http://www.macnn.com/ MacNN is the leading source for news about Apple and the Mac industry. It offers news, reviews, discussion, tips, troubleshooting, links, and reviews every day. The best place for Mac News. Period. en-us http://images.macnn.com/images/macnn-logo-bw.gif http://www.macnn.com/ http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/23/intel.core.i7.mobile.now.official/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0909/intelseanmaloney.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Intel at its second Developer Forum keynote officially unveiled its first Core i7 processors for notebooks. Once codenamed Clarksfield, the quad-core processors share the same Nehalem architecture and 45 nanometer process as the desktop part but are designed to consume much less power, although more at peak than the Core 2 Quad. The top-end Core i7 Extreme consumes 55W where regular quad Core i7... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/23/intel.core.i7.mobile.now.official/ Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:05:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/23/alienware.core.i7.notebook.and.new.area.aurora/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0909/alienwarem15x2009.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />(Updated with more specs and links) Alienware this morning touted a symbolic milestone as the first company to ship a notebook with Intel's mobile Core i7 processor. The 15-inch m15x can be equipped with a 2GHz Core i7 920XM that not only gives it a quad-core processor but should support Hyperthreading for as many as eight effective cores. Despite the clock speed, the system should outrun the Co... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/23/alienware.core.i7.notebook.and.new.area.aurora/ Wed, 23 Sep 2009 13:20:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/22/alienware.revamping.pcs.tomorrow/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0909/alienwarem15x-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Alienware announcements slated for Wednesday and teased in recent days should include sweeping updates to three of its core product lines, a last-minute leak today shows. The company plans to unveil a redone m15x gaming notebook and is said by Engadget to be reworking both the Area-51 and Aurora gaming towers as well as their high-end ALX variants. Actual specs are unknown but are likely to inv... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/22/alienware.revamping.pcs.tomorrow/ Tue, 22 Sep 2009 18:30:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/07/22/alienware.experience.due/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0907/alienwarestoreintro.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Gaming PC maker Alienware on Wednesday said it would open its first store at the Micro Center near New York City. To be called The Alienware Experience, the store will be a try-only boutique like Dell's few locations and give visitors the chance to experience Alienware's gaming hardware firsthand, albeit without the option of buying systems in-store. The first 500 visitors will get special Alienw... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/07/22/alienware.experience.due/ Wed, 22 Jul 2009 20:55:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/07/17/alienware.m17x.nebula.red/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0907/alienwarem17x-nebulared.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Alienware late last night quietly added a new, special version of its M17x gaming notebook. The Nebula Red version switches to a bright, anodized red aluminum for the outer shell, including the bottom and sides. The backlit keyboard should also come with red illumination, although as with regular models the keys can be changed in software to one of many colors in the visible spectrum.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/07/17/alienware.m17x.nebula.red/ Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:55:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/07/01/alienware.optx.aw2210/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0906/alienwareaw2210.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Alienware today quietly introduced its own desktop display built both for gaming and movie viewing. The OptX AW2210 is intended as a multi-role display with a 21.5-inch, 1080p LCD that has not only DVI for computers but, in a rarity for the class, dual HDMI ports. Viewers can hook up a pair of HD sources like a Blu-ray player or game console and maintain their native aspect ratios without losing... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/07/01/alienware.optx.aw2210/ Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:40:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/05/29/alienware.m17x.2009/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0905/alienwarem17x2009.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Alienware today tipped its hand early and showed its reworked version of its flagship M17x gaming notebook. The 17-inch system has the brand's typical array of customizable lighting but is modernized, particularly in its graphics: in addition to supporting up to two GeForce GTX 280M chipsets in SLI for desktop-level performance, it has a GeForce 9400M chipset that it can switch to for conserving ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/05/29/alienware.m17x.2009/ Fri, 29 May 2009 11:55:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/11/19/alienware.intros.gaming.pc/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0811/alienware.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Alienware on Wednesday announced it has released the Aurora Online Gaming Edition desktop PC. The tower is meant to improve the online gaming experience thanks to the inclusion of a Killer NIC K1 network card from Bigfoot Networks that claims to reduce lag and deliver smoother, more responsive online gameplay. The PC includes AMD's Phenom X4 9950 CPU rated at 2.6GHz and also sports 4GB of RAM.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/11/19/alienware.intros.gaming.pc/ Wed, 19 Nov 2008 20:55:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/11/16/intel.ships.core.i7/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0811/intelnehalem.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Intel is starting the week by officially shipping its first Core i7 processors. The technology is just the seventh major x86 architecture from the company and is designed more explicitly for multi-core processors than the earlier Core 2 architecture. It marks the return of Hyperthreading from the Pentium 4 and allows each core to theoretically run two program threads at once; the overall process... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/11/16/intel.ships.core.i7/ Mon, 17 Nov 2008 04:15:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/11/13/alienware.area.51.750i/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0811/alienwarearea-51750i.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Alienware on Thursday veered away from its normal high-end audience to unveil the Area-51 750i. The system is the company's least expensive gaming tower but comes with the same lightable casing, wiring and stronger power supplies as more expensive Area-51 models; only the individual components dictate its price, and the system can be scaled upwards to include some of the better features from Alie... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/11/13/alienware.area.51.750i/ Thu, 13 Nov 2008 19:35:00 GMT