Alienware Area-51 m9750

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73% Alienware Area-51 m9750
Source: PC World Archive.org version
If you must have the newest technology, such as solid-state drives and Blu-ray, in your gaming laptop, belly up to this all-you-can-eat bar. Otherwise, keep looking.
73 von 100, Leistung sehr gut, Preis sehr schlecht, Display mangelhaft
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 08/12/2008
Rating: Total score: 73% price: 30% performance: 90% display: 50%

75% Alienware Area-51 m9750
Source: Digital Trends Archive.org version
We actually took the m9750 with us to our family’s holiday celebration, and the reaction from our family members was priceless. They couldn’t believe a notebook could be this big and powerful. Everyone was impressed by its looks and its performance, including us. This is a seriously powerful notebook but it does have a few drawbacks. The first is that its cooling fans are almost always on, and they are noticeably loud. The second is the videocards are already a bit dated, though they were able to play Bioshock and CoD4, albeit at a low resolution. If you order an m9750 we highly recommend upgrading to the 8700M for maximum longevity. Third, we had issues with the webcam and system restore, which is disappointing. All-in-all we had a better-than-average experience with the m9750 though, and despite its flaws we would still put it near the top of our list of must-have desktop replacement notebooks.
7.5 von 10, Leistung sehr gut, Display sehr gut, Emissionen schlecht
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 01/02/2008
Rating: Total score: 75% performance: 90% display: 90% emissions: 40%

Sibling Rivalry: Dell vs. Alienware
Source: Tom's Guide Archive.org version
The Alienware Area-51 m9750 leads the XPS M1730 in value by around 1% prior to overclocking, which then gives the XPS a victory of around 6%. With value leadership so close, we'd have to pick our system based on other criteria. Gaming is the biggest advantage for SLI-equipped notebooks, but our XPS M1730 results were mixed with a huge loss in F.E.A.R. and moderate wins in Oblivion. Application performance provides a more convincing argument for the higher-priced Dell notebook. If portability is a primary consideration, the XPS M1730's added weight might be a concern. The notebook itself weighs two pounds more, and the power brick is also a pound heavier than the one included with Alienware's Area-51 m9750. Part of its extra weight goes into the 11% higher-capacity battery, but we have to wonder how much the show lighting and support circuitry added.
Leistung zufriedenstellend
Comparison, online available, Very Long, Date: 10/15/2007
performance: 70%

Alienware - Area-51 m9750 review
Source: IT Reviews Archive.org version
You don't have to be a sci-fi fan to be an admirer of Alienware's computers but there's no denying their otherworldly designs make the hairs rise on the back of your neck when you take the machines out the box.
The Area-51 m9750 is the Alien Queen of notebooks: black, striking, immensely powerful and bristling with unexpected weapons, er, features. For a start the colour is described as Stealth Black, a matt finish that cleverly resists leaving the mark of your fingerprints after you've touched it. The lid follows tradition with raised ‘ribs' pointing towards the trademark ET head that glows blue when switched on and the entire case features magnesium alloy which is 75 percent lighter than steel and more rigid than plastic. Unfortunately every Alien Queen has an acid side and m9750's is the layout.
Leistung sehr gut
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 09/27/2007
performance: 90%

Alienware - Area-51 m9750 review
Source: IT Reviews Archive.org version
You don't have to be a sci-fi fan to be an admirer of Alienware's computers but there's no denying their otherworldly designs make the hairs rise on the back of your neck when you take the machines out the box.
The Area-51 m9750 is the Alien Queen of notebooks: black, striking, immensely powerful and bristling with unexpected weapons, er, features. For a start the colour is described as Stealth Black, a matt finish that cleverly resists leaving the mark of your fingerprints after you've touched it. The lid follows tradition with raised ‘ribs' pointing towards the trademark ET head that glows blue when switched on and the entire case features magnesium alloy which is 75 percent lighter than steel and more rigid than plastic. Unfortunately every Alien Queen has an acid side and m9750's is the layout.
Leistung sehr gut
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 09/27/2007
performance: 90%

