At CES 2026, Alienware announced a complete refresh of its gaming laptop lineup. The company brought back the Area-51 name ...

Alienware 16X Aurora and Area-51 gaming laptops win at CES 2026, featuring OLED screens, Intel Ultra 200HX, and RTX 5090 GPUs ...

When sitting side by side, Dell's two midrange gaming laptops, the Alienware 16 Aurora and 16X Aurora, are nearly indistinguishable. Each features a roomy, 16-inch, 2.5K IPS display wrapped in a ...

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 ...

TL;DR: Alienware revives its Aurora gaming laptop line with the affordable Alienware 16 Aurora and 16X Aurora, featuring Intel Core Series 2 processors and up to GeForce RTX 5070 GPUs. Both offer high ...

The Alienware 16X Aurora has Intel Core Ultra processor, up to an RTX 5070 GPU, and a reduced-glare OLED screen.

But for now, its Area-51 and Aurora 16X laptops are getting new anti-glare OLED display options.

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 ...

After relaunching its Area-51 brand with a new 16-inch laptop in 2025, Alienware is teasing two new laptops at CES 2026 in an ...

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 ...

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