales and launched an international in 2003 with a presence in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, and Costa Rica. The international market share is limited.
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.
