If You Just Gotta Have One Now - Alienware Area-51 M5550

Posted on August 6, 2007 at 11:10 am (PST)

Some manufacturers are having some difficulties shipping their hottest machines (cough, Dell, cough), but Alienware will ship you a mediocre, moderately configured Area-51 M5550 "Quick Ship" version. It’s nothing to get that excited about, with no Santa Rosa, a T7200 Core 2 Duo, ATI Mobility Radeon X1400 (not the best performer), 2Gb RAM, a 15.4" LCD, typical optical drive, and a 160GB HDD. Pricing is $1,699, and they’re promising a 48-hour shipping time. So, if you’re will to trade time for performance (something of a contradiction, if you think about it), here’s you’re deal.