80% Alienware Area-51 m9750 laptop PC
Source: Tech Advisor Archive.org version
Its giant dimensions seem like overkill: the Alienware Area-51 m9750 is a 17in laptop yet it is more than 20mm deeper than the 17in Samsung M60 we recently tested and, at 5.4kg, is more than 2kg heavier than the M60. The Alienware, then, is a laptop designed for static use, rather than being carted about from place to place. Its ridged, all black casing is certainly durable, but the brutish Alienware Area-51 m9750 doesn't look all that attractive, particularly when set alongside similarly sized laptops. When it comes to its main selling point – entertainment – the Alienware Area-51 m9750 is hard to fault. The large speakers with subwoofers at the front produce full and booming surround sound, while Alienware has crammed in a multi-format drive that includes DVD-RAM (useful for archiving video you've edited), a TV tuner and 1.3Mp webcam.
(von 5): 4, Preis/Leistung 4, Ausstattung 4, Verarbeitung 4, Leistung gut, Mobilität schlecht
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 09/06/2007
Rating: Total score: 80% price: 80% performance: 80% features: 80% mobility: 40% workmanship: 80%

Alienware Area-51 m9750
Source: Bios Magazine Archive.org version
Drop the Warhammer! Alienware has gone crazy with its latest flagship laptop. Without a doubt the most powerful Windows Vista-based laptop on the market, the manufacturer of choice for speed freaks has achieved another industry first with the Area-51 m9750 (starting at £1148). The breakthrough offering is the first 17-inch laptop to fuse the astounding graphics capabilities of dual 512MB nVidia GeForce Go 7950 GTX graphics cards and the blazing speed of Intel Core 2 Duo mobile processors, making it a dream system for mobile gamers and design professionals. The unprecedented combination of dual GeForce Go 7950 GTX graphics and Core 2 Duo mobile processors at the heart of Alienware’s Area-51 m9750 epitomises the power and innovation that encompasses the entire system.
Leistung herausragend, Verarbeitung ausezeichnet, Display ausgezeichnet, Emissionen gut
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 09/03/2007
Rating: performance: 100% display: 95% workmanship: 95% emissions: 80%

Two Mid-Level Gaming Notebooks Compared
Source: Tom's Guide Archive.org version
The Alienware Area-51 m9750 and Eurocom M570RU Divine-X provided similar performance value, with the more expensive Alienware system providing an overall performance gain almost equal to its price premium. The Area-51 m9750 is easily the better value for people who only want to game and can afford its higher price, while the M570RU Divine-X is the better value for general purpose users who can live with a little less gaming power. One thing we didn't graph was battery life, as the Alienware was tested using Mobile Mark's DVD playback, while the Eurocom was tested using a DVD playback test developed internally. The difference between these tests could be as much as a few percent, but both systems will apparently play a DVD for just under 1.5 hours using the battery. The Alienware system's larger battery is able to keep it going this long because the cards are both in power-saving 2D mode.

Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 08/29/2007

80% Alienware Area-51 m9750
Source: Laptop Logic Archive.org version
Well, I didn’t think it was possible for Alienware to step it up so much with the Area-51 m9750. There wasn’t one single instance where it didn’t completely beat the snot out of its predecessor, the Aurora m9700. All I can say is if I were a consumer who bought the m9700, I’d be pretty pissed after reading this review. Had I been using a USB keyboard instead of the integrated one, I really might have thought I was using a nice desktop gaming rig. The system performance speaks for itself; the inclusion of the Core 2 Duo CPU was a very welcome one, and the 7950GTX SLI GPUs show why they’re the king of the hill of mobile graphics world. There’s really little to fault the m9750 for. I didn’t want to send it back. I think that the level of performance I’ve seen with the Area-51 m9750 warrants the coveted Laptop Logic “Editor’s Choice” award, which is sparingly used around here.
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4.5 von 5, Preis/Leistung schlecht, Leistung gut, Display gut, Emissionen mangelhaft
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 08/21/2007
Rating: Total score: 80% price: 40% performance: 80% display: 80% emissions: 50%

