Alienware Area-51 m9750 17-inch Notebook Released

World’s First Notebook to Combine NVIDIA SLI™ Technology and Intel Core™ 2 Duo Mobile Processors

Continuing to lead the charge in mobile innovation, Alienware – the leading manufacturer of high-performance desktop, notebook and professional systems – achieved another industry first with the Area-51 m9750 notebook. This breakthrough offering is the first 17″ notebook in the world to fuse the astounding graphics capabilities of dual 512MB NVIDIA GeForce Go 7950 GTX graphics cards with NVIDIA SLI technology and the blazing speed of Intel Core 2 Duo mobile processors, making the dream system of mobile gamers and entertainment enthusiasts a reality.

“As a ‘CNET Best of CES 2007’ winner, the new Area-51 m9750 builds upon the best-in-class performance that pulsates throughout Alienware’s mobile line by delivering the most powerful combination of graphics and processors ever seen in a 17″ notebook,” said Frank Azor, Senior Vice-President and General Manager for Alienware’s Worldwide Product Group. “Add to that a vast array of media capabilities, ample hard drive capacity and a head-turning design and you have a notebook destined for greatness among gamers and digital media enthusiasts.”

The Area-51 m9750 offers the following:

• Lightning-quick frame rates and standout image quality with dual NVIDIA GeForce Go 7950 GTX 512MB graphics cards with NVIDIA SLI technology.
• Multitasking to the max, thanks to the latest Intel Core 2 Duo mobile processors, which deliver 20 percent higher performance than previous-generation Intel Core Duo processors.
• The ability to store massive amounts of content, including games, TV programming, movies and music on dual hard drives packing up to 500GB of storage space.
• An abundance of multimedia features, including an ultra-sharp 17″ widescreen display with Clearview technology, an integrated webcam and an integrated TV tuner with full DVR functionality.
• Vivid Blu-ray Disc movie playback using NVIDIA PureVideo™ HD technology for 6x the detail of standard DVD movies.

“Alienware has created some of the most extreme gaming notebooks in the world with NVIDIA SLI technology and GeForce GPUs,” said Jeff Fisher, Senior Vice President of the GPU business unit at NVIDIA. “By combining these technologies with Intel Core 2 Duo processors, Alienware has again raised the bar for mobile HD entertainment.”

“World-class CPUs meet world-class graphics, making the Area-51 m9750 the must-have gaming notebook,” said Mooly Eden, Vice President and General Manager the Mobile Platforms Group at Intel. “With the performance of the Intel Core 2 Duo processor, you can have the fastest gaming notebook on the block, all in a system that is packaged to go.”

About Alienware
Alienware offers unique and award-winning technology products that incorporate state-of-the-art components, innovative engineering and design, and unprecedented customer service. Alienware has been recognized by INC 500, won the Shoppers’ Choice Award as the Best Performance Desktop by Computer Shopper’s reader survey, had its Alienware Area-51 ranked among “The 25 Greatest PCs of All Time” by PC World and also received PC Magazine’s Reader’s Choice Award in its 18th Annual Reader Survey. Alienware systems are available direct within the United States, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand. For more information, please visit http://www.alienware.com/m9750PR or call 1-800-ALIENWARE (254-3692).