{"id":71213,"date":"2015-01-09T13:57:50","date_gmt":"2015-01-09T11:57:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=71213"},"modified":"2015-01-09T13:58:55","modified_gmt":"2015-01-09T11:58:55","slug":"alienware-unveils-slimmed-down-gaming-laptops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/hardware\/71213-alienware-unveils-slimmed-down-gaming-laptops","title":{"rendered":"Alienware unveils slimmed-down gaming laptops"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dell has unveiled two new Alienware gaming laptops: a 15-inch and 17-inch model, both of which have been slimmed-down to conform with the unrealistically high standards of the modern laptop fashion scene.<\/p>\n

Both units can be equipped with Intel i7 CPUs and Nvidia’s GeForce GTX 980M, and are compatible with Alienware’s Graphics Amplifier<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The team at Alienware are punting the laptops’ size as one of its selling points, promising the pair are 20% thinner than their predecessors.<\/p>\n

\"Alienware<\/a>

Alienware 17<\/p><\/div>\n

In terms of pricing, the 15-inch model will\u00a0start at\u00a0$1,119, while the 17-inch will sell for\u00a0$1,499 and up.<\/p>\n

\"Alienware<\/a>

Alienware 17<\/p><\/div>\n

The basic specs of the two laptops are listed in the table below.<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\n
Alienware 15 and 17<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Components<\/strong><\/td>\nAlienware 15<\/strong><\/td>\nAlienware 17<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CPU<\/td>\nIntel i5, i7<\/td>\nIntel i5, i7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
GPU<\/td>\nNvidia GeForce GTX 980M<\/td>\nNvidia GeForce GTX 980M<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Display<\/td>\n15-inch<\/td>\n17-inch<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Weight<\/td>\n3.2kg<\/td>\n4.02kg<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n
\"Alienware<\/a>

Alienware 17<\/p><\/div>\n

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Dell has shown off a pair of its new, skinny Alienware gaming laptops<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":173,"featured_media":71215,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[1677,12327,21],"class_list":["post-71213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hardware","tag-alienware","tag-gaming-laptops","tag-headline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71213","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/173"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71213"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71213\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71217,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71213\/revisions\/71217"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}