Alienware Area-51 m9750 Laptop Review
Source: notebookforums.com Archive.org version
Alienware’s reputation precedes the market when it comes to notebooks and gaming. They have a history of offering top of the line gaming rigs, that look great and offer customization to any customer needs. The new Alienware Area-51m 9750 plunges head first into the HD market as to one of the first laptops that offer an optional blu-ray drive for early adopters, while still providing gamers with dual graphic cards with SLI support. This is one mean machine. Like my Alienware m5750, the m9750 is a step between a midsized laptop and a “desktop replacement”. With the unprecedented versatility of the Intel Core 2 Duo Chip, dueling nVidia video cards with SLI enabled and an HD 17 inch screen, there is very little this notebook cannot achieve when it comes to gaming.
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Leistung ausgezeichnet
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 08/07/2007
performance: 95%

82% Alienware Area-51 m9750
Source: Reg Hardware Archive.org version
One word can describe the Alienware Area-51 m9750: big. It's as if the person designing it thought they were in Burger King and decided to Go Large at every opportunity. It's got two hard drives, two graphics cards, two processor cores and a whopping 17in screen. There's another thing that's big about the m9750 - its price. There's no skirting around the subject - £2,491 is a lot of money to pay for a laptop, no matter how you look at it. If you strip it back to its barest elements it can be yours for £1,197 but you'll have to pare down the specifications to just one hard drive and graphics card and lower the screen resolution, among other things. There is no denying that Alienware has thrown a huge amount of technology into the m9750. Its 17in screen runs at an HD friendly WUXGA resolution of 1,920 x 1,200 pixels.
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82%, Preis/Leistung mäßig, Leistung sehr gut
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 08/01/2007
Rating: Total score: 82% price: 60% performance: 90%

82% Alienware Area-51 m9750 - Core 2 Duo T5500 1.66 GHz - 17" TFT
Source: CNet Archive.org version
Alienware has long been the first name in big-budget gaming rigs, straddling the line between the mainstream and enthusiast markets with flashy ads, high-end components, and just enough hand-holding for novices. We first laid eyes on the company's flagship laptop, the Area-51 m9750, at CES 2007 back in January and came away impressed with its array of high-end components. Its huge, high-resolution display, twin SLI video cards, and a Blu-ray drive, along with a promise that its starting price would approach a reasonable $2,000 earned it a Best of CES nod in the gaming category. Alienware has finally released the system, and its performance in CNET Labs more than lived up to expectations. Our review system included a host of upgrades that more than double the baseline model's price and we can't help but wish that a $4,000-plus laptop would have a slightly more sophisticated look.
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(von 10): 8.2, Leistung 9, Ausstattung 8, Mobilität 4, Preis/Leistung mangelhaft, Display gut
Single Review, , Length Unknown, Date: 07/26/2007
Rating: Total score: 82% price: 50% performance: 90% features: 80% display: 80% mobility: 40%

Alienware Area-51 M9750 Review
Source: Notebookreview.com Archive.org version
The Area-51 M9750 is a top-of-the-line gaming notebook from Alienware. It features an Intel Core 2 Duo processor and is available with dual Nvidia high-performance video cards. The Alienware M 9750 has a select user base. The main reason to buy this notebook is for extreme gaming. With the kind of components this notebook has, it is tough to beat. Its main competitor is the Clevo D900C (commonly known as the Sager NP 9260). Although the Clevo is slightly more powerful overall, the M9750 is significantly slimmer and lighter. For gamers who want the ultimate power in a reasonably portable package, the Alienware M9750 is the machine to beat. The Alienware Area-51 M9750 definitely ranks as one of the most impressive systems I have used in almost every aspect, from its striking visual appearance to the fast overall performance. The M9750’s beautiful customized case design is only half of the experience – the other half belongs to the array of top-of-the-line components inside.
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Leistung gut, Display zufriedenstellend, Mobilität gut, Verarbeitung herausragend, Emissionen gut
Single Review, , Length Unknown, Date: 07/20/2007
Rating: performance: 80% display: 70% mobility: 80% workmanship: 95% emissions: 80%

