We go hands-on with Alienware's "gaming Netbook" here at the CNET offices. Can the much-discussed ultraportable live up to its hype? I started with CNET reviewing laptops in 2009. Now I explore ...

Alienware M11x V3 laptop.

A boost to the internal hardware gives the second revision of the M11x substantially stronger performance, but battery life takes a hit. In my review of the original ...

The Alienware™ M11x gaming laptop lets you play anything, anywhere, in HD. It weighs less than 4.5 pounds—and has over 6.5 hours of battery life. The scores are in—and they are out of this world.

Dell's Alienware M11x is undoubtedly the most powerful 11.6in notebook we've ever tested. The combination of an ultra-low-voltage Intel Core i5 processor and an NVIDIA GeForce GT 335M GPU delivers ...

It is spec'd with a higher end proc than is supposed to be available in the M11X-R3 It has the I7-2637M (1.7,2.8ghz), which is not available as a option when building an M11X-R3 at the Alienware site.