Alienware Notebook Laptops

Designed for gaming and equally ideal for video work and other demanding applications, Alienware® notebooks balance high-speed processing with high-tech graphics acceleration to create powerful, effective notebook computers. Their large screens and dedicated drivers deliver high-resolution images that are perfect for first-person shooter gaming and detailed image work alike. Bigger cooling systems, which are especially powerful in the larger Alienware 18 series, as well as long battery lives, encourage mobile gaming and allow work from remote locations that may not have available power ports.

Alienware Notebooks Feature Fast Processors
The first purpose of the Alienware brand is gaming. Many modern video games require high-speed processors to manage the demanding programs, as well as dedicated graphics drivers to handle detailed video output. These machines split these tasks between two processors, allowing the CPU to focus on background applications while the video driver delivers totally immersive images. All this power also has other applications. The impressive CPU in an Alienware laptop makes it a natural for video work and as well as memory-hungry, brute force security checking. The graphics accelerators encourage detailed work on high-resolution static images and allow smooth editing of video content.

Alienware Notebooks Are Portable
Portability is the major advantage of notebook computers, which is why these devices tend to be lightweight and easy to use from anywhere. The smaller Alienware 14 units make relatively gentle demands on the batteries, which last up to three hours without a charge. The processors in the high-end Alienware 18 products, however, encourage steady charging, as users receive only about 90 minutes of time while the machines are free of charging cords.

Sizing Up Alienware Notebooks
Alienware gaming laptops fall into three major classes, designated according to screen size. The Alienware 14s have 14-inch screens, the 17s have 17-inch screens, and anything over 18 inches goes under the Alienware 18 designation. As a rule, the bigger the Alienware notebook, the more impressive its performance. The larger devices have more powerful processors and bigger hard drives. The heftier machines also sometimes have additional accessories, such as a built-in Blu-ray™ drive. This comes at a cost in performance, however, as the 18s run hotter than the smaller notebooks and exhaust their batteries sooner.

What Makes Alienware Notebooks Special?
Alienware machines occupy the market niche for high-end gaming computers. From the start, the major consideration in their design has been fast performance for games and videos. Other laptops may strike a balance between speed and storage space, battery life, and cost, but Alienware leans hard toward the performance side of the spectrum and always has.

Who Makes Alienware Notebooks?
Dell manufactures the Alienware brand and has since 1996. This relationship not only allows Alienware designers to build their machines to be compatible with Dell components, but it also puts Alienware machines under Dell's warranty and customer service protection, giving all notebook owners a designated place to inquire with questions and concerns.

What Operating Systems Do Alienware Notebooks Use?
Dell ships Alienware laptops with the current version of Windows­­® as the default operating system, but the machines do work with other systems. One of the more popular alternatives to Windows is a Linux™-based system called SteamOS, an operating system optimized for gaming.