Alienware's Area-51 series is Alienware's most cutting-edge line of PCs, but we haven't seen an Area-51 desktop since 2020's Area-51 R2, nor an A-51 laptop since 2020's Alienware Area-51m R2 which ...

Announced at CES 2025, Alienware is reintroducing the iconic Area-51 back into the family, reanimated in desktop and laptop forms.

and I can certainly see how it lives up to the legacy of the Area-51 desktop it was named after. The Alienware 18 Area-511 is very marginally thinner the m18 R2 but is actually a half-pound heavier.

Unlike last year’s M16 R2, which trimmed down the protruding butt found on many Alienware laptops, the Area-51 has a full-on dump truck for a rear. And this protrusion, where all its ports are located ...

You could end up paying for for an RTX 5090 than this rig.