80% Review: Alienware Area-51 m9750 notebook PC
Source: vnunet.com Archive.org version
Alienware machines aren't known for skimping on performance, and the much-delayed Area-51 m9750 looks set to keep up this reputation. Announced in January of this year, it's not designed with the latest technologies. The m9750 relies on the old Intel 945PM Napa chipset rather than the updated Santa Rosa platform. What is new about this notebook design, though, is that it's the first to put two graphics cards on an Intel motherboard with a Core 2 Duo processor. Until now, AMD has had mobile multi-graphics card functionality all to itself, despite having slower and less energy-efficient mobile processors. Inside there's a T7200 2GHz processor backed up with 2GB of 667MHz DDR2 Ram. This is pushed to the side lines by the two headline grabbing Geforce Go 7950GTX cards in SLI mode, each with 512MB Ram; mobile versions of the faster 8800GTX aren't due until later this year.
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(von 5): 4, Preis/Leistung 3, Ausstattung 5, Ergonomie 5, Leistung gut, Display mangelhaft
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 07/18/2007
Rating: Total score: 80% price: 60% performance: 80% features: 100% display: 50% ergonomy: 100%

90% Alienware Area-51 m9750
Source: PC Mag Archive.org version
Alienware has a knack for creating gaming designs that'll appeal to just about anyone. The Alienware Area-51 m9750 ($4,708 direct), for instance, is a testament to how a touch of simplicity can enhance the design. It moves away from the flashy neon paint jobs in favor of a stealthier look Batman would love. Stealth Black, as Alienware likes to call it, is an intuitive approach to adding subtlety while retaining the unearthly look of an Alienware gaming rig. There's a lot to like about the design, but pulverizing the gaming opposition is still the main objective. That's why an SLI-enabled graphics chipset and a high-performance, mobile dual-core processor are ready for the task at hand. For this, the m9750 supplants the Dell XPS M1710 as the gaming king, or at least until Dell can come up with a new rig. After numerous paint jobs, performance configurations, and media bundles, Alienware finally got it right with the Area-51 m9750.
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4.5 von 5, Preis/Leistung mangelhaft, Leistung hervorragend
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 07/17/2007
Rating: Total score: 90% price: 50% performance: 95%

90% User JamesKirstyLou's m9750 Review
Source: notebookforums.com Archive.org version
Well the thing came this morning @ 9:15am , the machine was order'd on the 29th of June. VERY impressed at the speed it came. The Machine came installed with Vista and one 7950gtx enabled, from this out of the box setup i had a 3dmark 06 score of 6,214 Time was to get Xp onto it and see the full power, had a little trouble getting xp on without a usb floppydrive but managed it by adding the RAID drivers to the XP CD. This is currently installing and will post a host of benchmarks once i have it up and running later. Now for the pictures of the lovely machine: (also please forgive any bad pictures im not sure what others would like to see, any requests and ill do my best) I was handed over 2 plain looking boxes from my DHL man, i was very excited.
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sehr gut
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 07/16/2007
Rating: Total score: 90%

95% User TbbZz's Area 51 m9750 Review
Source: notebookforums.com Archive.org version
This is my second computer, and my first time purchasing from Alienware. My old computer is a Dell Inspiron 5100. After a considerable amount of reading and research, I realized I was far more into computers now than four years ago. I needed a real gaming laptop, rather than just the plain old laptop on sale at the nearest Best Buy. Exploring companies such as Dell (again), WidowPC, Falcon Northwest, Voodoo PC, Sager, and a few others, I was very impressed by both NVIDIA's SLI and Intel's Core 2 Duo processor, but I could not find any computer that offered both beasts in one laptop. Just as I was about to settle with an SLI machine without dual core, Alienware's newest juggernaut came along: the Area-51 m9750. Intel's Core 2 Duo, Dual 7950 GTX's, a breathtaking 1920x1200 display.. Fruitless searches and uncertainty were over. It was perfect.
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95 (perfect), Leistung sehr gut
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 06/28/2007
Rating: Total score: 95% performance: 90%

