No more gaming for Dell, Alienware replace with M17x Notebook

People have always wondered what will happen with the XPS line of computers now that Dell owns Alienware. Well today the answer is out. Dell are now going to use their now owned Alienware brand for its official gaming face of the company.

With Alienware hinting to all of us that a new gaming laptop is on its way, the anouncement was not going to be made public for a few more days. PC World although have recieved all the details on this beast, and it is huge!

The M17x notebook features a 17″ LCD Screen and will start from $1,799. Of course you can upgrade though to dual 1gb nVidia GeForce GTX280M graphics cards.

PC World have listed the below specs to be announced…

• A single 1GB nVidia GeForce GTX260M GPU (upgradable to dual 1GB nVidia GeForce GTX 280M GPUs for your sweet high-end graphic needs)
• An Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4GHz P8600 CPU (upgradable to a Core 2 Extreme Quad-Core CPU)
• 4GB of RAM (Up to 8GB of 1333MHz DDR3 RAM)
• A 250GB 7200-rpm hard drive (upgradable to a 1TB 7200-rpm or to 512MB of solid-state storage capacity [Raid 1 or Raid 0]; users can swap out hard drives by removing the battery)
• A slot-loading DVD-RW drive (upgradable to dual-layer Blu-ray Disc)
• A nine-cell battery
• An nVidia GeForce 9400M G GPU with HybridPower technology (the big bonus here on the motherboard helps you get decent scaled-down graphics when you don’t need the dual-card megaton firepower; it kicks in when plugged into AC power)
• 802.11n Wi-Fi
• An optional 1920-by-1200-resolution edge-to-edge LCD

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