Win an Alienware Area-51 m5550

Alienware builds high-performance desktop and notebook systems that are renowned for their build quality and industry-leading technical support. ZDNet UK has teamed up with Alienware to offer a fully featured Area-51 m5550 worth £1,300 to one lucky reader.

The Alienware Area-51 m5550 is a notebook with a split personality. Featuring a 2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 1GB of DDR2 RAM, an 80GB SATA hard drive and a 15.4in. Clearview LCD display, the m5550 is a portable powerhouse that can handle the most demanding of business applications with ease.

However, at the end of a hard-working day the Area-51 m5550 likes to play hard too. Plug it into the mains and with a flick of a switch the battery-frugal integrated graphics are superseded by a powerful 256MB NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600 GPU, transforming this thin-and-light notebook into a gaming powerhouse. Just the thing back at the hotel when you're on a business trip.

With Windows Vista on the way, you’ll also appreciate the fact that Alienware offers an Express Upgrade to Vista on all systems from now until 30 January 2007.

Not only is the Area-51 m5550 a powerful and practical notebook, but the unique head-turning Alienware styling sets you apart from the crowd. What’s more, Alienware abides by a strict 'no bloatware' policy: it comes without any unwanted software and is optimised right out of the box for killer performance.

Here’s the specification of the Area-51 m5550 that you can win:

• Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T7200 2.0GHz
  
• 1GB dual channel DDR2 memory
  
• 256MB NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600
  
• 80GB SATA hard drive
  
• 8x Dual Layer DVD+/-RW burner
  

You can find more information on the Alienware notebook computer range range here.