90% This is the first Core 2 Duo/SLI laptop available, and its speed blew our minds.
Source: Laptop Mag Archive.org version
So if you want a no-compromise gaming rig you can actually take with you, the Area-51 m9750 is currently the best machine available. It isn't cheap, but the full complement of gaming and multimedia features makes it the only PC you'll need for years to come.
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4.5 von 5, Preis/Leistung mäßig, Leistung ausgezeichnet, Ausstattung sehr gut
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 04/17/2007
Rating: Total score: 90% price: 60% performance: 95% features: 90%

Foreign Reviews

100% Alienware Area-51 m9750 Notebook
Source: Minitechnet DE→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 02/01/2008
Rating: Total score: 100% price: 40% performance: 100% display: 80% mobility: 40% workmanship: 90% ergonomy: 80% emissions: 50%

Spielplatz
Source: mobile Zeit - 5-12-2007
Comparison, , Length Unknown, Date: 12/05/2007
Rating: performance: 95% features: 90% mobility: 30% emissions: 40%

Alienware Area-51 m9750
Source: Handys - 6/07
Single Review, , Length Unknown, Date: 11/07/2007
performance: 90%

86% Alienware Area-51 m9750
Source: Gamestar DE→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 09/24/2007
Rating: Total score: 86% price: 50% performance: 95% features: 95% display: 85% emissions: 40%

Das Richtige für Spieler
Source: Notebook / Organizer / Handy - 9-10/07
Single Review, , Length Unknown, Date: 09/24/2007
performance: 95%

94% Area 51 m9750
Source: PC Praxis - 9/07
Single Review, , Length Unknown, Date: 09/24/2007
Rating: Total score: 94% price: 60% performance: 90%

89% Test Alienware Area-51 m9750 Notebook
Source: Notebookcheck DE→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 08/31/2007
Rating: Total score: 89% performance: 97% features: 80% display: 82% mobility: 56% workmanship: 89% ergonomy: 91% emissions: 77%

Das Richtige für Spieler
Source: Notebook / Organizer / Handy DE→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, , Length Unknown, Date: 08/15/2007
performance: 95%

Area 51 m9750
Source: PC Praxis DE→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, , Length Unknown, Date: 08/15/2007
performance: 90%

88% Alienware S-4 m9750
Source: SFT - 9/07
Single Review, , Length Unknown, Date: 08/15/2007
Rating: Total score: 88% performance: 95% features: 90% mobility: 40% emissions: 40%

Alienware S-4 m9750
Source: PC Games Hardware - 7/07
Single Review, , Length Unknown, Date: 06/15/2007
Rating: price: 40% performance: 80% features: 80% mobility: 40% emissions: 80%

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NVIDIA GeForce Go 7950 GTX: Ttop of the mobile graphic cards line from the Go 7000 series and successor of the 7900 GTX graphics card. It has the same power consumption as the 7900 GTX card an still performs very good in DX9 games.

Non demanding games should be playable with these graphics 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:

» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.

17.10": This display size is a standard format for desktop replacements (DTR). The DTR laptops are heavier to carry, need more power, but texts are easy to read and high resolutions are no problem. DTR are mainly intended for stationary desk use, where weight and energy hunger don't matter. In return, you enjoy the advantages of high resolutions (more details, better legibility).» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.

4.5 kg:

A laptop in this weight range is a heavyweight that you rarely carry around. This is meant for desktops and the devices tend to score with a large display and high performance and replace desktop devices.

Alienware: Alienware was founded in the USA in 1996. The European headquarters is located in Ireland. Alienware has been part of the Dell Group since 2006. The product range mainly focuses on gaming laptops and desktops, which are developed and manufactured by Dell. The trademark is a slightly futuristic design with an Alien as the logo. Additionally, workstations for private and business customers are sold.

As with every brand, there are also some points of criticism with Alienware. Some customers have complained about the high prices of the products, while others have criticized the quality of customer services. There have also been some reports of problems with the reliability and durability of some Alienware products. However, many customers have also had positive experiences with the brand and appreciate the powerful gaming computers.

85.88%: This is an above-average rating. Nevertheless, it should not be forgotten that about one fifth of all tested models receive a better rating.

» Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.