Dell Unveils Pair of Alienware Area-51 Laptops

[TheLostSwede]

The mobile cavalry has landed with the introduction of Area-51 laptops. These 18-inch and 16-inch laptops have an acute focus on power, performance and innovative engineering in a new otherworldly design language. Like its desktop counterpart, Area-51 laptops are an expression of maximum performance that cater to gamers seeking the preeminent gaming experience.

Armed to the nines with next-gen high-performance technology and enveloped in our brand-new industrial design, Area-51 symbolizes the next act for Alienware.

• Elite Performance: Area-51 unleashes 280 W of power on next-gen NVIDIA graphics and a next-gen Intel Ultra CPU - this is the upper limit of performance on any gaming laptop, period.
• Robust Thermals: A new intricate thermal architecture enables Area-51 to move up to 35% more air through the system while being 15% quieter.
• Sophisticated Design: Area-51 laptop design exudes a mysterious identity that invokes curiosity while elevating comfort and functionality.

New Design Language Inspired by Extraterrestrial Phenomena
The brand-new Area-51 laptops are designed to evoke a sense of mystery and transcendence that is distinctly alien. They represent the next step in our ever-evolving design journey and mark a new era for Alienware. Dubbed AW30, this new design language takes inspiration from extraterrestrial phenomena, including the Aurora Borealis, more commonly referred to as the Northern Lights.

This calls forward a more serene, ethereal and sophisticated experience that can adapt to your surroundings.

• New Liquid Teal finish on the anodized aluminium gives the system a dark iridescent sheen that shifts colors when light is absorbed.
• Translucent thermal shelf located on the rear is illuminated by gradient, AlienFX lighting animations that imitate the unpredictable motions of the Aurora Borealis. In this spirit, lighting is now used on the surfaces as opposed to being a graphic element.
• New signature Aurora lighting effect serves as a boot up animation interacting with all AlienFX lighting zones and is accompanied by a new startup sound effect.
• Clear Gorilla Glass window on the underside of the laptop provides a view into the inner-workings of the machine, paying homage to a retro-futuristic design.
• RGB fans cast an underglow through the clear window and up through the keyboard deck for added ambiance.
• Zero Hinge design delivers a cleaner, sleeker exterior that features fluid contours and clean lines.

Unmatched Performance
Area-51 supports the highest total power ceiling in a gaming laptop, pushing the limit by dedicating up to 175 W of total graphics power (TGP) and up to a 105 W thermal design profile (TDP) toward processors simultaneously. Powered by top-shelf, next-gen NVIDIA graphics and up to an Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX CPU, this 280 W in total package power (TPP) is the budget sum that you can use to drive your games, creation, hobbies and productivity apps.

Alienware engineers have upgraded our laptop design with a more advanced Cryo-tech thermal architecture to unlock newfound levels of performance, cooling and airflow. Managing airflow, fan speed, module design and thermal interface material are core parts of this approach. Compared to previous Alienware laptops, the new Area-51 laptops move up to 37% more air through the system while being 15% quieter.

Today's world empowers us to multitask at a level only previously imagined in fiction. This requires high-speed memory to store calculations for the processor. To achieve that, Area-51 offers XMP (Extreme Memory Profile) memory at speeds of up to 7200 MT/s scaling higher than ever on an Alienware laptop. So, yes, you can do more, faster.



As the bedrock for all the data from Windows to your games to your most precious archives, Area-51 are the first Alienware laptops to support Gen 5 Solid State Drives (SSDs). This is the latest in storage technology and it delivers the most amount of data throughput per watt. That means the hardware alone gets you performance and efficiency in everything you do. When combined with Microsoft DirectStorage technology, now the GPU can directly access SSDs which makes games run even faster than ever before. Now configurable with up 12 TB of Storage.

Area-51 includes technology advancements chosen to make your everyday life synonymous with high performance even when you're not gaming, competing, or creating.

Pricing and Availability

• Availability: First available later in Q1 with select configurations. Additional graphics options and configurations will arrive later including the entry configuration.
• Launch Configuration Price: ~$3,199 (w/ a high-end, next-gen, NVIDIA GPU)
• Entry Configuration Price: ~$1,999

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[john_]

and a next-gen Intel Ultra CPU

 

[Prima.Vera]

I have 2 problems with this:
1. The overly retarded brand name, which no self respecting mature business man would buy;
2. the price

 

[TheLostSwede]

I have 2 problems with this:
1. The overly retarded brand name, which no self respecting mature business man would buy;
2. the price

These are for kids...

 

[Prima.Vera]

The fact that they have the crappiest Intel CPU's inside them, with no specification about the GPU also, any sane person would see this as DOA products, and it's not even a contest.

 

[Phayzon]

with no specification about the GPU also

Did you expect Dell to leak a product lineup Nvidia hasn't announced yet?

 

[JIWIL]

That mysterious identity is exuding functionality all over my elevated curiosity, invoking sarcasm.

 

[lexluthermiester]

Did you expect Dell to leak a product lineup Nvidia hasn't announced yet?

They could offer RTX4000 series GPU's until the 5000s hit. Wouldn't have been the first time they did that.

That mysterious identity is exuding functionality all over my elevated curiosity, invoking sarcasm.

Wait, what now?

I have 2 problems with this:
1. The overly retarded brand name, which no self respecting mature business man would buy;
2. the price

I'd buy one. The 18" model is tempting me greatly. I've had an 18.4" model before and I miss it. Big enough to be useful, small enough to be portable.

 

[_JP_]

I have 2 problems with this:
1. The overly retarded brand name, which no self respecting mature business man would buy;
2. the price

It was the mid-90's when they came about! Everything was Xtreme or space-futuristic, regarding tech.
The concept was, "a computer like this must be from out of this world!". But mostly, only the price is. Though they did have some cool chassis in the early '00s.