Alienware Area-51 3550

[Chris Gohlke]

http://reviews.cnet.com/Alienware_Area_51_3550/4505-3118_7-31661239-2.html?tag=sub

"Alienware plays it safe with the Area-51 3550, its first Viiv-based Media Center. Our build meets all the requirements for an Intel Viiv sticker but adds little else to the configuration--and it carries the high price typical of Alienware. The $1,747 review unit uses the company's all-too-familiar full-tower case in what it calls Cyborg Green. The case looks great, but it's huge and certainly not living-room-friendly. Alienware has smaller, sleeker cases in its arsenal, which makes this choice all the more disappointing. For the same money (minus monitor and speakers), Dell's Viiv-flavored XPS 400 is a better buy, offering a faster Pentium D 940, plus better graphics in a compact BTX case."



Not one of Alienware's better offerings. Seems like they just threw together this machine so they could say they had a Viiv offering.

[Chris Gohlke]

http://reviews.cnet.com/Alienware_Area_51_3550/4505-3118_7-31661239-2.html?tag=sub

"Alienware plays it safe with the Area-51 3550, its first Viiv-based Media Center. Our build meets all the requirements for an Intel Viiv sticker but adds little else to the configuration--and it carries the high price typical of Alienware. The $1,747 review unit uses the company's all-too-familiar full-tower case in what it calls Cyborg Green. The case looks great, but it's huge and certainly not living-room-friendly. Alienware has smaller, sleeker cases in its arsenal, which makes this choice all the more disappointing. For the same money (minus monitor and speakers), Dell's Viiv-flavored XPS 400 is a better buy, offering a faster Pentium D 940, plus better graphics in a compact BTX case."



Not one of Alienware's better offerings. Seems like they just threw together this machine so they could say they had a Viiv offering.