Once upon a time, having a laptop with any gaming credibility meant you had a 10-pound beast that looked and sounded more like an air conditioning unit than a portable PC. With the advances in mobile ...

The model on sale today foregoes the pricier Core i7 processor -- which does little for gaming performance -- and instead keeps costs down with a (still Ivy Bridge) Core i5-3210M dual-core chip.

Dell's modern Alienware gaming laptops are powerful and cool-looking machines, but they have a reputation of being hefty and expensive. That may soon change. At CES 2026 Monday, the American tech ...