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Alienware M9700

Alienware M9700
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alaScore 81

30 reviews

May, 2024

alaTest has collected and analyzed 30 reviews of Alienware M9700. The average rating for this product is 3.9/5, compared to an average rating of 4.0/5 for other products in the same category for all reviews. Reviewers are impressed by the usability and image quality. The screen and design also get good opinions, whereas many are negative about the keyboard and battery.

performance, design, screen, image quality, usability

portability, price, touchpad, battery, keyboard

We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other products in the same category the Alienware M9700 is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 81/100 = Very good quality.

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Expert review by : Donald Melanson (engadget.com)

Alienware Aurora m9700 laptop reviewed

 

Hot Hardware had the envious position of being able to test out one of Alienware's latest gaming laptops, the SLI-enabled Aurora m9700. As you would expect, the system performed really well, thanks to the dual NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS 256MB graphics...

Jun, 2006
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Expert review by : Cisco Cheng (pcmag.com)

Alienware Aurora m9700

 

The acid-green Alienware Aurora m9700 comes with SLI nVidia graphics that can't be beat. But its lack of a dual-core processor may hamper its overall performance.

I ; like the green, but you might feel differently. SLI graphics. Plenty of RAM. Full-fledged Media Center.

Single-core processor. Noisy mouse buttons.

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Dec, 2006
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Expert review by : big_greasy_taco (NotebookReview.com)

Alienware M9700 Review

 

First and foremost, Alienware makes a very attractive computer. From the glowing alien head to the high gloss paint, you know you have a beast on your hands. As I said, almost every component is upgradable. Here is the configuration I opted for, the...

Gorgeous design ; Sli technology ; Stunning screen and resolution ; The Alienware brand name

Price ; Shipping costs ; Touchpad ; Battery life on the short side ; Single core processor

The Alienware M9700 is a full featured, high performance gaming notebook. It has handled every program I have thrown at it with ease, with only one GPU enabled mind you (Windows Vista does not support SLI graphics yet, a driver will be along shortly)....

May, 2007
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Expert review by : J. Simon Leitner (notebookcheck.net)

Review Alienware Aurora m9700 Notebook

 

Watch out 17 inch WUXGA Display, maximum resolution 1920x1200 Pix ...

Robust case, A variety of interfaces and their order, Flashy design, color can be selected, High resolution display with good contrast, Top graphical performance, Fast hard disk, Good sound system with a variety of ports

Smaller weaknesses in workmanship, Unergonomic position of the keyboard, Floating properties of the touch pad, The display's moderate brightness and stability to the vantage point, High temperature and noise emissions, Low battery runtime

In total the Alienware Aurora m9700 impressed us. What would Mr. Spock call it: "Faszinating…" - and he is right

Dec, 2006
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Expert review by : Shane McGlaun (i4u.com)

Alienware Aurora m9700 SLI Review

 

Dell purchased Alienware, as many computer fans know, not so long ago. Everyone wondered if the Dell acquisition would dilute the performance-oriented nature of the Alienware brand. Up for review today is Alienware's Aurora m9700 17” SLI notebook...

Nov, 2006
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Expert review by : Barry Gerber and Shelton Romhanyi (tomsguide.com)

Alienware's Aurora m9700 SLI Notebook Rocks

 

Alienware is known for cool and powerful graphics notebooks. The fast and great looking Aurora m9700 does nothing to harm the company's reputation.

Nov, 2006
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Expert review by : Rafael Rios (techwarelabs.com)

Alienware M9700

 

With the m9700, Alienware introduces its' first SLI notebook for all gaming enthusiasts. The m9700 that Techwarelabs received came equiped with an AMD Turion 64 Mobile Processor ML44 at 2.4GHz 800MHz front side bus and 1MB of L2 Cache (we will discuss...

The Alienware m9700 as configured for Techwarelabs review is very powerful, even with the AMD Turion 64 single processor made for laptops. The SLI gaming performance of this laptop rivals those of desktop systems quite easily. The SLI performance,...

Oct, 2006
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Expert review by : Jonathan Hung (pcper.com)

Alienware Aurora m9700 Notebook with SLI and RAID

 

Alienware is the first to market with a SLI and RAID capable notebook.Is the premium price of the Aurora m9700 worth the extra features or are we better off sticking to a desktop for gaming in SLI?

Oct, 2006
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Expert review by : TechSpot (techspot.com)

Alienware Aurora m9700 SLI laptop review

 

So is Alienware lying then, or is there something wrong with the Aurora m9700 SLI configuration? I do not believe Alienware is lying, and I do not believe there is anything wrong with the Aurora m9700. SLI is working correctly as I proved with the FSAA...

Aug, 2006
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Expert review by : Sean Pelletier (hothardware.com)

Alienware Aurora m9700

 

With the advent of NVIDIA's SLI technology in 2004, gaming performance on the desktop was dramatically increased which allowed users to run games at higher resolutions with more image quality enhancements. Unfortunately for mobile users, the notebook...

Overall, it is hard to be anything but impressed by Alienware's latest gaming notebook. The Aurora m9700 is the world's first 17" SLI capable notebook and offers an unprecedented level of performance. Until Intel's Conroe comes out, AMD is the gaming...

Jun, 2006
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