Alienware unveils a slew of new 16X Aurora and Area-51 18 and 16 gaming laptops at CES 2026: OLED displays, upgraded CPUs and GPUs, and more.

Alienware expanded its gaming lineup with two new laptops and a powerful desktop at CES 2026. The Alienware 16 Area-51 and 16X Aurora laptops build on the success of Alienware's QD-OLED monitors, now featuring anti-glare OLED panels to eliminate reflections and glare in bright environments.

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Dell Technologies Inc.’s Alienware brand has been flexing its muscles at the CES electronics show in Las Vegas today, unveiling three new gaming laptops alongside a traditional tower personal computer powered by Nvidia Corp.’s most advanced gaming processor.

Alienware has just announced a couple of new gaming laptops that go by 'Aurora' and have a rather simple and clean design. We're talking rounded corners, a single, simple logo, a "chamfered" (sloping) front edge for one-handed opening, and no thermal shelf ...

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TL;DR: Alienware revives its Aurora gaming laptop line with the affordable Alienware 16 Aurora and 16X Aurora, featuring Intel Core Series 2 processors and up to GeForce RTX 5070 GPUs. Both offer high-refresh 16-inch QHD+ displays, advanced cooling ...