Alienware Area-51 m5500

I really like the new fad that laptop makers are getting into with the two graphics cards, one integrated, good enough only for day to day word processing and whatnot, while a second video card included is good enough for most of todays computer games. Laptop Magazine looks at such a machine from Alienware, and in my opinion it is their usual highly-expensive equipment.

the m5500 is among the first to offer dual graphics cards. The idea is to let gamers get in a few rounds of Battlefield 2 with Nvidia’s GPU, and then switch over to Intel graphics to save some battery life for everyday tasks like surfing the Web or checking e-mail. Is this multiple-personality portable worth almost two grand?

In the end they give the nearly $2000 US machine a four out of five, missing out on the last point mostly because of its price, and that the video card switch requires a full reboot of the system.

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