Originally published June 26 2005
New Alienware Area-51m 7700 attracts gaming enthusiasts
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
The new Area-51m 7700 has a 3.0-GHz Intel Pentium 4 processor, uses 1 MB of Level 2 cache and an 800-MHz front side bus. The new computer, geared toward an audience of computer game enthusiasts, also offers plenty of memory capacity and storage.
Alienware Latest News about Alienware is not a traditional notebook manufacturer for business users.
While the company has made a name for itself by targeting this demographic, the company still does produce several machines designed for the world of professionalcomputing Latest News about computing.
The Area-51m 7700, on the other hand, is much more of a mobile desktop than a classic notebook.
For business users, both systems are capable of being customized to meet any business demand.
However, the 7700 has much more potential to serve as a mobileworkstation Latest News about Workstations than any other Alienware machine.
The CPU, which features Hyper-Threading technology, uses 1 MB of Level 2 cache and an 800-MHz frontside bus.
While this upgrade fills up all four DIMM slots, the system will ship with 2 GB of DDR2 memory.
The 7700 can host either of the following maxed-out setups: 200 GB of 5,400 RPM drives or 120 GB of 7,200 RPM drives.
This upgrade is one of the more expensive additions, costing $248, but it does provides the best performance and storage space of most notebooks.
Users can pick from one of two video cards for the 7700.
You can receive a 256-MB nVIDIA GeForce 6800 Go or a 256-MB ATI Latest News about ATI Mobility Radeon X800 -- both of which cost the same amount.
But the bottom line is user preference, as both cards include unique features.
Keep in mind, however, that neither graphics card Latest News about graphics card is designed specifically for mobile workstation use.
More video options are made available when selecting the actual laptop Latest News about laptop display, a key element of the system.
Alienware offers four total optical drive configurations, which include DVD writers, players and CD-RW drives.
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