A fairly staid design and a small performance bump leave the refreshed 16X Aurora tougher to recommend than last year's.

Decent performance for the price. Keyboard and touchpad are good, not great. Simple design aesthetic is nice. It has plenty of ports, including Ethernet. Display lacks color. Thick bezels and a tall ...

As rumors continue to swirl about OpenAI’s work on a personalized smart speaker and other hardware, the company is today rolling out its first branded device. The $230 Codex Micro is a specialized, ...

Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. When I first heard about a budget-friendly Alienware laptop, I was beyond excited. What was I expecting? A distinctly Alienware product at an ...

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Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. Are laptops the new desktops? Dell’s highest-end gaming laptops go head to head with desktop power — and with the exorbitant cost of RAM and ...

RTX 5090 delivers outstanding 3D performance 18-inch display is massive and fast CherryMX mechanical keyboard is awesome Dazzling RGB lighting is everywhere RAM and storage can be upgraded after ...

Alienware’s new Arrow Lake-HX gaming laptops are finally on sale, bringing anti-glare OLED back to the lineup and pushing deeper into premium territory. Alienware has launched refreshed gaming laptops ...

CES 2026 has always been the stage for many new technologies to be release, as well as those that are still under development. An example of which is what Lenovo unveiled during their showcase, which ...

Dell’s Alienware laptops tend to be high-performance notebooks with designs that unmistakably scream “this is a gaming laptop.” But rival PC makers like Asus, Razer, and Acer have been demonstrating ...

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 ...

Gaming laptops are an interesting market, and there are a ton of great options to choose from. The Alienware 16X Aurora is just one of them, and it’s the smaller cousin to the Alienware 18 Area-51 I ...