Alienware MJ-12 m7700a

If you have never heard of Alienware computers then you have been missing out. Alienware builds some of the best performing computers you will find anywhere. These are definitely not your average Dell or HP computers and laptops. They are built to look cool as well as perform. They build just about any type of computer and laptop you could want but their real bread and butter are their gaming PCs.

I came across this Alienware laptop the other day when browsing the Alienware website. The MJ-12 m7700a is basically a full blown desktop packed in to a laptop case. It features dual-core AMD Opteron and Athlon 64 FX-60 processors to handle any task you can throw at it. It has a PCI Express-powered NVIDIA Quadro graphics card for all the latest games. The MJ-12 m7700 will support dual SATA drives in RAID configurations. We are talking over 200GB of hard drive space in this bad boy. But that is not all, this laptop also supports dual optical drives so you can have a CD-RW/DVD and a DVD R/W in this baby.

A 17 inch WideUXGA 1920x1200 or WideXGA+ 1440x900 LCD is available and front stereo speakers allow you to hear all the action. This laptop is definitely not for users who are looking for a light compact laptop. Its starting weight is 10lbs and increases as you load it up with all the features.

Here are all the technical specifications:
Operating Systems

* Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional Edition

Processors

* AMD Opteron 1xx Series Processor(s) (1.6 GHz - 2.6 GHz with 800MHz FSB & 1MB Cache)
* AMD Athlon 64 Processors (512KB L2 cache; 1MB L2 cache)

Chipset

* VIA K8T890+VT8237A

Graphics & Video

* NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800 Ultra w/ 256MB DDR3
* NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800 w/ 256MB DDR3
* NVIDIA GeForce Go 7800 GTX
* NVIDIA Quadro FX Go 1400

Memory

* Starting at 256MB DDR SDRAM at 400MHz
* 2 dedicated SO-DIMM slots for Dual-Channel DDR Memory

Storage

* Externally accessible and easily removable:
o Dual bays for Optical Drives
o Primary and Secondary Hard-Drives

I/O Ports

* Externally accessible:

Parallel:
One parallel port
Serial:
One serial port
Video:
One DVI connector
TV-out:
One S-Video out connector
TV-In:
Video-IN Ports (TV-Tuner required, not included)
Keyboard:
One PS/2 connection
Mouse:
One PS/2 connection
IEEE 1394:
Two IEEE 1394a (4-pin) ports
USB:
4 Hi-speed USB 2.0 ports
Headphone:
1 headphone jack
Audio:
5.1 channel out (S/PDIF) / Line-in, Microphone in
Network:
Integrated Gigabit Ethernet RJ-45
Modem:
Integrated 56K V.92 modem RJ-11
Infrared:
Infrared port for Data transfer

* Internally accessible:
o Primary IDE Channel
o Secondary IDE
o Dual SATA 150 connectors

Slots

* One PCMCIA Single-slot ACPI Card Bus (Type II)
* 7-in-1 Memory Card Reader (SD/ MS/ MMC)

Case & Chassis

* Exclusive Alienware Design and Color
* Dimensions (H x W x D): 2.1” x 15.6” x 11.7”

LCD Panel

* 17” WideUXGA 1920x1200 LCD Display
* 17” WideXGA+ 1440x900 LCD Display

Power

* Primary Battery: 12 Cells, 6600 mAH
* 220Watt Auto-Switch 220/110 AC Adapter