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Alienware has been around for 30 years, if you can believe it. And to celebrate its anniversary for CES 2025, the company has announced a gargantuan Area-51 desktop, along with two monster Area-51 ...

For 2025, Alienware revived its iconic Area-51 name and gave it an all-new design and flagship components. (Sam Rutherford for Engadget) Alienware is at its best when it makes no-holds-barred gaming ...

You’ll be able to freely upgrade the 2025 Area-51 gaming PC — and maybe future ones as well. You’ll be able to freely upgrade the 2025 Area-51 gaming PC — and ...

Dell took the opportunity at CES to announce a major branding refresh. The Inspiron, Latitude, and XPS lines are out, and Dell, Dell Pro, and Dell Pro Max lines are in. On the other hand, Alienware, ...

The Alienware Area-51 desktop PC, a line of high-end gaming rigs dating back to 1998, has returned after several years out of the game. The company announced the new model at CES 2025, describing the ...

Alienware has unveiled new Area-51 gaming laptops at CES 2026 with RTX 5090 graphics, 240Hz anti-glare OLED displays, Intel Core Ultra 200HX processors, and a new Cryo-Chamber thermal design for ...

I am the first to admit that I am only a casual gamer with not a lot of time to dedicate to gaming. So something like the Alienware 18 Area-51 is absolutely too much firepower for me. But, holy cow! I ...

The Alienware Area-51 (AAT2250) is quite something. Its monstrous size and weight may make it a lot to deal with, but it also moves away from some of the chaotic proprietary componentry that made ...