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In pictures: the Alienware 'Area 52' roadshow
Alienware has an Airstream caravan chock-full of its latest laptops and PCs to show off, and it's touring it around Australia. We got a chance to take a quick peek -- it's in Sydney at the moment, in Circular Quay.
Straying into desktop replacement territory is the chunky Alienware M17x -- we reviewed [[artnid:259209|a similar, albeit now obsolete, model]] a few years ago and we were very impressed with its power and style.
Alienware has an Airstream caravan chock-full of its latest laptops and PCs to show off, and it's touring it around Australia. We got a chance to take a quick peek -- it's in Sydney at the moment, in Circular Quay.
You can also sit down and try your hand at Need For Speed: Shift 2 on an Alienware system and Logitech driving wheel.
There's also a [[artnid:305199|flatscreen TV]] stuck to the wall of the Airstream, showing Alienware promotional videos.
The Alienware Area 52 Airstream will be touring around Australia -- it's in Sydney at the moment from the 19th to the 21st of July, sitting under the train tracks at Circular Quay. For more dates, check out the [[xref:http://www.youtube.com/AlienwareAustralia|Alienware Australia]] YouTube channel.
It's definitely stretching the use of the word 'portable', but we have a soft spot for the behemoth that is the Alienware M18x. Its 18.4in, 1080p display looks great, it's got bucketloads of power and there's plenty of space to rest your wrists.
The [[artnid:391075|Alienware M11x]] is the company's smallest notebook, but it packs in a hell of a lot of power. It might be a fair bit heavier than a netbook, but its [[artnid:373950|Sandy Bridge]] Core i7 CPU means it has just as much processing grunt as a full-size laptop.
One step up in size is the Alienware M14x. It's still reasonably portable but has even more power and customisation options than the smaller M11x.
There's Intel branding all over the Alienware Area 52 Airstream, and each laptop is set up and running a video game to show off its graphics and processing power.