[Ian]

Hot Hardware have a review of the Alienware M14x Gaming Laptop, which should give users enough power to play games on the move:

There's something about the allure of a gaming notebook. Even mainstream users, not necessarily hellbent on frame rates and decked-out designs, can relate to a powerful notebook with striking good looks. It's no wonder that products like Asus' G73 series of notebooks and Alienware's M series, have been some of the most viewed pages of our mobile computing section here at HotHardware.com. Similarly, Dell's recent announcement that they were expanding the Alienware M series line, to flesh out 14-inch and 18-inch versions, was met with a fair bit of buzz as well. The 14" model especially caught our eye, striking a nice size and weight compromise between the soon to arrive 18" behemoth and the rather svelte M11x we looked at not long ago.

Read the review here.

[Silverhazesurfer]

I have always thought it a bit of an oxymoron when using the terms "gaming" and "laptop" in the same sentence.

[muckshifter]

Originally Posted by Silverhazesurfer

I have always thought it a bit of an oxymoron when using the terms "gaming" and "laptop" in the same sentence.

aye, never seen a laptop with a 26" screen, 24" would be nice, but then, what they gonna 'drive' it off.

[Silverhazesurfer]

Originally Posted by muckshifter

aye, never seen a laptop with a 26" screen, 24" would be nice, but then, what they gonna 'drive' it off.

with a screen that large, wouldn't you just want to buy a nice micro atx machine with a monitor that big? some of those have PCIe slots in them that will run a good graphics adapter.

[Ian]

Originally Posted by Silverhazesurfer

I have always thought it a bit of an oxymoron when using the terms "gaming" and "laptop" in the same sentence.

Haha, I almost said that exact same thing in the intro . My thoughts exactly!

[floppybootstomp]

For the record, I am in agreement with you gentlemen

The three games they chose to test the machine are, imo, all rubbish games although admittedly graphic rich games.

And unless you're playing something slow-paced I still can't see the point of gaming on a 14" screen. The idea of a notebook is portability, you can use it on a train or whatever, but gaming without a mouse is kinda like doing routine tasks without thumbs - awkward and tricky.

Admittedly a nice bit of kit but imo ultimately pointless as far as gaming's concerned.