When shopping for a new laptop, one of the most difficult decisions is choosing between a graphical powerhouse or one that's more battery-efficient. Alienware makes that decision easier by releasing a laptop with changeable graphics cards. Sitting at home wanting to frag some kids in Quake 4? Just use the Nvidia graphics. But if you're looking for longer battery life, a flip of a switch and a reboot converts the laptop over to Intel graphics that are more battery-friendly. This laptop comes with the same high-end specs that you've come to expect from Alienware, and it only weighs in at six pounds. Stick that in your pipe and smoke it, Dell!

Alienware Area-51 m5500 [Digital Media Thoughts]

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