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Pros

  • Striking design; has scads of ports

Cons

  • Expensive; poor battery life

At A Glance

This beefy desktop replacement has lots of ports, a striking blue design, and top-notch performance offset by poor battery li

The Specs

Pricing
Inventory Number 24990
Processor
Processor type Athlon 64 X2 4800+
Processor speed 2400.0 MHz
Memory
Memory size 1000.0 MB
Memory type DDR-SDRAM (DDRRAM)
Memory speed 400.0 MHz
Display
Display size 17.0 inches
Resolution 1440 x 900 pixels
Vertical Resolution 900
External Monitor Interface Discrete
Graphics
Graphics Type Discrete
Primary Graphics Chipset nVidia GeForce Go 7800 GTX
Storage
Drive size 160.0 GB
Floppy Drive No
Other storage
  • SmartMedia
  • xD-Picture Card
  • SD Card
  • Memory Stick
Battery
Battery Type Lithium ion
Vendor Rated Battery life 136.0 hours
Standard Number of Batteries 1
Number of Included Batteries 1
Ports and Connections
Microphone input Yes
Composite Video Ports Yes
Available Interfaces
  • A/V (Composite)
  • Audio - Headphone Out (1/8" Mini)
  • Audio - Microphone In (1/8" Mini)
  • FireWire Port (x2)
  • Infrared
  • Keyboard/Mouse - 6 pin mini-DIN
  • Mini PCI Port
  • Serial Port
  • USB - Universal Serial Bus Port (x4)
  • Video - S-Video
Ethernet Type 10/100/1000 Mbps
Firewire 2
Headphone Jack Yes
Wireless connection 802.11 a/b/g
Bluetooth No
Slots
  • SmartMedia
  • xD-Picture Card
  • SD Card
  • Memory Stick
PC Card Slots 1
Dimensions
Width 15.6 inches
Depth 11.7 inches
Height 2.3 inches
Weight with Accessories 15.8 pounds
Weight 15.8 pounds
Sound
Speakers Stereo
Storage Media
SD card Yes
Memory stick Memory Stick
XD picture card 1
Smart media Yes
Included Software
Included Software Nero Burning ROM
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Other Features
Docking Station Port No
Devices Phone Cord
Input devices Touchpad
Pointing Device Touchpad
Other Hardware Alienware mouse pad
Hardware List
  • Notebook
  • battery
  • optical drive
Case
Multipurpose Bay n/a

Performance

Battery
Battery Life (Office Applications) 1:36  (hh:mm)
Multitasking
World Bench 6 Multitasking 452
Gaming
Far Cry, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit 105.74  Frames per second (higher is better)
Doom 3, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit 87.13  Frames per second (higher is better)
Performance
World Bench 5 Score 106
World Bench 5 Rating Superior
Number of Included Batteries 1
Mozilla 369
ACD Systems ACDSee 531
Discreet 3ds Max OpenGL 279
Adobe Photoshop 322
Discreet 3ds Max DirectX 256
Windows Media Encoder 295
Ahead Nero 502
Musicmatch Jukebox 449
Adobe Premiere 390
Roxio VideoWave 259
WinZip 357
Microsoft Office XP 537

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