Alienware M18x Laptop
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The best mobile gaming experience in the universe
Get the edge on your enemies with Alienware’s most powerful mobile graphics.
Operating system: Windows® 7 Home Premium.
Mind-blowing visuals: Crank up your in-game settings (AA/AF/Shadows) to get the most vivid and intense visuals you’ve ever seen, with up to 4GB of GDDR5 graphics memory*.
Total Graphics Supremacy: Compromise is for losers. Crush the competition with NVIDIA® SLI® or AMD® CrossFireX™ dual graphics technology.
See and Slay: Catch every detail on the WLED backlit 18.4" screen and select the optional Full HD (1920x1080) display — the biggest and best available on any Alienware™ laptop.
Operating system: Windows® 7 Home Premium.
Mind-blowing visuals: Crank up your in-game settings (AA/AF/Shadows) to get the most vivid and intense visuals you’ve ever seen, with up to 4GB of GDDR5 graphics memory*.
Total Graphics Supremacy: Compromise is for losers. Crush the competition with NVIDIA® SLI® or AMD® CrossFireX™ dual graphics technology.
See and Slay: Catch every detail on the WLED backlit 18.4" screen and select the optional Full HD (1920x1080) display — the biggest and best available on any Alienware™ laptop.
Relentless power
Operating System: Windows® 7 Professional
Relentless power
Overclocked to Overpower: Overpower your online enemies by upgrading to a factory-overclocked Intel® Quad Core™ i7 Extreme CPU to 4.0 GHz featuring Intel® Turbo Boost Technology 2.0 for powerful performance and lightning speeds.
Relentless power
Memory Monster: The Alienware M18x laptop comes locked and loaded with up to 32GB of DDR3 RAM* at speeds up to 1600MHz for monstrous multitasking madness.
Relentless power
New Hybrid Hard Drives: It's a win-win situation for every gamer: the SSD performance you crave, with the HDD capacity you need. Are you looking for the colossus of hard drive options? Select an optional dual RAID 0 configuration for extreme performance.
One-stop Gaming and Entertainment Center
Go beyond gaming! Whether you want to watch movies, listen to music or connect with friends, Alienware M18x lets you turn your gaming laptop into a home theater system, anytime you please.
Watch, Play, Connect: Hook up any compatible device with an HDMI output to your Alienware M18x.
Level-Up Your TV: Enjoy surreal 3D gaming by connecting to a compatible 3D TV via HDMI 1.4. 3D viewing requires additional equipment, sold separately*.
Big Sound, Small Speakers: Get more immersive gaming than you ever expected from a laptop with audio powered by Klipsch®. Or, wake the neighbors with support for up to 7.1 Surround Sound Audio.
Wicked Wireless: Connect to your friends with the optional Ultimate-N 6300 wireless 802.11 a/b/g/n Wi-Fi adapter capable of 2.4GHz and 5.2Ghz* dual-band connectivity — delivering up to 450Mbps bandwidth for extra-stellar results in gaming and streaming video*.
Watch, Play, Connect: Hook up any compatible device with an HDMI output to your Alienware M18x.
Level-Up Your TV: Enjoy surreal 3D gaming by connecting to a compatible 3D TV via HDMI 1.4. 3D viewing requires additional equipment, sold separately*.
Big Sound, Small Speakers: Get more immersive gaming than you ever expected from a laptop with audio powered by Klipsch®. Or, wake the neighbors with support for up to 7.1 Surround Sound Audio.
Wicked Wireless: Connect to your friends with the optional Ultimate-N 6300 wireless 802.11 a/b/g/n Wi-Fi adapter capable of 2.4GHz and 5.2Ghz* dual-band connectivity — delivering up to 450Mbps bandwidth for extra-stellar results in gaming and streaming video*.
Command and Customize
Control and personalize your system from the user-friendly Alienware Command Center.
 AlienFX™ Lighting Controls: Show your attitude! Choose from an array of color and transition effects and assign them to distinct zones, including the keyboard, touchpad and more. |  AlienFusion™ Power Management: You decide when you need maximum performance, or when to scale back power for less intensive applications. |
 AlienTouch™ Touchpad Controls: Customize your touchpad’s sensitivity to prevent accidental contact, and activate virtual scrolling to enable vertical and horizontal scrolling with just a touch. |  AlienTactX™ Macro Key Controls: Let your keys do the clobbering. M18x comes with 5 programmable keyboard keys, for up to 15 distinct functions per application. |
Pre-Loaded and Ready to Own: Steam®, the popular digital distribution gaming software, can be pre-installed on your Alienware M18x laptop. Opt to have Eve Online, the popular sci-fi MMO, preinstalled as well so you can stop wasting time and start playing!
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