Alienware m5550 Performance Features, High Performance Processor with Calistoga Chipset

Alienware Area-51 m5550 Technical Reference

Performance Features

High Performance Processor with Calistoga Chipset

The notebook PC is equipped with a powerful Mobile Intel Core 2 Duo processor. Together with the latest Calistoga chipset and technologies, the system offers advanced PC performance.

Advanced Graphic Engine

The PCI-Express high-end graphics engine offers excellent graphics performance for the most demanding professionals or gamers. The advanced graphics chip also incorporates a hardware-based motion-compensation engine, which gives you smooth MPEG video playback. DirectX 9 graphics capability also adds realism to PC games.

LCD Display

The computer is equipped with a non-wide (16:10) 15.4” TFT display panel for the best cinematic viewing experience.

Serial ATA Hard Disk Drive Support (on certain models)

The serial ATA bus offers higher data throughput than the traditional parallel ATA bus. This gives you optimal hard drive performance.

ExpressCard Technology

ExpressCard is the next-generation of the PC Card standard. The bus interface is based on the two standards: PCI Express for high-performance I/O and USB2.0 for a variety of devices.

Expandability

The system offers an upgradeable hard disk drive and 2 DDR SDRAM sockets for expansion, allowing the user to easily increase the storage and system capacities as the need arises.

Built-in Multiple Card Reader

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