Dan Ackerman leads CNET's coverage of computers and gaming hardware. A New York native and former radio DJ, he's also a regular TV talking head and the author of "The Tetris Effect" ...

Picking a gaming laptop is a difficult task these days: machines can be found in all shapes and sizes, from pricey thin-and-lights to oversized behemoths. That wide selection is a good thing, allowing ...

Alienware is a gaming giant, and makes some of the best hardware on the market, and that even includes things like gaming chairs. In fact, Alienware makes some of the best gaming laptops, gaming PCs, ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. is an editor covering deals and gaming hardware. He joined in 2018, and after a two-year stint at Polygon, he ...

Alienware and XPS are both premium brands in Dell’s lineup, but in the past, they couldn’t have been more aesthetically different. In 2023, however, Dell has introduced a redesign of the Alienware x14 ...

Alienware is the Porsche of the gaming world. This is a backhanded compliment – the company’s desktops, laptops, and gaming monitors often look stunning and perform well, but they’re clearly not ...

Solid gaming performance. Really bright, 240-Hz display. Convenient ports in the back. Responsive touchpad. Battery life is decent. Keyboard and palm rests get warm. Cheaper gaming laptops perform ...

While parent company Dell is doing a big rebrand of its entire PC portfolio, at CES 2025 Alienware is sort of returning to its roots by bringing back the classic Area-51 name back for its new flagship ...

The Alienware 16 Aurora is a budget-focused 16-inch gaming laptop. At $1,499, however, the price is just too high: This machine makes many compromises, from the CPU to the display and the surprising ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Anshel Sag is an industry analyst covering XR, 5G, mobile and PCs. Alienware designed the m16 R2 gaming laptop with one thing in ...

OLED monitors are incredibly prolific, so much so that it’s easy to forget they weren’t really a thing just five years ago. The Alienware AW3423WF was arguably the monitor that changed that, but it’s ...

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