I started with CNET reviewing laptops in 2009. Now I explore wearable tech, VR/AR, tablets, gaming and future/emerging trends in our changing world. Other obsessions include magic, immersive theater, ...

In the M11x, gamers finally have a fully capable notebook that’s easily portable and offers great battery life. If you’re a PC gamer sick of lugging around an 8- to 10-pound monster with awful battery ...

Some people are lusting after the sleek, stylish iPad. But the only portable gadget in my heart right now is the Alienware M11x netbook, a computer that's about as refined and subtle and awesome as a ...

Dell’s promise: that the Alienware M11x is the “most powerful 11-inch gaming laptop” around. And they’re right! It’s hard to imagine packing much more oomph into such a portable frame. Then again, ...

What's Hot: Good feature and performance to price ratio. Excellent build quality and mature design. Many configurable options. Good CPU and GPU temperatures. Has both Thunderbolt 3 and Alienware ...

Gaming laptops are often an oxymoron, a device that either is too expensive or too big to really be a laptop or a computer too underpowered to play games. But Dell and Alienware have been for years ...

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Generally speaking, mechanical keyboards are usually only the domain of desktop PC gamers. While they're more of a rarity on gaming laptops, Alienware is doing what it can to change that, today ...

It's usually pretty straightforward: an 11.6-inch notebook will deliver battery life but lack grunt, while a larger machine is more likely to pack performance at the expense of liberty from a power ...

Short version: It’s not an all-in-one gaming solution, but for under $1000 it’s a sleek and relatively powerful machine with a few compelling features. Hope you like LEDs. One of the things you ...